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July
Sat 27: BBC Proms: BBC Introducing stage @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 12 noon. Free. Line-up inc. Nu Groove (2:00pm); Abbie Finn Trio (2:50pm); Dilutey Juice (3:50pm); SwanNek (5:00pm); Rivkala (6:00pm).
Sat 27: Nomade Swing Trio @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sat 27: Mississippi Dreamboats @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sat 27: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Cafédral, Owengate, Durham. 9:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Sat 27: Theon Cross + Knats @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 10:00pm. £22.00. BBC Proms: BBC Introducing Stage (Sage Two). A late night gig.
Sun 28: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm.
Sun 28: Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band @ Fonteyn Ballroom, Dunelm House (Durham Students’ Union), Durham. 2:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Sun 28: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Nomade Swing Trio @ Red Lion, Alnmouth. 4:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Jazz Jam Sandwich! @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 28: Jeffrey Hewer Collective @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 28: Milne Glendinning Band @ Cafédral, Owengate, Durham. 9:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Mon 29: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 30: ???
Wed 31: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 31: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 31: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
August
Thu 01: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:30pm. £4.00.
Thu 01: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 01: Elsadie & the Bobcats @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 02: Mainly Two @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free (donations). SOLD OUT!
Fri 02: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 02: Pete Tanton’s Chet Set @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. POSTPONED!
Sunday, February 22, 2015
The Road to Hong Kong with Colin Aitchison - Part Five.
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- Sunday Night @ The Farm
- The Lindsay Hannon Plus @ Jazz Café - Feb 27.
- More on Maurizio Minardi
- More Jam @ The Globe. February 22
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ The Millstone Feb.26.
- CD Review: Carsten Dahl - Bach Goldberg Variations
- Bradley Johnston Trio @ The Cherry Tree.
- Tom Green Septet @ Jazz Café - Feb. 24
- CD Review: Adam Birnbaum Trio - Three of a Mind
- CD Review: ISQ - Too
- Clark Terry (1920 - 2015)
- Budtones @ The Globe -Feb. 15.
- The Road to Hong Kong with Colin Aitchison - Part ...
- Noel Dennis Trio @ Jazz Café - Feb. 20
- Coming Soon: Folk Meets Jazz @ the Jazz Co-op on T...
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- Last Day in New Orleans
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- Pilgrim St. Set @ Hoochie Coochie February 19.
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- The Road to Hong Kong with Colin Aitchison Part Three
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- On The Road with JT
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- Take it to the Bridge @ The Chillingham. February 11
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- John Coltrane @ Newcastle City Hall - November 1961
- Jazz Duo @ Hallbankgate Tonight.
- Dean Stockdale Trio @ The Globe - Feb. 13.
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- Mini-Workshop with Zoe Rahman @ Newcastle Universi...
- Zoe Rahman @ Newcastle University - Feb. 12
- Kathryn ‘Mississippi’ Lowdon
- Improvisers Workshop @ Jazz Café - February 10
- CD Review: Paul Jones - Short History.
- CD Review: Noemi Nuti - Nice To Meet You
- CD Review: Will Butterworth Trio - Live
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- Jason Isaacs @ Hoochie Coochie.
- New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ Caedmon Hall.Feb. 7.
- Paul Skerritt Band @ Ashington Jazz Club - February 4
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: The Safe Sextet - Feb. 7
- CD Review: Glenn Wilson - Timely.
- Paul Edis Trio @ The Jazz Café. February 6
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- Take it to the Bridge @ The Chillingham. Feb.4
- Alister Spence Quartet & Paul Taylor @ Newcastle U...
- Jazz Café Jam - February 3.
- CD Review: Charles McPherson - The Journey
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- THE JAZZ & BLUES POCKET ORCHESTRA - New Venue
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4 comments :
Great stuff, Colin! First the bestselling book. Then Ned Kelly's Last Stand - the Movie!
Well said, Colin. Most of what is marketed as "jazz" today would not be recognised as such by Armstrong, Parker, Ellington et al. I'm both amused and saddened when I read a "jazz" magazine nowadays to realise that I've never heard of 95% of the people referred to, and the other 5% are people like Jamie Cullum...........
I do so agree. The difference is that where once becoming a jazz musician was a vocation - it has now become a career move. There is no doubt that there have never been so many highly skilled instrumentalists - they have fluency - but often have nothing to say. There are of course exceptions - but they are exceptions.
We are in an era of striving to perform - the heroic solo. Never mind any emotional content - just watch the technique.
Jazz education is also teaching that anyone can write original material. This is complete tosh. One can learn it to a degree but there is no doubt that the ability to be able to produce original compositions is given to very few - and in fact often has no direct relationship of high level technique. For example Tadd Dameron - not a great soloist - but what fantastic originals.
Europe is rather different to the UK in terms of audiences. Much greater age range and musically literate.
Finally an almost complete disinterest among many younger musicians about the history of jazz, its performers, and its sounds.
I agree with everything you say, Peter, particularly your points about European audiences and musicians. I am continually astonished at the level of ignorance demonstrated by jazz musicians (actually, both young and old) and audiences in respect of the music they profess to love.
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