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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

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.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

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.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Sage Gateshead International Jazz Festival - ACV – Friday 25th March 2011.

Andy Champion (bass), Adrian Tilbrook (drums), Paul Edis (piano/ keyboard), Graham Wilson (baritone/tenor sax) and Mark Williams (guitar). The first time I heard ACV I didn’t like them! If that sounds heretical please bear in mind that I have admitted (on this website) to being an ignoramus. Several gigs later, having moved from incomprehension to qualified approval, the Sage tonight was my “Damascus” (via the Bridge and Whitley Bay): I am converted! It was brilliant, from start to (all too soon) finish. I wanted to shout: “Put Soweto Kinch on hold – give us an encore”! Throbbing bass began it on A Line Made by Walking, and an amazing bowed bass solo brought the house down at the end on Without Bones. The latter ended with a HUGE crescendo: the former ended suddenly. Endings came in two forms tonight – ones that haven’t finished when you think they have, and ones that finish before you realise. Both types caught me out (ignoramus!) and typified this band’s inventiveness and unpredictability. Second up was a more lyrical “debut” piece called Dust Red – was this inspired by Consett Ale, I wondered? This was followed by the enigmatic anagramatical Giant Mice – more funky than lyrical - and quirky (in spades!), starting as it did with Paul’s synthesised mouse intro and leading into enthusiastically received solos from him and from Mark. Andy’s anecdotal announcement of the next number, Nutmeg State, mentioned both Old Peculier (so last season) and Brandy-Milk Punch – hence my speculation about Consett Ale. No, I was NOT aware of the hallucinogenic properties of nutmeg, but this gave a flavour (so to speak)! In my note-pad I wrote the following: “MAD!!! Killer-bees!? Dali does jazz? ATTACK ALL INSTRUMENTS”! (And I was drinking water at the time!) Never Ever – announced by Andy as the “total opposite” - calmed things down with an almost classical feel (piano and bowed bass) until Mark’s guitar ramped it up to a rock-style crescendo before falling away again to a quiet (and for once expected) ending. It was the last “quiet” of the night as Fail in Wood (did I mention that the boys have a CD out by that name? Well worth buying, on tonight’s evidence!) was followed by the aforementioned Without Bones, the kamikaze pace of which left even an ignoramus impressed with the musicians’ brilliant timing. So my first encounter prompted the comment: “I’ve never heard anything like it! ” - as did tonight’s performance, but what a world of difference in meaning between those two utterances!
Jerry. (who also took the photos - ed.)

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