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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 25, 2022

The Tenement Jazz Band @ Prohibition Bar - April 24

Charles Dearness (trumpet); Paddy Darley (trombone); Steven Feast (tenor sax, clarinet); John Youngs (banjo, vocals); Rory Clark (sousaphone)

John Youngs joked that the Tenements play Prohibition Bar more often than they play gigs in their home town of Edinburgh. The band's latest cross border raid (as far south as Dove Holes in Derbyshire) included an impromptu Sunday lunchtime street performance on Framwellgate Bridge in Durham prior to this early evening gig in Newcastle (finishing early enough to see them home by midnight).

The Tenement Jazz Band didn't bargain on a ragtime piano support act but that's what they - and the audience - got. A punter, minding his own business, sat down at the house upright and began to play some ragtime numbers. Winning a round of applause, our pianist was joined by the Tenements' John Youngs to play a couple of tunes together. A marvellous start to the evening! 

The Tenements would play three sets, some old tunes, some new tunes, playing as if in their own parlour, playing for themselves. Of course they knew some of Tyneside's swing dancers were in the house and, first number, they took to the floor. A whole bundle of rags (Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver), a slew of popular songs of the day, some killer tempo workouts (Snake RagBig Chief Battle Axe), a request for Bouncin' Around and an unexpected Out of Nowhere (John Youngs taking the vocal), the Tenement Jazz Band is one helluva band! 

Five guys named...the Tenement Jazz Band, easy-going, enjoying one another's company, engaging the audience, the musicianship casually, deceptively top drawer. Trumpeter Charles Dearness right on the money, one-time Prohibition Bar employee Paddy Darley a fine trombone player, the senior man, Mr Steven Feast, hot on clarinet, dance band swing style on tenor sax, band MC John Youngs steering the paddle steamer, stoked by Rory Clark, a recent, excellent addition to the Edinburgh based band, playing sousaphone. Jazz club? Festival? Look no further, the Tenement Jazz Band is the band to book! Russell            

1 comment :

Lance said...

You didn't mention the dancers tripping the light fantastic!

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