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Bebop Spoken There

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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

Tue 19: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Michael Young, Paul Grainger, Tim Johnston.

Wed 20: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 20: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 20: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 21: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 21: Castillo Neuvo Trio + Conor Emery & His ‘Bones Band @ The Grove, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). £10.00. (£7.00. student).
Thu 21: Remi Banklyn + Chris Corcoran Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.50. Chicago blues. An International Guitar Foundation promotion.
Thu 21: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Ragtime piano.
Thu 21: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Fri 22: Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 22: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 22: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 22: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 22: Nauta + Remy CB + Last Orders @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). Free.
Fri 22: Vasilis Xenopoulos-Paul Edis Quartet @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £15.00. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 22: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 23: Jambone @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 6:30pm. Free (ticketed). End of term performance in the Northern Rock Foundation Hall.
Sat 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 23: Red Kites Jazz @ Rowlands Gill Community Centre NE39 1JB. 7:00pm. Tickets: £12.00. (gibsidecommunityfarm@gmail.com). A ‘Build a Barn’ fundraiser. BYOB, tea/coffee available.
Sat 23: New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £20.00. + bf (book in person at venue - no booking fee!). Featuring pianist Martin Litton.
Sat 23: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 24: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 24: Luis Verde @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Verde (alto sax); Joe Steels (guitar); John Pope (double bass); John Hirst (drums). Alto sax brilliance!
Sun 24: Elsie Franklin @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. £10.00. Country blues. An International Guitar Foundation promotion.
Sun 24: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: Las Vegas Live with the Rat Pack @ The Forum, Billingham.
Sun 24: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Otterburn Memorial Hall. 7:30pm. £12.00.
Sun 24: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Note start time - 7:00pm.
Sun 24: Bold Big Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 25: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30pm. Free.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Customs House Big Band w. Ruth Lambert @ The Customs House, South Shields.

Kevin Eland, Mick Hill, Ken DeVere, Jay Smith tpts); Gareth Weaver, Chris Kurji-Smith, Keiron Parnaby, Peter Morgan (M.D.) (tmbs); Jill Brett, Elaine Willis (alt); Alan Marshall, Amber Reeve (ten); Chris Kaberry (bar); Bill Brittain (pno); Roy Willis (gtr); Alan Smith (bs); David Francis dms); Ruth Lambert (vcl).
What is there to say about this combination of band and singer? Pre-concert Ruth confessed to having a sore throat - Ruth, baby, make sure you have a sore throat every time you sing! You were superb. Loved your gowns. The first one reminded me of some curtains we once had - looked better on you than they did on our window! Cheek To Cheek was perfect.
The band too were in top form - Have You Met Miss Jones? bounced along nicely and Kevin Eland's flugel horn feature on Blue was much more colourful than the title - it was a positive kaleidoscope of variant hues.
Monkeysuckle Rose - a chart by the late Mike Gilby - has a theme that conjures up an image of what might have happened if Thelonious Monk and Les Dawson had got together to write a chart of Honeysuckle Rose whilst having a taste or a sniff! It is surreal - supposedly inspired by Walton's Facade. Perhaps Walton too was on a trip.
Having said all that, once Jill, Alan, Mick and Roy had their say and the rhythm section hit the right groove it swiung as indeed everything Mike wrote did - eventually! Love him, and his arrangements, madly -  RIP.
There was more, so much more like Ruth singing Let's Face The Music and Dance - now in a lamé gown - and I Get a Kick Out of You. Ruth, we got a kick out of you!
Hunting Wabbits - a fugue-like theme - was another delight as we watched and heard the Gordon Goodwin arrangement gradually develop from harmless frippery into a full blown lollapalooza!
Too much to mention in detail save that Kev blew great lead, Mick soloed well, Alan and Jill did the biz, the rhythm section would have saved The Titanic and Peter is a natural if they ever revived Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge (My grandfather told me about it!).
A great gig and you can catch the band again for free! On Tuesday April 3 at the New Crown Hotel, South Shields. 7:30pm. It's an open rehearsal followed by a concert.
April 3 also happens to be Doris Day's 88th birthday so maybe Ruth will pay tribute...
Photos.
Lance..

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