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Rupert Burley (Dynamic Agency): "BSH just goes from strength to strength".

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13,837 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 13 years ago. 1254 of them this year alone and, so far, 66 this month (Oct. 23).

From This Moment On ...

October

Tue 26: Classic Swing @ Ship inn, Monkseaton. 1:00pm. The post-lockdown resumption of the band’s weekly residency will be fortnightly until further notice.
Tue 26: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 8:00pm. The post-lockdown resumption of the Black Swan’s fortnightly jam session.

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

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, North Tyneside. 1:00pm.
Thu 28: J Frisco @ Newcastle University. 1:15pm. ONLINE ONLY (YouTube).
Thu 28: ’58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm.
Thu 28: Maine Street Jazzmen @ Sunniside Social Club, Gateshead. 8:30pm.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 29: James Birkett & Bradley Johnston @ Gala Theatre, Durham. 1:00pm..
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm..
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm..
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm.

Sun 31 Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Spanish City, Whitley Bay. 12 noon..
Sun 31: Musicians Unlimited @ South Durham Social Club, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. .
Sun 31: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Jam session..
Sun 31: Alison Rayner Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

November

Mon 01: Jazz in the Afternoon @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Jazz is Where You Find It

I'm heading for the South Shields Metro when I hear, in the distance, an alto sax that sounds rather like Charlie Holmes - he of the old Luis Russell band. Intrigued I source the source - I know it won't be coming from the HMV store - jazz doesn't rate on their menu it is filed under 'Easy Listening' and thus you get Vera Lynn rubbing shoulders with Diana Krall and, not being Xmas, it won't be Derek Fleck and the Brians Chester and Bennett.
I boogie up King Street towards the Market Place, the volume increases and I hear a stompy version of Sweet Georgia Brown that could have held its own in a Harlem after hours joint back in the 1930s.
Six guys of a foreign persuasion are swinging along in front of the old Woolworth's store with some pleasant soloing from alto and cornet.
Woolworth's was always good for a bargain and I'm happy to hear an extended version of Sweet Georgia and a rollicking Saints for my 50p!
Lance
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1 comment :

Harley said...

This looks like the same band I saw in Durham last Saturday. For me it sounded like gypsy jazz. Maybe there is a theme to this band.

Saturday, February 12, 2011 9:00:00 pm

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