Ciao, Bella!

Sunday 3rd July was the wife's first gig. Latin jazz duo BelCanto played 4 songs at the enormously popular Ealing Acoustic night, held on the first Sunday of every month at the very groovy La Tasca tapas restaurant.
They blew the bloody lid off the place.
Kicking off with the cheeky upbeat bossa rhythms of A Lentidao, penned by guitarist Simone Chiappi (who, although Italian, does not poo in bins), they switched gear straight away, silencing the crowd with a sultry latin version of Cry Me A River. They tried to close with Simone's high octane flamenco tribute to a lost weekend in London, Strand (the tongue twisting Italian lyrics to which Clare handled flawlessly), but neither the crowd nor the organisers wanted them to leave the stage, so they calmed it right down again, with a beautiful arrangement of the Italian jazz standard Estate, which Clare delivered with such sensuous relish that there wasn't a dry nose in the house.
With promises of a showcase ringing in our ears, we made our way to the after show party, and celebrated in true rock and roll style - by sipping glasses of chilled white wine.
Viva BelCanto.
Next gig will be August 7th. See BelCanto's website for contact details.