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17421 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 695 of them this year alone and, so far, 100 this month (Sept. 30).

From This Moment On ...

October

Mon 07: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 07: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30-8:30pm. Free.

Tue 08: ???

Wed 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free. Wed 09: Jason Isaacs @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 5:00-7:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 09: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 09: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. A ‘second Wednesday in the month’ jam session.
Wed 09: Shunya, Dudù Kouate & Seb Rochford @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). £21.00.

Thu 10: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 10: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. ‘Collaborations - it happened all the time’.
Thu 10: Indigo Jazz Voices w. the Little Big Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00.
Thu 10: Side Cafe Orkestar @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 10: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. With guests Donna Hewitt (sax); Bill Watson (trumpet); Graham Thompson (keys); Ron Smith (bass). Free.

Fri 11: Dulcie May Moreno @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 11: The Jazz Quartet + Stratosphonic @ Tynedale Rugby Club, Corbridge. 7:00pm. £15.00. A Rotary Club of Hexham event. The Jazz Quartet (Jude Murphy & co), Stratosphonic (blues/rock).
Fri 11: Joe Steels Trio @ The Pele, Market Place, Corbridge NE45 5AW. 7:30pm. Free.
Fri 11: Crooners @ Tyne Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Sat 12: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 12: Michael Woods @ Victoria Tunnel, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £12.00. (£10.00. adv.). Country blues guitar & vocals.
Sat 12: Nauta @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £13.28, £11.16, £9.04. A two-track recording launch gig.
Sat 12: Jeff Hewer Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 12: Stuart Turner @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Rockabilly, rhythm & blues etc. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 12: Lapwing Jazz Trio @ The Ship Inn, Low Newton. 8:00pm. Free. New trio: Paula Whitty, Richard Herdman, Jude Murphy.

Sun 13: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 13: Emma Wilson @ Tyne Bar, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. Blues.
Sun 13: Catfish Keith @ The Cluny. 7:00pm. Country blues.
Sun 13: Cath Stephens & Paul Grainger @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Stephens & Grainger, one third of a triple bill.
Sun 13: Dulcie May Moreno Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

Saturday, April 01, 2017

GIJF Day 1 – Sage Gateshead: Clare Teal And Her Hollywood Orchestra

Clare Teal (vocals, compere); Guy Barker(conductor, trumpet); Orchestra with string section; Ben Cipolla, Cherise Adam-Burnett (vocals)
(Review by Ann Alex)
This was a hugely enjoyable start to the jazz festival. Ms Teal paid tribute to various singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Nina Simone and Peggy Lee, via the music of composers including Cole Porter and Billy Strayhorn. What with Ms Teal’s engaging enthusiasm and the skills of Guy Barker and the orchestra, we knew from the start that this would be good, but it was even better. The orchestra gave a sterling performance, enhanced to give a ‘Hollywood’ feel by the 7-strong string section, and contributions from soloists such as Jason Rebello on piano, Paul Booth on tenor sax, Colin Skinner on alto sax, and of course Guy Barker on trumpet. Unfortunately, I didn’t quite catch the name of the soloist on trombone.
And what’s more, we were introduced to new young vocalists, Cherise Adam-Burnett, in a shimmering golden dress, and Ben Cipolla, who added to his performance by playing guitar alone at the front of the stage to accompany a quiet version of I Only Have Eyes For You. Other numbers sung included the opener from Clare Teal It Might As Well Be Spring; Feelin’ Good (re Nina Simone); Secret Love; From This Moment On. Ben entered (he was discovered whilst busking a Michael Jackson song) with Young At Heart. After a spirited Sans Souci, with the audience joining in the ‘Go, Go, Go’ chorus, enter Cherise with Stormy Weather, and a vocalists threesome with clapping for Hernando's Hideaway to round off the first set.
Three of us didn’t quite get back in time and we found ourselves listening to Ms Teal behind closed doors, singing something in French. Cherise sang an Ella song, Invitation, followed by a plaintive love song penned by Clare Teal – she should write more. Then came  Cole Porter’s Let’s Do It; I’ll Never Be Free; then the fun of a vocal trio doing the Boswell sisters Roll On Mississippi, and Clare’s version of Mack The Knife.She didn’t forget the words as Ella had done during a performance of that song.
The well-deserved encore became 2 songs, Peggy Lee’s The Folks who Live On The Hill and Singin’ In the Rain, including the verse. It just remains to mention that Sage 1, level 1, was almost full and the technicians had done well with Hollywood style lighting, red, green strip lights, alternating with round blue lights.
Ann Alex 

1 comment :

Laura (on Twitter) said...

The "something" in French mentioned here is called La Belle Dame Sans Regrets. Sting also did a version!

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