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Art Blakey: "You [Bobby Watson] don't want to play too long, because you don't know if they're clapping because they're glad you finished!" - (JazzTimes, Nov. 2019).

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Today Sunday November 17

Afternoon

Jazz

Vieux Carré Hot 4 - Spanish City, Spanish City Plaza, Whitley Bay NE26 1BG. 12 noon.

Musicians Unlimited - Park Inn, Park Road, Hartlepool TS26 9HU. Tel: 01429 233126. 1:00pm. Free.

Binker Golding Band + Noya Rao + Francis Tulip Quartet - Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2QJ. Tel: 01642 729729. 2:00pm. £12.00. & £5.00.

Peter Roughead & the Tweed River Jazz Band - Pier Red, Castlegate, Berwick TD15 1LF. Tel: 01289 309168. 3:00-5:00pm. Free.

Jazz Social - Charts, Quayside, Newcastle NE1 3DX. Tel: 0191 338 7989. 4:00pm. Free.

Blues/Funk/Soul/ Etc.

Memphis Cruiser - Billy Bootleggers, Nelson St, Newcastle NE1 5AN. 3:00pm. Free.

Wandering Monster + Thomas Dixon Quartet - Bobik’s, Punch Bowl Hotel, Jesmond Road, Jesmond, Newcastle NE2 1JY. 3:30pm. £8.00. + £1.13 bf (£5.00. + £1.13 bf, concs.).

Groovetrain - Hoochie Coochie, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle NE1 6SF. Tel: 0191 222 0130. 5:30pm (4:00pm doors). £10.00.

Evening

Jazz

East Coast Jazz Jam - The Exchange, Howard Street, North Shields NE30 1SE. Tel: 0191 258 4111. 6:00pm. Free.

Jazz Jam - Fabio's, Saddler St., Durham DH1 3NP. 7:30pm. Free. Durham University Jazz Society. All welcome - sitters-in & listeners.

Classic Swing - Black Bull, Bridge Street, Blaydon NE21 4JJ. Tel: 0191 414 2846. 8:00pm. £7.00.

Blues/Funk/Soul

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To the best of our knowledge, details of the above events are correct but may be subject to alteration.

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.
Lance.
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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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