New Orleans, Dixieland, swing, it's
the new thing, you know. Recent visits to BSH's heartland by the likes of
America's Frog and Henry, the Shake 'Em Up Jazz Band and Taylor Smith and the
Roamin' Jasmine (performing to large crowds) and gigs by homegrown talent -
Adrian Cox's Profoundly Blue, the Tenement Jazz Band, the Red Hot Rhythm Makers,
the Northern Monkey Brass Band, House of the Black Gardenia - tell the
story...swing (and all things New Orleans) is the thing!
Tomorrow night (Monday) in the Black
Swan (Newcastle Arts Centre) Swing Tyne devotees (and anyone else who fancies
it) will be dancing the night away to the sounds of Jake Walker*. Jake
who? you ask. No, no, not 'he', 'they'. The Jake Walker Orchestra, all the way
from Ghent, Belgium, will be setting the tempo from eight o'clock.
The seven-piece outfit - trumpet, trombone, two reeds, piano, bass, drums - loves Louis,
Jelly Roll, Basie, Duke, Benny G, John Kirby et al. The orchestra's Monday
night gig in Newcastle falls between two Edinburgh engagements (Sunday, then
Tuesday). Check 'em out on YouTube then get down to Westgate Road for a
stompin' hot session. Admission on the door is a giveaway four quid!
* 'Jake Walk -
paralysis or loss of muscle control in the hands and feet on consumption of
Jamaican ginger'. Hey! Mr Bartender! Gimme one of those Jake Walks!
Russell
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