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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.

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.

Thursday, December 31, 2015

December in the Rain - The "Coasters", Dec. 30

(Weather Report by Russell)
The Magnesia Bank’s house beer Maggie Bank (Cullercoats Brewery) looked the pick. Walked in with trumpeter Miles Watson, hopeful of a turnout to exceed the quintet on the stand. Quintet outnumbered (just), September (December!) in the Rain seemed apt. Don’t Get Around Much Any More (some don’t), then This Can’t Be Love. This is the kind of session the casual visitor would enjoy, sitting with a pint, listening to a relaxed group of friends playing a few tunes. Miles sang, Laurie played tenor, Roy, keyboards (and bass pedals), Robin, tasteful guitar, and the man who can walk on water, Peter on drums.*
The quintet – the Jazz Esquires – can be heard every Wednesday on Camden Street at around one o’clock. It’s free admission, there is a raffle and the beers are Cullercoats’ finest. The lure of Cullercoats itself proved too strong, and on departing the boys were reminiscing on I Remember April.
Jazz Esquires: Miles Watson (trumpet & vocals), Laurie Brown (tenor saxophone), Roy Gibson (keyboards), Robin Douthwaite (guitar) & Peter Ninnim (drums).    
* Peter’s Tyne Valley home has been flooded more than once in recent weeks. He said there was every chance that when he returned home after the gig the place would under water again. Now there’s a man who’s got his priorities right – jazz comes first, second and third!
North Shields to Cullercoats. The North Sea Ferry was being blown into port at a rate of knots. At Cullercoats Crescent Club the Cullercoats Brewery beers had been supped at a rate of knots that the pump clips were being turned round. The one decent brew left was Theakston’s Christmas Ale. You just can’t avoid it, can you? Christmas, that is. The pub with a DON’T MENTION THE WAR…SORRY, XMAS policy would do a bah humbug of a roaring trade. Oh, yes, the jazz. The Vieux Carré Jazzmen were just about to get their second set under way. A good crowd in (as usual), the first of two guests joined the band. John Broddle sang Rose of Picardy, then, by popular request, stayed on to sing Out of Nowhere. Jim McBriarty sang Angry, although he looked anything but, and not to be left out, Fred Thompson crooned East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Lawrence and Paul, the regular horn players did their stuff and ex weather man Mr Derek Fleck joined them on clarinet. “None of my doing, this weather, I’ve retired!”
I’ve Got the World on a String, so said McBriarty J. Honeysuckle Rose followed, this the band with four vocalists. Four? Yes, Brian Bennett, by tradition, bade us farewell – Goin’ Home (to New Orleans, to Newcastle or wherever the heart is).
Vieux Carré Jazzmen: Brian Bennett (banjo & vocals), Jim McBriarty (clarinet & vocals), Lawrence McBriarty (trombone), Paul Gowland (tenor saxophone), Bill Colledge (bass) & Fred Thompson (drums) + John Broddle (vocals) & Derek Fleck (clarinet),
Russell.

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