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16462 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 342 of them this year alone and, so far, 54 this month (May 18).

From This Moment On ...

May

Tue 21: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Alan Law, Paul Grainger, John Bradford.

Wed 22: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 22: Alice Grace Vocal Masterclass @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 6:00pm. Free.
Wed 22: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 22: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 22: Daniel Erdmann’s Thérapie de Couple @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.

Thu 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 23: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 23: Castillo Nuevo Trio @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Thu 23: Immortal Onion + Rivkala @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 23: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Jeremy McMurray (keys); Dan Johnson (tenor sax); Donna Hewitt (alto sax); Bill Watson (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass).

Fri 24: Hot Club du Nord @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 24: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 24: Swannek + support @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. Time TBC.

Sat 25: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Bywell Hall, Stocksfield. 2:30pm.
Sat 25: Paul Edis Trio w. Bruce Adams & Alan Barnes @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 6:30pm. A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sat 25: Nubiyan Twist @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Sat 25: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 26: Tyne Valley Youth Big Band @ The Sele, Hexham. 12:30pm. Free. A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Alice Grace @ The Sele, Hexham. 1:30pm. Free. Alice Grace w. Joe Steels, Paul Susans & John Hirst.
Sun 26: Bryony Jarman-Pinto @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sun 26: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Clark Tracey Quintet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 6:00pm. A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sun 26: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Sun 26: Ruth Lambert Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 26: SARÃB @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.

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

Monday, October 22, 2012

Graeme Wilson Quartet @ The Central Bar, Gateshead. October 21


Graeme Wilson (tenor & baritone saxophones), Paul Edis (keyboards), Andy Champion (double bass) & Adam Sinclair (drums)
(Review by Russell - photos courtesy of Graeme Wilson and Cath.)
The Head of Steam’s Central Bar on Half Moon Lane in Gateshead stepped into the breach when Splinter’s regular session at the Bridge Hotel was inadvertently double booked. 
The new quartet was ready to go with a set list of Wilson’s tunes ranging  from established pieces to new charts. 

Wilson opened the set with a tune familiar to the Tyneside audience; Street of Furs featured in the pad of the now disbanded Voice of the North Jazz Orchestra and it worked well in this small group format. Pontoon formed part of a commission from the Harbour Association of Mull (I wonder…was it released on CD?) and bassist Andy Champion grabbed the first of several solo opportunities. 
Searchlight Nevada spun a tale of John Coltrane going missing in the desert; Wilson’s quartet didn't hide, they dug deep and found Coltrane. Trane was there all along at the core of the music. 
Offissa Pupp (a funk groove), New Wallaw (a Voice of the North commission) and Remara (also heard previously in big band or Splinter Group context) illustrated the breadth of Wilson’s talents as composer. The latter number featured Wilson’s excellent tenor and Paul Edis (keyboards). 
Sycamore (a lament and a second reference to the derelict Wallaw Cinema in Blyth) show-cased Wilson’s cool tenor playing and Edis’ measured response. A brace of new tunes - Toe of Fudge and Pleasureland – are sure to be heard again at future gigs (they’re good ones) and Honolulus (the final number of the evening) tore it up (cue Adam Sinclair’s top grade drum solo). 
Catch the Graeme Wilson Quartet at a gig sometime soon – they’re a seriously good outfit. Wilson has another project brewing…the music of John Coltrane. When Wilson puts it on the stand it will be with a slightly different but equally good line-up. A must for those who know Coltrane’s music. A must for those who know Wilson’s music. Keep checking Bebop Spoken Here for news of where and when.
Russell                     

1 comment :

John Burgess said...

Graeme's such a great tenor player, you're so lucky to have him in your neck of the woods. Always really loved his sound.

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