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June
Thu 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 01: Thursday Night Prayer Meeting @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Donations.
Thu 01: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 01: Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Thu 01: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.
Fri 02: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 02: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 02: Joseph Carville Trio @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 02: Claire Martin & Her Trio @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 7:30pm. £25.00., £20.00. Feat. Jim Mullen, Alex Garnett & Jeremy Brown.
Fri 02: Guy Davis + Michael Littlefield & Scott Taylor @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. Doors 7:30pm. Blues double bill.
Fri 02: Anders Ingram @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Blind Pig Blues Club. Country blues. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Sat 03: Newcastle Record Fair @ Northumbria University, Newcastle NE8 8SB. 10:00am-3:00pm. Admission: £2.00.
Sat 03: Pedigree Jazz Band @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm.
Sat 03: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Sue Ferris. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 03: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free.
Sat 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 03: Papa G's Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Sun 04: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm.
Sun 04: Central Bar Quintet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00-4:00pm. £5.00. The Central Bar Quintet plays Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus. Featuring Lewis Watson.
Sun 04: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 04: Struggle Buggy + Michael Littlefield @ Tyne Bar, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. Acoustic blues.
Sun 04: Swinging at the Cotton Club: Harry Strutters' Hot Rhythm Orchestra @ The Fire Station, Sunderland. 7:30pm.
Sun 04: Richard Jones Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 04: Jam No. 18 @ Fabio's Bar, Saddler Street, Durham. 8:00pm. Free. All welcome. A Durham University Jazz Society event.
Mon 05: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Tue 06: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 06: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Stu Collingwood (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Sid White (drums).
Wed 07: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 07: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 07: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 07: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
You can listen to the show anytime from noon on Saturday 3rd
June by heading to www.mixcloud.com/hive_radio.
Plus, you can request tunes for future programmes by emailing
Colin at jazz.tyne.hive@gmail.com
or heading to www.jazzonthetyne.org.
They've had favourable reviews in all the jazz mags - unlike, back in the day, when they were dismissed as 'rabble rousing extravaganzas. This, they undoubtedly were and I for one wasn't complaining!
It was jazz excitement that has never been surpassed and, had it been pursued further, may have served to repel the invasions from Memphis and Liverpool.
A chordless trio opens the floodgates with torrents of notes and flagellating drumming leaving the bass player rather like King Canute trying to stop the tide. Such is the blitzkrieg that is Aerial Landmasses.
64 Squares, which I assumed would be chess or checkers related is in fact subtitled searching for fish. You just can't make these things up! Nevertheless, it's less frantic than the previous number and, were it played in flight if you were actually travelling from New York the flight attendant (I preferred it when they were air hostesses or stewardesses) would announce that you could now unfasten your safety belts.
(© Jeff Pritchard) |
The first tune tonight was Cliff Burwell's Sweet Lorraine which was given a tenor sax, bass and drums treatment due to the late arrival of pianist Tom Harris who arrived halfway through the second number, It Could Happen to You, and he wasted no time in taking charge of the house upright making me wonder why I had not heard of him before. I must ask Gavin for more information on this fine musician.
You can spend mega bucks on a top of the range saxophone, more hard earned cash on a mouthpiece and ligature but, at the end of the day, it all boils down to a bit of bamboo that may or may not do what the manufactures say it will do! Lance
Jazz and the movies have had a chequered career - Anatomy of a Murder and Lift to the Scaffold are a couple of the better ones that spring to mind. However, With Peter Bradley, going by the TRAILER, this 90 minute documentary looks to be something extra special and, even if it isn't, the soundtrack alone will be worth price of the popcorn and so much more if it ever hits your local fleapit (those were the days!)
(© Ken Drew) |
And he could sing too, the best comparison I could come up with was Eddie Levert of the O’Jays, one of the very best, though playing an album by bluesman Lucky Peterson on the way home also showed similarities, which was a happy coincidence.
