The setting wasn't in keeping with the music: Grooveyard's sound is more suited to a club where the temperature is hot and the bodies are sweaty than the art club's opulence.
Without saying anything to this effect, the quartet made the point that in a Scottish jazz scene where work is shrinking, this is the sort of band that should be out there touring. Even in a recession. Especially in a recession. This is depression-busting stuff. A couple of hours' exposure to John Burgess and chums' blues-drenched funky struttin' would lift even the heaviest of spirits.
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