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Postage

17630 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 904 of them this year alone and, so far, 49 this month (Dec. 20).

From This Moment On ...

December

Fri 20: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 20: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 20: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 1:00-3:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 20: Baghdaddies @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 20: Smokin’ Spitfires @ Platform 1, East Bedlington Community Centre. 7:00pm.
Fri 20: Pete Tanton’s Christmas @ 1719, Hendon, Sunderland. 7:30pm. CANCELLED!
Fri 20: Alligator Gumbo @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 20: Abbie Finn’s Finntet @ The Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 20: Brass Fiesta @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 10:30pm. Free.

Sat 21: Lindsay Hannon Quartet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £15.00. ‘Swinging with Christmas Songs’.
Sat 21: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 21: Jackson’s Wharf Xmas Party @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 7:00pm. Free. Featuring the New ’58 Jazz Collective.
Sat 21: Brass Fiesta @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 10:30pm. Free.

Sun 22: Hot Club du Nord @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £15.00. + bf. Xmas party. SOLD OUT!
Sun 22: Red Kites Jazz @ Gibside Chapel, nr. Rowlands Gill. 1:00pm. Admission charge applies.
Sun 22: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 22: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 22: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 22: Revolutionaires @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. Superb rhythm & blues outfit.
Sun 22: Laurence Harrison, Paul Grainger & Mark Robertson @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Line-up TBC.
Sun 22: The Globe Xmas Party @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. Live music (musicians TBC).
Sun 22: Ray Stubbs R & B All-Stars @ Zerox, Sandhill, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors).

Mon 23: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED!
Mon 23: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 4:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Mon 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.

Tue 24: Lindsay Hannon & Mark Williams @ Ernest, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 11:00am-1:00pm. Free.
Tue 24: Paul Skerritt @ Mambo Wine & Dine, South Shields. 1:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.

Wed 25: Wot? No jazz!

Thu 26: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free. TBC.
Thu 26: The Boneshakers @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. The 17th annual Boneshakers’ Shindig.

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

Friday, February 25, 2022

Knats @ Hoochie Coochie - Feb. 24

Ferg Kilsby (trumpet); Josh Mitchell-Rayner (keys); Stan Woodward (electric bass); King David Ike-Elechi (drums)

Knats' regular 'last Thursday in the month' residency at Hoochie Coochie once again saw the place packed. Tonight’s gig was held in collaboration with 'Stand Up To Racism'. A rousing opening address was given urging people to attend rallies throughout March and then the music began!

Billed originally as Knats Big Band, bassist Stan Woodward apologised that there were only Knats themselves, citing Covid and travel difficulties for the non -appearance of their guests. The audience couldn’t have cared less, they came to hear Knats and, on the opening bar. the crowd erupted!

The band started with the St. Germain classic Rose Rouge and the floor started bouncing. House? Nu jazz? Who cares? As is usual with this band they fuse genres and improvise to their hearts content. They followed with Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit (not often heard at a jazz gig) and when bassist Woodward declared 'Knats take no prisoners!'  the scene was set for the rest of the night.

There was original material: Kackbop, Piano Man Jam, Modus Operandi and the beautiful Every Sun is a Red Moon, some of which has been recorded by the band and is on various sites. There were also versions of the Gnarls Barkley track Crazy and the Nigerian Fela Kuti’s title track from his album Shakara. At the end of the night the crowd would not let the band go and they encored with another original - In The Pitt.

This is not your standard Great American Songbook jazz but it is most definitely jazz. Young, vibrant, muscular, attracting a new young audience to the genre. Three of the band are off to music colleges in London in September. Trumpeter Ferg Kilsby at only 16 years old has to wait another couple of years for his turn so catch them while they are still here. Sylvia
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1 comment :

Chris Kilsby said...

Sylvia - many thanks for your perceptive reporting on the latest from Knats - sounds like a blast as usual! I missed it, as along with others of Knats' travelling support I was at Cobalt Studios watching Ferg's brother Dom drumming with Leeds based Yaatri (https://www.yaatrimusic.co.uk/) - Sod's law their first North East date clashed!

Yaatri have some similarities to Knats - they're young-ish (nobody's as young as Knats!), exhilarating and risk-taking, and not scared to play loud when needed. Both are making fresh new music with nods to the past, though in Yaatri's case I'm not sure where it nods to: fusion, prog, Indian - maybe Radiohead laced with Shakti? You could tell they are six dates in to touring their new album, Lucid :- they were impressively tight, making complex music flow and groove. A captivating journey matching the venue well - serene and pulsating by turn, from inside the contemplative mind to the outer reaches of the cosmos.... (well, that was my take anyway).

Yaatri close their tour in Leeds and London (Pizza Express) but are back in Newcastle in July (https://theglobenewcastle.bar/product/jul-21-yaatri/) - note to Knats - keep that date clear please - Ferg would like to hear his big brother play!

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