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August
Thu 13: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 13: Eva Fox & the Sound Hounds @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 13: 58 Jazz Collective @ The Blacksmith’s Arms, Stranton, Hartlepool. 8:00pm. Free. CANCELLED! Back on Aug. 27.
Thu 13: Paul Skerritt @ Angels' Share, St George's Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle NE2 2SX. 8:00pm. Free. Booking advised (0191 200 1975). Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Fri 14: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 14: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 14: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 14: John Settle Quartet @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church. 1:00pm. £9.00. John Settle (vibes); Rick Laughlin (piano); Mick Shoulder (double bass); Tim Johnston (drums).
Fri 14: Bold Big Band @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £8.00 + bf.
Sat 15: Tees Bay Swing Band @ Blacksmith’s Arms, Hartlepool. 1:30pm. Free. Open rehearsal.
Sat 15: Jake Leg Jug Band @ The White Room, Stanley. 7:45pm. £16.26.
Sun 16: Vintage Explosion @ Cliffe Park, Roker, Sunderland SR6 8DB. 5:00-10:30pm. £44.00 (inc. bf).
Mon 17: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 18: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Joe Steels, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.
Wed 19: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 19: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
The results, which are quite interesting can be found here.
At the risk of being accused of plagiarism, I'd like to ask our readers what was the first sax album or maybe just a single track that inspired them.
I know it's a near impossible task but one album that sticks in my mind is Ellington at Newport 1956. Not just for Paul Gonsalves' marathon solo on Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue but also for Johnny Hodges on Jeep's Blues. Two very different performances but equally inspiring. Lance
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Spinning forward a few years...and skipping over Wayne Shorter's Weather Report contributions and the wonderful Barbara Thompson live, ..., Michael Brecker's playing on Abercrombie's 1984 album Night opened my ears to the full potential of the tenor sax....especially 3 East, A live version is at https://youtu.be/JzipYzuDHo4
One LP that had a huge impact on me was Our Man In Paris by Dexter Gordon on Blue Note mono. I still think it takes some beating!
I do hope I'm not lowering the tone, but Chuck Rio (Danny Flores) on "Tequila" really made a impression on me. I still can't emulate it.
Bud Freeman's 1935 Windy City Five record of his composition "The Buzzard", on an MFP LP I bought at 13 in 1967. Wild then and still wild now!
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