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Grant Green Jr.: "One thing that most people--especially jazz cats--don't realise is that all of your jazz standards were once pop standards" - DownBeat July 2018).

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Bobby Sanabria: "Tito Puente was not a very tall man, but when he played the timbales he was a giant among men." - DownBeat July 2018).

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Today Saturday June 23

Afternoon

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Evening

Get in the Band - 1) Great North Museum (Hancock Museum), 2) Central Station & 3) Sage Gateshead. Times TBC. Free but ticketed. For details visit: www.sagegateshead.com

Eric Burdon & the Animals + Hilton Valentine’s Skiffledogs - Newcastle City Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle NE1 8SF. Tel: 08448 112121. 7:30pm. £86.00., £66.00., £46.00.

Teresa Watson Band - Billy Bootleggers, Nelson St, Newcastle NE1 5AN. 9:00pm. Free.

Dean Stockdale - Zeffirellis, Compston Rd., Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 9AD. 01539 433845. 8:30pm. Free.

To the best of our knowledge, details of the above events are correct but may be subject to alteration.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

CD Review - Jeff Williams : Another Time

Another Time features a quartet of seasoned practitioners lead by the veteran American drummer Jeff Williams. The CD is Williams' first as a leader in over ten years. A former student of the great Alan Dawson and stints working with luminaries such as Dave Liebman, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano and Kenny Wheeler confirms Williams as a front rank performer. On Another Tme he is able to call upon friends and long-time musical associates to produce a convincing recording featuring structured compositions with abundant opportunities to lay down free statements.
Search Me is the first of five Williams' compositions on the CD and it is the master percussionist who leads the way. John Herbert's double bass follows and in time all four players are introduced to the listener. Alto saxophonist John O'Gallagher features heavily throughout the CD, notably on She Can't Be a Spy as he mines the heritage laid down by Oliver Nelson. Trumpeter Duane Eubanks, a sideman to Dave Holland, offers a reflective solo on his own composition Purple, Blue and Red. Bassist Herbert contributes a tune - Fez - on which there is excellent ensemble work, fizzing alto and constantly shifting drum patterns. O'Gallagher's ballad Go Where You're Watching is a sensitive tune, beautifully scored with composer and Eubanks prominent. The title track - Another Time - closes a most accomplished CD.
Anorther Time is released on 10 October 2011 on Whirlwind Recordings (WR4616). The album launch in London is on 18 November. It should be noted that the London date features Williams with a UK line-up. The quartet on the CD recording can be heard live at the 2012 Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
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Bebop Spoken Here -- Here, being the north-east of England -- centred in the blues heartland of Newcastle and reaching down to the Tees Delta and looking upwards to the Land of the Kilt.
Not a very original title, I know; not even an accurate one as my taste, whilst centred around the music of Bird and Diz, extends in many directions and I listen to everything from King Oliver to Chick Corea and beyond. Not forgetting the Great American Songbook the contents of which has provided the inspiration for much great jazz and quality popular singing for round about a century.
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