A heartwarming and humorous exploration of a father-son duo's love for jazz, featuring improvised conversations and musical anecdotes.
As the new year dawns, many people will feel a pang of sorrow as families go their separate ways after the festivities end. Others will doubtless be feeling positively exuberant. But whatever one thinks about spending the time with close relatives, few are foolhardy enough to do it in front of a microphone, as is the case on In fairness, as the title suggests, this one-off special could be broadcast any time of the year, but it’s very much a family affair.
What follows is an amiable shaggy dog of a show, covering everything from Jim’s early days juggling his entertainment career with a bank job – like his contemporary– to the difficulty of explaining jazz. “Somebody who never plays a tune the same way once” is Jim’s absurdist definition. But there’s no mistaking his devotion to the music. After he carefully describes why he loves George Shearing’s Lullaby of Birdland, you hear the tune with new ears when it’s subsequently played. Jim also explains the otherwise baffling disparity between his surname and that of his son, revealing that a manager took away the “O” from O’Doherty when billing his band. “This dogs my career,” David ruefully remarks. Like so much great jazz, a spirit of improvisation runs through proceedings. The junior O’Doherty’s rambling questions occasionally elicit a tone of gentle paternal chiding, as well as anecdotes about the late guitarist Equally, detractors of jazz may suggest that, like the music they disdain, the programme doesn’t seem to make sense and doesn’t really go anywher
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