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Ben Williams: "Jaco [Pastorius] is almost like the Charlie Parker of the bass)." - (DownBeat November 2018).

Dana Hall: "My philosophy is that everyone in the band is a drummer." - (DownBeat November 2018.)

Today Friday October 19

Afternoon

Dean Stockdale Trio - Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Market Place, Bishop Auckland DL14 7NP. Tel: 03000 269 524. 1:00pm. £5.00.

Rendezvous Jazz - Monkseaton Arms, Front Street, Monkseaton NE25 8DP. Tel: 0191 251 3928. 1:00pm. Free.

Vieux Carré Jazzmen - Golden Lion, Corbridge. 12:30pm for a 'Jazz Lunch'.

Evening

Beats & Pieces Big Band - Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2QJ. Tel: 01642 729729. 7:30pm. £10.00. Middlesbrough Jazz Weekender. Note programme and time change.

Awkward Family Portraits - Billy Bootleggers, Nelson St, Newcastle NE1 5AN. 9pm. Free.

To the best of our knowledge, details of the above events are correct but may be subject to alteration.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

RIP David Baker

Perhaps one of America's greatest jazz educators, David Baker passed away on March 26.
His transcriptions and analysis of jazz solos are regarded by many as the definitive. Many a time I've sat reading Down Beat absorbing his wisdom. Truly a jazz guru who really did know the score - pardon the pun.
Trumpet, trombone and, after his lip was gone, cello. One of the greats who perhaps deserved more recognition of his achievements. A giant!
David Baker was 84. He will be sadly missed by any jazzer who felt there was more to the music than just getting up and blowing.
Sadly missed.
Obituary.
Lance,
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1 comment :

Nick Gould said...

I met David a number of times having studied Jazz Theory with him and he was an amazing person. Very erudite and a master at explaining things in a simple and informative way. I was told had to stop playing trombone after a car crash where he broke his jaw and was refused treatment at an american hospital. He will be missed by many for sure.

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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.
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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.)
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