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17630 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 904 of them this year alone and, so far, 49 this month (Dec. 20).

From This Moment On ...

December

Mon 23: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED!
Mon 23: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 4:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Mon 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.

Tue 24: Lindsay Hannon & Mark Williams @ Ernest, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 11:00am-1:00pm. Free.
Tue 24: Paul Skerritt @ Mambo Wine & Dine, South Shields. 1:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.

Wed 25: Wot? No jazz!

Thu 26: The Boneshakers @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. The 17th annual Boneshakers’ Shindig.

Fri 27: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free. Business as usual!.
Fri 27: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 27: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Country blues guitar & vocals.

Sat 28: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 11:30am. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 28: Fri 20: Castillo Nuevo @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 28: Jude Murphy, Rich Herdman & Giles Strong @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 28: Ray Stubbs R & B All-Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Stepney Bank, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.

Sun 29: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 29: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

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Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

Wednesday, April 09, 2014

GIJF Day One - Robert Glasper Experiment.

Robert Glasper keyboards, Derrick Hodge  bass, Mark Colenburg drums, Casey Benjamin vocoder and saxophone.
(Review by Steve H.)
Having read a review of the London Hammersmith Apollo gig  where several renowned soul singers (Laura Mvulva, Emelie Sande, Raheem DeVaughn) joined  Mr Glasper on stage, I was nervous that this gig was going to turn out to be more R&B than Jazz/Hip Hop. I need not have  worried, Sage Two provided a wonderful arena for this powerful and exciting concert.
The versatile Benjamin excelled on both Saxophone and vocoder, Hodge laid down some great bass grooves whilst drummer Colenburg drove proceedings with brutal ferocious power. Overseeing them all was the magnificent band leader Glasper who not only displayed a sense of humour musically by playing little spoofs of well known popular numbers on the keyboards but also laughed out loud and then said  ‘that was the most honest thing I have ever heard’ in response to an audience member shouting back ‘No’  to Glasper’s question about who had heard of the album Double Booked which was the album previous to Black Radio which in turn is the album prior to his latest album Black Radio 2.  This late night gig was an unabated and exhilarating joy from start to finish and the only downside was that it didn’t go on all night.
Steve H.

1 comment :

Michael Lamb said...

Thanks Lance. I think this is one of the most engaging gigs I've ever been to! The musicianship that these guys displayed was amazing in both performance and composition. The four elements on stage totally clicked. Mark Colenberg surely worked the hardest(?!) - I've never seen grooves played so fast for such a long time! Some of the hi-lights for me were the covers of Bill Withers' 'Lovely Day' and Nivarna's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' - brilliant harmonisations paired with that chilled hip-hop/ jazz fusion groove and with Casey Banjamin's smooth effected vocals.

I had only been a Robert Glasper 'YouTuber', but have now ordered his back catalogue of recordings! If the heavier hip-hop/ R&B fusion stuff isn't your thing, then check out his piano trio. A good place to start might be 'Double Booked' - it gives half a disc over to the Trio and the other half to the Experiment... best of both! (Michael Lamb)

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