Another chorus of Farewell Blues, this time for guitarist Mundell Lowe who left us yesterday (December 2). I never heard him live although he did play at the Corner House, Newcastle, in 1990 and a session at Peterlee in 1993 with fellow guitar legends Doug Raney, Louis Stewart and Trefor Owen backed by Pete Stuart (bass) and Adrian Tilbrook (drums).For the past eighteen years we've been updating the world about jazz in the north east of England and updating the north east of England about jazz in the world. WINNER of the Jazz Media Category in the 2018 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Contact lanceliddle@gmail.com
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Sun 25: Paul Edis workshop: Another Week, Another Composition - How I Compose @ Mark Hillery Arts Centre, Collingwood College, Durham. 10:30am. £16.00. Durham Jazz Festival. CANCELLED!
Sun 25: Jo Harrop workshop: From Chester-le-Street to LA: A Singer’s Journey @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 11:00am. £8.50. Durham Jazz Festival. CANCELLED!
Sun 25: Janette Mason workshop: The Art of Arranging @ Mark Hillery Arts Centre, Collingwood College, Durham. 12:30pm. £16.00. Durham Jazz Festival.
Sun 25: Dean Stockdale Quartet: Celebrating Oscar Peterson @ Durham University Music School. 1:00pm. Line-up: Dean Stockdale (piano); Jamie Taylor (guitar); Gavin Barras (double bass); Gaz Hughes (drums). Durham Jazz Festival. SOLD OUT!
Sun 25: Tom Atkinson’s Electric Miles: Celebrating Jack Johnson @ Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham. 2:00-3:15pm. Durham Jazz Festival.
Sun 25: SULA @ St Chad’s College, Durham. 2:30pm. Kezia Abouma (piano), Aleks Dimitrova (bass), Miranda Radford (drums). Durham Jazz Festival. NOTE NEW TIME (2.30pm).
Sun 25: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 25: Swing into Sunday @ St Oswald’s Institute, Durham. 2:30pm. Lindy Jazz. Durham Jazz Festival.
Sun 25: Sara Oschlag w. Arnie Somogyi Trio @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Sara Oschlag (vocals); Richard Wetherall (keyboards); Arnie Somogyi (double bass); John Hirst (drums).
Sun 25: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 25: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free. Ruth Lambert (vocals); Alan Law (keyboards); Paul Grainger (double bass). RESCHEDULED to NOV. 1
Sun 25: Marvin Muoneké Quartet @ St Chad’s College, Durham. 4:00pm. Line-up: Dean Stockdale (piano); TBC (double bass); Abbie Finn (drums). Durham Jazz Festival.
Sun 25: Janette Mason Rewired @ Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham. 4:30pm. Line-up: Janette Mason (piano); Jakub Cywiński (double bass); Eric Ford (drums). Durham Jazz Festival.
Sun 25: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Old Cinema Launderette, Durham. 5:00pm. Durham Jazz Festival. SOLD OUT!
Sun 25: Zoë Gilby & Andy Champion @ Redhills Durham Miners’ Hall, Durham. 6:00pm. Durham Jazz Festival.
Sun 25: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £3.00.
Sun 25: Sara Oschlag w. Arnie Somogyi Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Sara Oschlag (vocals); Richard Wetherall (piano); Arnie Somogyi (double bass); John Hirst (drums).
Sun 25: Durham University Jazz Society - Jazz Jam @ Fabio’s Bar, Durham. 8:00pm. Durham Jazz Festival.
Sun 25: Olivia Cuttill Quintet + King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys @ Redhills Durham Miners’ Hall, Durham. 8:00pm. Durham Jazz Festival.
Mon 26: Sue Ferris Quintet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm.
Mon 26: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 27: Alan Law @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 2:00pm. Free. Alan Law (piano) w. guest Ruth Lambert.
Tue 27: Eva Fox & the Sound Hounds @ Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. Free (donations).
Wed 28: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 28: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 28: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 29: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 29: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00.
Thu 29: Castillo Nuevo Orquesta @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. £6.50. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 29: Simon Taylor Band @ Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. £8.00.
Thu 29: King Bees @ The Harbour View, Roker, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Superb Chicago blues band.
Fri 30: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 30: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 30: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Sat 31: Saltburn Big Band + Durham Alumni Big Band @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Sat 31: East Coast Swing Band @ Cramlington Village Club, Park View, Cramlington NE23 6QJ. 7:30pm. £10.00. (from venue).
Sunday, December 03, 2017
RIP Mundell Lowe
Another chorus of Farewell Blues, this time for guitarist Mundell Lowe who left us yesterday (December 2). I never heard him live although he did play at the Corner House, Newcastle, in 1990 and a session at Peterlee in 1993 with fellow guitar legends Doug Raney, Louis Stewart and Trefor Owen backed by Pete Stuart (bass) and Adrian Tilbrook (drums).Blog Archive
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- Russell's Top Five Albums 2017.
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- Francis Tulip Quartet @ The Jazz Café - Dec 22
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- King Bee @ Hoochie Coochie - December 21
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- Don’t Miss The Indigo Voices December Gig At The G...
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- Matt Anderson Quartet Kickstarter campaign
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- The Lambton Big Band @ The Black Swan - Dec 9
- Review of the year - Ashington Jazz Club
- The Early Bird Band @ The Jazz Café - Dec 9
- Ayanna Witter-Johnson @ The Black Swan December 7
- Leeds Lord Mayor Gets Jazzy!
- The Improvisers' Workshop Ensemble - “Magic Mirror...
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- Riviera Quartet @ Empty Shop, Durham - December 7
- CD Review: Eric Byrd Trio - Saints Are Still Marching
- Gregory Porter headlines Jazz FM Christmas Show
- James Birkett & Bradley Johnston @ St George’s URC...
- Tyne Valley Big Band @ The Fox, Hexham - Dec 5
- Sandrani @ the Jazz Café - November 24
- CD Review: Tony Tixier - Life of Sensitive Creatures
- KAPOK @ Jazz Café - November 28
- The Bold Big Band @ The Dun Cow, Jesmond - December 3
- CD Review: Dave Askren Jeff Benedict - Come Together
- Jasper Høiby Masterclass @ The Music Department, D...
- Jambone @ Ushaw College - Dec 1
- RIP Mundell Lowe
- Baby it’s Cold INside! Alan Barnes – Jazz Christma...
- Today is VCJ Day
- Leo Richardson Quartet @ Opus 4 Jazz Club, Darling...
- CD Review: Elektrojazz - New York Tribute
- Alter Ego @ The Globe - November 30
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2 comments :
Following this sad news I dug out an interview with Mundell Lowe in a JJG (Just Jazz Guitar) magazine dated May 2005. It was headed '70 years in the music business'. He really did have an amazing career. He worked with the greats, was a respected session and studio musician and composed and arranged at the highest level. He was a very close friend and admirer of Louis Stewart - he knew just how great Louis was and I'm sure the respect was mutual. And his playing on the Kamuca album is just right. Apparently Richie chose some of his favourite players for that album which he knew would be his last, as he was terminally ill. A beautiful and moving epitaph.
I'm sure I can remember him playing at the Corner House, Heaton many years back but I don't think it was the 4 guitars session you mention. Maybe I'm mistaken. I remember he played a very fine archtop (a D'Angelico or D'Aquisto, the best there is) and had a beautiful, full tone. Anyone remember? Roly
Tues 6th Nov 1990. Mundell Lowe Trio at the Corner House, Heaton.
Found the Courier (Newcasle University Student Newspaper) ad for it.
Roly
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