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October
Tue 29: ???
Wed 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 30: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 30: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 31: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free. Fortnightly, next one Nov. 14.
Thu 31: The New '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 31: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Carlisle Rugby Club. Warwick Road, Carlisle CA1 1LW. 8:30pm. £12.
Thu 31: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Free. Guests Josh Bentham (sax); Dave Harrison (trumpet); Garry Hadfield (keys); Ron Smith (bass)
November
Fri 01: Mike Durham’s International Classic Jazz Party @ The Village Hotel, North Tyneside. 12 noon. Day 1/3. SOLD OUT!
Fri 01: Will Howard Quartet @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 01: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 01: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 01: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 01: Louis, Louis, Louis @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Sat 02: Mike Durham’s International Classic Jazz Party @ The Village Hotel, North Tyneside. 12 noon. Day 2/3. SOLD OUT!
Sat 02: Red Stripe @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 02: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. £25.00. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. ‘Bebop Language by Barry Harris.’. Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 02: Guy Davis @ The Witham, 3 Horse Market, Barnard Castle, DL12 8LY. &:30pm. £18-£20. Legendary American blues artist.
Sat 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sun 03: Mike Durham’s International Classic Jazz Party @ The Village Hotel, North Tyneside. 12 noon. Day 3/3. SOLD OUT!
Sun 03: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm (12:30pm doors). £7.50.
Sun 03: Dean Stockdale Trio @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00. Dean Stockdale, Mick Shoulder, John Bradford.
Sun 03: Sax Choir @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 03: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free. Rescheduled date from Sunday 27 October.
Sun 03: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 03: Leeway @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 03: Hi Res Heart @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Pyne/Archer/Keefe/Bardon. JNE.
Mon 04: Enrico Tomasso/Cia Tomasso/Curtis Volp @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Mon 04: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Square, Whitley Road, Palmersville, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1.00pm. Free.
Mon 04: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30-8:30pm. Free.
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Monday, October 28, 2024
Sue Ferris Quintet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth - Oct. 28
Daniel John Martin with Swing Manouche @ the Globe, Newcastle Oct. 27
© Patti |
To review the same band twice in three days presents a challenge, some may say, a pointless one as it was unlikely anything was going to change over such a short period of time. Nevertheless, you never know and last night's show concluded with guitarist Giles Strong sitting in on Minor Swing.
Earlier, we had an extended first set - 65 minutes gave some of the audience itchy bottoms - nevertheless, the music, albeit predictable, was enjoyable with the maestro and his cohorts playing an impeccable programme of hot club favourites alongside some lesser known Reinhardt compositions.
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Album review (take two*): Zachary Bartholomew - Balancing Act (BeMuse Records - BMR 2401)
In
his debut album, Balancing
Act,
pianist, composer and educator, Zachary Bartholomew and an array of A-listers
deliver ten unique Bartholomew originals. The fare is both eclectic and, in a
descriptive sense, electric. There’s an abundance of excitement that is
delivered in varied textures with an enormity of rhythmic variation and
ingenuity.
Crazy Socks kicks the session off up-tempo with a hip – and vividly colorful – Tadd Dameron-like melody executed over classic bop changes. Trumpeter Benny Benack III sets off on an invigorating solo. The leader grabs the reins and offers his own statements. This is an enjoyable neo-bop take.
Preview: DJM on Railway Street (tonite! Sunday 27)
Donny McCaslin @ the Exchange, North Shields - Oct. 26.
© Russell |
Another new venue for me and easily found despite the sat nav suggesting a sneaky flit past a couple of No Entry signs. In honour of McCaslin’s contributions to David Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, I’m wearing my Paul Smith designer ‘Blackstar’ T-shirt. And my Paul Smith designer uncs. And my Paul Smith designer socks with the signature stripe. Your correspondent is one groovy mummy kisser. When I get there at least three others are wearing the same T-shirt. It’s like the time I went to a garden party at Buckingham Palace and there was another bloke wearing the same crown.
Of course the big question is, why McCaslin is here at all? North Shields is an unlikely stopover on a two date UK tour that had him at some place in Soho last night and nowhere else in the country. Is someone in Shields holding incriminating footage of Donny dancing to the Birdy Song like he loves it? In any case, it’s good to see and I suspect that the Bowie connection has brought a lot of people in, though how long they’ll stay for is another matter (about a quarter would leave during the gig).
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Preview: Paul Skerritt Big Band @ the Westovian Theatre, South Shields - Nov. 23
This will be the band's third concert at the venue on top of an excellent concert at the Glasshouse earlier this year.
However, this upcoming concert is different from the four previous ones inasmuch as, instead of the Danny Miller Big Band from across the Pennines, this time it's Paul's own big band comprising of top north east musicians handpicked by Paul himself.
Jack Jones (Jan. 14, 1938 - Oct. 23, 2024)
The Clare Teal Five @ Gala Theatre, Durham - Oct. 25
© Patti |
A Clare Teal gig is always something special. A guaranteed evening of fun, jazz singing of the highest standard, an A-list band and an ever-changing repertoire. Last night was no exception with all the boxes ticked and, of course, that essential ingredient to any jazz gig - the sound of surprise.
We got that last one in abundance.
The material, whilst still containing the bricks and mortar of those Gasbook classics that we love and cherish, has been updated to include a few of the better pop and rock songs albeit in a jazzy/bluesy vein - shades of Postmodern Jukebox.
The feature, Trailblazers was a good addition with its tribute to Annie Ross on Wardell Gray's Twisted and to Peggy Lee with A Good Day. When Clare mentioned Peggy Lee I cringed and thought 'not another version of Fever or Black Coffee!' Fortunately I was wrong and A Good Day made for a very good day indeed.
Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (repeated Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm)
https://www.ayclifferadio.co.uk/listen
Playlist 27/10/24 (repeated Tuesday 29/10/24)
Black History Month: Big Bill Broonzy, Louis Armstrong & the All
Stars (1955).
Requests from Paul Jackman’s Jazz Masters: Harry James/Helen Forrest, Jelly Roll
Morton, Louis Armstrong, Buddy Rich, Eartha Kitt, Tommy Dorsey & His
Orchestra.
Emma Fisk & Hot Club du Nord requests: Piccadilly Revels Band, Noble Sissle & his Sizzling Syncopators, Wes Montgomery.
Friday, October 25, 2024
Daniel John Martin with Swing Manouche @ the Lit & Phil, Newcastle Oct. 25
©Patti |
For once the well-oiled machine that is the Lit and Phil went off the rails - no programmes had been printed. Maybe there were leaves in the system, who knows?
So as it was, no advance set list was available meaning that I'm having to work from my not always accurate memory bank.
Nevertheless, it's the music that counts and, in that respect it was hot off the Eurostar from Paris.
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