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The Things They Say!

This is a good opportunity to say thanks to BSH for their support of the jazz scene in the North East (and beyond) - it's no exaggeration to say that if it wasn't for them many, many fine musicians, bands and projects across a huge cross section of jazz wouldn't be getting reviewed at all, because we're in the "desolate"(!) North. (M & SSBB on F/book 23/12/24)

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18383 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 247 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 17 ), 57

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

From This Moment On

March

Mon 30: Gerry Richardson Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm.
Mon 30: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 31: Bede Trio @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Albert Hills Wright (alto sax); Finn Carter (piano); Michael Dunlop (double bass).

April

Wed 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 01: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 01: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 02: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00. Subject: Musicians playing classical & orchestral music.
Thu 02: The Noel Dennis Band @ Prohibition Bar, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2RU. 7:00pm (doors). £10.84. Quartet plus special guest Zoë Gilby. Over 21s only.
Thu 02: Renegade Brass Band @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 02: Shalala @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.00. adv..
Thu 02: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Album review: Catherine Russell - Send For Me

When your daddy is the legendary bandleader Luis Russell (1902-1963) you have a whole lot to prove and Catherine hasn't besmirched the family name. Luis Russell led one of the greatest of the early big bands during the 1920s and 1930s, providing the backdrop for Satchmo's pre-war big band recordings and he would surely have been beaming with pride hearing his daughter's blues-drenched voice laying waste to most of the younger contenders.

Imagine a mix of Bessie and Dinah W with a touch of, but not too much, sophistication and you have a voice for all seasons. 

All the tracks are peppered with solos as hot as hot can be - Kellso and Allred in particular sizzle although no one falls short.

Favourite track? Tough call but Blue and Sentimental really nails it. Russell manages to merge the feeling of Herschel Evans' tenor and Lester's clarinet on the old Basie recording into her vocal. When the roll is called up yonder she'll be there, alongside Bessie, Billie, Ella and Sarah but, hopefully, not for a long long time. Simply wonderful - Lance

Available on Dot Time Records- CD/Digi - Bandcamp.

Catherine Russell (vocals); Matt Munisteri (MD, guitar, banjo) + (collectively): Tal Ronen (bass); Mark McLean (drums); Mark Shane or Sean Mason (piano); Jon-Erik Kellso (trumpet); John Allred (trombone); Evan Arntzen (reeds); Paul Nedzela (bari sax); Mark Loperman or Aaron Heick (tenor sax); Philip Norris (tuba).

Did I Remember?; Send For me; At the Swing Cats Ball; Make it Last; Going Back to New Orleans; If I Could be with You; You Can Fly High; East of the Sun; In the Night; You Stepped Out of a Dream; Blue and Sentimental; Sticks and Stones; Million Dollar Smile.

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