Elegantly clad in a black full length, cut-away shouldered number Cathrine Summers was accompanied by the excellent Alastair Peel on keyboards and the clever pianist Ben Matthews.
Omigod you guys – if this isn’t the best feel good musical of the year, I don’t know what is!
Sensational hardly begins to describe this talented trio who combine the smoothest of melded voices, killer solos and extraordinarily clever arrangements.
Despite the rather fearsome photo accompanying the media release, Ratzke presented an elegant figure onstage.
Jones opened in a familiar vein, taking an old standard and utilising his marvellous voice to play havoc with the timing of the music and the lyrics. Just in Time was a lovely salute to a past era.
Saturday night in Perth: “Were we up for laughs?” The vociferous response should have settled any doubts on his part.