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17421 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 695 of them this year alone and, so far, 100 this month (Sept. 30).

From This Moment On ...

October

Thu 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 03: Maggie Nicols & Tim Dalling: Practices of Freedom workshop @ The Tute, Ridley Terrace, Cambois NE24 1QS. 7:30pm. Free. Book at: www.eventbrite.com.
Thu 03: Alcyona Mick + Juliana Day @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.00. & £10.00. + bf. NFOJIM (Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music) in assoc. w. Northern Silents & JNE.
Thu 03: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. Ragtime piano. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 03: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Guest band night w. '58 Jazz Collective led by trumpeter Kevin Eland with Paul Donnelly (guitar); Donna Hewitt (saxes); Dave Archbold (keys); John Daniel (bass); Alex Cromarty (drums); Darren Moore (percussion) + JAN SPENCELAYH!. Free.

Fri 04: Satoko Fujii @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £8.00. NFOJIM in assoc. w. JNE & Lit & Phil.
Fri 04: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 04: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 04: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 04: Amirtha Kidambi w. Manon McCoy @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 6:20pm. £8.00. + bf. NFOJIM in assoc. w. Gem Arts, JNE & Lit & Phil.
Fri 04: Ziv Taubenfeld/Olie Brice/Kresten Osgood + Andy Champion + Izumi Kimura & Gerry
Hemingway @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 7:20pm. £10.00. + bf. NFOJIM in assoc. w. JNE & Lit & Phil.
Fri 04: Maggie Nicols & Tim Dalling: As I Sing & Breathe @ The Tute, Ridley Terrace, Cambois NE24 1QS. 7:30pm. Free. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com. ‘Songs & Improvisations’ - Nicols, Dalling & guests.
Fri 04: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 04: John Rowland Quartet @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 05: Maggie Nicols & Tim Dalling: Musical Boxing Training @ The Tute, Ridley Terrace, Cambois NE24 1QS. 2:30pm. Free. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com. ‘A workshop for musical improvisers’. An event in a boxing ring!
Sat 05: Lewis Watson Quartet @ Wylam Village Institute, Church Road, Wylam NE41 8AP. Doors 7:00pm. Tickets £15.00. + £1.50. bf, available from: www.gigantic.com.
Sat 05: Joseph Carville Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 05: Bright Street Big Band @ Washington Arts Centre. From 7:00pm. £12.00. Bright Street Big Band on stage at 7:30pm, preceded at 7:00pm by a swing dance taster session.
Sat 05: J.A.M. String Collective + Tara Cunningham + The Flame @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 7:20pm. £10.00. + bf. NFOJIM in assoc. w. JNE & Lit & Phil.
Sat 05: Heavy Drunk @ Anarchy Brewery, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £15.00. + £1.50. bf. ‘Mississippi Delta Blues Experience’ feat. Heavy Drunk, Watermelon Slim & Leonardo Giuliani.
Sat 05: Maggie Nicols & Tim Dalling: Musical Boxing Night @ The Tute, Ridley Terrace, Cambois NE24 1QS. 7:30pm. Free. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com. Nicols, Dalling ao. An event in a boxing ring!
Sat 05: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Sat 05: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 05: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Swarland Village Hall NE65 9JG. 8:00pm. £12.00.

Sun 06: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm (12:30pm doors). £7.50.
Sun 06: Luis Verde Quartet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 06: Sax Choir @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 06: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 06: Catriona Bourne Quartet + Heather Ferrier + Emma Johson’s Gravy Boat @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. £10.00. + bf. NFOJIM in assoc. w. JNE & The Globe.

Mon 07: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 07: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30-8:30pm. Free.

Tue 08: ???

Wed 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free. Wed 09: Jason Isaacs @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 5:00-7:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 09: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 09: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. A ‘second Wednesday in the month’ jam session.
Wed 09: Shunya, Dudù Kouate & Seb Rochford @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). £21.00.

Thu 10: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 10: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. ‘Collaborations - it happened all the time’.
Thu 10: Indigo Jazz Voices w. the Little Big Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00.
Thu 10: Side Cafe Orkestar @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 10: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. With guests Donna Hewitt (sax); Bill Watson (trumpet); Graham Thompson (keys); Ron Smith (bass). Free.

