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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

Tue 19: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Michael Young, Paul Grainger, Tim Johnston.

Wed 20: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 20: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 20: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 21: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 21: Castillo Neuvo Trio + Conor Emery & His ‘Bones Band @ The Grove, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). £10.00. (£7.00. student).
Thu 21: Remi Banklyn + Chris Corcoran Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.50. Chicago blues. An International Guitar Foundation promotion.
Thu 21: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Ragtime piano.
Thu 21: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Fri 22: Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 22: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 22: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 22: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 22: Nauta + Remy CB + Last Orders @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). Free.
Fri 22: Vasilis Xenopoulos-Paul Edis Quartet @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £15.00. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 22: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 23: Jambone @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 6:30pm. Free (ticketed). End of term performance in the Northern Rock Foundation Hall.
Sat 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 23: Red Kites Jazz @ Rowlands Gill Community Centre NE39 1JB. 7:00pm. Tickets: £12.00. (gibsidecommunityfarm@gmail.com). A ‘Build a Barn’ fundraiser. BYOB, tea/coffee available.
Sat 23: New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £20.00. + bf (book in person at venue - no booking fee!). Featuring pianist Martin Litton.
Sat 23: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 24: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 24: Luis Verde @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Verde (alto sax); Joe Steels (guitar); John Pope (double bass); John Hirst (drums). Alto sax brilliance!
Sun 24: Elsie Franklin @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. £10.00. Country blues. An International Guitar Foundation promotion.
Sun 24: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: Las Vegas Live with the Rat Pack @ The Forum, Billingham.
Sun 24: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Otterburn Memorial Hall. 7:30pm. £12.00.
Sun 24: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Note start time - 7:00pm.
Sun 24: Bold Big Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 25: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30pm. Free.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Dominic J Marshall Trio @ The Jazz Café. June 14

Dominic J Marshall (piano, synth, programming), Sam Vicary (electric bass) & Sam Gardner (drums)
(Review by Russell/Photo courtesy of Mike Tilley)
Leeds College of Music alumni gigging regularly in a number of bands, home and abroad – pianist Dominic J Marshall and the two Sams, bassist Vicary, drummer Gardner – a gig at Newcastle’s Jazz Café the latest stop on a short British tour. Marshall juggles two trios, one in Holland where he currently resides, and this fine British trio, formed as students in their college days.
The trio set up in the downstairs bar café with Marshall content to play the house upright. A portable synth and associated technical hardware was assembled with the minimum of fuss, and with bassist Vicary travelling with his five string electric and Gardner happy to make use of the in-house Gretsch kit, the boys were on the road hand luggage-style.
All of the tunes heard on the night were Marshall’s from his latest album The Triolithic. Leaves Dance opened the programme, Fictions followed and it became clear that this was a piano jazz trio of the 21st century. Acoustic piano playing referenced Bill Evans and an   earlier generation of piano masters, synth sounds (Marshall’s left hand crossing over) put matters into context; drum ‘n’ bass, hip hop, retro kitsch. Effective programming added a social commentary – children’s voices heard on the West Bank in Free Palestine. Middle Eastern rhythms, the connection made with the Millennial generation; jazz, protest, Scott Heron’s assertion adapted, amended, the social media revolution is being communicated. The Jazz Café’s audience – every last one of them – did themselves proud. Many twenty-somethings listened intently, they ‘got it’, no problem. Sam Gardner is a musician (cue a barrage of drummer jokes!) of the highest order; musical, an infinite flow of ideas, razor sharp in response, fearless in redirecting the flow, shaping the sound, a master class.

A good vibe in the Jazz Café tonight, those present were there to listen. The bar staff too listened – what they made of it all is another matter! A leisurely interval, the trio an easy going sort.

Marshall began the second set in observational, reflective mood. First Family Chronicles, then 80 Campbell Road (the pianist’s childhood home). The trio’s 21st century groove is as it should be – of its time, yet the effortless switching to elegant, swing time sections is truly the preserve of the schooled musician as heard on Windermere. A subsequent debate between musicians and audience about the merits of Ullswater and other Lakeland waters exemplified the immediate connection made on the night.

The interface of programming and overlays with straight ahead swing was something else on Ptah’s Vibration! Rahsaan, Sun Ra, Soweto Kinch, Strigalev, Dominic J Marshall. An excellent gig concluded with Blue Lotus. The Dominic J Marshall Trio made new friends at the Jazz Café. A return visit? Yes, please!
Russell.                      

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