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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

The Early Bird Band @ The Jazz Café. October 9

Ben Lawrence (trumpet), Nick Caughey (tenor saxophone), Francis Tulip (guitar), Dan Lawrence (bass guitar) & Matthew Mackellar (drums) + Paul Edis (alto saxophone) 
(Review by Russell/Photos courtesy of Mike Tilley).
Arriving early evening at the Jazz Café the place was unusually busy. Not the usual lot, more like rugger types. Good for business! Upstairs, the lads – the Early Birds – set up ready for their hour long performance. Following a slight delay due to a malfunctioning amp, the set list included Coltrane, Hancock, Kern and Rollins. A band of teenagers, an expanding book of engagements, these guys are heading in the right direction.
Good to see tenor man Nick Caughey back on the stand, impressing on Watermelon Man. Kern’s Yesterdays, a taxing tune for senior players, challenged the young musicians. The quintet (plus one) persevered, reading the dots and got there in the end. Blue Bossa didn’t hold any fears for drummer Matthew Mackellar having played it more than once at Dave Weisser’s Wednesday night workshop at the Chillingham. Mackellar knew what he was doing and his bass drum work caught the ear.
Oleo, another Weisser workshop staple, featured guitarist Francis Tulip. He was right on it with bass (Dan Lawrence) and drums in support. The horns stepped up (trumpeter Ben Lawrence in the spotlight) and Mackellar breezed through a round of fours. Two fabulous tunes back to back tested the ensemble; I’m Old Fashioned and How Insensitive. Swing and sensitivity are rare commodities and the way these young men are going about their business they’ll get there, probably sooner than one imagines and the ‘plus one,’ co-opted band member, tutor Paul Edis, took a turn on alto. Chameleon was a fun way to go out. A round and round and round again groove had all in the groove, fluent guitar, riffing horns, with bass and drums nailing it. A developing band, check out the Early Bird Band.
Russell.

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