Hugh Laurie – review

Union Chapel, LondonHugh Laurie is under no illusions. Nearly every song in tonight's 15-track set comes with a preamble, in which the 51-year-old actor holds forth warmly about which version of a jazz standard he will follow, or who originally played what with whom. He is making his debut on the London stage as a musician, and this pale, lanky Englishman in a nicely cut suit wears his lifelong obsession with the music of New Orleans lightly – and lightly sprinkled with gags.Tellingly, though,...

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