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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

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 28: Richard Herdman Quartet @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Josh Bentham (alto sax); Alan Marshall (tenor sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass); Graham Thompson (keys); Steve Hunter (drums).

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.

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.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Words from Dave Weisser - an 'intemperate rant' to Paul Bream (Jazz Alert)

Yo Paul:
I see that you've left our WEEKLY Take It To The Bridge JAZZ WORKSHOP off the week's listing. Surely even you can't have forgotten that we've been going for nearly ten years now. And, commenting on your mention of Alan Glen's gig a few weeks ago (something about "originals"), if you'd been to Alan's gig last week, you would've heard three originals by that estimable pianist, in front of a nearly full room (something even Lance neglected to mention in his review), and a few weeks earlier, his original "Big Deal At Ocho Rios", (the story behind which is hilarious) mixed in with the standards which you hold in such disdain.
So, I guess you won't be there to hear the amazing drummers who've been filling Eric's shoes these last few weeks, such as Paul Wight, Malcolm Dick (between his tours with Richie Blackmore), and again tonight, an amazing young drummer and protege of Malcolm's, Rob Bates. Other special guest band appearances are upcoming, but you can read about them in Lance's blog.
But then, as a lowly 'jam session', we really don't warrant much (parasitic) media attention, especially as it all happens without one iota of grant support, just the good will of the cats who take part.
Regards
Dave
TAKE IT TO THE BRIDGE.
"Views and comments posted on these pages do not necessarily coincide with my own and are solely the opinion of the post's author.
Lance."

2 comments :

Brian Chester said...

Fully support your comments Dave.
You're doing a great job at the Chilli and it's such a shame that it's not better attended.
Keep up the good work
Brian Chester
(I'm really intrigued to know the story behind Big Deal in Ocho Rios
I went there once - It was a right shithole)





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Steve Andrews said...

Absolutely, Dave! I've not read Mr. Bream's comments, but I reckon anyone who can keep a Jazz session going for ten years has to be doing sonething very right! And, with respect to critics everywhere, I know whereof I speak, having run gigs, both short- and long-term, over more than 30 years in the NE and Cumbria - it's hard, often discouraging work.
It's been a long time since we played together, but if you see an elderly fat man clutching a tenor case for support one night, who knows, it might be me, looking for a sit - in!

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