December
Sun 22: Hot Club du Nord @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £15.00. + bf. Xmas party. SOLD OUT!
Sun 22: Red Kites Jazz @ Gibside Chapel, nr. Rowlands Gill. 1:00pm. Admission charge applies.
Sun 22: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 22: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 22: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 22: Revolutionaires @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. Superb rhythm & blues outfit.
Sun 22: Laurence Harrison, Paul Grainger & Mark Robertson @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Line-up TBC.
Sun 22: The Globe Xmas Party @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. Live music (musicians TBC).
Sun 22: Ray Stubbs R & B All-Stars @ Zerox, Sandhill, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors).
Mon 23: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED!
Mon 23: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 4:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Mon 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Tue 24: Lindsay Hannon & Mark Williams @ Ernest, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 11:00am-1:00pm. Free.
Tue 24: Paul Skerritt @ Mambo Wine & Dine, South Shields. 1:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Wed 25: Wot? No jazz!
Thu 26: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free. TBC.
Thu 26: The Boneshakers @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. The 17th annual Boneshakers’ Shindig.
Fri 27: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free. Business as usual!.
Fri 27: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 27: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Country blues guitar & vocals.
Sat 28: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 11:30am. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 28: Fri 20: Castillo Nuevo @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 28: Jude Murphy, Rich Herdman & Giles Strong @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 28: Ray Stubbs R & B All-Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Stepney Bank, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.
2 comments :
Alan Barnes is coming to Town
Alan Barnes is coming to Town
A-lan Ba-a-a-arnes is co-o-o-o-ming to To-o-own
I first saw Alan Barnes in a duo with the immaculately coiffed Dave Newton in a bar on Scarborough sea front that felt like it was underground but wasn’t. I last saw him in a duo with the still immaculately coiffed Dave Newton in a village hall in Northumberland, on a hill, high above the sea.
In between Alan Barnes laid claim to being the hardest working man in show business, running through a series of projects, both recorded and played live, running his Woodville Records label, occasionally turning up in other peoples’ groups and orchestras and compering the Scarborough Jazz Festival every year.
One of the highlights was his suite Songs for Unsung Heroes co-written with playwright Alan Plater which paid tribute to, and pricked the pomposity (Miles Davis especially) of some of the stars of this music we love so much.
It is the A Jazz Christmas Carol that brings him up here this time. Recorded in a probably not very wintry September 2015 it was toured at the time with a local date at Ushaw College, Durham
The album cover shows Mr Barnes in a less than flattering nightshirt, as elegant as the average tarpaulin, that fits where it touches. For this Saturday’s gig Mr Barnes has assembled the same team that appeared on the album, (see above), with no substitutes and no one on the bench, which is no mean feat in itself. The CD runs to about 50 minutes but I expect that it will be extended by some of that improvisation we hear so much about. There will, of course, also be some of Mr Barnes’ Christmas cracker quality jokes.
I shall be at this one and will do a Terry ‘n’ Bob and try and avoid the England score until I get home and can watch the recording.
Dave Sayer
The Likely Lads didn't have to contend with the mobile phone. At the Black Swan on Saturday evening you could hear the muffled cry/cries of 'Get in'! Conversely, if you don't hear anything, it'll be a case of 'Vive la France'!
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