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November
Sun 15: Lianne Carroll: Jazz Vocal Weekend Workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 9:30am-5:00pm. Day 2/2. SOLD OUT!
Sun 15: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 15: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: James Birkett & Emma Fisk @ The Waiting Room, Eaglescliffe. 7:00pm. £48.18 (to include dinner); £17.43 (concert only).
Sun 15: Sarah Gillespie & Chris Montague @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £18.00.
Sun 15: Liane Carroll @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00., £12.00., £7.00. Solo performance. SOLD OUT!
Mon 16: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 17: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Jacob Egglestone, Paul Grainger, Joe Deans.
Tue 17: Grammy Season (Laubrock/Seabrook/Lovato/Rainey) @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 8:00pm. JNE.
Wed 18: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 18: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 18: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 19: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 19: Papa G’s Troves @ Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. Free (donations).
Thu 19: Marina Josephina @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. £10.60; £10.60.; £8.50 Early Bird.
Fri 20: Zoë Gilby & Andy Champion: The Music of Duke Ellington @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 20: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 20: Customs House Big Band @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm.
Sat 21: Pete Tanton Duo @ Awesome Frank’s, West Jesmond Metro Station, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £8.00.
Sat 21: Paul Skerritt Big Band @ The Westovian Theatre, South Shields. 7:30pm. £18.00.
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| (Photo from Ready, Steady, Gone) |
Although London born, he became a part of the Newcastle modern jazz scene when doing his national service in the RAF.
Prior to his stint in air force blue he'd played in the Jazz Couriers, with Tony Crombie and later, when the various members of the EmCee 5 migrated to London, he became house bassist at Ronnie Scott's.
Ah those nights at the Down Beat! Malcolm Cecil was very much a part of them.
He was 84.
Sadly missed - Rest In Peace.
Lance
3 comments :
Re Tony Crombie mentioned above, was he related to Keith Crombie of the Jazz Cafe?
No relation. Tony Crombie was one of the UK's top drummers of all-time. Keith Crombie would certainly have known Malcolm Cecil when he (Keith) worked as doorman at the Downbeat Club and where Malcolm played with the EmCee 5.
The first time I saw Malcolm Cecil was during the first Manchester Jazz Festival that took place 6-9 June 1963 in Belle Vue Gardens. I attended all three days and there were some of the UK's top musicians involved but one of the highlights was hearing Cecil playing with the Dizzy Gillespie/Ronnie Ross group. I have a photo of this which has gone missing somewhere in the back of a large bookcase.He will be remembered by many jazz fans. R.I.P.
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