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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

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Noel Dennis & Dean Stockdale @ The Jazz Café. Oct 10

Noel Dennis (trumpet & flugelhorn) & Dean Stockdale (piano)
(Review by Russell)
A first duo gig for Noel Dennis and Dean Stockdale. You’d never have guessed. It takes the talents of two first class musicians to make it work and this Jazz Café meeting was a major success. Hailing from the Deep South (the Tees Delta region) Dennis, trumpet and flugelhorn, and pianist Stockdale, performed as if they were long-time musical associates.
Beautiful Love, Tom Harrell’s Moon Alley, There is No Greater Love. Three immaculate tunes to begin the evening’s entertainment. Noel Dennis’ tone, clarity and unfailing taste are the hallmarks of his superbly crafted solos; an innate sense of construction, inventive, free-flowing ideas. Dean Stockdale at the house upright responded to every nuance, twist and surprise, and reminded the Jazz Café audience of his own creative abilities playing a number of outstanding solos.
Mingus’ Nostalgia in Times Square, Round Midnight and, as Dennis rightly suggested, an apposite Autumn Leaves (the trumpeter with Harmon mute on the latter) enthralled a Pink Lane audience oblivious to partying rugby fans on the streets of Newcastle. An interested listener took the opportunity to talk all things brass with Dennis during the interval, some recharged a glass, some turned their attention to a yet-to-be-solved broadsheet crossword.
A Stockdale arrangement of Joyspring began the second set where the first left off – class playing, the duo’s listening ear, relaxing into one another’s company. Love for Sale heard two marvellous solos – take it as read, throughout the evening all solos were marvellous!
A ballad is another of Dennis’ strengths (his occasional small combo gigs with Blaydon’s Roly Veitch set the standard) and Everything Happens to Me illustrated the point. Having stated that all the solos were marvellous – and to reiterate, they were – Blue Monk really did feature outstanding solos from Dennis and Stockdale, pianist Stockdale dazzling with walking bass lines, stride patterns, the lot. Stella by Starlight never fails, and to close out a most enjoyable set, the duo of Dennis and Stockdale left us with Au Privave.
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Earlier, at the Vermont Hotel, Ruth Lambert and Stuart Collingwood entertained rugby fans. Scots, of the kilted variety, were in post match party mode. Painted faces, hangovers guaranteed, the Songbook master class, for the most part, passed them by. Lambert sang, perched on a high stool. Collingwood accompanied at the piano. Summertime, Stella by Starlight, The Shadow of Your Smile, a smattering of applause from some, appreciated by your BSH correspondent for sure. Tunes ranged from Stormy Weather to Sunnyside of the Street (a fair summation of the weather of late) as a prior engagement approached (a Jazz Café gig). Vermont Hotel gigs are well worth catching. Free admission Fridays at 4:30pm Saturdays at 7:00pm and two o’clock Sundays.                
Russell.           

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