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Postage

17372 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 656 of them this year alone and, so far, 61 this month (Sept. 17).

From This Moment On ...

September

Fri 20: Lindsay Hannon’s Tom Waits for No Man @ Gala Theatre, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 20: Rob Hall & Chick Lyall @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free (donations). SOLD OUT!
Fri 20: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 20: Leeway @ 1719, Hendon, Sunderland. 7:30pm. The Old Black Cat Jazz Club. CANCELLED!
Fri 20: Gaz Hughes Trio @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.

Sat 21: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 1:00-2:45pm. Free.
Sat 21: Vieux Carré Hot Four @ The Beehive, Hartley Lane, Earsdon Whitley Bay NE25 0SZ. 4:30pm-6:30pm.
Sat 21: Baghdaddies @ Two by Two, Albion Row, Byker, Newcastle NE6 1RQ. 6:00pm.
Sat 21: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Northumberland Club, Jesmond, Newcastle. 7:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Sat 21: Jude Murphy & Alan Law @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 22: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 22: Jason Isaacs @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 2:30-4:30pm. Free.
Sun 22: Dulcie May Moreno Quartet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm.
Sun 22: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 22: Richard Herdman @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 22: Remy CB Band @ Blues Underground, Nelson St., Newcastle. 8:30pm. Free. Remi, 2024 Newcastle Uni graduate, superb soul/blues voice!

Mon 23: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Paul Booth with the Paul Edis Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00. A Blaydon Jazz Club 40th anniversary concert! SOLD OUT!

Tue 24: Dulcie May Moreno Quartet @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. £12.00. (£10.00. adv. from Tully’s of Rothbury). Coquetdale Jazz.
Tue 24: Sarah Gillespie @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £16.50. Duo performance with Chris Montague.

Wed 25: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 25: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 25: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 25: Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK: Glenn Miller & Big Band Spectacular @ Middlesbrough Theatre. 7:30pm.

Thu 26: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 26: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. ‘Contemporary Jazz & the Piano’.
Thu 26: The New 58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 26: Jo Harrop & Friends @ Hexham Abbey. 8:00pm. ‘An Evening with Jo Harrop & Friends’. A Hexham Abbey Festival of Music & Arts event. £20.00., £5.00. child/student.
Thu 26: Neil Yates & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 26: Loco House Band @ Bar Loco, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 26: Tees Hot Club @ Dorma’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Free. Mark Toomey, Neil Brodie, Graham Thompson, Adrian Beadnell.

Friday, April 27, 2018

CD Review: Daryl Sherman - Lost in a Crowded Place

Daryl Sherman (piano/vocal); Jon-Erik Kellso (trumpet); Don Vappie (guitar, banjo, vocal duet on You Go To My Head); Jesse Boyd (bass); Boots Malleson (bass on Rainbow Hill).
(Review by Lance).
Readers may be forgiven for thinking this is Daryl Sherman Week on BSH. Well, maybe it is!
This is a delightful album displaying Daryl's distinctive, often winsome, voice bringing to mind Shirley Horn and Blossom Dearie without actually sounding like either.
The absence of a drummer gives it an intimate feel, almost as if it was taking place in your living room. Kellso’s lyricism recalls Bobby Hackett which adds to the ambiance whilst bass and guitar blend in perfectly with the piano.
And the songs! What a selection:

The Land Of Just We Two: – Words and Music by D. Sherman – a late entry to the GASbook.
Stars Fell on Alabama: Complete with the rarely heard verse. Vappie’s guitar giving rich chordal accompaniment with Kellso adding sympathetic obligati on the middle eight before taking over for a chorus. Daryl takes it out.
At Sundown: Kellso, Vappie and Boyd are with our girl all the way. The guitar solo is in the Carl Kress, Dick McDonough tradition and the vocal will surely rank alongside the very best recordings of the song.
Lost in a Crowded Place: A woman panicking because her date is late. Lovely piano and, again, Kellso’s trumpet is outstanding and how about the line? – The phone is near I’ll put a dime in and tell him what a quandary I’m in. By Irving Caesar to a melody by Barbara Carroll.
Turkquoise: Lyric by Daryl, melody by Turk Mauro. Turk Mauro! I recall a tremendous session at the Bull’s Head in Barnes circa 1980. Turk was on baritone, Tommy Whittle on tenor with the Tony Lee Trio. After that, he [Turk] kind of vanished off my radar so it’s nice to hear a composition of his with the added bonus of my favourite singer. Vappie chips in with an acoustic solo to die for, Daryl on piano, then Kellso muted, bass solo, then wrapped up with a swinging vocal by Daryl with instrumental interjections from ‘the boys.’
You Go To My Head: A vocal duet by Daryl and Vappie who isn’t a bad singer either. Although done at ballad tempo it isn’t as maudlin as this song often is. It works well.
Azalea: An exotic Ducal opus. Bass opens and closes, Kellso and Daryl in the middle. Emotive vocal.
The Lorelei: The Gershwins came up with this gem - I want to bite my initials in a sailor’s neck. Daryl makes the words sound convincing. Great growl trumpet from Kellso, bluesy piano from D. Love it!
If We Never Meet Again: Written by Louis Armstrong with words by Horace Gerlach, this was a new one on me but done justice by Daryl and, naturally, some Kellso trumpet.
Everything But You: Music by Ellington, lyrics by Don George. A fun song even though it deals with a break-up! Dig the lyrics.
New Sun in the Sky: Vappie switches to banjo for this Schwartz/Dietz song from the film, The Bandwagon. Kellso brings Ruby Braff to mind with his spirited solo.
Rainbow Hill: By Billy VerPlanck, husband of singer Marlene VerPlanck both now sadly passed on. Daryl’s version is an emotional tribute to their memory.
An album of not overdone songs beautifully sung and played by Daryl and her ace musicians.
Lance

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