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15848 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 855 of them this year alone and, so far, 53 this month (Sept. 18).

From This Moment On ...

September

Thu 21: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 21: La Malbec Orchestra @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Thu 21: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 21: Linsday Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 21: Ray Stubbs R & B All Stars @ The Schooner, Gateshead. 8:30pm. Free.
Thu 21: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 22: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 22: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 22: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 22: Brief Encounter @ Bardon Mill Village Hall, Northumberland. 7:00pm. Tickets: £10.00. adv from 07885 303166; £12.00. on the door. Chris & Veronica Perrin improvising to a screening of the 1929 'Jazz Age' silent film Piccadilly (Dir. Ewald André Dupont).
Fri 22: Paul Edis & Graeme Wilson + Three Tsuru Origami @ Jesmond United Reformed Church, Newcastle. 7:30pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Fri 22: Crooners @ Tyne Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Fri 22: Abbie Finn's Finntet @ Traveller's Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.

Sat 23: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Tanfield Railway, Gateshead. 2:00-4:00pm. Free. A '1940s Weekend' event.
Sat 23: Jason Isaacs @ Stack, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free.
Sat 23: Andrew Porritt & Keith Barrett @ Cullercoats Watch House, Front St., Cullercoats NE30 4QB. 7:00pm.
Sat 23: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig. Country blues.

Sun 24: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.

Mon 25: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 7:00pm.

Tue 26: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.

Wed 27: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 27: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 27: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Monday, October 25, 2021

Bim Williams Trio @ The Railway, Stockport - Oct. 24

Bim Williams (guitar); Asaph Tal  (bass); George Grundy (drums). 

Bim Williams, a Manchester-based guitarist, plays in a post Wes Montgomery style. He has an incisive edge to his sound and, if I played guitar, I would seek this guy out for advice or lessons as his facility on his instrument is amazing. 


I loved his choice of tunes tonight, especially La Rosita, a tune composed by Paul Dupont and Alan Stuart. Coincidently, on Sunday afternoon I was listening via Spotify to Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster playing their version of this Latin-flavoured number taken from the Verve LP Blue Saxophones.


Another great moment occurred when Williams played a tune that sounded familiar but had me racking my brains trying to remember the title. Just before the final chorus it hit me! Delilah from the Max Roach/Clifford Brown repertoire. It brought back memories of Ronnie Scott and Jimmy Deuchar playing this at Ronnies’ Old Place with the great Alan Ganley doing his thing on mallets during the theme.


I liked the bass player tonight, Asaph Tal who I’ve not come across before. We are fortunate here in the North West in having so many first class double bass players to call upon. George Grundy fitted in well with the trio and had a somewhat aggressive Philly Jo Jones' approach with a very active left hand.


Bim Williams must be a big fan of Thelonious Monk as during his performance we heard no less than six Monk tunes although one of these was based on a Japanese folk song.


It was a great evening of trio jazz and it was a shame that there  weren't more packing the place out as two patrons were surprised the gig finished at 10:45pm instead of 11:00pm but I was OK with that as I had an appointment with a microwave!


Next "Jazz at the Railway" is on Tuesday Oct. 26 with the Paul Hartley Quartet featuring trumpeter John Hulme. Mike Farmer

 

Sub City; Just FriendsAsk Me Now; La Rosita; Railway Blues; Nica’s Dream; Delilah; Let’s Cool One; Japanese Folk Song; In Walked Bud; Reflections; I Mean You.

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