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16408 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 288 of them this year alone and, so far, 85 this month (April 30).

From This Moment On ...

May

Sun 05: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm. £7.50.
Sun 05: Sue Ferris Quintet plays Horace Silver @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm.
Sun 05: Guido Spannocchi @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 06: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 07: Calvert & the Old Fools @ Forum Music Centre, Darlington. 5:30-7:00pm. Free. Live recording session, all welcome.
Tue 07: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Stu Collingwood, Paul Grainger, Mark Robertson.
Tue 07: Suba Trio @ Riverside, Newcastle. 8:00pm (7:30pm last entry). £21.00. All standing gig.

Wed 08: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 08: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 08: Conor Emery: Jazz Trombone, Stage 3 Final Recital @ Music Studios, Assembly Lane, Newcastle University. 7:00pm. All welcome, the venue is located in the lane behind Blackwell’s, Percy St., Haymarket.
Wed 08: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 09: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 09: Lewis Watson Quartet + Langdale Youth Jazz Ensemble @ Laurel’s Theatre, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 09: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Josh Bentham (sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Dave Archbold (keys); Ron Smith (bass).

Fri 10: Michael Woods @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free. Country blues guitar & vocals. SOLD OUT!
Fri 10: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 10: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 10: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 10: Citrus @ The Head of Steam, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £11.25.
Fri 10: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ St Cuthbert’s, Crook. 7:30pm. £10.00.

Sat 11: Jeffrey Hewer Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 11: Alligator Gumbo @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 7:30pm.
Sat 11: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Yarm Parish Church. 7:30pm.
Sat 11: Tom Remon & Laurence Harrison @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Monday, June 06, 2022

Foundry Jazz Ensemble @ The Exchange, North Shields - June 5

Bernie Ranson (tenor/alto sax/vocals); Jude Murphy (double bass/vocals); Barbara Wilcox (keys/vocals); Jamie Mackay (guitar); Alan Wann (drums)

The word is getting out and nearly all tables were taken when the band arrived for their usual Sunday afternoon gig at The Exchange in North Shields. The audience was a mixture of regulars  together with those who had enjoyed a Jubilee lunch and stayed on for the jazz.

The two hour set was made up of the Great American Songbook, straight ahead jazz and some good old crowd pleasers. Jude sang Georgia on my Mind, Cry me a River, and Summertime to loud applause (those who are not fans of scat should listen to Ms Murphy - bliss!)

Barbara took her turn and sang Beyond the Sea while Bernie followed with I Thought About You and then a version of The Girl From Ipanema with Bernie and Jude duetting. Jude sang the lyrics in Portuguese and from Bernie a verse with new words relating to his dog - Finn…(each one she passes goes woof!…really?…I wonder what Jobim would have made of that?  But the crowd loved it!)

Everyone took solos. There are no passengers in this band but memorable were Bernie’s melancholy tenor on Cry me a River and Jamie’s beautiful take on Corcovado.

All in all a lovely way to end a Bank Holiday weekend and thanks to The Exchange for the distribution of cakes and sandwiches left over from their Jubilee lunch. Jazz and a Bakewell tart - what else does a girl need?

The Foundry Jazz  Ensemble can  be heard at The Exchange each Sunday from 3pm and four fifths of the band entertain there each Wednesday evening at 7 pm.

The set also included amongst others: I Can’t Get Started; Twisted; Yardbird Suite; Stella by Starlight; Ladybird; My Little Suede Shoes and Too Young to go Steady.

Sylvia T

P.s.  Heads up for the first weekend in July when The Exchange will be hosting a weekend of music which includes The Abbie Finn Trio and Panharmonia together with a showing of the film Geordie Jazz Man together with a programme of swing and blues music….details to follow.
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