
I argued the case for their inclusion on a Jazz site when I reviewed Yes at Newcastle City Hall almost a year ago and it seems every emerging Jazz guitarist in particular, owes some debt to prog rock. But what about these three?


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February
Mon 06: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Tue 07: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Alan Law (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Rob Walker (drums). Jam session reverts to a first & third Tuesday in the month schedule.
Wed 08: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 08: Jam session @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free. TBC.
Wed 08: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 08: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 08: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 4:00pm (this week only). Free.
Thu 09: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00.
Thu 09: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm. Guest band: Just Friends: Ian Bosworth (guitar); Richie Emmerson (sax); Dave Archbold (keys); Ron Smith (bass); Mark Hawkins (drums).
Fri 10: Alan Barnes w Dean Stockdale Trio @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall. 1:00pm. £7.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 10: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 10: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 10: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 10: Alan Barnes w Dean Stockdale Trio @ Traveller's Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £12.00.
Sat 11: Slowlight Quartet @ The Rooms @ Immediate Audio, Unit 24, Morley's Yard South, Albion Row, Byker, Newcastle NE6 1PQ. 2:30pm. Tickets: www.wegottickets.com.
First gig of four (1/4). The Slowlights feat. YVA.
Sat 11: New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ King's Hall, Newcastle University. 7:00pm. £15.00. on the door.
Sat 11: Slowlight Quartet @ The Rooms @ Immediate Audio, Unit 24, Morley's Yard South, Albion Row, Byker, Newcastle NE6 1PQ. 7:30pm. Tickets: www.wegottickets.com. Second gig of four (2/4). The Slowlights feat. YVA. SOLD OUT!
Sat 11: Vermont Big Band & the Coast Connection @ The Seahorse, Whitley Bay FC. 7:30pm. £10.00. (inc. hot buffet), raffle. SOLD OUT!
Sat 11: The Rebelators @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 12: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Spanish City, Whitley Bay. 12 noon. LAST SESSION!
Sun 12: Slowlight Quartet @ The Rooms @ Immediate Audio, Unit 24, Morley's Yard South, Albion Row, Byker, Newcastle NE6 1PQ. 2:30pm. Tickets: www.wegottickets.com. Third gig of four (3/4). The Slowlights feat. YVA.
Sun 12: Am Jam @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free. Jam session, all welcome.
Sun 12: Jive Aces @ Queen's Hall, Hexham. 7:30pm.
Sun 12: Slowlight Quartet @ The Rooms @ Immediate Audio, Unit 24, Morley's Yard South, Albion Row, Byker, Newcastle NE6 1PQ. 7:30pm. Tickets: www.wegottickets.com. Fourth gig of four (4/4). The Slowlights feat. YVA.
Sun 12: Sylvain Darrifourcq-Manuel Hermia-Valentin Ceccaldi @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE promotion (upstairs).
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Prog Rock reviews - Is this BPSH's 'Judas' moment ?
Musicianship, talent (god forbid), freedom, progression, long pieces, extended soloing, difficult time signatures, recapitulation, disregard for commercial media, radio playlists and hit singles. Absolutely not.
In the heyday of progrock and Jazzrock in the early seventies, the two were all but interchangeable; check out Soft Machine, Henry Cow, Jade Warrior and Red era King Crimson. In fact the progrock community have claimed Mahavishnu lock, stock and.
I have long thought that Jazz will become accepted as the American centuries classical music, but will become a catchall term for all non commercial music, including Zappa, Beefheart, Santana, the best of the funk bands and the best of the prog bands.
The following is an eye witness account of events earlier today:
It was 5:00am, I was walking past Steve T’s house when suddenly the quiet was shattered by the sound of a battering ram being launched at the front door with cries of ‘POLICE! JAZZ POLICE!’ Moments later a disheveled Steve T appeared at the door, ‘cuffed, protesting his innocence as he was bundled into a jazz police van. I heard Steve say: But I haven’t done anything wrong. A jazz police officer said: Are you now, or have you ever been, a fan of (the officer paused for a second, clearly feeling nauseous), prog rock? A clearly distressed Steve T sought to explain: I don’t know what you mean…I, I…(the officer cut him short)…Anything you say may be taken down and used as evidence in a jazz court of law. You have the right to remain silent.
Later, Steve T appeared in the jazz police court and was remanded in custody for several years, pending a further appearance. It has been reported that the accused has received many hundreds of jazz CDs from well wishers. It is understood that Steve T’s barrister will enter a plea of ‘confused by way of being cloth eared’. An online petition is asking the jazz police court to show no mercy.
Perhaps the name should be changed to Bebop Deluxe Spoken Here!
It's bit like the House of Commons, when politicians stand up and ask there pre-prepared questions, with total disregard to the fact that they've already been answered.
I wrote my last one before I saw Lances - honest.
I wonder whether the P in bPsh was a Freudian slip.
Merely a topographical slip.
Or a topographical ship. Lance now has no idea what we're on about.
Oh YES I have! Now I intend to withdraw and listen to 'Bing Sings, Bregman Swings' - one of Bing's jazzier outings.
Steve T, "monster review, man!" as Nigel Kennedy might say.
I must say, listening to Snarky Puppy as featured on (dare I mention ;-) BBC R3's Jazz Now I heard quite a lot of what I would consider to be prog rock. This is in no way a criticism, merely an observation.
Criticism's good. We're only gonna learn about music from each other, and I include Snarky Puppy in that; can't rely on the mainstream media.
I never had Lance down as a Topographic Oceans sort of a guy. Bing crooning yes, but not one of progs most ambitious adventures/follies (delete as required).
Just because you know something doesn't mean you like it!
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