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Postage

17328 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 612 of them this year alone and, so far, 17 this month (Sept. 5).

From This Moment On ...

September

Sun 08: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 08: Giles Strong Quartet @ BAA Fest, Brownrigg Lodges, Bellingham. 2:40pm.
Sun 08: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 08: Graham Hardy’s Eclectic Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 09: Mark Williams Trio @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Mon 09: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 10: ???

Wed 11: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 11: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 11: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. A ‘second Wednesday in the month’ jam session.
Wed 11: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 12: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 12: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:30pm. £4.00. ‘A Great Day in Harlem’.
Thu 12: The Cuban Heels @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Pete Tanton & co.
Thu 12: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Free. THC with guests Donna Hewitt, Bill Watson, Dave Archbold, Adrian Beadnell, Mark Hawkins.

Fri 13: Jeff Barnhart & Neville Dickie @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Two pianos, two pianists! SOLD OUT!
Fri 13: Noel Dennis Quartet @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 13: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Dilutey Juice @ Old Coal Yard, Byker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £11.00. adv..
Fri 13: Ray Stubbs R & B All-stars @ The Forum, Darlington. 7:30pm. Classic blues.

Sat 14: Jeff Barnhart’s Silent Film Fest @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 14: Customs House Big Band w. Ruth Lambert @ St Paul’s Centre, St Paul’s Gardens, Spennymoor DL16 7LR. 7:00pm (6:45pm doors). Tickets £10.00. from the venue or tel: 01388 813404. A ‘BYOB’ event.
Sat 14: Emma Wilson @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00pm. £12.00. Acoustic blues.
Sat 14: Rat Pack - Swingin’ at the Sands @ Billingham Forum. 7:30pm.

Friday, November 15, 2019

Mondo Trumpet @ Gosforth Civic Theatre - November 14

Pete Tanton (trumpet/flugelhorn/vocal); Graham Hardy (trumpet/flugelhorn); Paul Edis (piano); Andy Champion (bass/bass guitar/acoustic guitar); Russ Morgan (drums).
(Review by Lance/Photos courtesy of Pam).

Mondo Trumpet or World Trumpet grew from an idea born in a bar in Brasilia (Brass-ilia?) – or was it Byker? – where our two trumpeting toreadors thought it would be a worthwhile conception to compose and arrange music depicting various parts of the world.

The room was comfortably filled, the trio primed for action on the floor level stage and an expectant hush descended as we waited, and waited and waited until, after a fanfare that sounded a bit like Rule Britannia – was this going to be a Brexit Bash? – the co-leaders emerged from the wings and we were transported to sunnier climes, the cats and dogs that were peppering the pavement outside forgotten.

The opener, Tanton told us, came from Portugal. It was impressive and reminded me of Work Song which it wasn’t. The duo also reminded me of the Candoli Brothers without the screamers. The sound was good and all five were at the top of their game.

I didn’t catch all of the titles but what’s in a name? Shoe Tree Blues, composed by Hardy referred to a tree in Armstrong Park which, I gather, has boots and shoes dangling from its branches. Moral Compass featured a vocal by Pete Tanton. The amiable American has a way with words (check out his novel Johnny Lonely) and he delivered the song in an easy relaxed style.

Nothing relaxed about the next number. Hardy was growling, Edis was on fire, Morgan dispensed with sticks and used his hands whilst Champion fiddled as Tanton burned. This was wild, the rhythm section building up the tension until the brassmen took it out in a blaze of glory and this was just the first set!

During the interval I got the chance to chat with no less a person than Peter Fielding’s son. Fielding, whom local music historians of a certain age will remember as bandleader at the Oxford Galleries, Newcastle, during the 1930s, has oft been a topic for discussion on BSH and hopefully we will get the opportunity sometime for a longer chat with his son.

Set two began with the two trumpet players making a theatrical entrance, as befits the venue, working their way towards the stage, the sound reminiscent of the music at a Mexican plaza de toros. However, once the quintet hit their stride, there wasn’t any bull from the horns although, on this number, the coup de grace was delivered by Edis at the upright. Always good to hear a real piano and never better than when it’s being put through its paces by Paul.

If you’re in Norway, it’s on the cards that Eddie Grieg will show up and tonight was no exception with Hardy exquisitely blowing flugel on Solveig’s Song from the Norwegian composer’s Peer Gynt Suite.

Champion moved on to acoustic guitar (he's a contender in that area too!), piano and drums exited stage right, and the trumpets played what Tanton described as a Texas Mariachi piece by Dizzy Gillespie.

And so the evening enfolded as our global tour continued ending up in Tokyo with a piece titled Japanation. It had been a fascinating journey and one well worthy of repetition.
What a wonderful mondo!
Lance

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