It was titled as a ‘Night of Boss Bass’ featuring star local musician Ricky Aimey – and the occasion certainly lived up to the expectation of the hundreds of patrons who attended the recent Notes To Note/Barbados National Terminal’s Cool Jazz at the Southern Palms Hotel.
n a performance that drew solid applause from listeners and thrilled them with the depth and versatility of the featured entertainer, Cool Jazz saw Ricky Aimey uninterrupted by a break doing several pieces from off his debut CD ‘Make Your Move’.
	Backed by a band that also featured the crème de la crème in the local music fraternity –
	such as Ian Alleyne, James Lovell and John Roett
and vocalists Tamara Marshall, Betty Griffith-Payne and Karen Griffith –
	Ricky belted out numbers such as the thought-provoking song “Hurting Game” with Betty Griffith-Payne and his signature tune – the Earth Wind and Fire smash “Reasons” – much to the delight of his captive audience.

Music of the Islands

	The artiste, whose performing life began when he was five years old, had the crowd swooning and doing a sing-along with favourites such as “Welcome the Morning Sun” and “Ain’t No Sunshine”.
The ‘bassist’ – whose talent has allowed him the opportunity to open for big name acts that include Patti Labelle, Peabo Bryson and Brian McKnight – showed patrons who the ‘boss’ was when he rendered renditions of the numbers “Old Mill”, “2010”, “Moon Dance”, “Bajan Bounce”, “Antiquity”, “You Cuh Dance” and the title track off his CD “Make Your Move”.
	Cool Jazz goers also were treated to a ‘Touch of Africa’ with a showing of African designs and a display of artworks from the Anna Cumberbatch shop, Funtetaake.

The shop carries products from Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Togo, Morocco and Niger and items can also be sourced and researched on request. Funtetaake’s product line includes: African prints (wax), Bazin (african cotton), bronze and wood artifacts, jewellery, mud cloths, hammocks, stools, chairs, drums, oil paintings and batiks.

Cool Jazz, which showcases the talents of local artistes, is kindly supported by Banks Beer, the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Southern Palms Hotel, ConsultArts, www. www.Caribzones.com, Aya Productions, Merville Lynch Productions and LOVE FM.

The next Cool Jazz event is scheduled for June 27, at 8 p.m. at the Southern Palms Hotel.

Compliments of the

BARBADOS