MAY 2025
Tue 06: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Delaval. 12:30pm. £14.00. Tel: 0191 237 3697. ‘Victory in Europe Afternoon Tea’ (VE Day 80th anniversary).
Tue 06: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Alan Law, Paul Grainger, John Hirst.
Tue 06: Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, North St., Ferryhill DL17 8HX. 7:30pm. Free.
Tue 06: FILM: Whiplash @ Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. 8:15pm.
Wed 07: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.b
Wed 07: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 07: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. CANCELLED!
Thu 08: Final Recital: Jay Straughan (drums) @ The Band Room, Music Studios, Assembly Lane, Newcastle University. 10:00am. Free.
Thu 08: Final Recital: Olly Styles (saxophone) @ The Band Room, Music Studios, Assembly Lane, Newcastle University. 3:00pm. Free.
Thu 08: Jason Holcomb @ The Fire Station, Sunderland. 7:00pm (6:30pm doors). £5.00. (unreserved seating). VE Day 80th Anniversary Concert. Multi-bill inc. Jason Holcomb ensemble.
Thu 08: Curtis Stigers @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Fri 09: Bridget Metcalfe Trio @ Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 09: Milne Glendinning Band @ Jesmond Library, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 09: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 09: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 09: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 09: Funk Soul Sista @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 7:00-9:00pm. Free.
Fri 09: Crooners @ The Maltings, Berwick. 7:30pm.
Sat 10: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Seaburn. 1:00-2:45pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 10: Paul Edis & Friends @ Musicwonders, Church Chare, Chester-le-Street. 7:00pm (6:30pm). £15.00. All proceeds to Musicwonders’ community projects. Bar available. SOLD OUT!
Sat 10: Jeff Hewer Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 10: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootleggers, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 10: David Newton @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 7:30pm. £15.00. at the door; £14.35. (inc £0.35 bf) online, in advance.
Sat 10: Robben Ford @ The Fire Station, Sunderland. 7:30pm. Ex-Miles Davis, blues rock.
Sat 10: Milne Glendinning Band @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: New ’58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Darling Dollies @ St Martin’s Church, Byker, Newcastle NE6 2JR. 4:00pm. £8.00.; £4.00. 10 years & under. ‘A Concert for VE Day’ (80th anniversary commemorative concert). Vocal harmonies + St Martin’s Choir + solo performances.
Sun 11: Sekoya @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 11: Bill Laurance Trio @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Mon 12: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 12: Gregory Porter + Jo Harrop @ Newcastle City Hall. 7:30pm. Support act: Jo Harrop!
7 comments :
It's all about the bass, isn't it!
Jaco Jaco Jaco!….saw him with Weather Report in the 70s at Newcastle City Hall …and Word Of Mouth is always on my play list!
Carole Kaye for her work with The Wrecking Crew
Paul who?
Jaco, it's as simple as that.
https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-bass-players/
I recall in the seventies a work colleague describing Paul McCartney as the best bass player in the world. Then Stanley Clarke played Whistle Test with George Duke and he was forced to say that Clarke wasn't a bass player but a lead guitarist who played bass.
For bass guitar it's between Jaco and Stanley Clarke. For bass, there's only Mingus. Quincy Jones told us all we need to know about Macca and his playgroup. James Jamerson possibly on the list but not number one - a bit of sixties worship I suspect.
Personally, I'd say Larry Graham and Bootsy should be the only non-jazzers, though I'd swap them round. If you're gonna have rock guitarists, it should be Jack Bruce and Chris Squire, though it could be argued Jack Bruce is jazz (in later life, Ginger Baker said Cream were never a rock band but a jazz group).
If we need a token lady, for more recent inclusions, there's Esperanza Spalding (who's great) or Meshell Ndegeocello (who was disappointing at Cheltenham).
Apart from Macca and Entwistle (John Who?) it could have been much worse. Jimmy Blanton and Paul Chambers and we've cracked it.
Notable mentions: Michael Henderson (Aretha, Stevie Wonder, Chilites, Miles, Norman Connors, himself), Miroslav Vitous (original Weather Report bass player) and Alphonso Johnson (bass player in Santana's (and many other people's) favourite lineup of Weather Report)
Ten great jazz string bassists
From Swing to Bop
Jimmy Blanton - Duke's early choice
Milt Hinton - Steady as a rock, great notes, liked by peers.
Israel Crosby - SO under-rated Formidable member of Ahmed Jamal Trio
Oscar Pettiford - not so well known but a fine player.Somewhat 'prickly' as a
character.
From bop to modern & beyond.
Ray Brown - my Greatst Of All Time. Tone, sound, technique, stamina,ideas.....
Red Mitchell - a stalwart of West Coast groups.
Scott LaFaro - first player to elevate the bass to equality in a trio (B.Evans)
Gary Peacock - only bass player who could challenge Keith Jarrett.
Ron Carter - what a great servant to jazz
Special category
Charles Mingus - bandleader,composer,motivator,several chips on both shoulders !
Dave Brownlow
By the end of the funk age, Louis Johnson had become my favourite bass player, in a group you may have heard of with his brother. Mates with Q, MJ etc.
Don't discount the thunderous bass of Mark King. Level 42 began life on the British jazz-funk scene and I still like their first and third singles (and don't mind their second and fourth). Last time I saw him he joined Larry Graham on stage at the Camden Jazz Cafe and would do his thing every so often. Larry Graham would turn round and look at him as if to say what the fvc£ you doin' man? You started it!
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