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16051 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 1058 of them this year alone and, so far, 12 this month (Dec. 6).

From This Moment On ...

December

Fri 08: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 08: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 08: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 08: Giles Strong Quartet @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle. 1:00pm. £7.00.
Fri 08: Hayley's Little Big Band @ Woodland Village Hall, Bishop Auckland. 7:00pm. £12.00.
Fri 08: Sleep Suppressor + Redwell @ Head of Steam, Neville St., Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00. (£8.00. adv); £5.00. student.
Fri 08: Hot Club du Nord @ St Cuthbert's Church, Shadforth, Co. Durham.
Fri 08: Têtes de Pois + Nauta @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.00., £8.00.

Sat 09: Prudhoe Community Band @ Central Station, Newcastle. 10:00am - 12 noon. Charity fundraiser.
Sat 09: Durham Alumni Big Band @ Number One Bar, Skinnergate, Darlington. 1:00pm.
Sat 09: Castillo Nuevo Trio @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 09: Hayley's Little Big Band @ Middleton & Todridge Village Hall, Morpeth. 7:30pm. £12.00., £6.00.
Sat 09: Paul Skerritt @ Slaley Hall, Hexham NE47 0BX. 7:30pm. From £42.00.

Sun 10: Musicians Unlimited’s Xmas Party with Zoë Gilby Quartet @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. MU 1:00-3:00pm; Zoë Gilby Quartet 4:00-6:00pm. Tickets: £7.50.
Sun 10: Alan Law, Paul Grainger & Abbie Finn @ Darlington Market, Market Square, Darlington. 1:00pm. Free. A ‘Christmas Market’ outdoor gig. Wrap up warm!
Sun 10: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 10: Funk Soul Sista @ Stack, Seaburn. 5:00-7:00pm. Free.
Sun 10: Beth Clarke @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 10: Hayley's Little Big Band @ Whittingham Memorial Institute, Alnwick. 7:30pm. £12.00., £10.00.
Sun 10: Tele-Port @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Line-up inc. Zhenya Strigalev.

Mon 11: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 11: Interim Final Recitals @ Newcastle University. Details TBC.

Tue 12: Stu Collingwood Organ Trio @ Forum Music Centre, Darlington. 7:00pm. £10.00.

Wed 13: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 13: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 13: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 13: Bold Big Band @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Wed 13: Giles Strong Quartet @ Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 14: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Hot Fingers @ The Lubetkin Theatre, Peterlee. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 14: After Hours Student Jazz Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. . Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 14: Niffi Osiyemi Trio @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Mo Scott ‘Little Mo’s Festive Appearance’ @ The Schooner, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Tees Hot Club w. Kevin Eland, Josh Bentham, Garry Hadfield, Adrian Beadnell @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Monday, September 16, 2019

Bruce Adams with the Paul Edis Trio @ Blaydon Jazz Club - September 15

Bruce Adams (trumpet, flugelhorn); Paul Edis (piano); Andy Champion (double bass); Russ Morgan (drums) 
(Review & right hand close-up by Russell/Band photos by Roly)

Blaydon Jazz Club, like most jazz clubs, has had its share of ups and downs...the halcyon days, the big names, the full houses, and, of course, the leaner times. Thirty five years almost to the day (September 14, 1984 to be exact) Blaydon Jazz Club booked a big name to work with the finest jazz piano trio around and, good on 'em, the regulars rallied round making the evening of September 15, 2019 one to remember.
Superstar trumpeter Bruce Adams thanked the Black Bull crowd for turning out, noting it had been twenty years since his last visit. Your reviewer sat there thinking: Twenty years?! It must have been across the road at the long gone Blaydon House Sports and Social Club. Back in the day pianist Billy Harper held court, this evening it was down to Paul Edis to provide impeccable support. 

Tightly-muted and open horn trumpet, full-bodied flugelhorn, a masterful excursion on cornet, Scot Adams led a marvellous session of non-stop swinging jazz. Detailing each and every spotlight solo by all four musicians - Adams, Edis, bassist Andy Champion and drummer Russ Morgan - would take for ever and a day, suffice to say everything - that's innumerable solo spots and ensemble work - was top drawer, a truly wonderful concert which wouldn't have been out of place on Frith Street, Soho or what's left of 52nd St., NYC.

If I Should Lose YouSome Time Ago (Adams observed Art Farmer recorded the number with Jim Hall, Blaydon Jazz Club's Roly Veitch concurred), You've Changed (Billie Holiday made it her own), it became clear the evening's honoured guest had put together a choice set list. Turning to drummer Russ Morgan, Adams noted Lee Morgan - Uncle Lee, said our trumpeter - recorded Hank Mobley's This I Dig of You to which Russ replied: Yes, whatever happened to Uncle Lee? Suffice to say Adams' opening volley lit the blue touch paper. For Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Art Blakey read Edis, Champion and Morgan. Fantastic! To close a fine first set the quartet (truly a quartet of equals) paid homage to Doris Day playing It's You or No One

During the interval a genial Adams made time for everyone - talking shop with musicians, reminiscing with fans and shifting a fair number of CDs with a sale of the century two for one offer - then, in no time, with another Deuchar's to attend to, the second set was upon us.   

Tightly muted trumpet introduced Gone with the Wind supported by a swinging trio. Moments like these are to be treasured. Recado Bossa Nova from Hank Mobley's Blue Note Dippin' album showcased Russ Morgan's unsurpassed hand drumming and a stupendous, make that yet another stupendous solo from Andy Champion. 

Ben Webster and Miles Davis recorded Old Folks. Hearing Adams play the thirties' number on cornet was a privilege, not least when our guest stood to one side to listen to Paul Edis craft a sublime solo. Quite a way to mark Blaydon Jazz Club's first thirty five years! 

BSH's County Durham correspondent Tony Eales, sitting front row, played the straight man to Adams' plunger-bought-in-a-USA-hardware-store gag (TE had heard it a thousand times) then, with plunger in hand, our trumpeter set sail On a Slow Boat to China. Flugelhorn on Skylark then it was just about time to go. A supercharged Flintstones raced round the room. No question about it, world class trumpeter Bruce Adams knew he was in similar stellar company. Thanks to Adams, Edis, Champion and Morgan it had been a night to remember. 
Russell        

1 comment :

Patti said...

As BSH's Russell says - this was one helluva jazz gig! And what a night for Roly - all credit to him - and Bruce dished it out!

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