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17421 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 695 of them this year alone and, so far, 100 this month (Sept. 30).

From This Moment On ...

October

Fri 04: Satoko Fujii @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £8.00. NFOJIM in assoc. w. JNE & Lit & Phil.
Fri 04: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 04: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 04: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 04: Amirtha Kidambi w. Manon McCoy @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 6:20pm. £8.00. + bf. NFOJIM in assoc. w. Gem Arts, JNE & Lit & Phil.
Fri 04: Ziv Taubenfeld/Olie Brice/Kresten Osgood + Andy Champion + Izumi Kimura & Gerry
Hemingway @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 7:20pm. £10.00. + bf. NFOJIM in assoc. w. JNE & Lit & Phil.
Fri 04: Maggie Nicols & Tim Dalling: As I Sing & Breathe @ The Tute, Ridley Terrace, Cambois NE24 1QS. 7:30pm. Free. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com. ‘Songs & Improvisations’ - Nicols, Dalling & guests.
Fri 04: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 04: John Rowland Quartet @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 05: Maggie Nicols & Tim Dalling: Musical Boxing Training @ The Tute, Ridley Terrace, Cambois NE24 1QS. 2:30pm. Free. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com. ‘A workshop for musical improvisers’. An event in a boxing ring!
Sat 05: Lewis Watson Quartet @ Wylam Village Institute, Church Road, Wylam NE41 8AP. Doors 7:00pm. Tickets £15.00. + £1.50. bf, available from: www.gigantic.com.
Sat 05: Joseph Carville Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 05: Bright Street Big Band @ Washington Arts Centre. From 7:00pm. £12.00. Bright Street Big Band on stage at 7:30pm, preceded at 7:00pm by a swing dance taster session.
Sat 05: J.A.M. String Collective + Tara Cunningham + The Flame @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 7:20pm. £10.00. + bf. NFOJIM in assoc. w. JNE & Lit & Phil.
Sat 05: Heavy Drunk @ Anarchy Brewery, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £15.00. + £1.50. bf. ‘Mississippi Delta Blues Experience’ feat. Heavy Drunk, Watermelon Slim & Leonardo Giuliani.
Sat 05: Maggie Nicols & Tim Dalling: Musical Boxing Night @ The Tute, Ridley Terrace, Cambois NE24 1QS. 7:30pm. Free. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com. Nicols, Dalling ao. An event in a boxing ring!
Sat 05: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Sat 05: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 05: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Swarland Village Hall NE65 9JG. 8:00pm. £12.00.

Sun 06: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm (12:30pm doors). £7.50.
Sun 06: Luis Verde Quartet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 06: Sax Choir @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 06: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 06: Catriona Bourne Quartet + Heather Ferrier + Emma Johson’s Gravy Boat @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. £10.00. + bf. NFOJIM in assoc. w. JNE & The Globe.

Mon 07: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 07: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30-8:30pm. Free.

Tue 08: ???

Wed 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free. Wed 09: Jason Isaacs @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 5:00-7:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 09: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 09: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. A ‘second Wednesday in the month’ jam session.
Wed 09: Shunya, Dudù Kouate & Seb Rochford @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). £21.00.

Thu 10: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 10: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. ‘Collaborations - it happened all the time’.
Thu 10: Indigo Jazz Voices w. the Little Big Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00.
Thu 10: Side Cafe Orkestar @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 10: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. With guests Donna Hewitt (sax); Bill Watson (trumpet); Graham Thompson (keys); Ron Smith (bass). Free.

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Dave Weisser's Birthday Party - The music. Sept. 22

(Pic by Russell)
David Gray (trombone, vocal); Stu Collingwood (piano); Paul Grainger (bass); Abbie Finn (drums).

Trombonist Gray is probably the coolest looking dude in the jazz world although his actual playing is hotter than the hobs of hell. In the course of a solo he can cover just about the whole history of jazz trombone from Kid Ory to Roswell Rudd and beyond - way beyond.

He demonstrated that tonight with his individual take on classics such as Autumn Leaves, and Beatrice as well as an original titled Silver Orcas which is about killer whales. Talking of killers, Erroll Garner's Misty contained one of the evening's many surprises - a David Gray vocal! The boy done good and it will be interesting to chart his progress in this direction.

Of course this wasn't a one man show. With the tried and tested talents of Stu, Paul and Abbie alongside him it was a very tight unit.

(Pic by Russell)
Debra Milne (vocals); Steve Summers (tenor sax); Stu Collingwood (piano); Paul Grainger (bass); Sid White (drums).

Debra is a multi-faceted person. Singer, songwriter, bar person, Jazz Co-op director, you name it. Tonight, as well as pulling pints she delivered a delightful set of the tried and tested. Perdido; Corcovado, the bop anthem Well You Needn't which had some Monkish piano from Stu and Steve Summers in the role of Charlie Rouse and, to finish, Let There be Love. There was indeed a lot of love in the room tonight for birthday boy Dave Weisser as Debra remembered  the CD compilations that Dave meticulously put together as raffle prizes at the Wednesday night workshops he has hosted at various venues over the years.

(Pic by Russell)
Kenny Kirsopp (alto/tenor sax); John Wilson (guitar); Jude Murphy (bass/vocal); Maddog Davis (drums) + Dave Weisser (vocal).

This was a blast and a half! How could it not be with Kenny Kirsopp (aka Kenny the Sax), John Wilson (aka The General), Maddog Davis (aka Michael) and Jude Murphy (aka Ms Wonderful)?

(Pic by Russell)
They stomped off in a bebop vein - was it Scrapple From the Apple? - blistering tenor, immaculate guitar, sound bass and drums. The heat intensified with The Chicken (or was it Cantaloupe Island? I always confuse the two!). Mercy, Mercy, Mercy not only had KK sticking both horns in his gob à la Roland Kirk but also a vocal by the birthday boy himself that brought the house down.

The set finished with Cissy Strut with some super scatting by Jude who, during the course of the evening also played flute and put the whole shebang together - nice one.

(Pic by Jude on F/b)
Mo Scott (vocals); Stu Collingwood (piano); Neil Harland (bass guitar); Tom Atkinson (drums).

Time to sing the blues and who better to do that than Mo Scott? Kicking it off with T-Bone Shuffle we were quickly transported from NE4 to the south side of Chicago as Mo made like T-Bone Walker. Never Make Your Move too Soon, God Bless the Child, Yellow Moon never sounded better and a Sonny Boy Williams number had Jude and Rachel Richman  tripping the light fantastic. If there had been more space I think the whole room would have have been shaking it about. Tom Atkinson stepped in on drums at the last minute and, along with Stu and Neil, gave Mo the perfect backing

Sadly, I missed the final set as the number 27 beckoned and, equally sadly, I missed most of the first set by the Railway St. (Wednesday night) Regulars due to transport hiccups. Nevertheless, I was delighted with what I heard and it was a fitting tribute to Dave who, upon reflection, I've probably known longer than most people in the room - Lance

4 comments :

soznak said...

sounds fabulous sorry I missed it

Jude (on F/b) said...

Aw, thanks Lance. Lovely words. BTW, our second tune was Sidewinder

Ann Alex said...

Sorry I missed it. Happy Birthday to Dave, who is always supportive to Jam singers like myself!

Teresa Danby (on F/b) said...

Just read Lance Liddle's lovely review of the party ..and yes I still have the great CD compilations Dave made for Mick D ....who was at the party in spirit perhaps. .?

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