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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

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.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

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.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Wednesday, November 02, 2016

CD Review: Barb Jungr and John McDaniel - Come Together

Barb Jungr – vocal & harmonicas; John McDaniel – piano & vocal.
(Review by Debra M)
Come Together  is the latest album from internationally acclaimed cabaret chanteuse & jazz performer Barb Jungr. Previously she has undertaken projects that have focussed on a broad range of individual artists, including Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Elvis, Nina Simone & Peggy Lee. Now, in collaboration with pianist & arranger John McDaniel, she has turned her attention to the Beatles Songbook. With around 237 originals the choice is wide, and the selection includes songs from throughout the band’s career, including some lesser known gems, wisely avoiding the most overplayed Lennon/McCartney standards.
The opening piano intro is a brief musical reference to Let It Be, and makes a rapid transition to an uptempo & fresh interpretation of Got to Get You into My Life. The stripped down piano and voice format enable McCartney’s outstanding lyric to come to the fore, and this is particularly effective in The Things We Said Today, For No One, The Fool on the Hill and Eleanor Rigby. McDaniel’s piano accompaniment is sensitive and dynamic, and he provides backing harmonies, & taking lead vocal on two of my favourite lesser known Beatles songs Mother Nature’s Son and George Harrison’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps (whilst remaining on the piano).  In three tracks, two or more songs are combined; It’s Getting Better/Here, There and Everywhere, Something/The Long and Winding Road, and It’s For You/Step Inside Love, the latter a pairing of tunes McCartney wrote for Cilla Black.  Perhaps this approach was inspired by the Beatles own medley on Abbey Road  (this reviewer’s favourite Beatles album), however, I’m not sure it adds much musically other than enabling the inclusion of a few more pieces. 
Sometimes it is hard to compensate for the mastery of George Martin’s arrangements and production, so whilst Back In The USSR is transformed into a lively bluesy, honky-tonk number, with a harmonica solo from Jungr, it is no match for the original  Beach Boys’ pastiche on the White Album. However, as with many of these great songs, McDaniel & Jungr really get hold of the title track Come Together and make it their own.  Overall, a worthy project, and it would be great to see the duo’s interpretations as a live performance. (Editors note - They are touring the project but mainly down south apart from a hop over to Berlin and to New York for a December date at Birdland).
Debra M.

2 comments :

Unknown said...

Not just 'down south'. 2 nights in the glorious Swan Inn in the village of Dobcross in Saddleworth near Manchester. 12 & 13 November.

Up North! said...

i.e.In the Midlands ;-)

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