Jazz Double Bill coming up @ The Greyhound, West Rainton.

Jazz Double Bill - CLQ + Off The Leash. The Greyhound, West Rainton, DH4 6PA. Wednesday 16 September 2009, 8pm prompt. Admission free.

For several years, local resident and sax tutor John Steele has organised informal jazz sessions at the Greyhound pub in West Rainton. Since the pub reopened under new management earlier this year, John has arranged some slightly more formal gigs - still free admission - usually held on the third Wednesday of the month. This session was planned as a repeat of a popular evening held on 17 June, but the line up of both bands had changed slightly since then, so like all the best jazz, no one knows quite what to expect.

CLQ - a fresh approach to jazz standards with Jeff Smith (tenor sax), Karen Rann (soprano sax), Caroline Lee (piano), Dave Parker (double bass), Michael Howard (drums).

Off The Leash - playing a mix of standards and fusion with John Steele (saxes), Paul Beck (piano), Mike Clarke (double & electric bass), Stan Praszczalek (drums).

Thanks to Dave Parker for the above information and a further prompt from Adrian Tilbrook.

Lance.