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Postage

17630 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 904 of them this year alone and, so far, 49 this month (Dec. 20).

From This Moment On ...

December

Tue 24: Lindsay Hannon & Mark Williams @ Ernest, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 11:00am-1:00pm. Free.
Tue 24: Paul Skerritt @ Mambo Wine & Dine, South Shields. 1:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.

Wed 25: Wot? No jazz!

Thu 26: The Boneshakers @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. The 17th annual Boneshakers’ Shindig.

Fri 27: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free. Business as usual!.
Fri 27: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 27: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Country blues guitar & vocals.

Sat 28: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 11:30am. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 28: Fri 20: Castillo Nuevo @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 28: Jude Murphy, Rich Herdman & Giles Strong @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 28: Ray Stubbs R & B All-Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Stepney Bank, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.

Sun 29: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 29: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 30: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 30: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Exchange Sq., Middlesbrough. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.

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, June 24, 2017

Noel Dennis Trio @ Gala Theatre, Durham - June 23

Noel Dennis (trumpet & flugelhorn), Paul Edis (piano) & Andy Champion (double bass)
(Review by Russell/Photos courtesy of Brian Ebbatson)
Is there a more lyrical trumpet player? Noel Dennis has the pedigree of a top flight London-based musician yet chooses to combine his work as an academic with his love of jazz. Having relocated to his native north east following a short stint working in Glasgow, Dennis is once again playing a select number of gigs throughout the region.
This Gala Theatre gig followed a remarkable pattern; for several months the Gala’s lunchtime jazz concert has sold out days, if not weeks, in advance. Noel Dennis was greeted by a full house. The one hundred seats were occupied in time for a one o’clock start with Dennis quipping that Durham was the region’s jazz capital. 
Victor Young’s Beautiful Love opened the one-hour programme. The trio – Dennis, Paul Edis, piano, and Andy Champion, bass – worked together in Voice of the North Jazz Orchestra and subsequently in innumerable settings locally and nationally. The three are top-class instrumentalists and this trio gig heard them playing a relaxed set borne of mutual respect. A set list to die for, Dennis has a particular liking for trumpeter Tom Harrell’s compositions. Two such – Little Dancer and Moon Alley – were played back to back with Dennis on flugelhorn. Construction and clarity of thought enable Dennis to develop lengthy, fully formed solos. This is a rare skill, and, not to be outdone, Edis and Champion proved equally adept at laying down similarly stellar solos. In a set of sixty minutes, the trio gave a faultless display. Dennis chose to play Freddie Freeloader.  Our trumpeter could have, given the chance, played Miles Davis’ entire discography…now, there’s an idea!

Stella by Starlight heard Dennis once more playing flugelhorn. A tune, Dennis informed the Gala’s attentive audience, that was a favourite of his father, Kel. A great tune and a nice moment. A good gig flies by. This one went by at the speed of light. As the time approached two o’clock, the set list jettisoned one number, closing with Au Privave. Talking of speed of light, Messrs Dennis, Edis and Champion flew like a Bird.

Next month’s concert (July 28) featuring Jo Harrop is already a sellout! So, to be sure of a seat for  August’s concert – featuring the Ushaw Ensemble – book now, telephone 03000 266 600
Russell.
Noel Dennis will be at the Jazz Café, Newcastle with pianist Dean Stockdale on Friday, July 7.                                     

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