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Christian McBride: ''I believe we are living in a historically embarrassing moment in American history.'' - Downbeat December 2025

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)

Postage

18061 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 1025 of them this year alone and, so far, 39 this month (Dec. 14).

From This Moment On ...

DECEMBER 2025

Fri 19: Fraser Urquhart @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT! .
Fri 19: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free..
Fri 19: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free..
Fri 19: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00..
Fri 19: Castillo Nuevo @ Hotel Gotham, Newcastle. 5:00pm. Free. .
Fri 19: Alexia Gardner @ FIKA Art Gallery, Morpeth. 6:30pm. Gardner, Alan Law, Jude Murphy..
Fri 19: Paul Skerritt @ Middlesbrough Town Hall. 7:00pm. Skerritt w. backing tapes. .
Fri 19: Giles Strong Quartet @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm. Old Black Cat Jazz Club..
Fri 19: Creakin’ Bones & the Xmas Dinners @ The White Room, Stanley. 7:45pm. £13.01 (inc. bf)..
Fri 19: Mark Toomey Quintet @ The Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.

Sat 20: Jazz Attack @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 11:00am. Free.
Sat 20: Alexia Gardner @ FIKA Art Gallery, Morpeth. 6:30pm. Gardner, Alan Law, Jude Murphy. SOLD OUT!
Sat 20: Joseph Carville Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. CANCELLED!
Sat 20: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootleggers, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 20: Hoodoo Blues @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:15pm (doors). £14.25, £11.55. Dance class, social dancing, live music & Xmas Party. Live music from 9:00pm - Ruth Lambert, Giles Strong, Ian Paterson & John Bradford (jazz and blues).
Sat 20: John Pope Quintet @ Blank Studios, Newcastle. 7:30-8:30pm. £7.70 (inc. bf). Album recording session.

Sun 21: New ’58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 21: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. ‘Xmas Swingalong’. Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Sun 21: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00-5:00pm. Free.
Sun 21: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 21: Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ o2 City Hall, Newcastle. 6:00pm. £35.80., £33.25., £31.00.
Sun 21: The Globe Xmas Party @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. Live music.
Sun 21: Tweed River Jazz Band @ The Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 7:30pm. Free.

Mon 22: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 23: Paul Skerritt @ Chakh Dhoom, Jesmond, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Indian restaurant. Skerritt w. backing tapes.

Wed 24: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 24: Alexia Gardner @ The Townhouse, Bridge St., Morpeth. 1:30-4:30pm. ‘The A Capella Sessions’. Gardner, Paula Gardner, Alexia Hope Gardner Diamany.
Wed 24: Paul Skerritt @ Mambo Wine & Dine, South Shields. 1:30pm. Skerritt w. backing tapes.

Thu 25: Alexia Gardner @ The Townhouse, Bridge St., Morpeth. 1:30-4:00pm. ‘All About the Bass Sessions’. Alexia Gardner, Paula Gardner, Jude Murphy.

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

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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