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16051 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 1058 of them this year alone and, so far, 12 this month (Dec. 6).

From This Moment On ...

December

Sun 10: Musicians Unlimited’s Xmas Party with Zoë Gilby Quartet @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. MU 1:00-3:00pm; Zoë Gilby Quartet 4:00-6:00pm. Tickets: £7.50.
Sun 10: Alan Law, Paul Grainger & Abbie Finn @ Darlington Market, Market Square, Darlington. 1:00pm. Free. A ‘Christmas Market’ outdoor gig. Wrap up warm!
Sun 10: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 10: Funk Soul Sista @ Stack, Seaburn. 5:00-7:00pm. Free.
Sun 10: Beth Clarke @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 10: Hayley's Little Big Band @ Whittingham Memorial Institute, Alnwick. 7:30pm. £12.00., £10.00.
Sun 10: Tele-Port @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Line-up inc. Zhenya Strigalev.

Mon 11: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 11: Interim Final Recitals @ Newcastle University. Details TBC.

Tue 12: Stu Collingwood Organ Trio @ Forum Music Centre, Darlington. 7:00pm. £10.00.

Wed 13: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 13: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 13: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 13: Bold Big Band @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Wed 13: Giles Strong Quartet @ Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 14: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Hot Fingers @ The Lubetkin Theatre, Peterlee. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 14: After Hours Student Jazz Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. . Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 14: Niffi Osiyemi Trio @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Mo Scott ‘Little Mo’s Festive Appearance’ @ The Schooner, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Tees Hot Club w. Kevin Eland, Josh Bentham, Garry Hadfield, Adrian Beadnell @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 15: Paul Edis @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 15: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 15: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 15: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 15: Paul Skerritt @ Black Horse Inn, Crook. From 7:00pm.
Fri 15: Paul Edis: A Jazzy Christmas @ St Cuhtbert's Centre, Crook. 7:30pm. £15.00. SOLD OUT! Waiting list open.
Fri 15: Zoë Gilby Trio @ Seventeen Nineteen, Hendon, Sunderland. 7:30pm. £12.00. POSTPONED!
Fri 15: Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 8:00pm. First night of two. SOLD OUT!
Fri 15: Darlington Big Band @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £10.00. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 15: Baghdaddies @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00.; £10.00.

Sat 16: Paul Edis: A Jazzy Christmas @ Sage Gateshead. 2:00pm. A Jazzy Christmas + Jambone.
Sat 16: Porritt & Barrett & Friends Xmas Special @ Cullercoats Watch House. 7:00pm. £4.00.
Sat 16: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 16: Red Kites Jazz Band @ The Staithes Café, Gateshead. 7:00pm--9:00pm.
Sat 16: Hayley's Little Big Band @ Ellingham Village Hall, Chathill. 7:30pm. £12.00., £8.00.
Sat 16: Paul Edis: A Jazzy Christmas @ Sage Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Sat 16: Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Second night of two.

Saturday, September 26, 2015

CD Review: Michael Janisch – Paradigm Shift

(Review by Russell)
Does Michael Janisch ever sleep? Is he insomniac? Since arriving in the UK more than a decade ago he’s been a non-stop whirlwind of activity. Gigging far and wide, running his Whirlwind Recordings record label and raising a family, Janisch seemingly never rests. A double CD release – Paradigm Shift – focuses attention on his own musical vision and he wouldn’t be half the man he is if he didn’t take it on the road. He is in the middle of a tour taking him and his band from the metropolis to the provinces to the Shetland Islands.
Michael Janisch toured the UK in 2011 – playing a memorable concert at the Lit and Phil in Newcastle – culminating in this two-CD live recording made at the Soho Pizza Express in London. Disc One – with a running time of little over half an hour – comprises a seven part work written by Janisch. The Paradigm Shift Suite; four movements, an interlude and two bookending pieces (‘intro’ and ‘outro’). The movements, or sections, feature some of the best ‘on-the-bandstand’ jazz improvisations committed to disc in recent times. Janisch assembled a superb band for the project; Americans Jason Palmer (trumpet) and drummer Colin Stranahan, County Durham’s Paul Booth (reeds and percussion), pianist Leonardo Genovese and, the manipulator of electronics, Alex Bonney. The writing reveals Janisch, the American, as someone who has absorbed the musical legacy of his country of birth. A hard bop flame burns brightly in expansive solo improvisations, the bandleader’s electric bass lines reference the Miroslav Vitouš-Joe Zawinul Weather Report era and subtle hip hop rhythms surface at intervals.   
The soloists are exceptionally good – Jason Palmer fiery on Paradigm Shift Dance Party, Paul Booth, on tenor, in incendiary form on Celestial Dictator. Movement III consists of three parts ranging from furious blowing to ethereal soundscapes (Booth, flute). Janisch’s daughters inspired the fourth movement – Liza-Flo – and a solo bass piece closes the first of the CDs.
Disc Two, Mikey’s Mosey – coming in at just over the hour mark – further documents the band in fine form. Janisch showcases compositions from band mates. Argentinian pianist Genovese contributes Chagaraga. Imagine front line horns in unison, a kind of Parisian Thoroughfare for the twenty first century, busy, bustling, bristling with cracking solos. A determined bass line sets in motion Mikey’s Mosey; fun, complex, akin to a Mingus work shop session. The JJ I Knew (Intermission) hears Janisch in reflective mood remembering his late brother Joseph. The elegiac sound of Janisch’s electric bass says it all.
Jason Palmer’s Crash begins slowly. Short energetic bursts punctuate the piece, someone references Milestones then all hell breaks loose with furious, swinging ensemble playing. Audience whoops tell the tale – Michael Janisch’s Paradigm Shift is one monster album!
Michael Janisch’s Paradigm Shift is released on Whirlwind Recordings (WR4676) on Friday 2 October. The band continues its tour of all four corners of the UK. Scarborough Jazz Festival is on the itinerary (Sunday 27 September), the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh (30) and every nook and cranny in the Scottish Highlands and Islands will get to hear Janisch & co before they head south of the border to visit the Pizza Express, London (October 6) and a number of other venues. It should be noted that trumpeter Jason Palmer and pianist Leo Genovese aren’t on the tour. Paul Booth, Alex Bonney and Colin Stranahan are, and they will be joined on some dates by Jason Yarde (reeds), pianist Cédric Henriot and drummer Andrew ‘Faces’ Bain. Recommended – tour and CD. Visit: www.michaeljanisch.com.                 
Russell. 
Michael Janisch (double bass, electric bass, percussion, electronics & effects), Paul Booth (tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, cajon, didgeridoo, percussion & hand claps), Jason Palmer (trumpet), Leonardo Genovese (piano, keyboards, synthesizers, effects), Colin Stranahan (drums) & Alex Bonney (electronics & effects)

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