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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

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 28: Richard Herdman Quartet @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Josh Bentham (alto sax); Alan Marshall (tenor sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass); Graham Thompson (keys); Steve Hunter (drums).

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Pannonica @ The Bridge Hotel. November 9

Zoe Gilby (vocals), Paul Edis (piano), Andy Champion (double bass) & Adrian Tilbrook (drums). 
(Review by Russell/photos courtesy of Ken Drew).
This was some occasion! A sparkling, luminescent Zoe Gilby presented Pannonica, a personal response to Carmen McRae’s Carmen Sings Monk album. Accompanied by a stellar line-up – Paul Edis (keyboards), Andy Champion (double bass) and Adrian Tilbrook (drums) – Ms Gilby delighted a full house with expressive singing and many insights into the making of McRae’s late-career recording and the lives of the bop era musicians associated with Thelonious Monk and their loyal patron ‘Pannonica.’
In Walked Bud opened the programme with beautifully crafted solos from pianist Paul Edis and bassist Andy Champion. Gilby spoke of the alternative titles on McRae’s 1988 album (copyright restrictions etc.) and, as Frank Sinatra did so diligently throughout his career, name-checked the lyricists (the first tune, with lyrics by Jon Hendricks, re-titled   Suddenly). Little Butterfly (Hendricks’ lyrics) emerged chrysalis-like from the Monk original Pannonica. Ah! Pannonica. Well, plain little old Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter (née Rothschild) left England for New York following the break up of her marriage. Largely disinherited, Pannonica, lived the life. Patron, friend, (lover?) of Monk and other shooting-star talents devoted a life to bebop. 
I Mean You (You Know Who, Coleman Hawkins/Jon Hendricks) swung non-stop; Edis, Champion and drummer Adrian Tilbrook couldn’t be bettered. Time, sensitivity, swing, the perfect accompanists. McRae’s take on Blue Monk (lyrics Abbey Lincoln), Ugly Beauty, tune after tune, Gilby pitched it just right and worked a broader canvas departing occasionally from McRae’s inspirational album. Think of One (When I Think of One) stood out, but so did many others. McRae’s The Ballad of Thelonious Monk closed the programme. All four musicians at the Bridge Hotel excelled on a magical evening. 
Russell.   

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