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Bebop Spoken There

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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 ...

June

Sat 03: Newcastle Record Fair @ Northumbria University, Newcastle NE8 8SB. 10:00am-3:00pm. Admission: £2.00.
Sat 03: Pedigree Jazz Band @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm.
Sat 03: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Sue Ferris. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 03: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free.
Sat 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 03: Papa G's Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

Sun 04: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm.
Sun 04: Central Bar Quintet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00-4:00pm. £5.00. The Central Bar Quintet plays Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus. Featuring Lewis Watson.
Sun 04: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 04: Struggle Buggy + Michael Littlefield @ Tyne Bar, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. Acoustic blues.
Sun 04: Swinging at the Cotton Club: Harry Strutters' Hot Rhythm Orchestra @ The Fire Station, Sunderland. 7:30pm.
Sun 04: Richard Jones Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 04: Jam No. 18 @ Fabio's Bar, Saddler Street, Durham. 8:00pm. Free. All welcome. A Durham University Jazz Society event.

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.

Thursday, July 09, 2015

Vieux Carré International Jazzmen @ The Millstone, South Gosforth.

Colin Aitchison (tpt/vcl); Franco Valussi (clt); Paul Gowland (alt); Laurence McBriarty (tmb); Brian Bennett (bjo); Dick Percy (bs gtr); Fred Thompson (dms/vcl) + Neville Sarony (vcl); Kenny Segura (bjo).
(Review by Lance/photos courtesy of Colin & Jeanie Aitchison.)
I think Kowloon must have been empty today judging by the number of visitors from Hong Kong at the Millstone this afternoon.
Two of their number, Valussi and Aitchison were an integral part of the Vieux Carré International Jazzmen and Sarony and Segura popped up at frequent intervals - entertainers all.
A rousing Bourbon St Parade followed by China Boy led to a couple of numbers from Neville Sarony. Neville, son of Leslie Sarony - a well known entertainer and songwriter whose career straddled both world wars -, sang Buddy Bolden's Blues and It Had to be You. A strong voice with more than a hint of George Melly about it.
Colin, of course, also sang a few as did Fred Thompson but perhaps the the emotional highlight was Franco playing Memories of You with just rhythm accompaniment.
Dedicated to the late Barry Soulsby.
Kenny Segura (pictured left with Neville Sarony and myself) joined the band for Hello Dolly with vocal by Colin and now we had TWO banjos on stage!
It didn't hurt a bit!
Segura is part of the Hot Chop Suey Jazz Band out in Kowloon.
Sarony returned for Won't you Come Home Bill Bailey and Colin sang I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter - updated to a Postcard - next time it will be an Email!
More Neville with I Can't Give You Anything But Love then Shine from Fred and a grand finale with Doctor Jazz.
Needless to say, apart from the visiting firemen, the band regulars were on top form. Paul excelled on alto slotting into the idiom with ease whilst McBriarty had his moments too. Banjo and bass guitar gelled and it was a splendid afternoon all round.
They can be heard again on Saturday Afternoon at the Mouth of the Tyne Festival at Tynemouth.
Lance.


1 comment :

Barry said...

My mother and I have enjoyed listening to the jazz this week, the jazz and the meals at the Millstone are great. Only thing wrong is that not everyone can see the band.

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