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Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.

Postage

17630 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 904 of them this year alone and, so far, 49 this month (Dec. 20).

From This Moment On ...

December

Tue 24: Lindsay Hannon & Mark Williams @ Ernest, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 11:00am-1:00pm. Free.
Tue 24: Paul Skerritt @ Mambo Wine & Dine, South Shields. 1:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.

Wed 25: Wot? No jazz!

Thu 26: The Boneshakers @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. The 17th annual Boneshakers’ Shindig.

Fri 27: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free. Business as usual!.
Fri 27: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 27: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Country blues guitar & vocals.

Sat 28: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 11:30am. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 28: Fri 20: Castillo Nuevo @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 28: Jude Murphy, Rich Herdman & Giles Strong @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 28: Ray Stubbs R & B All-Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Stepney Bank, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.

Sun 29: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 29: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 30: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 30: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Exchange Sq., Middlesbrough. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

Friday, March 12, 2021

Nick Hempton Quartet live streaming from Small's, NYC - Mar 11

Nick Hempton (alto sax, tenor sax); Ed Cherry (guitar); Kyle Koehler (Hammond B3); Fukushi Tainaka (drums)

BSH most recently heard Nick Hempton over the Christmas festive period live streaming from GB's Juke Joint. On that occasion the swinging tenor and alto saxophonist worked alongside guitarist Peter Bernstein. This evening at Small's ex-Dizzy Gillespie guitarist Ed Cherry was on the gig. As ever, Kyle Koehler stoked the B3 with Fukushi Tainaka swinging it along behind the kit. 

Hempton's authoritative opening tenor sax statement on Heartaches set the tone for the evening's one hour set. Charlie Parker's Blues in F heard from all four musicians - Koehler superb, Tainaka featuring in an extended drum solo. Tainaka's Blakey-esque shuffle drive opened it up for Hempton (muscular tenor) and Cherry (a la Wes M) to stretch out on Hanky Panky (Vasilis Xenopoulos has been known to give Dexter Gordon's tune a workout!). Marlowe's Theme (comp. David Shire, from the 1975 film adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel Farewell, My Lovely starring Robert Mitchum) slowed things down (Hempton on alto), very much the calm before the storm. 

Bandleader Hempton turned to his band mates saying: Let's do, ah...Oh, Lady be Good! Oh, yes! A fleet tenor solo, a brushed and sticks drum solo (Tainaka brushing his sleeve, no time to be dudin' up his shirt front, you could almost hear Astaire gliding across Small's cramped stage!). And to close, from Nick Hempton's 2017 album, the title track, Night Owl, our bandleader impressing once again on tenor sax. An excellent set, catch up with it (and literally thousands of other archived performances) via Small's YouTube channel.     
Russell

Set list: HeartachesBlues in FHanky PankyMarlowe's ThemeOh, Lady be Good!Night Owl

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