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Sat 15: Joseph Carville Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 15: James Birkett & Emma Fisk @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 7:30pm. £15.00. at the door; £14.35. (inc £0.35 bf) online, in advance.
Sat 15: Elkie Brooks @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 7:30pm. ‘The Long Farewell Tour’.
Sat 15: Milne Glendinning Band @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 16: MOBO Song @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 12 noon. Free, performances on the concourse. Line-up inc. Jazz Attack (on stage time TBC) & Jambone (12:20pm).
Sun 16: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Exchange Sq., Middlesbrough. 1:00-2:45pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sun 16: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 16: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 16: MOBO Awards Fringe 2025: BBC Introducing NE X MOBO Showcase @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 6:00pm. Free (ticketed). Line-up inc. Jambone, Knats, Rivkala, SwanNek.
Sun 16: The Shayo Experience @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 16: Gerry Richardson Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. .
Mon 17: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 17: Matt Forster Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00. at the door; £8.20. (inc £0.20 bf) online, in advance.
Mon 17: Russ Morgan Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Tue 18: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Alan Law, Paul Grainger, John Hirst.
Wed 19: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 19: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 19: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 20: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, Holystone. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 20: James Birkett & Emma Fisk @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 20: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Jazz Milestones - 1975.
Thu 20: Renegade Brass Band @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 20: Orange Claw Hammer + Peony @ The Globe, Newcastle.7:30pm. Orange Claw Hammer play Captain Beefheart.
Thu 20: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm. Featuring special guest Zoë Gilby.
Fri 21: JazzMain @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 21: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 21: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 21: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 21: Joe Steels Trio @ The Pele, Corbridge. 7:00pm. £10.00. TBC.
Fri 21: Emma Rawicz w. Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Bebop Spoken Here Talks to Brian Bennett
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6 comments :
All good stuff but have been waiting a long time for a Banjo Solo from Mr Bennett so how about it Brian. I did notice banjo player Gavin Baker and Bass player Johnny Hawker did not get a mention I remember them well early 60s
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Good banter Brian, agree with most your banjo joke was crap (BOOM BOOM ) I also agree with your comment that trad. will be with us for a long time after our last notes have been blown, been hooked since being intro'd in the 60's by the Dutch Swing College at Bristol Uni. Keep up the good work. Dan McT.
Hi Brian,We appreciate the interesting and nostalgic information. Enjoy the Festive Season. Avery happy 2014 to you and Jan, Jack & Betty.
Dear Anonymous!
I didn't mention Gavin and Johnny, important as they were to the VCJ, simply because they weren't relevant to the questions asked by Lance Liddell.
Where did bass player Johnny Hawker fit in? Was he before or after John Lowes, Jed Ward, Johny Handle, John Oliver, Bill Brooks, Mighty Joe Young, Ian Heslop, Derek Dixon, Phil Smith, Brian Sibbald, Bill Colledge?
Maybe that's a subject for the future - the musicians that have passed through the ranks of the VCJ 1954 - 2014.
Also, feel free to request a banjo solo next time you're at one of our gigs - it'll cost you a bottle of Brown Ale, tho!
PS. There never was a VCJ bass player caled 'Johnny Hawker'. Anonymous was obviously thinking of Johnny Handle.
Hi Brian - very, very, 'long time, no see'. I started playing again after a 26 year break. For the first time I went and played at the Salsa Cafe jam yesterday and was introduced to Lance's blog. Very surprised to see this posted interview and even more surprised to see you remember me from the days at Redheads. Best wishes for 2014. Grahame.
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