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“A tidy little piece entitled 'Haitian Fight Song' sounds about as combative as a tea-cosy" - Philip Larkin (Daily Telegraph February 15, 1965.)
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"Much of what I do can be summed up in the words of whichever French artist said 'I paint what I see' ." - Marc Copland (Downbeat February 1997.)
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TODAY SUNDAY MAY 19

CURTIS STIGERS - Sage, Gateshead. 7:30pm. £24.50. 0191 4434661.
Never fails to put on an entertaining show whatever genre he chooses!
JEREMY McMURRAY QUARTET - Black Bull, Blaydon 8pm. £4.
Fine swinging pianist with Roly Veitch (gtr/vcl); Mick Shoulder (bs); Adam Sinclair (dms).
STRICTLY SMOKIN' BIG BAND - Hoochie Coochie, 54 Pilgrim St., Newcastle NE1 6SF. 5pm. Free.
New venture for Hoochie and SSBB well worth supporting.
JAM SESSION - The Bridge, Castle Garth, Newcastle, NE1 1RQ. 8pm. Free - donations gratefully accepted. No wheelchair access.
Some of the area's top blowers jamming.
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SLOWLIGHT QUARTET - The Forum, Darlington. 6pm. £3/£1.
New combo that's turning heads.
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MUSICIANS UNLIMITED - Park Inn, Park Rd., Hartlepool TS26 7HU. 1pm. Free.
Great big band sound.
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NICK PRIDE (guitar) - SOLO LUNCHTIME JAZZ - Cherry Tree Restaurant, 9 Osborne Rd., Jesmond. 0191 2399924. 1:00pm.
Relax, listen and dine.
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Saturday, August 04, 2012

RIP Tony Martin.one of Hollywood's finest musical stars.

OK so Tony Martin wasn't a jazzman. He was a singer though and an actor with an engaging presence. He had a way with a ballad that made it easy to understand why such a Hollywood lovely as Cyd Charisse would stay married to him for 60 years!
Favourite Tony Martin record? Tenement Symphony was great but, for me, it was the duet with Fran Warren - Take A Letter Miss Smith. I wonder how many of our readers remember that one? 
You made some wonderful musicals Tony - we love you.
Died July 27 aged 98.
Obituary.
Lance.
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4 comments :

  1. "Take a letter Miss Smith" was a fave of mine in my younger days, I put it in the same category as "Guess who I saw today?" little stories set to music & beautifully sung, & yes Tony Martin was always easy on the ear
    Liz

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  2. PS. another one in that genre " PS I Love You" especially Eydie Gormé's version!
    Liz

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  3. Somewhere I've got a video of a 1950's Nat Cole TV Show with Tony Martin playing some surprisingly "spiky" jazz clarinet. Not exactly Artie Shaw, but perhaps he had been a bit of a jazzer when he was a sax player in his youth?
    My favourite record of his is "If it's You" (composed by Artie Shaw!), a great tune with good lyrics which is rarely heard nowadays, which he sang in the Marx Bros. 1941 movie "The Big Store".

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  4. just watched it on Utube Steve, what a lovely romantic lyric, beautifully sung and Oh boy what a heartthrob he must have been in those days!
    Liz

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Bebop Spoken Here -- Here, being the north-east of England -- centred in the blues heartland of Newcastle and reaching down to the Tees Delta and looking upwards to the Land of the Kilt.
Not a very original title, I know; not even an accurate one as my taste, whilst centred around the music of Bird and Diz, extends in many directions and I listen to everything from King Oliver to Chick Corea and beyond. Not forgetting the Great American Songbook the contents of which has provided the inspiration for much great jazz and quality popular singing for round about a century.
The idea of this blog is for you to share your thoughts and pass on your comments on discs, gigs, jazz - music in general. If you've been to a gig/concert or heard a CD that knocked you sideways please share your views with us. Tell us about your favourites, your memories, your dislikes.
Lance (Who wishes it to be known that he is not responsible for postings other than his own and that he's not always responsible for them.)
Contact: lanceliddle@gmail.com I look forward to hearing from you.

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