Acid Bleed

Vive la différence! A five-piece line-up straight from mid-century Paris, with shades of Pigalle and the Hot Club de Paris, playing standards and paying homage to Django and Stéphane Grappelli.

Excellent twin guitars from Jimmy Chiu and Dave Caldwell. Who was lead? Who was rhythm? All divisions vanish in their subtle interplay.

Stand-out virtuosity from Andrew Horowitz’s violin and sax front line, with good solid bass and drums from Josh Kirk and Dave Hirst, and charming vocals from Veronica Lovejoy, definitely an emerging talent.

They added other standards to the charming French ones: “My Favourite Things” exhausted every riff in the repertoire, and “Sweet Georgia Brown” was sweeter than usual. And what’s that famous Latin number with four titles? “A Day in the Life of a Fool”, “Carnival”, “Manhã de Carnaval”… A prize for anyone who can name the fourth!