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16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 28: Richard Herdman Quartet @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Josh Bentham (alto sax); Alan Marshall (tenor sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass); Graham Thompson (keys); Steve Hunter (drums).

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Monday, November 08, 2010

Zoe Gilby Trio@ The Black Horse, Monkseaton, Saturday 6th Nov

Zoe Gilby, vocals ; Mark Williams, guitar ; Andy Champion, double bass. This gig was the first in an experiment to swell the numbers in the Lounge of this great old pub, and swell them it did in more ways than one, as a lively rent-a-crowd of fans, friends, and family of the Zoe Gilby Trio, along with plenty of enthusiastic locals, responded gleefully to this tastiest of desserts to follow the main course of Zoe's quintet's recent Looking Glass album tour - sweet music indeed!
From the start you could sense this was real fine dining as Zoe opened with Comes Love - the counterpoint between Mark's guitar and Andy's bass so tastily empathetic I was tempted to turn to camera and make the 'peace' sign - "Nice!"
After the effervescent up-tempo medley of I'm Beginning to See the Light/When Lights are Low, we all snuggled down with our milk and cuddly Penguin biscuits as Andy's lovely song for his daughter Ellie, Eleanor, entranced us before its gently flickering flames: "...You're here with me, I can hear your heart beat..." - touching without being overly sentimental.
Zoe's scat singing was right on the ball tonight as, in the Rhumba rhythm of Ellington's Do Nothing til You Hear from Me, her voice dropped right down the register to be more on the bass ball, teasingly countering with Andy - naturally he got lower - sheer delight! If this were a high wire act there'd have been no need for a safety net - each pass, each catch timed to perfection as the three soared and spun through the Big Top of the Black Horse Lounge.
The whole performance was both tight and tirelessly entertaining as band banter spiralled during the song breaks, egged on by Zoe's wonderfully connecting introductions. So is 'tour' pronounced 'Tor' or 'Toowa' - the choice is yours! But one thing's for 'shoowa': the effect of the band's recent 'On the Road' experiences has been to hone them into a very close-knit whole. Not only by way of their spending more time in each other's company, but also by having to perform before a new audience each night; that sense of group reliance and friendship which can bind us all closer together.
Finally, still chewing on that culinary metaphor: I'd like to sum up this performance in the words of Greg Wallace during the recent final of Masterchef, "Mate, I could quite 'appily 'ave cleared the 'ole plate!"
Photos. George M

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