Diary of a Separation (Jazz, Bach and Cinema)
Portrait of the artist’s wife as an artist in her own right
Saturday 9th March 2019
It was great going back to 91 Brick Lane’s Jazz Lates. They had this young, up-and-coming singer tonight, Sahra Gure. She was really good. Full of confidence and pizazz. Excellent band, too. Especially the drummer.
91 has fast become my go-to venue for my regular jazz fix. There’s something about its location that appeals to me. Bang in the heart of hipster Shoreditch, yet the crowd is knowledgeable. They’re not there “to be seen”, but to listen to the music. Plus, the gigs are free.
I noticed also that there were a lot of people who were pretty familiar with Sahra’s music. Fans even. That was much welcome. I can’t stand punters who go to see a live act and start talking over the music instead. There was less of that tonight, but still too much of it around. Posers who want to be seen at chic venues instead of paying their respects to the artists on stage.
Tuesday 12th March 2019
Ao and I went to watch Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach at the BFI today in the evening.
Given how cutting-edge, revolutionary and even capricious some of Bach’s music sounds, the dead…
