[kj] Recent Jaz activity

[nicholas fitzpatrick]

>From a March 8 article in the Deseret Morning News (US).  It appears jaz was 
leading the backing band for Sarah Brightman.


>Brightman's two-act concert featured a backing band, led by Jaz Coleman, 
>best known for his role in the industrial-metal band Killing Joke. However, 
>this band was a far cry from distorted guitars. Instead, the sweet sounds 
>of techno-laced classical, neoclassical and New Age-style orchestrations 
>poured from the sound system.

Full article:

>'Brightman shines in stellar show'
>SARAH BRIGHTMAN, Delta Center, Saturday.
>The full moon hung low in nearly cloudless skies outside as Sarah Brightman 
>sang "La Luna" inside the Delta Center.
The queen of musical theater returned to Salt Lake City Saturday night after 
a three-year absence and greeted her adoring fans in the semi-intimate venue 
of the Nu Skin Theater. While the setting is about two-thirds smaller than 
the full arena, the stage show was elaborate enough for a super-size 
spectacle, with costumes that would make adventure novelist H. Rider Haggard 
proud. A moon-shaped stage was connected to a star-shaped mini-stage in the 
center of the theater, near a runway. On the crescent stage, a curving 
staircase led up to a lone microphone stand, which protruded from the 
ground.

Brightman's two-act concert featured a backing band, led by Jaz Coleman, 
best known for his role in the industrial-metal band Killing Joke. However, 
this band was a far cry from distorted guitars. Instead, the sweet sounds of 
techno-laced classical, neoclassical and New Age-style orchestrations poured 
from the sound system.

The singer mixed in some exotic Middle Eastern influences with the title 
track from her most recent album "Harem," and added more musical fragrance 
with "Arabian Nights" and "Stranger in Paradise."

Surrounded by six belly dancers, Brightman strutted across the runway and 
with the help of a couple of hydraulic lifts, towered over her audience 
during "It's a Beautiful Day." A dreamy remake of Kansas' "Dust in the Wind" 
was a nice surprise, along with a few more Brightmanized classic-rock 
numbers she scattered throughout the show, including Queen's "Who Wants to 
Live Forever" and Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale."

Brightman also remembered the musical that made her a household name, 
revisiting ex-husband Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera" with 
"Think of Me" and "Angel of Music" (though, surprisingly, not "Music of the 
Night").

"Free," "Anytime, Anywhere" (complete with the Albinoni "Adagio" motif) were 
performed with the usual Brightman flair. And the breathtaking "Nessun 
Dorma" was performed on top of the staircase, which had swung her over 
center stage.

"The War Is Over," featuring Iraqi singer Kadim Al Sahir, and "The Journey 
Home" brought a poignant tone to the show, along with a Gothic take on "What 
a Wonderful World" and "Question of Honour."

Brightman was more personable than in the past, and that only made the 
performance more meaningful to her audience. E-mail: 
mailto:scott@desnews.com

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