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Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.

Postage

16611 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 1504 of them this year alone and, so far, 50 this month (July 23).

From This Moment On ...

July

Sat 27: BBC Proms: BBC Introducing stage @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 12 noon. Free. Line-up inc. Nu Groove (2:00pm); Abbie Finn Trio (2:50pm); Dilutey Juice (3:50pm); SwanNek (5:00pm); Rivkala (6:00pm).
Sat 27: Nomade Swing Trio @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sat 27: Mississippi Dreamboats @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sat 27: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Cafédral, Owengate, Durham. 9:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Sat 27: Theon Cross + Knats @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 10:00pm. £22.00. BBC Proms: BBC Introducing Stage (Sage Two). A late night gig.

Sun 28: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm.
Sun 28: Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band @ Fonteyn Ballroom, Dunelm House (Durham Students’ Union), Durham. 2:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Sun 28: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Nomade Swing Trio @ Red Lion, Alnmouth. 4:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Jazz Jam Sandwich! @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 28: Jeffrey Hewer Collective @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 28: Milne Glendinning Band @ Cafédral, Owengate, Durham. 9:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.

Mon 29: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 30: ???

Wed 31: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 31: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 31: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

August

Thu 01: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:30pm. £4.00.
Thu 01: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 01: Elsadie & the Bobcats @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Fri 02: Mainly Two @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free (donations). SOLD OUT! Fri 02: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 02: Pete Tanton’s Chet Set @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. POSTPONED!

Monday, November 02, 2015

CD Review: Tim Richards Hextet - Telegraph Hill

Tim Richards (pno); Ed Jones (ten); Ralph Wyld (vibes); Peter Ibbetson (dms); Dick Pearce (tpt); Dominic Howles (bs).
(Review by Lance).
To me this is a sextet but to Tim it's a hextet! Maybe I'm missing a finger or two or they just didn't want to mention sex - strange. However, with or without the sex, this is a superb album. Dick Pearce, a trumpet man I've loved since I first heard him at Caedmon back in the '80s with Ronnie [Scott], still blowing magnificently.
And Ralph Wyld on vibes! What a timely reminder - he's with Sam Eagles at the Globe this coming Saturday! Ed Jones blows great tenor, his name should be bandied about more often when they talk about our UK saxmen, Ibbetson and Howles dig deep whilst Richards is not only an original composer/arranger, but he also blows mighty fine piano. 
Dave Gelly, who knows a thing or two, says "The ten numbers, varied in pace and mood, are a joy from beginning to end."
Amen.
For us guys/gals up here in the north east there's good news and bad news. The good news is that they're playing a gig at the Jazz Café. The bad news is that it's not until June 28, 2016!
Suggestion: buy the CD now - the world may have come to an end by then and I'd hate to have left this mortal coil before hearing this.
Soundclips.
Lance.
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1 comment :

Paul Bream said...

Well, let's hope Lance is wrong, and the world doesn't come to an end before June of next year! After all, it's nine years to the day (2nd November 2006) since Tim Richards last brought a band to Tyneside, so waiting another eight months until Jazz North East bring him back to the Jazz Café doesn't seem too much longer to wait.
But I do agree that buying the album now is a good idea - not because of the threat of Armageddon, but because it will give us all a foretaste of the great music that Tim continues to make, and whet our appetites for the live gig.

Monday, November 02, 2015 8:15:00 pm

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