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Postage

17630 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 904 of them this year alone and, so far, 49 this month (Dec. 20).

From This Moment On ...

December

Mon 23: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED!
Mon 23: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 4:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Mon 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.

Tue 24: Lindsay Hannon & Mark Williams @ Ernest, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 11:00am-1:00pm. Free.
Tue 24: Paul Skerritt @ Mambo Wine & Dine, South Shields. 1:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.

Wed 25: Wot? No jazz!

Thu 26: The Boneshakers @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. The 17th annual Boneshakers’ Shindig.

Fri 27: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free. Business as usual!.
Fri 27: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 27: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Country blues guitar & vocals.

Sat 28: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 11:30am. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 28: Fri 20: Castillo Nuevo @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 28: Jude Murphy, Rich Herdman & Giles Strong @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 28: Ray Stubbs R & B All-Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Stepney Bank, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.

Sun 29: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 29: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

Friday, October 02, 2015

Buck Clayton’s legacy lives on at Sage Gateshead

(Preview by Russell)
Wilbur ‘Buck’ Clayton, trumpeter, composer. Born 1911, died 1991. A young Clayton played piano for a while, encouraged by his musician father, but the trumpet was to be the instrument to bring him fame in the jazz world. Several years with the Count Basie band ended with war-time service in the US Army. Post war, JATP engagements and a   busy recording studio scheduled enhanced his profile. Trips to Europe followed and he was immortalised in the 1960 film Jazz on a Summer’s Day.
It was Clayton’s European travels that led to an enduring friendship with Old Etonian all round good egg trumpeter Humphrey Lyttleton. The pair worked together, theirs more a genuine friendship than any ‘on the gig’ civility. Following Clayton’s death in 1991, the urbane Lyttleton (musician/broadcaster/writer) continued to champion the American and his contribution – his legacy – to the music.
In recent years musician/broadcaster/ writer Alyn Shipton has picked up the baton touring with an all star European band playing the music of, and associated with, Buck Clayton. On Friday October 30 the Buck Clayton Legacy Band returns to Sage Gateshead to play a celebratory concert: A Celebration of Duke Ellington. The focus of the evening will be on an often overlooked aspect of Ellington – music for the small combo. Shipton’s interest is personal having been given a box full of Clayton’s arrangements by the man himself. The band is adaptable, playing other programmes, including a Billie Holiday set, but this Sage Gateshead date is about the Clayton-Ellington association.
The greats will be remembered, but don’t expect it to be a maudlin occasion – music at its best uplifts, restoring faith in humanity. This Sage gig features Shipton (double bass) and his co-bandleader and Matthias Seuffert (reeds), together with Ian Smith (trumpet), Adrian Fry (trombone), reeds duo Alan Barnes and Robert Fowler, master pianist Martin Litton and drummer Bobby Worth making for as expert an ensemble of small group exponents either side of the Atlantic.       
The band’s previous visit to Gateshead received glowing reviews and this October date is   sure to do likewise. Tickets are going like hot (jazz) cakes. So, to be sure of your seat telephone the ticket office: 0191 443 4661. And there is still time to book your place on the following day’s workshop led by Shipton & co before they dash down the M1 to play an evening gig at the Pizza Express, Maidstone. Hugely recommended.
Russell.

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