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Charles Dearness (trumpet); Stephen Feast (clarinet, tárogató, tenor
sax); Paddy Darley (trombone); John Youngs (banjo, vocals); Rory Clark
(sousaphone)
Fresh from the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival where they played to a sell out crowd (see a comprehensive review of that gig earlier this week), the Tenement Jazz Band entertained another sell out, albeit smaller crowd, at Jazz at the Lit and Phil. If you like your jazz New Orleans style played by five virtuoso musicians steeped in the genre, then this was the gig for you.
Last
years “Best Band” winners at the Scottish Jazz Awards, the Tenement Jazz Band
are no strangers to Newcastle having appeared more than once at the
Prohibition Bar to full houses and it did seem that many in the audience were
fans already. And why not? When you have five musicians of this calibre, all
fine soloists and all contributing to some outstanding ensemble work, playing
music they obviously love, the size and scope of their fan base is not
surprising.
It
was an afternoon of feel good music. There were ragtime classics like Minstrel
Man and Kinklets (which they credit with helping then to win the Scottish
award) and there was a lovely version of She’s Crying For Me, a 1925 hit for the New Orleans
Rhythm Kings, as well as a Louis Armstrong hit
from 1932 - You Can Depend on Me.
I’m
new to this genre of jazz so feel free to correct me on the titles of any of
the tunes but I think I heard, amongst others: Barataria; Bouncing Around; Dippermouth Blues; Kansas City Stomp;
Kinklets; Minstrel Man; Honeycomb Harmony; You Can Depend on
Me; In the Gloaming; She’s Crying for Me. Sylvia T
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