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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.

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.

Monday, March 20, 2017

Dean Stockdale Trio @ Blaydon Jazz Club - March 19

Dean Stockdale (piano), Mick Shoulder (double bass) & Adam Sinclair (drums)
(Review by Russell/Photo courtesy of Roly Veitch)
As Blaydon Jazz Club embarks upon its thirty third year presenting the very best in jazz, pianist Dean Stockdale, in the company of Mick Shoulder, bass, and drummer Adam Sinclair, returned to the Black Bull on Bridge Street to play two sets of standards, original compositions and some Oscar Peterson. The audience, best described as select but discerning, hung on every note, an evening of intimate, small group jazz, a connoisseur’s delight.
Joyspring, the Brubeckian elegance of All the Things You Are, and a Stockdale arrangement of Mingus’ Nostalgia in Times Square, these the first offerings of the Dean Stockdale Trio. Blaydon Jazz Club has been privileged to present many of the finest pianists around, not least the house pianist of many years, until relocating abroad, Billy Harper. Dean Stockdale is one of the current generation to grace the stage at the Black Bull. A new CD is soon to see the light of day and the affable Stockdale took the opportunity to play a couple of tunes from it; Another Time perhaps a  little tentative, bass and drums sight reading the unfamiliar charts. Later, Stockdale played Pike Place (named after a Seattle fish market) – two original compositions worthy of their place in the set list.

New York by Night (comp Stockdale) swung, Shoulder and Sinclair swinging. Beautiful Love and Oscar Peterson’s swinging Kelly’s Blues had it all; walking left hand, double time swing, brushes skittering across Sinclair’s kit, Shoulder’s arco bass solo. Some Day My Prince Will Come, then a request…Hymn to Freedom, played for Blaydon Jazz Club’s Roly Veitch. To close an evening of first rate jazz the trio played a Stockdale arrangement of Out of Nowhere. It had been a pleasure.

Next month there will be a first visit to the Black Bull by Eddie Bellis’ Lickety Split. A West Coast-influenced octet, trombonist Bellis has assembled some of the region’s finest. Oliver Nelson, the guarantee of some Miles Davis, a blues – this is one not to be missed. The date for your diary… Easter Sunday, April 16th. Eight o’clock start, £5.00. on the door. Make the effort, get along and hear some great jazz, you’ll be impressed, guaranteed!    
Russell.
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