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16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

Tue 19: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Michael Young, Paul Grainger, Tim Johnston.

Wed 20: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 20: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 20: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 21: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 21: Castillo Neuvo Trio + Conor Emery & His ‘Bones Band @ The Grove, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). £10.00. (£7.00. student).
Thu 21: Remi Banklyn + Chris Corcoran Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.50. Chicago blues. An International Guitar Foundation promotion.
Thu 21: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Ragtime piano.
Thu 21: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Fri 22: Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 22: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 22: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 22: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 22: Nauta + Remy CB + Last Orders @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). Free.
Fri 22: Vasilis Xenopoulos-Paul Edis Quartet @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £15.00. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 22: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 23: Jambone @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 6:30pm. Free (ticketed). End of term performance in the Northern Rock Foundation Hall.
Sat 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 23: Red Kites Jazz @ Rowlands Gill Community Centre NE39 1JB. 7:00pm. Tickets: £12.00. (gibsidecommunityfarm@gmail.com). A ‘Build a Barn’ fundraiser. BYOB, tea/coffee available.
Sat 23: New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £20.00. + bf (book in person at venue - no booking fee!). Featuring pianist Martin Litton.
Sat 23: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 24: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 24: Luis Verde @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Verde (alto sax); Joe Steels (guitar); John Pope (double bass); John Hirst (drums). Alto sax brilliance!
Sun 24: Elsie Franklin @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. £10.00. Country blues. An International Guitar Foundation promotion.
Sun 24: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: Las Vegas Live with the Rat Pack @ The Forum, Billingham.
Sun 24: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Otterburn Memorial Hall. 7:30pm. £12.00.
Sun 24: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Note start time - 7:00pm.
Sun 24: Bold Big Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 25: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30pm. Free.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Jazz Café Jam Session Nov. 17

(Review by Lance).
At first it looked like no one was there then, suddenly, everyone was there! The usual suspects and a few not so usual. As usual the house trio got things moving with, I think, A Weaver of Dreams and they were kicking ass from the first bar and this was just the start of another memorable evening!
Time Remembered and Senor Blues followed before 'Bradders' joined the mix for A Foggy Day and a Michel Petrucciani number the title of which escapes me. The young guitarist's resolution of the closing bars on the former was masterly whilst the latter, a brisk Latin piece, saw all four take it round the block a few times.

Time for a change with Paul Edis taking over on piano and Matt MacKellar on drums. Edis, wearing a top that made the lights on the Christmas tree look dim by comparison, opened with  What is This Thing Called Love? (or was it What is This Thing He's Wearing?) it was very enjoyable every man jack digging deep culminating in a round of 4s, 2's and 0's. MacKellar brought in Stomping at the Savoy, and stomp they did whilst Someday My Prince Will Come displayed expert balladry. To hear Gilligan and Edis in the one night is akin to Peterson and Tatum turning up. Now here's a thought for a Jazz Café duo set - Gilligan and Edis on two pianos over 15 rounds!
Edis, incidentally, launches his solo double album at the Lit and Phil tomorrow (Thursday Nov. 19)
Dawn Furness offered Love For Sale in a jazzy operatic style, Luke Stewart-Smith played bass with Paul Gowland on soprano sax for Dolphin Dance. First time I'd heard PG on sop. Waltz For Debbie and I'll Remember April did no harm at all. 
Jordan Alfonso with George Anyantis on piano played Skylark, Nature Boy and Softly as in a Morning Sunrise before Gilligan returned with Duncan Walker on soprano - 3 sopranos in one evening (Gowland, Furness and now Walker). In a Mellow Tone, and Tenor Madness (I think) with Kalenak on drums. 
Quite a night and it wasn't over yet although it was for me - 27 bus beckoned...
Lance.
Peter Gilligan (pno); Paul Grainger (bs); Russ Morgan (dms); Bradley Johnston (gtr) + Paul Edis (pno); Matt MacKellar (dms); Dawn Furness (vcl); Paul Gowland (sop); Jordan Alfonso (alt); George Anyantis (pno); Luke Stewart-Smith (bs); Duncan Walker (sop); Nick Kalenak (dms).

2 comments :

John Hallam (on F/b) said...

3 Sopranos? I think it was Frank Skinner, a great arranger from the 20s until he progressed to writing film scores for 30 years, said it was impossible to find 3 soprano players who were in tune with each other! Nowadays improved instruments and, I suspect, musical sensibility has allowed the renaissance of the "fish horn".

Lance said...

Ah John, but here we had 2 soprano saxes and a soprano jazz singer who, up to my point of departure, hadn't formed an alliance although it may have happened after I left.

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