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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, November 29, 2021

Carole Williams & Helen Pillinger Quintet @ the Railway, Stockport - Nov. 28)

Carole Williams (trombone/keys); Helen Pillinger (tenor sax); Paul Hartley (guitar); Peter Hartley (bass guitar); Eryl Roberts (drums)

The thing I liked most about this gig was that although I have seen this unit before at the Railway and other local venues, they always play interesting tunes some of which I am not familiar with. One example of this is a number called Three Views of a Secret written by the late great bass guitarist Jaco Pastorius. Another was Oz penned by steel pan drummer Andy Narell.  We also heard two Mingus compositions, a Gigi Gryce original,  one by Wes Montgomery, a Carole Williams tune, a Jobin bossa and more making a grand total of fourteen tunes played during the 9:00pm-11:00pm time slot. This could be a record for numbers played at the Railway.


Few gigs these days seem to go by without the inclusion of Body and Soul and this was no exception, On this occasion it being a feature for Helen Pillinger's tenor sax ably assisted by Paul Hartley's trio. The Johnny Green standard must be one of the most played numbers in the jazz repertoire and my favourite version apart from the early Hawkins one, is Jimmy Heath's rendition on his album Portrait of Heath where he plays tenor and soprano sax.


One number which gave the band a different sound was that classic Eddie Harris hit that he recorded with Les McCann, Cold Duck Time and this saw Carole getting a very convincing Hammond B3 organ sound on her keyboard.  The night certainly had some surprises in the choice of tunes and I look forward to seeing them on their next visit to the Railway.


The next jazz at the Railway is tomorrow night (Nov. 30) with the West Coast Octet.

 

Lookin' up; Full House; Jelly Roll; Minority; Body and Soul; Oz; Sometime; Cold Duck Time; Favela; Slow Hot Wind; Three Views of a Secret; Pussy Cat Dues; Orange Shadows; A
Night in Tunisia.

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