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July
Sat 27: BBC Proms: BBC Introducing stage @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 12 noon. Free. Line-up inc. Nu Groove (2:00pm); Abbie Finn Trio (2:50pm); Dilutey Juice (3:50pm); SwanNek (5:00pm); Rivkala (6:00pm).
Sat 27: Nomade Swing Trio @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sat 27: Mississippi Dreamboats @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sat 27: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Cafédral, Owengate, Durham. 9:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Sat 27: Theon Cross + Knats @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 10:00pm. £22.00. BBC Proms: BBC Introducing Stage (Sage Two). A late night gig.
Sun 28: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm.
Sun 28: Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band @ Fonteyn Ballroom, Dunelm House (Durham Students’ Union), Durham. 2:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Sun 28: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Nomade Swing Trio @ Red Lion, Alnmouth. 4:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Jazz Jam Sandwich! @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 28: Jeffrey Hewer Collective @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 28: Milne Glendinning Band @ Cafédral, Owengate, Durham. 9:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Mon 29: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 30: ???
Wed 31: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 31: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 31: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
August
Thu 01: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:30pm. £4.00.
Thu 01: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 01: Elsadie & the Bobcats @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 02: Mainly Two @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free (donations). SOLD OUT!
Fri 02: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 02: Pete Tanton’s Chet Set @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. POSTPONED!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
McCoy Tyner Trio Plus Joe Lovano At The Sage - A Gig Of Two Halves
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Main Street Jazzmen at the Iona Club
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All in all well worth the visit.
The Hipster Says ...
Stamps For Swinging Lovers
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Nothing Like A Dame
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There were moments when I forgave her; her "Shakespeare And All That Jazz" recorded in 1964 was, probably still is, the defining mix of jazz and the written/spoken word. Something few would dare to deny. However, one swallow doesn't make a supper and I heard little else to enjoy.
As recently as this merry month of May, with a hey and a ho and a hey nonny no I opted to drive to Darlington to catch Scott Hamilton and Steve Fishwick rather than go up the road to the Sage and listen to Lord and Lady Dankworth of Wavendon.
Then I heard "Quality Time".
A good friend and contributor to this site raved about Cleo singing "Quality Time". I shrugged it off; I knew "Quality Time" as a clever Dave Frishberg song that Susannah McCorkle had recorded but couldn't quite equate it with the sentiments Liz was attributing to it so, as I had picked up Cleo's CD of same somewhere along the way, I decided to listen to it - don't ask me why I hadn't done so before; built in conceptions guess.
Let me tell you this is one helluva CD. Gone are the mannerisms to be replaced by a feeling of sensuality akin to a Julie London or a Jeri Southern. "Quality Time", the song, is not the Frishberg fol de rol but a beatutiful piece written by tenor saxist Duncan Lamont and drummer, the late Allan Ganley. Apart from the originals (Cleo and Sir John also penned some) there are several well chosen standards and, in particular, a goose pimpling version of "Wee Small Hours" that gets within sight of the Sinatra version.
It was recorded in 2002 which would make her 75 at the time...
Monday, May 26, 2008
Ruth Lambert Quintet at the Side Café
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Jazz Legacy
Sunday, May 25, 2008
RIP Brian Fisher
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Jazz At The Fell
Ja-Da - Bob Wilber Soprano Sax
More Colin Aitchison, Bob Wilber and the China Coast Jazzmen. Other items can be seen on You Tube. Search for China Coast Jazzmen.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Jason Moran presents In My Mind: Monk At Town Hall
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Stu Collingwood Trio at The Side Café
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Their Army Knives Aren't Bad Either
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Alan Glen Trio
Frank Sparrow - THE MAN - by John Taylor. UPDATED.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Extreme Measures
Fever
Sunday, May 11, 2008
John Taylor - "Great Photos"
Jimmy Giuffre
Friday, May 09, 2008
Michael Garrick Sextet at Caedman Hall
Thursday, May 08, 2008
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Red Hot Chilli Arms
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis Trio at The Side Café
Sunday, May 04, 2008
The Song Is Ended But...
Saturday, May 03, 2008
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Friday, May 02, 2008
Gwyneth at The Gala
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Killer Shrimp at Corner House
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- Main Street Jazzmen at the Iona Club
- The Hipster Says ...
- Stamps For Swinging Lovers
- Nothing Like A Dame
- Ruth Lambert Quintet at the Side Café
- Jazz Legacy
- RIP Brian Fisher
- Quote
- Jazz At The Fell
- Ja-Da - Bob Wilber Soprano Sax
- Jason Moran presents In My Mind: Monk At Town Hall
- Stu Collingwood Trio at The Side Café
- Their Army Knives Aren't Bad Either
- Alan Glen Trio
- Frank Sparrow - THE MAN - by John Taylor. UPDATED.
- Quote
- Extreme Measures
- Fever
- John Taylor - "Great Photos"
- Jimmy Giuffre "Train and the River"
- Jimmy Giuffre
- Michael Garrick Sextet at Caedman Hall
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- Red Hot Chilli Arms
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- Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis Trio at The Side Café
- The Song Is Ended But...
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