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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

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.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

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.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Bryan Pendleton's Shearing Sound @ the Railway, Stockport - April 26

(© Jeff Pritchard)
Bryan Pendleton (piano); Dave Luckhurst (vibes);  Simone MacGregor (vocals); Paul Hartley (guitar); Ed Harrison (bass); Eryl Roberts (drums).

This band took me back to those days when I first got interested in jazz when I was about fourteen years old and all you could buy were 78 rpm records.  There were certain musicians who were popular with the fans of popular music but also held the interest of jazz fans. I’m thinking of Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck, Ramsey Lewis, Louis Armstrong and of course the subject of tonight’s show, George Shearing who became a big name on both sides of the pond with his unusual sound of pairing piano with vibraphone.

Bryan Pendleton, who many may know from his arrangements for local big bands, kept the tunes fairly short with the result that a total of nineteen tunes were played. We heard a selection of well known standards some Latin influenced numbers and on three of these tunes we listened to vocalist Simone whose singing style reminded me of June Christy or Sarah Vaughan.


All the musicians performed well and I would like to mention what a great job was done by the bass player Ed Harrison a major asset to this unit, and also Eryl Roberts who coped well with the demanding arrangements on a scaled down drum kit.   Paul Hartley did some tasty solos on guitar and took care of the announcements. At the end of the evening the final number was Shearing’s big hit Lullaby of Birdland.  An excellent concert.

The next jazz gig at the Railway is on Sunday May 1 with reedman Munch Manship. Mike Farmer

 

East of the Sun; Mambo Inn; Do I Love You?; Always True to You in my Fashion; Let's Call the Whole Thing Off; When Lights Are Low; Ghost of a Chance; All I Do is Dream Of You; If Dreams Come True; Mambo Balahu
; That Old Devil Moon; Our Love is Here to Stay; Isn’t it Romantic?; There’ll be Another Spring; Blue Prelude; Kinda Cute; Moonlight Sonata; I’ll Remember April; Lullaby Of Birdland.

1 comment :

Lance said...

Sounds as though it was a good session. I notice that a lot of the numbers were from the album Shearing recorded with Peggy Lee - "Beauty and the Beat" a classic recording.

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