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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.

Saturday, February 01, 2014

Dave Rae’s New Orleans Quartet @ Jazz at the Fell. January 31

Dave Rae (banjo & vocals), Brian Carrick (clarinet, tenor saxophone & vocals), Jim Blenkin (trombone & vocals) & John Robinson (double bass)
(Review by Russell)
Jazz at the Fell at Gateshead British Legion. The cricket club, surely? No, it was at Gateshead Fell (Jazz at ‘the Fell’) Cricket Club, now the regulars, rather, some of them, have made the journey to Coatsworth Road, Bensham. The British Legion is the place to be on a Friday night to hear New Orleans/Dixieland jazz. The last day of January brought rain sweeping across the Tyne. Audience numbers were small, it’s been this way for some time.
The large concert room with its large dance floor imposed a barrier, seemingly as wide as the Mississippi, between the musicians on the stage and the audience huddled together on the fringe of the Terpsichorean domain. That the few were, for the most part, ‘huddled together’ suggests that it wasn’t too warm in the upstairs room at the Legion. Dave Rae’s New Orleans Quartet warmed up by blowing on their hands, so cold it was. The music warmed the heart. Bandleader Rae’s special guest for the evening - Brian Carrick - had many a tale to tell of New Orleans evoking images of the Big Easy, the European architecture, a paddle steamer, street musicians, red beans and rice, the heat of the Deep South. Yes, Carrick, the inveterate traveller, knows the French Quarter better than streets of Bensham!
The quartet kicked off with Carrick’s frozen clarinet way out of key. A frown, a tap and a twist of the liquorice stick, a further frown, tap and twist and we were off, up and a way with Red Wing. Carrick joked that he was always a ‘crappy starter’. Dave Rae and John Robinson know their stuff and provided faultless rhythmic support throughout. Jim Blenkin’s robust Jim Robinson trombone style complimented the clarinet. In between numbers Carrick had a tale to tell, tales of George Lewis (many years ago the legendary clarinettist gave one of his instruments to Carrick), Punch Miller (in Carrick’s estimation the equal of Louis), the Barbarin family and others. Bourbon Street (the all-weather brolly dollies did their thing), Basin Street, Old Fashioned Love, some gospel, all made for an entertaining evening.
Carrick’s plaintive vocal style is as good as it gets, often taking a chord and singing an intro. This alone is worth the admission money. Brian Carrick said he had been talking to a friend the other day in New Orleans and believe it or not this Big Easy citizen had seen snow for the first time in his life. If it’s snowing in New Orleans then Tynesiders have little excuse. Jazz at the Fell is a fixture on the scene, show your support by turning out in numbers, whatever the weather.       
Russell.                         

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