Shellac (M2): Jimmy McPartland & his Orchestra - Daughter of Sister Kate/In a Mist (Harmony)

With apologies to Fats Navarro and Jimmy Noone, I have to slip in another 'M' as I haven't any 78s by artists whose surname begins with the letter N!

Nevertheless this is an interesting one not least because the 'orchestra' - all six of them - is led by legendary Chicago cornet player Jimmy McPartland and his wife, British born, Marian McPartland who became an even greater legend. On this recording Marian is listed as Marian Page, the stage name she'd adopted in her early days playing theatres in Britain with fellow pianist Billy Mayerl.

Press release: Trailer Released For The Record Store Project Documentary: Exploring The Cultural Impact Of The Uk Record Store & Black Music

A major new project that explores the cultural impact of UK independent record stores that specialised in Black music from 1950 onwards, will be released in time for Black History Month 2024., the Trailer for which can be viewed here- https://youtu.be/W9JcX-kvszE.

“A lot of us (DJs) kind of started at the same time and we all kind of grew together. Some I would just see in the record shops fighting over records or whatever. Hustling to try and get the latest import - actually, we don't have that anymore. I miss that. We don't have that kind of community where you just hang out and chill. Like I could spend hours in the record shop just chilling - there was a certain happiness, like a joviality to just being in as a punter and seeing certain regulars coming in again. I'd never thought of it like that before, but they were actually really good meeting hubs.” WAYNE C MCDONALD Newcastle

Album review: Nick Tomalin Quintet - Shades of Shearing

Nick Tomalin (piano); Nat Steele (vibes); Dave Warren (guitar); Dominic Howles (bass); Matt Fishwick (drums).

A reimagined version of the fabulous George Shearing Quintet, a band that created a lot of  attention on both sides of the Atlantic back in the late 1940s/early 50s when the classic singles first appeared on those distinctive, yellow labelled MGM 78s. I've still got a few of them plus a double album collection.

Over the years, the distinctive, closely knit harmony became over-formulated with familiarity perhaps taking the edge off the initial excitement.

Sunday night @ the Globe - Dulcie May Moreno - Oct. 13

© Patti/Sylvia

Dulcie May Moreno (vocals); Mark Williams (guitar); Mick Shoulder (bass); John Bradford (drums)

Across the road in the aircraft hanger known as the Utilita Arena, Becky Hill was feeding the 10,700. In the Globe Dulcie May Moreno was preaching to a lesser congregation. In a perfect world the situation would have been reversed. At least nobody in the Globe needed medical attention.

Dulcie is a regular visitor to the area (she was born here) and never fails to captivate an audience as was proved last night.

Tonite! (Sunday Oct. 13) Dulcie sings at the Globe!

On Friday lunchtime, during a short return visit to the region, Dulcie May Moreno attracted a full house to Auckland Castle (they were turning people away at the door). This evening, our Newcastle-born, Kent-resident vocalist/composer will be in concert with her 'Northern Jazz Cats' on Railway Street, NE4 7AD. Join Dulcie, guitarist Mark Williams, bassist Mick 'The Bishop' Shoulder and drummer John Bradford for two sets of jazz standards and one or two original compositions. It's an eight o'clock start (doors at 7:00pm). Tickets £10.00. advance, £12.00 at the door, £7.00. 25 & under. Book now: www.theglobenewcastle.bar. Russell 

Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (repeated Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm)

https://www.ayclifferadio.co.uk/listen

Playlist 13/10/24 (repeated Tuesday 15/10/24)

Requests: George Melly with John Chilton's Feetwarmers.

From Darlington NOJC - Sarah Spencer's Transatlantic Band:  Eli Newberger & the Hot 6 featuring Jimmy Mazzy; The King of Swing Orchestra; Coleman Hawkins; Sir Charles Thompson; Louis Armstrong; Luis Russell and His Orchestra 'Jersey Lightning'; Kid Thomas Valentine's Creole Jazz Band.

New Releases: Gaz Hughes.

Memories: Art Blakey + Terence Blanchard, Thelonious Monk.

NE Jazz: Alligator Gumbo, Nicola Farnon.

Memories: Art Tatum, Buddy Rich Big Band with Terry Gibbs, JATP Swing Set.

Aycliffe Radio is available on DAB in County Durham & the Darlington Area. 

Shellac (M): Gille Mellé Sextet - Four Moons/The Gears (Blue Note)

Gil Mellé (tenor sax); Eddie Bert (trombone); Joe Manning (vibes); George Wallington (piano); Max Roach (drums)

A Blue Note 78! The only one in my collection, there can't be many of them still around and even less by Gil Mellé. He recorded eight sides over four discs and this was the first.

Mellé, it appears, was quite an enigmatic character. Apart from playing tenor sax, composing and arranging, he was also an abstract painter who provided a lot of the artwork that enhances the very early Blue Note LPs.

Album review: Louis Stewart, Martin Taylor - Acoustic Guitar Duets (Livia Records)

Louis Stewart, Martin Taylor (guitars).

Recorded in Dublin's Trend Studios in July 1985, Acoustic Guitar Duets features perhaps two of the greatest living (at that time) jazz gúitarists from outside of the United States. Stewart, sadly, is no longer with us whilst Taylor continues to be  at the forefront of the world's outstanding jazz guitarists.

Just as he did in the recently released duo set with Jim Hall, Stewart once again proves to be a man for all seasons. The two guitarists are the perfect foil for each other feeding ideas so seamlessly that it's difficult to tell where the join is.

Francis Tulip makes JRR!

© Ken Drew

This weekend's edition of Jazz Record Requests includes a track from Catriona Bourne's new album Triquetra. It was only last weekend that Catriona's band played a concert at the Globe as part of this year's Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music. LL's review of Catriona's festival appearance made reference to local hero, guitarist Francis Tulip. From County Durham to Birmingham Conservatoire to the London jazz scene and now Radio 3, Francis, aka Frank, is going places! Tune in, Sunday at four o'clock. Russell 

John Carstairs Hallam on Vintage Chart Toppers.

North east authority on all things vintage John Carstairs Hallam recently appeared on Colin Aitchison's Hong Kong radio show (RTHK)Vintage Chart Toppers. LINK.

His next guest is Tyneside trombone and trumpet ace David Matthew Gray. Lance