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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.

Saturday, August 09, 2014

Paul Edis Trio @ The Jazz Café August 8

Paul Edis (pno); Mick Shoulder (bs); Adam Sinclair (dms).
(Review by Lance/photos courtesy of Mike Tilley.)
Previous keyboardists had opted for Nords and Rolands and other 'thingys' but Dr Edis elected to use the much maligned steam piano.
Tonight, that noble animal, under the capable jockey-ship of Paul Edis, proved itself to be no longer a selling plater but a potential Derby winner!
The trainer, or rather the tuner, had done the job well and the sound was superb, as was the playing.
Opening up with What is This Thing Called Love? (surrounded as I was by three charming ladies it was a question I too posed!) Paul impressed and the inevitable round of fours that are de rigueur with trios didn't do too much harm (actually they were great!)
Bill Evans' Very Early was a tasteful tribute to one of our pianist's major inspirations. Stomping at the Savoy - the Benny Goodman classic from the 1930s  - led us to Milt Jackson's Bags' Groove before that most sensitive piece of Michel Legrand's - It Must be Spring.  Tadd Dameron's  Ladybird rounded off a splendid set.
The room was reasonably crowded, the Pinot Grigot and the Geordie Jazz ensured that nobody died of thirst, whilst the musical tastebuds were well and truly sated!
How could they not be with a version of Body and Soul that began with Claude's (Debussy that is) Apres-midi d'un Faune? Throw in Unsquare Dance, Lullaby of Birdland, Rhythm-a -ning and Scrapple From the Apple and the result was an evening of pianistic delights - and that is without mentioning Mick Shoulder's bass playing. His intro to Bag's Groove just superb and his solos and support were as sound as Adam Sinclair's cymbals. What a drummer! So laid back but, when the chips are down, he's your man!
It was raining so heavily Arks were on standby but Who Cares? (to quote another number) after tonight I'd gladly have swum home. Instead I just floated...  
Lance.

3 comments :

JC said...

Great session with the trio as you say but since Debussy gets a nod, it's worth recording that the piece that segued into Scrapple From the Apple was Paul Edis's own beautiful composition From Nothing to Nowhere from his solo album.

Patti D. said...

Ah - I thought it was Debussy too! Just goes to show ..... but what an excellent gig.

Lance said...

It WAS Debussy! JC is referring to a piece played later. We're ALL right!

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