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Postage

16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Daryl Sherman at Pizza Express, W1 - Clive Davis

Mike Durham has kindly drawn my attention to this review by Clive Davis in the London Times.
"The death last year of Blossom Dearie has left a large hole in the jazz firmament. No one will ever quite replace her. The good news, though, is that Daryl Sherman, an impish, swing-oriented singer-pianist whose singing has more than a hint of Blossom about it, has crossed the Atlantic again. Sherman digs deeper into the archives than most of her peers. Her most recent album takes a centennial stroll through the Johnny Mercer catalogue. If you needed a companion to Gene Lees's elegant biography of the songwriter for all seasons, Sherman's playlist would be a good place to start. In the studio she also had the help of a supple band that featured Jerry Dodgion, the veteran saxophonist. In Soho, by contrast, Sherman had minimal backing at her disposal, with just the guitarist Dave Cliff and the bassist Andy Cleyndert to keep her company. But her blend of well-honed anecdotes and astute musicianship yielded a performance that had the intimacy of a tete-a-tete, the audience hanging on her every word. While she may be no full-throated diva, Sherman's sprightly delivery and her spare soloing make an insouciant combination. Even if her voice is not built for grand passion, she delivered one of the most wistful versions of I Thought about You that you could hope to hear, one that was light years away from the classic big band swagger of Sinatra's Songs for Swingin' Lovers. Midnight Sun proved to be every bit as evocative, while At the Jazz Band Ball swung demurely. Towards the end Sherman switched her attention to the work of the lyricist Johnny Burke. A dainty treatment of Pennies from Heaven and a genial tribute to Dorothy Lamour on You're Dangerous -- borrowed from The Road to Zanzibar -- proved that she has as good an eye for buried loot as that other singer-researcher, Michael Feinstein."
Clive Davis.

1 comment :

Liz said...

There goes that song again...
"I thought about you"
Liz

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