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Holly Cooper, Mouthpiece Music: "Lance writes pull quotes like no one else!"

Postage

15848 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 855 of them this year alone and, so far, 53 this month (Sept. 18).

From This Moment On ...

September

Thu 21: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 21: La Malbec Orchestra @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Thu 21: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 21: Linsday Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 21: Ray Stubbs R & B All Stars @ The Schooner, Gateshead. 8:30pm. Free.
Thu 21: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 22: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 22: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 22: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 22: Brief Encounter @ Bardon Mill Village Hall, Northumberland. 7:00pm. Tickets: £10.00. adv from 07885 303166; £12.00. on the door. Chris & Veronica Perrin improvising to a screening of the 1929 'Jazz Age' silent film Piccadilly (Dir. Ewald André Dupont).
Fri 22: Paul Edis & Graeme Wilson + Three Tsuru Origami @ Jesmond United Reformed Church, Newcastle. 7:30pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Fri 22: Crooners @ Tyne Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Fri 22: Abbie Finn's Finntet @ Traveller's Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.

Sat 23: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Tanfield Railway, Gateshead. 2:00-4:00pm. Free. A '1940s Weekend' event.
Sat 23: Jason Isaacs @ Stack, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free.
Sat 23: Andrew Porritt & Keith Barrett @ Cullercoats Watch House, Front St., Cullercoats NE30 4QB. 7:00pm.
Sat 23: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig. Country blues.

Sun 24: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.

Mon 25: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 7:00pm.

Tue 26: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.

Wed 27: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 27: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 27: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Monday, November 01, 2010

Horn Dogs are Top Dogs @ The Bridge

Graham Hardy, Alastair Lord, (tpts), Eddie Bellis, David Gray (tmb), Graeme Wilson (ten), Paul Susans (sousa), Brendan Murphy (bass drum), Alex Tustin (snare drum).
I made my way from North Shields to Newcastle by Metro wondering what could follow No Time For Jive. Newcastle football fans must have been wondering what could follow their 5-1 thrashing of ten man Sunderland and the streets were awash with black and white shirts.
The stage of the Bridge Hotel was also awash with shirts - red ones - as Horn Dogs opened up with a rather irreverent version of What A Friend We Have In Jesus before upping the tempo and stomping off to New Orleans. Not bad going - Chicago to New Orleans by Metro!
Yes New Orleans it is but not the New Orleans of yore. This is the Crescent City of today, the Big Easy, and the name of the game is fun.
The rhythm section sway as they play, the trumpets soar, the lone sax holds his own and the trombones provide the depth.
Talking trombones - I mentioned a promising young guy at last weeks Jazz Café jam session. The same young man made his debut with the band tonight. In the space of a week his talent has multiplied! David Gray - remember you read it here first.
Lance.

1 comment :

Lance said...

Below is the set list and soloists supplied by Graham Hardy.
1st set
What A Friend (solos by Eddie Bellis & Graeme Wilson)
Big'n'Brassy (Graham Hardy, David Gray, Graeme)
Brooklyn (Graeme, Eddie, Alex Tustin, Brendan Murphy)
Flash-Imperial March
Funky Pie pt.2 (Graham, Graeme, David)
Thriller (Graeme)

2nd set
Horn Doggin' (Graham & Graeme)
Do Whatcha Wanna (Graham, Graeme, David)
Slow One (Graeme, David, Graham)
Remember When (Alastair Lord, Paul Susans)
The Melon Felony (Graham)
Money Shot (Graeme, David, Graham)
Hey Jude (Graham)
High On Life (encore) (Graeme, David, Alex & Brendan)

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