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Andrew Fawcett y sacsoffonydd enwog sy'n arwain y perfformiad wrth i Kind of Blue feddiannu llwyfan Gwesty'r Talbot. Dyma gyfle i glywed cerddoriaeth jazz cyfoes, peth ohono'n wreiddiol a pheth yn ddeunydd cyfarwydd o waith Tom Harrell, Wayne Shorter a'u tebyg.

Bu Andrew Fawcett yn perfformio ers y chwedegau a hynny ar draws y byd. Y tro hwn mae'n rhannu llwyfan â Kind of Blue, band sydd eisioes wedi diddanu tyrfaoedd De Cymru yng Ngwyl Jazz Aberhonddu, Gwyl Torfaen a Peterston. Maen nhw wedi rhannu llwyfan gyda sêr fel Jim Mullen, Art Themen, Keith Tippett a Guy Barker yng Ngwyl Jazz y Bae yng Nghanolfan Gelfyddydol Eglwys Norwyeg Caerdydd. Nawr, ein tro ni yw eu gwahodd i Dregaron.

Noson egniol, llawn dychymyg gyda chwarae dawnus sy'n siwr o'ch bodloni. Dewch i wrando ar y goreuon wrth eu gwaith.

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Led by tenor saxophonist, Andrew Fawcett, Kind of Blue play contemporary jazz, with tunes from such greats as Tom Harrell, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard and John Coltrane, as well as originals written by the band. Andrew has been playing jazz music since the mid 60s and has performed in USA, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Venezuela and Brazil. In between time he has also attended Boston's renowned Berklee College of Music.

2001 was a great year for Kind of Blue. They played two gigs at the Brecon Jazz Festival, as well as Torfaen and Peterston Festivals in South Wales. The band also play the highly succesful 'Jazz in the Bay' series of concerts at the Norwegian Church Arts Centre in Cardiff, with star guests such as Jim Mullen, Art Themen, Keith Tippett and Guy Barker.

Playing with vitality, imagination, flair and skill, Kind of Blue will appeal to anyone with an ear for great music.

Review

It seems like the merest mention of the word jazz can cause many a punter to stay in and catch up with the ironing - it's their loss, as Andrew Fawcett's Kind of Blue proved. This marvellous contemporary jazz quintet explored Coltrane, Tom Harrell, Herbie Hancock and more beside their own material and cooked up an authentic jazz club atmosphere in the Talbot where the correct etiquette (applaud the solos, don't chatter) prevailed. This was Senior Common Room music: learned, witty, but funky. The six-string electric bass player stole the show - it was enough to make any aspiring plank-spanker take up rug-making.