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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

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 28: Richard Herdman Quartet @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Josh Bentham (alto sax); Alan Marshall (tenor sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass); Graham Thompson (keys); Steve Hunter (drums).

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Monday, November 09, 2015

Tipping Point & Long Lonesome Go @ Bridge Hotel Newcastle - Nov. 8

James Mainwaring (tenor sax); Matthew Bourne (keyboards); Mick Bardon (bass); Joost Hendrickx (drums).
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Paul Taylor (keyboards); Jason Etherington (electric bass); Christian Alderson (drums)
(Review by Steve H/Photos courtesy of Ken Drew).
I’d previously seen Tipping Point at this very same venue earlier this year (reviewed here). I was impressed but not overwhelmed. How things have changed in the last 8 months, for, on Sunday night, they were little short of outstanding. All the individuals played marvellously in their own right but without resorting to set piece solos in the traditional manner. At times it was hard to decide which one of the quartet to focus on such was the skill and finesse on offer from all 4 members. 
Hendickx, cool and calculating on percussion, Bardon, fascinating on bass and Bourne, at times sounding almost ecclesiastical. All led by Skipper Mainwaring who really blew up a storm on tenor and electronics. This band though is certainly more Jazz SAS than ‘Dad’s Army’ and the old cliché about “the whole being greater than the sum of the parts is really worth trotting out again with the caveat that the individual parts were still magnificent. 
The Long Lonesome Go provided the support with their own brand of ‘quantum jazz’- by that I mean they appear to be playing in a parallel universe. The band produced a symphonic electronic soundscape hard to pigeon hole but always quirky and interesting. Their interaction with the audience is so minimal that bass player Etherington had his back to the audience for the entire set and even managed to shuffle off stage at the end without ever facing the paying public. Maybe that is part of the experience they are trying to project, but, call me old fashioned if you must, when I go and see live music it is nice to have some form of communication with those performing. I enjoyed what was produced but next time they play I might well be the Long Lonesome No Go. 
Steve H.   

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