Monday, September 05, 2022

Sunday Night Jazz @ the Globe: Tango Jazz Quartet - 4 de septiembre

(© S. Herrick)
Gustave Fermanich (clarinete/saxo tenor); Santiago Villalba (piano); Martín Rao de Vita (bajo); Marigo Pasculli (batería).

A lo largo de los años, incluso desde el nacimiento del jazz, el jazz se ha fusionado con muchos géneros semi-relacionados como: ragtime, clásico, rock, pop, rap, hip-hop y bossa todos con mayor o menor grado de compatibilidad, tal vez conviviendo con el tango argentino y sus vástagos indígenas interpretado por la TJQ ha sido, al menos en la función de esta noche, el más exitoso.

Escuché al cuarteto en el Globe en 2016, pero eso no disminuyó el deleite que compartí con la audiencia con capacidad inferior a la anticipada que, en general, respondió con entusiasmo. Aparte de Fermanich, los nombres eran diferentes pero mantenían la capacidad de balancearse y surcar los ritmos relacionados con el tango. A diferencia de la última vez, nadie bailó, posiblemente porque en ocasiones anteriores tuvieron una sesión de milonga en la tarde y los terpsicoreanos se quedaron para el concierto.

Pasculli tenía un kit de batería minimalista (caja, bajo, hi-hat, platillo), pero sus solos, ya sea con las manos o con baquetas, daban crédito al dicho de que menos es más: ¡fenomenal!

(© S. Herrick)
Fermanich hizo sonar un tenor y un clarinete ronco gruñendo como un Pee Wee Russell moderno. La forma de tocar de Villalba abarcó todo el espectro, desde el romanticismo delicado hasta los vuelos salvajes de la fantasía, mientras que el bajista de Vita, usando un instrumento de seis cuerdas sin cabeza, fue el epítome del apoyo sólido.

Parte de una gira europea de seis semanas con 37 conciertos que comenzó en Serbia y terminará en Francia. La etapa del Reino Unido incluyó Pizza Express en Londres, Matt y Phreds en Manchester junto con conciertos en Luton, Bath, Cardiff y Abergavenny, una banda muy transitada!

Si el texto en español no es exacto, no me culpe a mí, culpe a la interpretación del VAR de Google y todos sabemos que el VAR a veces lo hace bien. Lance

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Gustave Fermanich (clarinet/tenor sax); Santiago Villalba (piano); Martin Rao de Vita (bass guitar); Marigo Pasculli (drums).

Over the years, even since the birth of jazz, jazz has fused with many semi-related genres such as: ragtime, classical, rock, pop, rap, hip-hop and bossa all with a greater or lesser degree of compatibility. Perhaps cohabiting with the Argentinian tango and its indigenous offsprings as performed by the TJQ has, at least on tonight's performance, been the most successful.

I'd heard the quartet at the Globe back in 2016 but that didn't diminish the delight I shared with the less than anticipated capacity audience who, in the main, responded enthusiastically. Apart from Fermanich, the names were different but they maintained the ability to swing and groove over the tango related rhythms. Unlike last time, nobody danced, possibly because on previous occasions they had a milonga dance session in the afternoon and the terpsichoreans hung about for the concert.

Pasculli had a minimalistic drum kit (snare, bass, hi-hat, cymbal) but his solos whether using hands or sticks gave credence to the adage that less is more - phenomenal!

Fermanich blew some booting tenor and croaky clarinet growling like a latter-day Pee Wee Russell. Villalba's playing encompassed the whole spectrum from delicate romanticism to wild flights of fancy whilst bassman de Vita, using a six string headless, was the epitome of solid support.

Part of a six week European tour with 37 gigs that began in Serbia and will end in France the UK leg included Pizza Express in London, Matt and Phreds in Manchester along with gigs in Luton, Bath, Cardiff and Abergavenny - a well-travelled band!

If the Spanish text is less than accurate, don't blame me, blame Google's VAR interpretation and we all know that VAR does occasionally get it right! Lance

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