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13,073 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 13 years ago. 492 of them this year alone and, so far, 47 this month (April 9).

Bar Manager Required

The Jazz Co-op are looking for an experienced bar manager who can be available to start when The Globe reopens in May.

Preference will be given to a suitably qualified person who lives relatively near to The Globe, 11 Railway St., Newcastle NE4 7AD.

Interested parties please follow this link.

Coming soon ...

April 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen are back at The Holystone.

May 20 Maine Street Jazzmen are back at Sunniside Social Club.
May 23: Vieux Carré Hot Four are back at The Spanish City.

June 2: Vieux Carré Jazzmen are back at Cullercoats Crescent Club.
June 7: Jazz in the Afternoon are back at Cullercoats Crescent Club.

Friday, October 06, 2017

Jazz and Poetry in 1958











Maurice sent me this piece of northeast jazz history pictured above. The event took place on June 25, 1958.
Interesting to note the pianist with the Barry Dixon Septet was Bill Harper. As I don't recognise any of the other names perhaps Bill might care to enlighten us?
Ralph Watson, the reader sitting on the piano, went on to have an acting career:
Ralph Watson (born 20 January 1936) is a British actor whose credits include Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who (in the serials The Web of Fear, The Monster of Peladon and Horror of Fang Rock),Porridge, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, The Bill, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Casualty.
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1 comment :

Bill Harper said...

I have no remembrance of this gig at all.It is really wierd but 3 of the band members were close friends during my youth but in 1958 I was in the RAF and had not had contact for sometime. I do not remember Barry Dixon at all.Was it organised by Maurice Summerfield?

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