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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

Saturday, October 03, 2015

Swing Manouche @ The Jazz Café. October 2

 Mick Shoulder (guitar), Giles Strong (guitar), Paul Edis (clarinet) & Neil Harland (double bass)
(Review by Russell/Photo courtesy of Mike Tilley)
Mick Shoulder, cornerstone of Hot Club specialists par excellence Djangologie, recently added another string to his contrabasse with the formation of Swing Manouche. The Jazz Café witnessed an unexpected twist as Shoulder swapped four strings for six and joined a fellow Djangologist – Giles Strong (guitare rythmique) – as the seated guitar demons. On double bass was none other than Neil Harland and in a further, wholly unexpected, twist, pianist Paul Edis wielded the clarinet!
A week ago at the Tyneside Irish Centre, Django’s great nephew, Lulo Reinhardt, gave a concert of his own, keeping the flame alive. He would have been a welcome guest at the Jazz Café this evening – he could have sat in. Mind you, he would have had his work cut out keeping up with this lot. Coquette, Douce Ambiance, familiar material both, then the first of two or three Shoulder compositions (a musette), inspired by Giles Strong’s rather big, if not fearsome pet dog. What Lulo would have made of that one is anyone’s guess. He would have been right at home with two Lulo Reinhardt numbers. Not his own, rather those of his father, Lulo Senior. The second of the tunes went at such a lick Lulo Junior may have decided to sit it out! There is nothing better than Strong setting a tempo, then seeing who can maintain the punishing pace. For the record, Shoulder, Edis and Harland hung in there. Thrilling stuff!
Paul Edis (clarinet), was taken out of his comfort zone. No easy-peasey piano playing for Dr Edis tonight. This was swing time Hot Club de Pink Lane. Bassist Neil Harland didn’t baulk at Strong’s rythmique brilliance, Shoulder demonstrated real talent as a six stringer and Edis appeared to relish being at the mercy of the front row critics. Minor Swing went well, Swing Manouche did well. More gigs are in the book. Trés bon!   
Russell.

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