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The Strictly Smokin' Big Band included Be Bop Spoken Here (sic) in their 5 Favourite Jazz Blogs.

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Postage

15491 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 512 of them this year alone and, so far, 133 this month (May 31).

From This Moment On ...

Mon 05: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Tue 06: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 06: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Stu Collingwood (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Sid White (drums).

Wed 07: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 07: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 07: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 07: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 08: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED! BACK ON JUNE 15.
Thu 08: Easington Colliery Brass Band @ The Lubetkin Theatre, Peterlee. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 08: Faye MacCalman + Blue Dust Archive @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Dilutey Juice + Ceramic @ The Ampitheatre, Sea Road, South Shields. 7:00pm. Free. A South Tyneside Festival event.
Thu 08: Lara Jones w. Vigilance State @ Lubber Fiend, Blandford Square, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Michael Littlefield @ the Harbour View, Roker, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Country blues.
Thu 08: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

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: 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.

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

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Jazz Latin Groove @ The Globe 15/11/14

Steve Summers (saxes/perc); Alan Law (pno); Steve Glendinning (gtr); Paul Grainger (bs); Tim Johnston (dms) and Debra Milne & Paulo Torres (vcl).
(Review by Kath J /Photo courtesy of Ken Drew.)
The Globe was packed out on arrival, with hardly a place to sit, but luckily Lance had bagged a table at the front and there was room for Paul and I to join him for this latest Jazz Co-op gig.  Lance and I tossed a coin as to who would do the write-up and I lost… it also meant that Lance could make an early exit to catch some of Ruth and Dean’s Gig at The Café.
Drinks arrived and the band struck up with a Latin vamp into Wave, Steve Summers adding that authentic sound of a Pandeiro, the first of several percussion instruments that appeared over the course of the evening.  No More Blues brought out the Cabasa and the musicians were out in force showing what a wonderful sound they can make together, it would be difficult to pick out one above the rest…. A superbly talented line-up and each one displayed their skills over the course of the evening. 

Paulo Torres then came to the stage to sing in his mother tongue, Portuguese, Antonio Carlos Jobim’s Desafinado, which translated means ‘slightly out of tune’.  Congas introduced a delightful Spooky, sang well by Debra, who was well dressed for the occasion, a flowing floaty top and flower in her hair.  Next came one of my favourites, Chick Corea’s fusion of Concierto de Aranjuez – Spain, introduction by Stevie Glendinning on Guitar, lovely but my all-time favourite was the double bass introduction I heard last year from Paul Grainger… just heartbreakingly beautiful!  In keeping with our Latin theme the next song was sung by Debra in Spanish, Aquelas Coisas Todas translates to All Those Things.  A cover version of Consider Me Gone saw the early departure of Lance… Exit Stage Left.  The finale of the first set was Horace  Silvers’s Señor Blues, and a beautiful ending with a bowed bass.. Superb!

After a break where musicians caught up and made arrangements and the audience refilled glasses and chatted to friends the second set commenced with a number that Debra Milne put words to, Killer Joe.  She moved onto Living In The Past - a Jethro Tull cover and from there switched back to a gentle Tres Palabras, another song which saw the talents of each musician during solos… I love the Nat King Cole version of this song.  Another nice bit of Latin percussion for the next song Afro Blue saw Steve Summer’s latest addition an Udu Drum known as a Udongo , I was desperate to have a go, and at the end of the night I got my wish… wow I want one! 
Paulo Torres returned to sing another Portuguese number - Antonio Carlos Jobim’s  Meditação (Meditation) its great to hear the mother tongue numbers from this singer.  Chick Corea is popular tonight and the next number was Debra singing 500 Miles High… not an easy song to sing.  Temptation was introduced by Debra as having a bass solo start from the ‘luminescent’ Paul Grainger, who won the prize for best shirt… a bright yellow pattern as befitted a Latin Jazz evening.

The grand finale of the night went to a superb drum introduction from Tim Johnston, mallets beating out the introduction to a very different version of Caravan, I loved the change of feel and there were times that I wondered, if you had come in part way through would you have recognised the swinging sections of this tune.  What a fab end to a great evening of Latin Jazz. - Kath J.

1 comment :

Lance said...

A highlight of my part of the evening was the unison passage between guitar, voice and sax on Spain. That was like trying to cross the street during the Bull Run at Pamplona - amazingly the made it with the minimum of gore!

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