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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, April 18, 2022

Gaz Hughes Trio @ the Railway, Stockport - April 17

(© Jeff Pritchard)
Gaz Hughes (drums); Andrzej  Baranek (keys); Ed Harrison (bass).

On April 7 I reviewed Gaz Hughes’s latest album entitled Beboperation which was also the name of the opening track.  I referred to the tune as a Fats Navarro composition but I was incorrect as in fact it is an original number by Andrzej Baranek who Gaz chose to feature on the first number of tonight's session.  Talking to Gaz before the gig started he told me he was looking forward to taking this group on an extensive tour of the UK and Europe commencing March next year.  He has already secured fifteen dates and is hoping to fix a total of sixty engagements.

As a departure from his usual playing position, on the left side of the room, Andrzej placed his keyboard on the bandstand close to the drums with the bass to his left. He cranked up the volume somewhat to match the powerful sound that Gaz gets from his drum kit. By nine pm the room had filled up nicely and the trio kicked off with Beboperation with Baranek firing on all cylinders. Nice bass work, as always, from Ed Harrison.


It’s not often you see a drummer playing the melody but this is what happened when the trio did great things on Oscar Pettiford’s Blues in the Closet. Gaz has listened a lot to Art Blakey and has realised that all the best drummers do more than just keep time.      


Another number that I particularly liked was Wes Montgomery’s  Twisted Blues which Derrick Harris featured when he was here recently. Andrzej really excelled on this - his fingers a blur. To sum up the evening, it was great to hear a trio of this calibre and I am looking forward to hearing them again before too long.

Next jazz night at the Railway is Tuesday April 19 with the Mike Farmer Quartet  - Mike Farmer   

 

Beboperation; Have You Met Miss Jones?; I Mean You; Blues in the Closet; Seven Steps to Heaven; Body and Soul. Love You Madly; Oleo; Send in the Clowns, Twisted Blues; Stompin' at the Savoy; Prelude to a Kiss; Softly as in a Morning Sunrise.

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