Thomas Gould at the performance Photo credit and ©2017 David Forman

Sebastian writes: 

Photographer David Forman was on hand at Kings Place on Friday 15 December 2017 to catch the sound check and the concert by Gould Standard, a quintet in which the violinist plays alongside Tim Garland on soprano and tenor saxes and bass clarinet, Ant Law on guitars, John Turville on piano and Yuri Goloubev on bass.

The deft and lively arrangements are mostly from Tim Garland. The band started with quicksilver Vivaldi, they ended with Bernard Herrmann’s theme from Marnie re-imagined as a tango, but what was buzzing around in my mind for at least a day afterwards was a wonderful drumless yet menacing version of Kenny Wheeler’s tango Sly Eyes. 

Thomas Gould with Yuri Goloubev at the sound check Photo credit and ©2017 David Forman

Tim Garland Photo credit and ©2017 David Forman

Yuri Goloubev Photo credit and ©2017 David Forman

Ant Law (foreground) and  Gould Standard Photo credit and ©2017 David Forman

John Turville (L) with Thomas Gould Photo credit and ©2017 David Forman