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16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Thursday, February 06, 2020

CD Review: Jure Pukl - Broken Circles

Jure Pukl (tenor/soprano saxes/bass clarinet); Joel Ross (vibes); Charles Altura (guitar); Matt Brewer (bass); Kweku Sumbry (drums).
(Review by Lance).

The sound of surprise is ever with us in jazz, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. This definitely falls into the former category. So where is the surprise? That burning question is answered by the fact that Pukl failed to register in either of the DownBeat polls. I hold my hand up and admit that I didn't vote for him either as, until this rather excellent CD I was unfamiliar with his work. However, gigging around the NYC scene, I'd have thought he'd have built up a following. That will surely change with this album.
Pukl blows tenor like as if Dexter was still around. Hard bop, Blue Note sound. Driving, striving - Art Blakey would have been knocking on Pukl's door the moment the Jazz Messengers' tenor chair was up for grabs.


Remember Gloomy Sunday? Originally recorded by Artie Shaw, Charlie Barnet and Billie Holiday it was subtitled The Suicide Song. Pukl blows bass clarinet and, even without the words, the feeling of depression is still there. This isn't surprising as the leader describes the music as being inspired by current events both social and political (Ed. Amen!)

Fortunately, the album isn't all doom and gloom and if you choose to listen to it without thinking of the social overtones (I know that's defeating the object of the exercise) you may just find it as good modern/contemporary jazz.

How could it not be? Joel Ross pulled 648 votes in the vibes category of the aforementioned poll and the critics named him as numero uno in the Rising Star Vibes listing. Matt Brewer also made it on the lists and Altura and Sumbry surely will after this hits the street and the jazz jocks give it some airplay.

Five stars!
Lance
Available Feb. 21 on Whirlwind WR4751.

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