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16408 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 288 of them this year alone and, so far, 85 this month (April 30).

From This Moment On ...

May

Thu 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 09: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 09: Lewis Watson Quartet + Langdale Youth Jazz Ensemble @ Laurel’s Theatre, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 09: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Josh Bentham (sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Dave Archbold (keys); Ron Smith (bass).

Fri 10: Michael Woods @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free. Country blues guitar & vocals. SOLD OUT!
Fri 10: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 10: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 10: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 10: Citrus @ The Head of Steam, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £11.25.
Fri 10: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ St Cuthbert’s, Crook. 7:30pm. £10.00.

Sat 11: Jeffrey Hewer Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 11: Alligator Gumbo @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 7:30pm.
Sat 11: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Yarm Parish Church. 7:30pm.
Sat 11: Tom Remon & Laurence Harrison @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 12: GoGo Penguin @ Wylam Brewery, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). All standing gig.
Sun 12: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Downstairs. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 12: Satin Beige @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.50 + bf. Upstairs. R&B cello & vocals
Sun 12: Fergus McCreadie Trio @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. £19.80.
Sun 12: Schmid/Wheatley/Prévost + Signe Emmeluth @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.

Mon 13: Emma Fisk & James Birkett @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £8.00.

Tue 14: ???

Wed 15: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 15: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 15: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Friday, June 09, 2023

When Abbie Met Harry

Abbie Finn met Harry Keeble at Leeds College of Music (now Leeds Conservatoire). They've been an 'item' ever since and now they're married! Yesterday (June 8) was their 'big day' and it all went rather well. Jesmond Dene House in Newcastle the idyllic location, the weather set fair, by all accounts the ceremony went without a hitch. Your correspondent happily accepted an invitation to the evening reception.


Arriving at Jesmond Dene House who should be standing just inside the entrance? Abbie and Harry, there to greet their guests. Our newly weds had yet to change into something more casual, Abbie looking a picture, Harry scrubbed up, what a canny couple! A table laden with sweets, the hotel bar stocking Tyne Bank Brewery bottled beers, pizza to follow and a top class band providing the entertainment, who could ask for anything more?

The top class band just happened to be none other than the Strictly Smokin' eight piece function band. What a band! MD Michael Lamb ensured the musical soundtrack to the evening went like clockwork: three horns, guitar, piano, bass and drums plus a vocalist of some renown. Unforgettable opened the show, how appropriate! Wonderwall, Summertime, Too Darn Hot, Lullaby of Broadway, Route 66, Can't Buy Me Love, Moondance, choice material all, exactly what was required. 

Until this evening your correspondent hadn't seen a drummer in a wedding dress playing drums. Step forward Abbie Finn. And Harry Keeble just happened to have his tenor sax at hand. Playing with the band at your own wedding - how cool is that?! 

Abbie's tutor at Leeds was Sebastiaan de Krom. A guest of Abbie and Harry on their big day, Seb didn't take too much persuading in joining Harry and the band to play one number, Coltrane's Impressions. Let's just say it was an 'I was there' moment. As dusk descended over Jesmond Dene House sparklers illuminated the entrance. As fairy tales go, Abbie and Harry are living the dream. Russell                  
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