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Danny Gatton: "I was tired of playing in beer joints. I wanted to do something tangible like building cars. But once you do music it gets into your blood. You can get away from it for awhile but sooner or later it comes back to you." - (Down Beat April 1991).

Tal Farlow: "There were times when I would stop [playing guitar] and do sign painting." - (Downbeat December 5, 1963)

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Today Wednesday August 23

Afternoon
Vieux Carre Jazzmen - Crescent Club, 1 Hudleston, Cullercoats NE30 3OS. 1pm. Free.
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Evening.
New Orleans Jazz at the Village Hall - Springwell Village Community Venue, Fell Rd., Gateshead NE9 7RP. 8:15pm. £3.
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Take it to the Bridge - The Globe, 11 Railway St., Newcastle NE4 7AD. £1. 8pm.
Billy's Acoustic Blues - Billy Bootleggers, 28 Nelson St., Newcastle NE1 5AN. 9pm. Free (weekly).
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To the best of our knowledge, details of the above events are correct but may be subject to alteration.

Monday, March 30, 2015

Hannah Taylor & Alix Shepherd @ The Redwood Bar - March 29

Hannah Taylor (vcl); Alix Shepherd (pno).
The Redwood Bar of Newcastle's Vermont Hotel (Do they have a Newcastle Hotel in Vermont, I wonder?) is the latest watering hole to feature jazz tinged artists. Friday's opener was by Andrea Patterson, Saturday it was Zoe Gilby and last night Hannah Taylor, accompanied by Alix Shepherd on piano, took centre stage.
I had time to spare en route to Jason's gig at Bonbar so I decided to check it out.
An opulently furnished room, two real ales, a baby grand and some classy vocals - what more could one ask for?
Listeners for a start!
There weren't many in but, at 6.30pm on a Sunday evening what did they expect? No doubt it filled up after time was called at the church (Sunday gigs here run from 6pm to 9pm).
Hannah Taylor, known to many as a member of Ruth Lambert's Shoeshop Quartet (Ruth is here on Friday - April 3) looked good and sounded great on a selection of contemporary classics such as Feel Like Making Love; Another Little Bit of my Heart; Moon Dance and Mr Big Stuff. 
On piano, Alix Shepherd was sympathetic in accompaniment and creative in solo. Together they worked well and it was with some reluctance that I left,
Lance.
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Bebop Spoken Here -- Here, being the north-east of England -- centred in the blues heartland of Newcastle and reaching down to the Tees Delta and looking upwards to the Land of the Kilt.
Not a very original title, I know; not even an accurate one as my taste, whilst centred around the music of Bird and Diz, extends in many directions and I listen to everything from King Oliver to Chick Corea and beyond. Not forgetting the Great American Songbook the contents of which has provided the inspiration for much great jazz and quality popular singing for round about a century.
The idea of this blog is for you to share your thoughts and pass on your comments on discs, gigs, jazz - music in general. If you've been to a gig/concert or heard a CD that knocked you sideways please share your views with us. Tell us about your favourites, your memories, your dislikes.
Lance (Who wishes it to be known that he is not responsible for postings other than his own and that he's not always responsible for them.)
Contact: lanceliddle@gmail.com I look forward to hearing from you.

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