Ben Sidran (piano); Bill McHenry (saxo tenor); Billy Peterson (contrabaja); Leo Sidran (bateria)
I guess I am one of the few people who still actually buys a hard copy of the Lonely Planet guide when I am going on holiday, although I am sure it is available as an app (or something similar) for more tech savvy members of the human race. However, the title of the guides must be one of the most out of date concepts imaginable (due in part, of course, to its own success). No doubt the Sunday Times has already had articles listing the ten most ‘lonely’ places to have a wild party and I am sure if I took a Ryanair flight to the dark side of the moon the first person I would bump into would be one of the Mooneys who lived in the next street to where I grew up in Dublin.
Playlist 28/05/23. (Repeated Tuesday 30/05/23)
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Requests from the Windy City Weatherbirds Gig: Sauter - Finegan Orchestra, Nellie Lutcher, Stan Getz/Gilberto, Eddie Condon All Stars, Blind Blake, Townes Van Zandt, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Tadd Dameron Octet, Charlie Parker, Jack Teagarden, Andy Schumm,
Herbie Hancock.
What’s happening in the NE: Chris Barber, Harry Strutters.
Tony Eales pick: Roger Neumann Instant Heat.
Requests: Stan Getz And Kenny Barron, Borealis/Joe Steels.
Melody Maker, Metronome, Jazz Journal, Jazz Monthly, Crescendo, DownBeat, Jazzwise, JazzTimes are but some of those publications who have provided the words and the photos to the Holy Grail of jazz.
However, in all my years of reading jazz lit., not one of them comes within a bebop mile of the controversy that the May issue of JazzTimes will stir. Indeed the new regime's inaugural April issue's Wayne Shorter obituary resulted in most of the old guard being shown the door - a bit like some recent UK government shenanigans!
As such, this was a double header. Black Gardenia doing their thing on stage whilst, down on the dance floor the movers and shakers were doing their thing.
It was a fascinating scenario. Most of the dancers were dressed for the occasion, in fact one or two of the guys could have made my sartorially elegant friend and harmonica hot shot Ray Burns look as though he'd just put in a half shift on the assembly line at Nissan.
An album of original songs based on the singer's life experience. This includes surviving cancer, bringing up children, watching them play, and not taking anything for granted. Ms Martin, after a successful career in academia, decided to follow her dream of recording an album.
If I were asked to rate the top UK jazz singers it would probably be a list stretching from Land's End to John O'Groats - there are just so many of them. Back in the day there was Cleo, Norma, Val and a few comers like Claire, Clare and Carol before the scene erupted and there were (girl) singers seemingly growing on trees everywhere.
(© Malcolm Sinclair) |
It's a 7:30pm start and it's a PAY WHAT YOU DECIDE event (anything from £3 to £15 irrespective of where you sit - the choice is yours). Lance
(© Judy Totton) |
Featuring songs such as You Make Me Feel So Young, Too Marvelous for Words, Old Devil Moon and I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! was the first album ever to top the UK Albums Chart way back in 1959. In 2000, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Widely regarded as the master of his craft both here and in the USA, Olivier Award-nominated Triffitt starred as Sinatra for three seasons in Las Vegas, held the role of Ol’ Blue Eyes in the original West End production of The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas, and has sold out the London Palladium twice with his own solo spectacular.
A couple of 30 minute sets went down as well as the pints of Doom Bar etc. Seats were at a premium and so they should be - this was the sale of the century and it was free. It does however, call into question gigs that are free, 'jar on the bar' or raffle supported. I'm not going to pursue this further at this stage but I think that it is a subject very much open for discussion.
Technically I suppose this would be classed as an open rehearsal with the band digging deep into their library's back catalogue.
Bill Lee was 94. Russell
The title of the film could be used to describe the scheduling across the thirteen stages at the festival, or at least the six I used to create my own schedule. By the first afternoon it became clear that, while it was possible to see bits of lots of gigs, because of the distance between stages and the sheer number of people there, the only way to ever get a decent view was to commit to a smaller number of gigs. I was originally drawn to a dozen acts which, after some homework inflated to forty five though I was in the throws of whittling it down.
(© Mike Tilley) |
Before you knock it as 'just another standards album', pause and reflect that most 'originals' are contrafacts of standards and, sometimes, not as good as the composer's initial statement although, once the jazz folk get their paws on them a number that began life as a maudlin ballad in a Broadway show (e.g You and the Night and the Music) becomes bread and butter for the jazzer and no more so than in the hands of the piano trio. Wilson, Powell, Garner, Peterson, Evans, Jarrett and co. knew what their audience wanted and they dished it out in their identifiable, stylistic manner*.
