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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.

Sunday, August 21, 2022

Ivo Neame in a brewery: Newcastle Jazz Festival (day three) - August 20

(© Pam)
Ivo Neame Quartet: Ivo Neame (keyboards); George Crowley (tenor sax); Tom Farmer (double bass); James Maddren (drums)

Pianist Ivo Neame arrived in town as the headline act on day three of the 2022 Newcastle Jazz Festival. Throughout the afternoon the Tyne Bank Brewery was all but 'all seats taken'. Packed lunches and an in house menu fed the throng and, of course, this being the home of the Tyne Bank Brewery it was a case of a 'jazz-up in a brewery'.* Professor of Jazz Piano at the Guildhall, Neame (Phronesis, Marius Neset) presented his regular quartet: George Crowley (tenor sax), bassist Tom Farmer (most adaptable is Farmer, gigging with Joe Webb one day, Neame the next) and drummer James Maddren.

Neame's set comprised material old, lockdown-era and new. The Rise of the Lizard People from Glimpses of Truth (2020), Laika, one of the cuts from Moksha (2017) and numbers which will feature on a forthcoming album (Neame's quartet will be in the studio on Tuesday and Wednesday) met with a great reception from an on-side festival crowd. Neame and Crowley the principal soloists, bassist Farmer shone throughout and drummer Maddren couldn't help but be his restless, creative self. The quartet took a collective bow to sustained applause. Day three done, day four at this year's NJF would soon be dawning. 

* Ivo Neame is of the Shepherd Neame brewing dynasty. Russell       
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1 comment :

Abbie said...

This gig was an absolute banger. What a line-up and superb compositions!

Monday, August 22, 2022 11:22:00 am

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