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Friday night my buddy Jim and I caught the Don Scott Quartet at the Avant-Garde Bar in Ottawa. The quartet was doing a three-city (Toronto, Ottawa and Monteal) mini-tour to celebrate the release of their new CD, “Out of Line”. The quartet is made up of Don Scott on guitar (as well as the composer of all the tunes); Quinsin Nachoff on tenor sax and clarinet; Michael Herring on bass and Nick Fraser on drums. All are leaders in their own right, fronting bands of their own. Show was excellent! They were all in fine form and looked like they were having a lot oof fun! I was quite familiar with their CD and was very impressed by how loose they were and the extent to which they worked to take each piece to very different places than they had on the record.

I would go out of my way to see these guys again in a heartbeat.

My buddy Jim was not familiar with their music at all but came away feeling as I did: man, what a treat to see such a killer band in top form in a tiny little club.

These guys need a wider audience, indeed!

Ron