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September
Fri 13: Jeff Barnhart & Neville Dickie @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Two pianos, two pianists! SOLD OUT!
Fri 13: Noel Dennis Quartet @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 13: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Dilutey Juice @ Old Coal Yard, Byker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £11.00. adv..
Fri 13: Ray Stubbs R & B All-stars @ The Forum, Darlington. 7:30pm. Classic blues.
Sat 14: Jeff Barnhart’s Silent Film Fest @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 14: Customs House Big Band w. Ruth Lambert @ St Paul’s Centre, St Paul’s Gardens, Spennymoor DL16 7LR. 7:00pm (6:45pm doors). Tickets £10.00. from the venue or tel: 01388 813404. A ‘BYOB’ event.
Sat 14: Emma Wilson @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00pm. £12.00. Acoustic blues.
Sat 14: Rat Pack - Swingin’ at the Sands @ Billingham Forum. 7:30pm.
Sun 15: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: Jude Murphy, Steve Chambers & Sid White @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 15: Tweed River Jazz Band @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick-upon-Tweed. 7:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: Panharmonia @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Mon 16: Swing Manouche @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Mon 16: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 16: John Hallam with the James Birkett Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00. A Blaydon Jazz Club 40th anniversary concert!
Tue 17: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Delaval. 12:30pm. £13.00. Tel: 0191 237 3697. ‘Indian Summer Afternoon Tea’.
Tue 17: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Joe Steels (guitar); Paul Grainger (double bass); Abbie Finn (drums).
Wed 18: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 18: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 18: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 18: Hot Club of Heaton @ Elder Beer, Heaton, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘third Wednesday in the month’ session.
Thu 19: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 19: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 19: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Free. THC with guests Kevin Eland, Dan Johnson, Jeremy McMurray, Ron Smith.
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
CD Review: Andrew McCormack - First Light
(Review by Lance).
London born, New York based, McCormack is just one of the many UK pianists to make it across the pond (this month's New York Jazz Record favourably reviews a Dill Jones reissue from 1972) and it must be said that McCormack is a more than capable bearer of the torch handed down over the years by Marian McPartland, Shearing, Jones, Feldman and many others as this CD confirms.
Eight original compositions along with Monk's Pannonica combine, via McCormack's interpretations to make this possibly the best piano album I've heard this year.
Each member of the trio contributes individually and collectively - no serfs here but Lords of the Manor all three. Stranahan shows no reluctance to display his gifted presence on Reluctant Gift and Lober has intriguing bass lines throughout.
McCormack's playing is a joy to behold. Drawing on past masters such as Powell, Monk, Corea , he's added just enough of himself to create a new, original, voice.
Of course, if you were at GIJF earlier this year and heard McCormack with Jean Toussaint or Jason Yarde then I'm preaching to the converted. If, however, you didn't catch those concerts then listen to, say, the title track, First Light, and prepare to be saved.
Lance.
Andrew McCormack - First Light is available on Edition Records from July 7.
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- Promenading Porter.
- CD Review: Vincent Lyn - Live in New York City.
- RIP Brian Innes.
- Papanosh @ The Bridge July 27
- Newbiggin Music Festival July 26/27
- Papanosh @ The Bridge - July 27
- Night and Day, it’s Jazz on Radio 3
- CD (s) Review: Nina Simone - Original Album Series.
- DVD Review: Arrows Into Infinity - Charles Lloyd
- Thomas Brown Affair @ Hoochie Coochie July 25.
- Peter Gilligan and Friends @ Hoochie Coochie
- Jazz Services - An Open Letter to the Arts Council
- RISING NORTHERN JAZZ TALENT TO GET FESTIVAL SHOWCASE
- Jazz Café Jam. July 22.
- Edinburgh Fringe Jazz 2014
- Noel Dennis & Friends @ The Cherry Tree July 21.
- CD Review: Tommaso Starace Quartet - Italian Short...
- Jumpin’ Hot Club stage @ Summertyne Americana Fest...
- CD Review: Ellen Rowe Quintet - Courage Music.
- Newbiggin Festival July 25-27
- Jumpin’ Hot Club stage @ Summertyne Americana Fest...
- Last Night @ The Globe
- Summertyne Americana Festival. July 18
- Stephanie Trick & Paolo Alderighi with the New Cen...
- Jazz Summer Party @ The Globe Tomorrow (Friday Jul...
- This Monday (July 21) @ Cherry Tree Restaurant, Je...
- RIP Johnny Winter.
- CD Review: New York Standards Quartet - The New St...
- Schmazz @ The Jazz Café - Troyka/Pulcinella
- Michael Franks.
- Brass: Durham International Festival - Jon Faddis ...
- Preview: Northern Line and Blaydon Jazz Club prese...
- Geordie Jazz
- Bessie & Billie Print Icons
- CD Review: Blacktop - # One
- CD Review: Pulcinella – Bestiole
- Triptych @ The Cherry Tree, July 7
- CD Review: Red Pellini & Emanuele Basentini - "Red...
- Brass Festival Reminders.
- The Off Key Big Band @ St Oswald's Church, Hebburn.
- Update on retail outlets for Northern Monkey Brass...
- R.I.P. Charlie Haden
- Paul Skerritt @ Jazz Café, Newcastle July11
- CD Review: Conscious Journey Part 1 & Part 2 - Ken...
- Drumbeats In Gateshead Shopping Centre: Lunchtime ...
- "Ned Kelly's Hot Shots" @ The Millstone, South Gos...
- CD Review: Jaclyn Guillou - The Lover’s Walk
- Jason Isaacs concert postponed
- CD Review: Ray Charles - King of Cool, The Genius ...
- Improvisers’ Workshop @ The Jazz Café. July 8
- Chris Hodgkins response to Jazz Services meeting t...
- Autumn Almanac
- High on Life - Northern Monkey Brass Band CD Launc...
- Slowlight Quartet YouTube EP Launch
- CD Review: Marco Churnchetz - Devotion.
- RIP Johnnie Gray.
- Swing City Trio with Colin Aitchison & Franco Valu...
- RIP Kathy Stobart
- Les Oiseaux Fois @ Bridge Hotel. July 6
- CD Review: Tommy Andrews Quintet – The Crux
- Paul Skerritt Band at the Salsa Café July 5
- Djangologie @ Ashington Jazz Club July 2
- The Mick Danby Mix - an emotional night at Caedman...
- Tour de France
- CD Review: Joe LoCascio & Woody Witt - Absinthe. T...
- Robbie Williams @ The Arena.
- CD Review: Isabel Stover - Her Own Sweet World
- RIP Paul Horn
- EP Review: Katharine Timoney - Guilty Sin.
- On Working with Horace Silver by John McNeil
- The first jazz event at the UK’s first co-operativ...
- Henry’s Swing Club @ The Brandling Villa. July 1
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1 comment :
Yes, McCormack was tremendous at the Gateshead Jazz Festival. Colin Stranahan was a revelation at the Lit & Phil a couple of years ago in Michael Janisch's band with Paul Booth & co.
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