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15516 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 536 of them this year alone and, so far, 25 this month (June 7).

From This Moment On ...

Fri 09: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 09: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: Castillo Nuevo @ Revolución de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30-8:30pm.
Fri 09: Emma Rawicz @ Sage Gateshead. 8:00pm.

Sat 10: Miners' Picnic @ Woodhorn, Ashington. Music inc. Northern Monkey Brass Band (3:00-3:50pm); New York Brass Band (4:00-4:55pm).
Sat 10: Jeffrey Hewer @ The Vault, Darlington Covered Market, Darlington. 6:00-8:00pm. Free.
Sat 10: Front Porch Three @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. Americana, blues, jazz etc.
Sat 10: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

Sun 11: WORKSHOP: Tim Richards' Jazz Piano Workshop @ JG Windows, Newcastle. Time TBC. Further details tel. 0191 232 1356.
Sun 11: Jeremy McMurray's Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Ropner Park, Stockton TS18 4EF. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 11: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 11: Groovetrain @ Innisfree Sports & Social Club, Longbenton NE12 8TY. Doors 6:30pm. £15.00 (£7.00. under 16).
Sun 11: Jeffrey Hewer Collective @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 11: Jam No. 19 @ Fabio's Bar, Saddler Street, Durham. 8:00pm. Free. All welcome. A Durham University Jazz Society event.

Mon 12: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Tue 13: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 13: Infusion Trio @ Forum Music Centre, Darlington. 7:30pm.
Tue 13: Alice Grace & Pawel Jedrzejewski @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 8:00pm. £12.00 (£10.00. adv.).

Wed 14: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 14: NUJO Final Jazz Jam @ Bar Loco, Newcastle. 6:30pm. Free. Newcastle University Jazz Orchestra's final jam session of the academic year. All welcome.
Wed 14: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 14: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 14: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 15: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 15: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library. 2:30-4:30pm. £2.00. All welcome.
Thu 15: Castillo Nuevo @ Revolución de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30-8:30pm.
Thu 15: Alexander Ord Trio @ Tynedale Beer & Cider Festival, Tynedale Rugby Club, Corbridge. Evening, time TBC.
Thu 15: Têtes de Pois + Nauta @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. Time TBC.
Thu 15: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Debra Milne Ensemble – Emptyshop HQ Durham November 22

Debra Milne (Vocal) Stevie Glendinning (Guitar) Paul Grainger (D. Bass) Rob Bates (Drums).
(Review by Kath Jobes).
A new venue for Jazz in Durham proved to be a little gem!  Parking was ‘fun’ on the steep and narrow Crossgate Peth just up from Framwellgate Bridge… and finding the venue could have been tricky had it not been for one  of the Musicians being outside for a ‘breath of fresh air’!  I was quickly ushered up the stairs and into an intimate and unpretentious bar area to meet up with a small group of musicians and friends who led me into a larger room, set up for a night of two and a half sets of entertaining Jazz…
The first set commenced with a Milne/Glendinning tribute to the greatly missed Keith Crombie in the form of The Jazz Café Song, quickly followed by a lively Devil May Care.  The next tune, Midnight Sun by Lionel Hampton, lyric by Johnny Mercer was new to the repertoire but beautifully sung by Debra Milne with a lovely instrumental interlude, followed by Horace Silver’s Pretty EyesDon’t Come Round Here Anymore exhibiting the versatility of Mr Paul Grainger on Double Bass with a most agreeable solo. I hesitate to say ‘nice’ … but it was! 
The next number, Equinox by John Coltrane,  began with a drum and double bass intro, joined by the skilful playing of Stevie Glendinning on Guitar, boy can that guy make it sing! A sprightly Billie’s Bounce celebrated the talents of this tight quartet, and the scat from Debra along with solos from Stevie and Paul were truly delightful; What was even more captivating was the seamless segue into the George Michael number – Faith.  An original by the Milne/Glendinning song writing duo – Stay… what a charming tune, with a superb solo from Stevie, supported as ever by the solid rhythm section.  The final number of this first set was more Horace Silver - Signor Blues.
The second set opened with an original (and beautiful) song, Show Me the Man. Miles Davis’ Four brought forth a grand set of 4’s including some scatting from the talented Debra and she excelled as she took on the Gershwin tune, It Ain’t Necessarily So. A cool Betty Carter number - Tight, progressed nicely into Just You, Just Me with a vocalize section written by Milne cleverly integrated into the tune.  Temptation was tremendous and the instrumental Stella by Starlight, simply stunning … what a tight unit this trio is!
A call went out to the audience, “any Jones’ in the house” and yes … there was Dan… so an amusing take on the song, Have you met (Miss) ‘Dan’ Jones resulted in a huge round of applause. Dusty Springfield’s Spooky was groovy as was the next number with words written by Debra to the Benny Golson tune - Killer Joe… and renamed ‘Relax’.  Another poignant original, Blame Game, was  followed by the ballad Save Your Love For Me. The set closed with Duke Ellington’s Caravan… after a debate about tempo… which made little difference - as we all know that as a Caravan goes downhill it gathers speed!
After a short break, the final short set was initiated by an instrumental,  Midnight Voyage and Debra re-joined the trio for How Insensitive and a sassy, It Don’t Mean a Thing to end… but the crowd, which had grown over the course of the evening were begging for more… so an encore followed… No More Blues… and yep there was no way anyone could be blue after that! 

Kath J.

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