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Bebop Spoken There

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16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 28: Richard Herdman Quartet @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Josh Bentham (alto sax); Alan Marshall (tenor sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass); Graham Thompson (keys); Steve Hunter (drums).

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Monday, January 24, 2022

Glen Cartledge Quartet @ the Railway, Stockport - Jan. 23

Glen Cartledge (guitar); Mike Hall (tenor sax); Ed Harrison (bass); Jack Cotterill (drums).

This line-up was an interesting one as Mike Hall had been called in at the last minute and Glen mentioned that it was the first time he had played with drummer Jack Cotterill although he recalled playing with Jack’s grandad Pete Cotterill at the Bakers Vaults a great jazz dive in Stockport that in its heyday used to feature some great bands.

Before things got under way I had a quick chat with Glen and asked him about his guitar. He told me it was a Gibson L5, the same model used by the late great Wes Montgomery. I must admit I know next to nothing about guitars but I’m pretty sure anyone who plays a Gibson is serious about his music. Glen also plays baritone sax in a local big band and like me loves to talk about the jazz scene.

The first number of the evening was Benny Golson’s tune Killer Joe, a number which is featured on the first LP that the Jazztet made in 1960 for Argo called Meet the Jazztet, an album I still have. Mike’s tenor had a harder sound than Golson’s but his solo was interesting and Glen played some nice chords during this tune.

 I sensed a little uncertainty during April in Paris but this is a tricky tune for a quartet to tackle but, thank god, they omitted the One more time coda. Never did like that.

Mike Hall relishes playing fast and when Glen called Ray Noble’s Cherokee I knew what to expect. I like to hear this tune with two tenors on the bandstand, or even three battling it out but it brought the first set to a fitting conclusion.

The second half commenced with Just Friends  and continued with a ballad, My Foolish Heart, a tune which I’ve never been too keen on, but for the final half hour things moved up into bebop territory with some fine playing from everyone on  Straight No Chaser and Anthropology.

The next jazz at the Railway is Tuesday Jan. 25 with the Shearing Sound - Bryan Pendleton, Dave Luckhurst and Paul Hartley. Mike Farmer

Killer Joe; Days of Wine and Roses; My Funny Valentine; Confirmation; April in Paris; Cherokee; Just Friends; My Foolish Heart; Softly as in a Morning Sunrise; Straight No Chaser; Anthropology.

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