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Postage

17523 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 797 of them this year alone and, so far, 35 this month (Nov. 10).

From This Moment On ...

November

Wed 13: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 13: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 13: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. A ‘second Wednesday in the month’ jam session.
Wed 13: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 13: corto.alto @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors); 7:30pm (DJ set); 8:15pm. (support act); 9:00pm corto.alto. £14.00. + bf.

Thu 14: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Faye MacCalman & John Pope @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 14: Student Performances @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 4:00pm. Inc. Olly Styles (saxophone).
Thu 14: Happy Tuesdays @ Ye Olde Cross, Ryton. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 14: John Stowell & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Top class US/UK guitar duo!
Thu 14: King Bees @ The Cumberland Arms, Byker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Superb Chicago blues band. Note, Struggle Buggy will no longer be appearing.
Thu 14: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Free. Guests: Jeremy McMurray (keys); Kevin Eland (trumpet); Mark Toomey (alto sax); Adrian Beadnell (bass).

Fri 15: Nicola Farnon Trio @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 15: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 15: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 15: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 15: Tim Kliphuis Trio @ Morpeth Methodist Church, Morpeth NE61 1HU. 7:30pm. £18.00.; £3.00. student (over 18); Free 18 or under. A Morpeth Music Society event. Kliphuis (violin), Nigel Clark (guitar), Roy Percy (double bass).
Fri 15: Lindsay Hannon’s Blues Trio @ 1719, Hendon, Sunderland. 7:30pm. £12.00. + bf.
Fri 15: Groovetrain @ The Exchange 1856, North Shields. 7:00pm. £22.50. + bf. Groovetrain’s ‘Big Night Out’.

Sat 16: Liane Carroll: Jazz Vocal Weekend Workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 9:00am-5:00pm. £95.00. Day 1/2. SOLD OUT!
Sat 16: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm.
Sat 16: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 16: Brand New Heavies @ Boiler Shop, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £75.00. + bf; £30.00. + bf.

Sun 17: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 17: Liane Carroll: Jazz Vocal Weekend Workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 9:00am-5:00pm. £95.00. Day 2/2. SOLD OUT!
Sun 17: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 17: Liane Carroll @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Sun 17: Julian Lage @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Lage, solo guitar.

Mon 18: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 18: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 19: Christine Tassan et Les Imposteures @ Bowes & Gilmonby Parish Hall, Co. Durham. 7:30pm. £14.00.; £7.00. child.
Tue 19: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Michael Young, Paul Grainger, Mark Robertson.
Tue 19: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Billingham Catholic Club. 7:30pm. £5.00. from 07757 062798 or at the door.

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

Monday, May 25, 2009

Jazz In The Afternoon @ Cullercoats

Iain MacAulay ( trombone, piano & vocals ), Brian Chester ( trombone & piano ), Derek Fleck ( clarinet, tenor saxophone & banjo ), Mike Durham ( trumpet & vocals ), John Hallam ( double bass & sousaphone ), Jim McKeown (drums ) + Theresa McMullen ( vocals ), Roy Gibson ( piano ) & Doris Fenn ( banjo ). The north east jazz riviera basked in sunshine throughout the holiday weekend and Monday lunchtime served up some sizzling good time jazz to a standing room only audience at the Crescent Club. Two or three of the band donned Hawaiian - style shirts for the occasion (perhaps they were suffering from heat stroke) and kicked off with Iain MacAulay taking the vocal duties on ''I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby''. Clarence Williams' ''Royal Garden Blues'' followed by ''Buddy Bolden's Blues'' set the standard for an afternoon of choice material. An instrumental version of ''Ain't Mishehavin''' set me thinking...had I ever heard the tune without the lyrics? ''Happy Birthday'' was a surprise inclusion. Dedicated to Alice - Derek Fleck's other half - it was met with approval by all. Mr.Fleck took the opportunity to steal a kiss! The first set highlight - ''Trog's Blues'' featured Fleck on clarinet in a duo with pianist Brian Chester. Fleck achieved a quite wonderful vibrato; Chester contributed a chiming effect which could be said to have been of the baroque. Perfect. The tempo increased with a rousing version of ''St. Louis' Blues'' - Fleck switching to tenor sax and Chester cranking it up with a bootin' Hammond solo (Gerry Richardson or Jimmy McGriff would have been proud!). ''Hiawatha'' brought the first set to a close. The interval allowed for another thirst - quenching pint of Guinness, the purchase of a par for the course losing raffle ticket and a bit crack. The great Theresa McMullen opened the second set accompanied by Roy Gibson at the piano, with bass and drum stalwarts Hallam and McKeown in support, singing a beautifully - paced ''East of the Sun''. The boys in the band, having returned from proping up the bar, launched into ''Savoy Blues'' with Chester and MacAulay switching roles. Chester demonstrated his infectious, bustling trombone style and MacAulay can certainly play the piano. Guest trumpeter Mike Durham blew some top stuff on ''Bad Penny Blues'' together with Chester, Hallam and McKeown. Doris Fenn sat in on ''Lady Be Good'' alongside fellow banjoist Fleck, Chester and MacAulay played 'bones and John Hallam produced, as if out of thin air, the monster that is the sousaphone (had this creature just escaped from the Blue Reef Aquarium along the coast?). Mr.MacAulay said, to much hilarity, that Marshall Walker, the band's erstwhile drummer, referred to the sousaphone as Hallam's ''fart - o - phone ''! All said and done ''Lady Be Good'' is a good tune ! ''Basin Street Blues'' was a good ensemble piece with Roy Gibson back at the keyboard. The entertainment concluded with ''Enjoy Yourself ''. All present did just that. Russell

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