The Herb Hicks Jazz Quartet got a good sized dinner crowd into the Christmas spirit, during their Dec. 11 show at the Mocha Cabana.
Vocalist Sheena Lawson sat perched on a stool and sang a variety of well roasted Christmas chestnuts while Hicks dug in and knocked off upbeat, manic , jazzy licks on keyboards.
Bassist Ernie Block and drummer Neil Sheets kept a steady groove going.
Lawson sang pretty, lounge ready melodies on a variety of standards like ‘Santa Baby,’ and many others including a couple of Christmas medleys, but shone on some non-Christmas related material including one really good one that was reminiscent of ‘Stray Cat Strut’ called, I think, ‘Give Me Some Money Too.’
And ended the show with a sultry “Have a Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”
— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
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