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August
Thu 06: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 06: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00.
Thu 06: Wild Women of Wylam @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 06: Jeremy McMurray’s Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm. Feat. guest Zoë Gilby.
Thu 06: Paul Skerritt @ Angels' Share, St George's Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle NE2 2SX. 8:00pm. Free. Booking advised (0191 200 1975). Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Thu 06: Bridget Metcalfe Sextet @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.
Fri 07: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 07: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Sat 08: ???
Sun 09: 58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00-3:00pm. Free.
Sun 09: Tees Bay Swing Band @ Ropner Park, Stockton. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 09: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 09: The Gambling Janes @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Mon 10: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.Free.
Tue 11: Jazz Jam Sandwich @ Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 12: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 12: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 12: Jam session @ The tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm. Free.
Wed 12: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 12: Look Left @ Elder Beer, Heaton, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.00. JNE.
Our man in Kowloon, Colin Aitchison, sent me this bit of nostalgia - a program of a concert by the Dance Orchestra of H.M. Royal Air Force better known as The Squadronaires. Colin has also added some more vintage Melody Makers to his page.. Colin has also sent me a Harry Parry program from 1943 - go to Posters and Programmes (bottom of the page.) Lance.
1 comment :
Very interesting. Seeing this sent me to my vinyl collection to pick out an old mono 12" LP of the Squadronaires, with Blues In The Night, Five Minutes More, and My Blue Heaven as stand out tracks, and many of the band members on the program included - Ronnie Aldrich, George Chisholm, Tommy McQuater, Jimmy Miller. The album alternates Don Lusher for Eric Breeze as second trombone on some tracks, and the guitar is shared between Sid Colin and Bert Weedon. It doesn't quite swing as much as some of the Amercian bands of the time, but still worth a listen.
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