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

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15229 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 248 of them this year alone and, so far, 61 this month (March 20).

From This Moment On ...

March

Fri 24: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 24: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: FILM: Mo' Better Blues @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 7:00pm.
Fri 24: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Scarth Hall, Staindrop, Co. Durham. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Fri 24: Archipelago + Bulbils @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.

Sat 25: Vermont Big Band @ Walker Community Centre, Walker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Fundraiser for Benfield Juniours Football Club. Hot food available, BYOB.
Sat 25: John Logan & Friends @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Rat Pack, Motown etc. 8:00pm. Free (donations).

Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm.
Sun 26: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 26: Outlines @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE promotion (upstairs).

Mon 27: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Tue 28: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 28: Sanaz Lavasani Trio @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 8:00pm. £12.00 (£10.00. adv).

Wed 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 30: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library. 2:30-4:30pm. £2.00. All welcome.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. Back to 1:00pm stomp off. Free.
Thu 30: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 30: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm.
Thu 30: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Musicon Durham Jazz Festival

This, the first Jazz Festival to be held in Durham, is an exciting prospect. A great singer, some superb musicians and an opportunity for local musicians to have a jam.
Friday (March 4) sees Harlem expat. now based in Durham, Sandi Russell singing with Alan Barnes and the John Horler Trio. This isn't just class it is world class!
Saturday (March 5) is free and runs from 4pm- 11pm. The afternoon set includes workshops and showcases college bands including Off The Leash. Off The Leash has John Steele blowing sax with Paul Beck (pno), Doug Kennard (gtr), Katy Trigger (bs) and Stan Praszczalek (dms) - don't ask me to pronounce the name - I just know him as Stan!
In the evening there is more 'name dropping' with the Paul Edis Trio and that superb tenor player Vasilis Xenopoulos. I've heard the Grecian blower several times and he is an ace.
If Stan Praszczalek and Vasilis Xenopoulos get together on the same stage - it could present problems for the MC!
There's a jam session afterwards so maybe Stan and Vasy will!
Sunday (March 6) John Etheridge plays a solo set starting at 4pm. I caught John doing solo at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the London Jazz Festival and you can take my word for it he does it good - and then some!
There is a downside. The weekend coincides with the Sunderland Big Band Festival held only a handful of miles away. Perhaps the organisers should address this for future events.
Lance.

2 comments :

Roy W said...

Hi Lance. Not quite the first "Durham Jazz Festival" There were a couple back in the 80's - so many years ago that you would be forgiven for not remembering !
Roy W.

Lance said...

Time does play havoc with one's memory Roy - what's your name again?

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