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Today Saturday February 22

Afternoon

Jazz

Electric Guitar Masterclass – The Music of Robben Ford - Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead NE8 2JR. Tel: 0191 443 4661. 10:00am. £15.00. Jamie Mackay conducts a masterclass looking at the work of former Miles Davis’ sideman Robben Ford.

Evening

Daniel John Martin w Swing Manouche - Core Music, 14a/b Gilesgate, Hexham NE46 3NJ. Tel: 01434 601993. 8:00pm. Donations (suggested donation £10.00.). DJM w Mick Shoulder (guitar); Giles Strong (guitar); Ian Paterson (double bass).

Blues/Funk/Soul

Half Hand Hoodoo Band - Billy Bootleggers, Nelson St, Newcastle NE1 5AN. 9:00pm. Free.

Boys of Brass - Brandling Villa, Haddricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, Newcastle NE3 1QL. Tel: 0191 284 0490. 9:00pm. Free.

To the best of our knowledge, details of the above events are correct but may be subject to alteration.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE!

George Shearing is 90 today. Happy birthday.
Thank you LondonJazz for drawing this event to my attention. I'll never forget that 'certain night' hearing George and Mel Tormé along with Carmen McRae at the Festival Hall back in the 1980s.
In the 1960s I heard him at Finsbury Park Empire with ex-Basie singer Joe Williams.
Some of the first records I ever bought were by the Shearing Quintet.
As Dave Brubeck is still going at the age of 88 it would seem that, in the jazz world, popularity breeds longevity.
Lance.
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