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Holly Cooper, Mouthpiece Music: "Lance writes pull quotes like no one else!"

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15867 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 874 of them this year alone and, so far, 72 this month (Sept. 25).

From This Moment On ...

September

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Alice Grace Quartet @ King's Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm. All welcome.
Thu 28: Faye MacCalman + Snape/Sankey @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 28: Zoe Rahman @ Jesmond United Reformed Church, Jesmond, Newcastle. 7:30pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Thu 28: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm.
Thu 28: Speakeasy @ Queen's Hall, Hexham. 7:30pm. £15.00. A Southpaw Dance Company presentation. Dance, audio-visuals, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, swing dancers etc.
Thu 28: Mick Cantwell Band @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Ace blues band.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.

Sat 30: John Pope Quintet + Late Girl + Shapeshifters @ Bobik's, Jesmond, Newcastle.
Sat 30: Papa G's Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

OCTOBER

Sun 01: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm.
Sun 01: Dulcie May Moreno sings Portrait of Sheila @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00. Moreno sings Sheila Jordan with Giles Strong, Mick Shoulder & John Bradford.
Sun 01: Middlesbrough Jazz & Blues Orchestra @ Saltburn Community Hall. 2:00pm.
Sun 01: The Easy Rollers @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £13.70., £11.55.
Sun 01: Brand/Roberts/Champion/Sanders @ Blank Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sun 01: Papa G's Troves @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 02: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 02: FILM: Wattstax; 50th Anniversary @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 8:00pm.

Tue 03: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 03: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. House trio: Michael Young (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Paul Wight (drums).

Wed 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 04: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 04: Paul Skerritt @ Vespa Italian Bar & Steakhouse, Primrose Hill, Jarrow. From 7:00pm. To book a table - 0191 483 3355.
Wed 04: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Montreux Jazz Festival: Lee Ritenour/Jonathan Batiste and Stay Human @. Montreux Jazz Club July 17.

Jonathan Batiste and Stay Human: Jonathan Batiste (Vocals/Harmonaboard/Piano); Phil Keehn ( Double Bass/Bass Guitar). Joe Sayer ( Drums); Eddie Barbash (Alto);.Ibanda Rhuhumbika (Tuba).
(Review by Ron Ainsborough)
An intimate setting for an audience of about 300 seated enthusiasts in a new setting which was a great place to listen to jazz. Although I’d never heard of this band, this was one of the most sensational jazz concerts I have ever been to. The band, started by marching in like a New Orleans marching band from the back of the Club up to the stage and then it was 'lift off'. 
The musicianship of all was superlative, the repertoire covered  most jazz styles, the stage presence of Jonathan Batiste was faultless, but above everything else Entertainment was very much at the forefront. The only way to find out what I am trying to say, is to go on to YouTube and put the name Jonathan Batiste and Montreux jazz 2013 and you will get a flavour of these musicians that I had the pleasure to see and listen to for a full two hours.
I commented that it was a cruel move to have a band following them, but the following set whilst a very different style of jazz was also quite brilliant . It was by non less than the great Lee Ritenour!
Lee Ritenour (Guitar);  Dave Grusin (Piano); Tom Kennedy ( Bass); Christopher Coleman (Drums.)
This was a top class jazz guitar concert, probably falling into the contemporary modern jazz idiom, which I love and well within my comfort zone. I was more than pleased to get the opportunity to see an iconic guitarist like Lee Ritenour who is obviously at the top of his game. A touch of humour during the concert came when Lee said 'it was  a great honour to play 'LIVE'  with Dave Grusin'.
Then Dave Grusin came on introducing his solo spot, commented about how lucky the audience were to catch him 'live' implying that his mortality was being questioned. Magic!
Also, just to show how easy a musicians life is, Lee stated that 24 hours before this concert his drummer was playing with Stevie Wonder in the USA. It did not affect his performance I might add. The concert was on for a delightful 1.50 hours
ending a fantastic night of jazz, the only down side was that we only learned of the free jam sessions that started at 12.45am in the same jazz club (every night!) that night ,which as it turned out was too late for us. I believe All the top stars return to this venue for the jam sessions. I will definitely catch it next year though!
Ron Ainsborough.

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