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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.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Sage Gateshead International Jazz Festival SUBWAY MOON - Sunday March 27.

The Jazz Passengers and Sotto Voce Students from The Institute for Collaborative Education (ICE) Manhattan Jambone Subway Moon Choir (students from Shotton Hall School Peterlee; Benfield School Newcastle; BA Hons Community Music course) Lyrics by ICE and CoMusica (Sage); Music by Roy Nathanson; arranged by Tim Kiah. MD; Rick Taylor. Plus many more – too many to list!

Persist with your life, don’t give up and cry,
We’re all born to die but we might as well try,
Get high, get by, and get the Metro to Chi.

These lyrics give an idea of the life-affirming quality of this performance which was sheer joy to see. All those people who contributed deserve medals for hard work and enthusiasm. The young people of CoMusica had worked for many months to do their part of the lyrics, and the music and production of the written programme (all the lyrics are included) and the video must have meant hours of work. Even Nexus (Tyne and Wear Metro) had provided facilities. Level 1 of Hall 1 was about two thirds full, but this multi-media performance really deserved a full house. The performance, which tells of the universal experience of city living through ideas about subway culture, began with a video of the New York Metro, then our own local Metro, and the music of the Jazz Passengers. The show included songs and rap about both metros and also a little about the London Underground, well illustrated by the video, which showed photos of the young people themselves travelling on the Metro with their musical instruments, with a background of sky, clouds or snow. For instance there was a sequence about run down Bergen Street station in New York showing the dirt and dereliction of the place; a song about a ‘Warrior’with the video showing a frightened rat who lives beneath the Metro. The lyrics about Tyne and Wear Metro were amusingly cheeky, all about fare- dodging and Government cutbacks. Roy Nathanson spoke movingly about his brother who’d died young, and imagining seeing his poems on subway platforms. The Jazz Passengers played well and adventurously and Jambone made an indispensable contribution with their spirited playing. I missed part of the performance because of another commitment, so I’d actually love to see this again. Any chance of that, do you think, Sage Organisers, who may be reading this blog?
Ann Alex
(I guess the logistics would preclude another performance - it's a great thought though! - ed.)

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