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15229 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 248 of them this year alone and, so far, 61 this month (March 20).

From This Moment On ...

March

Fri 24: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 24: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: FILM: Mo' Better Blues @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 7:00pm.
Fri 24: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Scarth Hall, Staindrop, Co. Durham. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Fri 24: Archipelago + Bulbils @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.

Sat 25: Vermont Big Band @ Walker Community Centre, Walker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Fundraiser for Benfield Juniours Football Club. Hot food available, BYOB.
Sat 25: John Logan & Friends @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Rat Pack, Motown etc. 8:00pm. Free (donations).

Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm.
Sun 26: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 26: Outlines @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE promotion (upstairs).

Mon 27: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Tue 28: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 28: Sanaz Lavasani Trio @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 8:00pm. £12.00 (£10.00. adv).

Wed 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 30: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library. 2:30-4:30pm. £2.00. All welcome.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. Back to 1:00pm stomp off. Free.
Thu 30: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 30: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm.
Thu 30: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Friday, September 04, 2015

James Harrison Trio @ The Lit and Phil, Newcastle.

James Harrison (pno); John Pope (bs); Tom Chapman (dms).
(Review by Lance).
Despite their relative youth, there's no lack of maturity in the playing. Close your eyes and you'd be forgiven for thinking that these were seasoned veterans - which in a way they are. Harrison graduated from the Sage Gateshead Bmus course and soon found himself being sought after, not only as a jazz pianist but also as a pantomime MD!
John Pope has, amazingly, been on the scene for 15 years so maybe he's not quite a youth whilst Tom Chapman, as well as being a top class drummer, is also an in-demand arranger.
Irrespective of their ages, the playing exudes youthful zeal - Music is fun! It's entertainment. We're enjoying yourselves and we want you to party along with us.
We did! Maybe not physically but mentally we had a ball.
The unlikely Bourbon St. Parade kicked things off at tempo de lick - the axeman wouldn't be calling here today!* New Orleans style marching drums from Chapman. That's All; Our Day Will Come; Secret Love; a piece by flautist Dave Valentin. Latin based, Chapman's hand drumming and a frenzied finale had the lady sitting behind me exclaim in my ear "5 stars"! "At least" I replied!
An untitled Snarky Puppy piece, down home, gospel feel, great groove before the Theme from Monsters Inc. which Harrison rightly pointed out was very like Hoagy's Old Rockin' Chair. The piano double bass exchanges were something else.
Chapman in the forefront for Southern Samba and Harrison played what may have been his only quote of the day - a few bars of Moon Dance. See I told you he'd matured!
Thankfully, Andrew Lloyd Webber doesn't feature too often on jazz gigs however, Harrison's version of Phantom of the Opera could change all that - providing ALW doesn't take a contract out on him!
Strasbourg - St-Denis brought to a close an afternoon that was just about as good as it gets.
Lance.

1 comment :

James Harrison (on f/b) said...

Thanks Lance!
A.L.Webber has already put the contract out. Had multiple attempts on my life tonight!

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