Cheerful and jazzy: In the Tölzer Kurhaus, the "Allstars" around Pete York inspire
Created: 10/22/2022, 2:00 p.m
Met for the first Allstars concert in Bad Tölz: Christoph Steinbach (grand piano), Torsten Goods (jazz guitar), drummer Pete York, Albie Donnelly (saxophone) and Andi Pillowbeck (organ).
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Drummer Pete York performed with his all-star combo at the Tölzer Kurhaus on Wednesday.
The audience loved it and York is hoping for a repeat.
Bad Tölz – “If they are all older gentlemen on stage, then it is not surprising that the groupies are also older,” said Florian Rein with a smile at the sight of the visitors to the concert of drummer Pete York and his all-star combo on Wednesday in the Tölzer Kurhaus: The “Generation Silberlocke” clearly predominated.
But they came in large numbers, so the artists could look forward to a well-stocked Kurhaus.
"Allstars" around drummer Pete York inspire in the Tölzer Kurhaus
"Heiter" is probably the most apt description given to the performances of the five musicians, all of whom are among the greats of their profession.
The 80-year-old Pete York, who now lives in Bad Tölz, has shown again and again that he has a good portion of British humor.
Almost 60 years ago he was still with the Spencer Davies Group and had his first number one hit with "Keep on running", which was later used for many commercials, "mainly for toilet paper", as the drummer remarked with a mischievous smile .
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A jazzy overall picture
But alto saxophonist Albie Donnelly, head of the English band Supercharge for over 40 years, didn't skimp on humorous interludes either.
Torsten Goods contributed an excellent semi-acoustic jazz guitar to the whole thing, Christoph Steinbach, star of the boogie-woogie scene from Kitzbühel, sat at the grand piano and rich Hammond sounds rounded off the whole - very jazz-heavy - picture.
"I'm everything today," Rein remarked on this fundamentally very successful world premiere: "promoter, houseman, sound engineer and lighting technician." However, it is not his fault that the overall sound clearly lacked a supporting bass framework.
Artists included hits from the Spencer Davies Group
Of course, the greatest hits of the Spencer Davies Group were represented, but also songs by the Beatles and numerous standards from the rhythm and blues and swing genres.
Especially the latter offered the protagonists a lot of space for solo interludes, which they then used with a feeling and great craftsmanship.
Steinbach's performance on "Rockin' Robin" is absolutely impressive.
Here he fully lived up to his reputation as a master of the boogie-woogie piano, which earned him a standing ovation from the enthusiastic audience.
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And when York then intoned the "Icecream-Man", which he enriched with the well-known lines "I scream, you scream, everybody likes icecream", the whole hall sang along enthusiastically.
"Hopefully not the last Allstars concert"
At the end there was a minute-long drum solo, also with standing ovations, before the drummer said: "Today was the first Allstars concert here, I hope it wasn't the last." The hit "It's all over now" then also fitted perfectly as an encore.
And for a future repeat it would actually not be bad if Pete York could find a bass player for the combo.
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