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Postage

17630 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 904 of them this year alone and, so far, 49 this month (Dec. 20).

From This Moment On ...

December

Mon 23: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED!
Mon 23: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 4:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Mon 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.

Tue 24: Lindsay Hannon & Mark Williams @ Ernest, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 11:00am-1:00pm. Free.
Tue 24: Paul Skerritt @ Mambo Wine & Dine, South Shields. 1:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.

Wed 25: Wot? No jazz!

Thu 26: The Boneshakers @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. The 17th annual Boneshakers’ Shindig.

Fri 27: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free. Business as usual!.
Fri 27: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 27: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Country blues guitar & vocals.

Sat 28: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 11:30am. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 28: Fri 20: Castillo Nuevo @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 28: Jude Murphy, Rich Herdman & Giles Strong @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 28: Ray Stubbs R & B All-Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Stepney Bank, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.

Sun 29: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 29: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Jazz in the Afternoon @ Cullercoats Crescent Club - May 21

Herbie Hudson (trombone, harmonica, vocals); Brian Chester (keyboards, trombone); John Carstairs Hallam (double bass); Fred Thompson (drums) + Roy Gibson (keyboards); Teresa Armstrong (vocals); John Broddle (vocals)
(Review by Russell). 
Blue skies at the coast! Folk paddling in Cullercoats Bay, some exploring Smuggler’s Cave others out at Crab Hill, a rare warm afternoon down at the coast. Meanwhile at Cullercoats Crescent Club if it’s a Monday it has to be Jazz in the Afternoon. JITA isn’t exactly JATP but its longevity has put the once thriving fishing village of Cullercoats on the jazz map. One o’clock in the bar, a choice of toasties, chips, a pint courtesy of one of the many local micro-breweries – on this occasion Queen of the Nile from the High Spen-based Olde Potting Shed Brewery.
Herbie Hudson, Brian Chester, John Carstairs Hallam and the depping Fred Thompson got things underway with Hudson – trombone, harmonica and vocals, not quite all at once – leading the way on Shine then Ain’t Misbehavin’ with the veteran frontman, if not misbehaving, then fooling around, the man is an entertainer. The depping Fred Thompson sang Sad and Lonely (he didn’t look sad, he didn’t look lonely), the JITA quartet dusted off Spencer Williams’ I Ain’t Got Nobody and before we knew it the first of the afternoon’s guests joined the band. John Broddle got in a couple of tunes prior to the interval – Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (what a good idea!), and, to Herbie Hudson’s harmonica accompaniment, It Had to be You.

The Crescent Club interval – think of it as the middle set – featured the Cullercoats Songstress, the one and only Teresa Armstrong. If it’s a Monday at the Crescent Club Teresa is there. Long may it continue that way. Accompanied at the keyboard by the one-off that is Roy Gibson, Teresa chose three numbers – Pretend, Two Loves Have I as a rumba with Hudson playing harmonica, and the Gershwins’ timeless S Wonderful. With a twinkle in her eye Teresa thanked the boys in the band, taking her seat once again in time to check her raffle tickets (see photo of the three prizes on offer).

Second set proper…two trombones. Yes, with Roy Gibson handling the piano parts, the trombone pairing of Herbie Hudson and Brian Chester stole the show! Tight Like That was just how we like it, HH upping his game alongside BC. One observer noted Chester wore his boater at a rakish angle (see photo – is it a boater or simply a silly hat?). Ice Cream or I Scream, You Scream. On this oh-so-warm day definitely Ice Cream. The ’bones weren’t going anywhere, trading behind J. Broddle, back on the stand to sing If I Had You and a roaring After You’ve Gone. At just around three o’clock HH called It Don’t Mean a Thing. There’s a jam session awaiting these boys…
Russell       

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