Blyth Dance Band is seeking enthusiastic trombone players and also have a potential opportunity for a keyboard player. They rehearse fortnightly on Thursday evenings. If you are interested in big band/swing and wish to try it on a no obligation basis, please contact Peter Smith (trombone) on 07798 526524.
East Coast Swing Band (MD Peter Morgan) is also looking for an experienced trombonist to join the band who rehearse on a Tuesday morning in Bedlington. Contact Peter Smith on 07798 526524 for more information. The band play a concert at Morpeth Rugby Club on June 30 (see poster in right hand column). Lance
(© Ken Drew) |
Where to start? Here’s the brief notes I made at the end of this stunning performance:
Disparate array of instruments used by each musician.
Occasionally
intense/heavily rhythmical/quiet and delicate solos.
Growling
notes from the Nord keyboard.
Extraordinary! Unexpected! Inspirational!
Briefly
included a happy and glorious percussion ensemble at one point.
Staccato attack. Surprise! Prolonged
intense release of energy.
Conventional
instruments often played in an unconventional way, wonderfully combined.
Smiles
across the stage!!!
“Organised
chaos”. Phenomenal! Enthusiastic applause.
Telepathic
rhythms and sonorities bouncing across the stage.
Permeates
the space & engages the audience and lifting their spirits.
Joyous
atmosphere. Stunning performance. Uplifting. Life
affirming. Pure joy!!
(© Debra M) |
Chamber jazz played to perfection by four of the area's finest. It was done so tastefully and with not much Crash! Bang! Wallop! Although, perhaps an occasional injection of CBW would have added a little extra spice to the two sets.
Still, no one was complaining. The intimate atmosphere - there were candles on tables although the curtains and blinds remained unlowered which questioned the point of the candles - blended nicely with the music.
The Giles Strong Quartet features four long established and respected musicians on the regional jazz scene. Giles Strong (guitar) is joined by John Bradford (drums), Ian Paterson (double bass) and Pete Tanton (trumpet and flugelorn).
You can listen to the show anytime from 5pm on Monday 22nd
April by heading to www.mixcloud.com/hive_radio.
And you can request tunes for future programmes by emailing
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While slavery was abolished slightly later in Louisiana than the rest of the States, N’Awlins had a rather different relationship with its slave population, allowing them Sundays off (no doubt on religious grounds rather than an act of charity) from around 1805, where they were allowed to congregate at Congo Square and sing, dance and play their drums.
After 40 seconds of unexplained toy piano - I mean I ask you?! - the toy piano is ditched and we thankfully move onto some, at times, quite arresting blowing by the two horns. The chordless ensemble format, they tell me, affords Coffin the freedom of exploration between multiple sonorities at any given moment - which the saxophonist utilises to the fullest, weaving masterfully-crafted stories with his horn. I must confess I couldn't have phrased it better myself - if I'd known what it meant!
By the time they arrived in the TV studios in '83 his voice was shot, but those of us who’d just seen them (and I’d seen them three times) forgave him because we knew he gave 1000% night after night. I saw them at the end of the nowties and his voice was shot then and recently saw an interview where he conceded this was the price of him giving everything but claims he still does it because people want him to and forgive him and the audience sing all the words anyway.
Playlist 21/05/23. (Repeated Tuesday 24/05/23)
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Requests: : Freddie Hubbard arr. Mike Kamuf.
Birthday: Fats Waller.
What’s Happening in Scotland: SNJO: Tommy Smith.
Requests: Randy Crawford & Joe Sample, Artie Shaw, Kris Berg & The Metro Big Band, Count Basie/Rosemary Clooney.
North East Connections: NDR Big Band w Steve Gray, Borealis w Joe Steels, Hot 8 Brass Band, Chris Greive and Colin Black, Rick Laughlin Quartet, Tim Kliphuis.
Requests: J J Johnson & Kai Winding Quintet, MJ /Sonny Stitt/Stan Getz/ Dizzy Gilllespie.