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Bebop Spoken There

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Postage

17630 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 904 of them this year alone and, so far, 49 this month (Dec. 20).

From This Moment On ...

December

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: 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.

Sun 29: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 29: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

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

Friday, December 30, 2022

Rendezvous Jazz @ Monkseaton Arms - Dec. 30

Maureen Hall (vocals); Gavin Lee (clarinet); Gordon Solomon (trombone); Brian Chester (piano); Tom Derbyshire (double bass, vocals); Scott Adair (drums) + John Broddle (vocals)

It had been a while since BSH caught up with Rendezvous Jazz. In the interim, Maureen Hall's outfit has undergone one or two changes with ace trombone man Gordon Solomon and drummer Scott Adair now on board. As ever, clarinetist Gavin Lee sat to Maureen's left, Brian Chester occupied the piano stool with bassist Tom Derbyshire anchoring the show. Christmas decorations adorned the Monkseaton Arms' lounge, the festive menu seemingly set aside until next year, the regular noon 'til nine o'clock menu once more on offer.

Band leader Hall can't be anything other than delighted with her new recruits as the boys opened with Exactly Like You. Bone man Solomon is as A-list as they come, if Jack T had been in the house he'd have thought twice about getting up! Similarly, clarinetist Lee is of the 'first call' variety and on the evidence of this first set showing, our man held it in check - 'it' being his explosive N'Awlins' clarinet playing. Bassist Derbyshire chipped in on the vocal stakes with Lady be Good - a fine bass player and no mean singer. Johnny Mercer's Dream made the cut, Hall leading from the front. An uptempo Sunset Cafe Stomp (Armstrong's Hot Five) took us up to guest vocalist time...step forward Mr John Broddle. As JB sang Margie then Darktown Strutters' Ball , it was time to move on down the line to Cullercoats Crescent Club. See LL's review of events on Cullercoats Bay. Russell                   

Set list: Exactly Like YouAll of MeSomersetLady be GoodDreamSunset Cafe StompMargieDarktown Strutters' Ball.

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