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Crooner George: Clay, with Larry, Lewis and Phil, in 'Rat Pack' mode. pic: Jim Heston |
Clay George
will be taking off his
cowboy hat and donning his
trilby for a session of
Sinatra-style
songs tonight (Thursday)
at Governor's House in
Phnom
Penh.
Accompanists Phil
Javelle and
Lewis Pragasam
will be deploying
their estimable musical skills in
the usual octopus-like fashion: producing
many
layers of rhythm, melody, harmony and bass with just
one keyboard,
a set of drums and two pairs of hands! Clay's
robust baritone is the hallmark of his three
albums of folky, Nashville outlaw-style original songs. His vocal
range and repertoire extend much further than that,
however, when he sets down the six-string and
takes the stage Vegas style: microphone in one hand,
scotch-on-the-rocks in the other. Clay
George
will be breaking out 'New York, New York', 'The Lady is a Tramp' and
many other smooth classics with Lewis & Phil tonight at
Governor's.
You can also see him perform with esteemed pianist Larry
Martinez
most Saturdays at Riverhouse
Asian Bistro.
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The opening night was fairly eventful! Pic: Jazz Club Phnom Penh Facebook |
Jahzad is
a band name which has not been seen in the Leng
Pleng
Gig
Guide
for far
too long! It has been one year since the sextet of ska-jazz
fusionists last took to the Cambodian stage (at Doors
Phnom Penh
–
a city venue that has itself been removed from the live music scene
for a
long while).
Jahzad
is one
name that, like Durian
or
Grass Snake Union,
guarantees an evening of celebration, dancing and wild abandon. The
other Phnom Penh party bands may, alas,
be nowhere to be seen, but Jahzad
are coming back this
weekend
– bigger and better than ever – for a brace of shows at the new
Jazz Club Phnom
Penh.
Not
content with having two of the hottest horn players in the country
head up the band (Euan
Gray,
Alex
Scarpati),
the Jahzad
sextet now becomes a septet with
the addition of Norman
King.
Norman
joins
fellow
Jazz
Club
regulars Seb
Adnot
(upright bass), Toma
Willen
(drums) and Larry
Martinez
(keys) in an awesome line-up of musicians that would grace any stage
in the world. The
band are directly inspired by the music of the Skatalites, which
comprises of high-powered, jazz-inspired horn arrangements married to
irresistible, high-tempo Jamaican rhythms. Jazz
Club Phnom Penh will
be
turning
up the
sub-woofers and preparing for a
Jahzad
party this
Friday and Saturday night.
The owners of the
Bassac Lanes bars have been
staring the Cambodian rainy
season in the face and
shouting 'rock on!'. Live shows continue this Friday (the
lane-ways may not be covered but the bandstand and the bars are
rain-proof) with the new-look JADermeister.
Singer
Sarah Gee
is making the transformation from shy-girl-with-an-acoustic-guitar to
rocking frontwoman. The
Phnom Penh music scene needs all the rocking
venues
(and all the rocking frontwomen) it can get at the moment – so
Ted, Timothy and all the Leng
Pleng
team
will be down at Bassac
Lanes to
cheer them on. If
the
weather is bad,
we have prepared a
kind-of
New
Zealand rugby team
style, anti-raindance to get things going.
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The Banyan Tree - pic: Trip Advisor |
Banyan Tree Kampot
celebrates its first anniversary on
Friday night. Owner Sok
Chiet
is the lead singer of Kampot
Playboys,
who have been gracing the Banyan
Tree (as
well as
the Madi
Bar)
with their unique
and lively Khmer-rock fusion on
a regular basis over the past
twelve months. Banyan
Tree was
born when
Chiet took over ownership of the
famous Bodhi Villa
and expanded the premises with
a larger bar, stage and dancefloor area. Bodhi
Villa mainman
Huge Monroe
has gone on to rebuild the landmark Kampot
Fishmarket on
the other side of the river. Huge
will be back to support Chiet and the Playboys on Friday with his
rocking trio Mr
Mammoth.
DJ Moudy
is also on side to guarantee a fantastic riverside party befitting
such a great venue.
Norwegian
singer-songwriter Hilde
Marie
recently released the music video below for her track 'Traces'. The
video was filmed by Oyen Rodriguez and the music was entirely
recorded and produced at 60
Road
Studios
in Siem Reap. You will probably recognise many of the locations!
Whatever you're up to over the next few days, stay safe out there and... see you around the traps!
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