SUNDAY MAY 27.

RANDY BRECKER/TOMMY SMITH w. SNJO "A Tribute to Michael Brecker" - Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkaldy. 01592 583301. www.onfife.com.
Final night of the mini-tour. Kirkaldy will be flying tonight!
GROOVE-A-MATICS - Magnesia Bank, Camden St. North Shields. NE 30 1NH. 4:00pm. Free.
Award winning Blues Band.
JAM SESSION - Jazz Café, Pink Lane, Newcastle. Late afternoon/early evening. free. Bring your axe.
Anything can happen and sometimes does!
BRADO MARQUIS (PA) - Hoochie Coochie, 54 Pilgrim St., Newcastle NE1 6SF. Doors 7pm. £8.
New Jersey Soul Sensation.
ANDY CHAMPION ENSEMBLE - The Bridge Hotel, Castle Garth, Newcastle NE1 1RQ. £5. 8:00pm.
A Splinter promotion.
Charlie Mingus Re-visited - don't miss!
SOLO DINNER JAZZ (Alan Law on piano) - The Cherry Tree, 9 Osborne Rd., Jesmond. Lunchtime. 0191 2399924.Wine and dine to some nice sounds.
MUSICIANS UNLIMITED - Park Hotel, Hartlepool.
1:00pm.
Popular big band session.
SWING WITH "JUST FRIENDS" - The Forum, Darlington. 8:00pm. £3.
"A mainstream Jazz and Blues sextet guaranteed to get your toes tapping".

Saturday, 10 December 2011

Mine's Santa Baby what's yours?

What's your favourite Christmas Song? I kinda like Santa Baby although the MJQ's God Rest You Merry Gentlemen isn't bad either.
Interesting to hear what others think.
Lance.
PS: Ann - here's a jazz(ish) version of Bleak Midwinter.
at 23:05

9 comments; click to add more:

  1. Royal Roost NYC 25th Dec 1948
    Parker/Dorham/Haig/Potter/Roach playing White Christmas.
    Roly

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  2. I like "Have yourself a very merry Christmas"
    Liz

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  3. Andrea Picton (On Facebook).12 December 2011 13:05

    I have two that I love, Santa Baby (snap) - Eartha Kitt ......... and David Bowie and Bing - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy

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  4. Steve Andrews (on Facebook).12 December 2011 13:16

    I have two all-time christmas favourites: "Swingin' Them Jingle Bells" by Fats Waller - pure joyful swing - and "Santa's Secret" by Slam Stewart and Johnny Guarnieri, which is totally hilarious. Either one will cheer you up and banish dark thoughts of the bloody Metro Centre/Eldon Square etc., etc........

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  5. I think mine should have read "have yourself a merry little Christmas" the webmaster will know!
    Liz

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  6. You are absolutely correct - my fault for trying to be Mr Knowall!

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  7. lilI don't know enough about jazz christmas songs, but I love the carol 'In the Bleak Midwinter', so I'll vote for that if someone can come up with a jazz version. How about it, all you local bands?
    Ann Alex

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  8. Not a local band Ann but this solo piano version by Ken Middleton on YouTube isn't bad at all.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5wPFnp401s

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  9. Thank you Lance for that version of 'In the Bleak Midwinter', which was really good to listen to, and I think it could be called jazz. The words of the carol are worth reading, written of course by Victorian poet Christina Rossetti, who was a strange woman who rejected 3 marriage proposals on religious grounds. You really wanted to know that! Ann

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