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Bebop Spoken There

Andrew Hadro: "It seems to me that everybody just puts out an album, they go through the motions, spend the money and they just sort of throw it out there into the sea of CDs and hope something comes back" - (DownBeat June 2018).

Jonnathan Blake (Blindfold Test): “Maybe it's someone from New Orleans who has lived in New York for a minute.” – (DownBeat June 2018).

Today Monday May 21

Afternoon.

Jazz in the Afternoon - Cullercoats Crescent Club, 1 Hudleston, Cullercoats NE30 4QS. Tel: 0191 253 0242. 1:00pm. Free.

Evening

Jazz FM - a Paul Edis track to be played between 6-7pm.

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

Monday, April 09, 2018

GIJF Day 2: Jay Rayner - An Afternoon of Food and Agony - Sage Gateshead, April 7

Jay Rayner (piano, vocals); Pat Gordon-Smith (vocals); Dave Lewis (tenor saxophone);  Robert Rickenberg (double bass)
The Gateshead International Jazz Festival is noted for, if nothing else, its eclectic programming. First publicity for this year’s GIJF included Jay Rayner. What? The restaurant critic? A Saturday afternoon slot in the middle of a high profile jazz festival allocated to a newspaper columnist…is this the future of jazz? Would anyone turn up? They did, Sage Two’s three tiers were open and most seats were sat upon. Looking around the cockpit auditorium it was clear that only a few of those present are ever seen at the week-to-week, bread and butter jazz gigs across Tyneside.

Rayner entertained with anecdotes about his childhood, of growing up with his mother’s ‘agony aunt’ high profile (Claire Rayner), his love of musicals and more. The Ladies Who Lunch (comp. Stephen Sondheim), Eggs and Sausage (comp. Tom Waits), Black Coffee. Yes…music (jazz?) and food. Let’s take it on the road.
Vocalist Pat Gordon-Smith performed enthusiastically, Dave Lewis blew a mean, bluesy tenor, Robert Rickenberg’s secure bass playing added a touch of class, this was a curate’s egg of an afternoon at the Gateshead International Jazz Festival.
Russell  (Photo courtesy of Ken Drew)         
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Bebop Spoken Here -- Here, being the north-east of England -- centred in the blues heartland of Newcastle and reaching down to the Tees Delta and looking upwards to the Land of the Kilt.
Not a very original title, I know; not even an accurate one as my taste, whilst centred around the music of Bird and Diz, extends in many directions and I listen to everything from King Oliver to Chick Corea and beyond. Not forgetting the Great American Songbook the contents of which has provided the inspiration for much great jazz and quality popular singing for round about a century.
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