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Postage

17328 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 612 of them this year alone and, so far, 17 this month (Sept. 5).

From This Moment On ...

September

Mon 09: Mark Williams Trio @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Mon 09: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 10: ???

Wed 11: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 11: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 11: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. A ‘second Wednesday in the month’ jam session.
Wed 11: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 12: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 12: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:30pm. £4.00. ‘A Great Day in Harlem’.
Thu 12: The Cuban Heels @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Pete Tanton & co.
Thu 12: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Free. THC with guests Donna Hewitt, Bill Watson, Dave Archbold, Adrian Beadnell, Mark Hawkins.

Fri 13: Jeff Barnhart & Neville Dickie @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Two pianos, two pianists! SOLD OUT!
Fri 13: Noel Dennis Quartet @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 13: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Dilutey Juice @ Old Coal Yard, Byker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £11.00. adv..
Fri 13: Ray Stubbs R & B All-stars @ The Forum, Darlington. 7:30pm. Classic blues.

Sat 14: Jeff Barnhart’s Silent Film Fest @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 14: Customs House Big Band w. Ruth Lambert @ St Paul’s Centre, St Paul’s Gardens, Spennymoor DL16 7LR. 7:00pm (6:45pm doors). Tickets £10.00. from the venue or tel: 01388 813404. A ‘BYOB’ event.
Sat 14: Emma Wilson @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00pm. £12.00. Acoustic blues.
Sat 14: Rat Pack - Swingin’ at the Sands @ Billingham Forum. 7:30pm.

Sun 15: Jude Murphy, Steve Chambers & Sid White @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 15: Tweed River Jazz Band @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick-upon-Tweed. 7:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: Panharmonia @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Sunday, September 24, 2023

An Evening with Porritt & Barrett @ Cullercoats Watch House - Sept. 23

Andrew Porritt (double bass); Keith Barrett (guitar) 

This fundraising gig attracted a good number of Cullercoats' folk and some from further afield. Andrew Porritt and Keith Barrett can be seen and heard on the local jazz scene, often 'down the coast', occasionally elsewhere. Billed An evening with Porritt & Barrett: Let Music Engulf Your Senses, the recent pairing of bassist Porritt and guitarist Barrett as a duo set about entertaining the jazz fan and, perhaps, the non-jazz fan. 

The Watch House, now in the care of trustees whose declared aim is to raise significant sums to secure the future of the seafront building, received a shot in the arm with a goodly sum of money deposited in the collection box. Opening with All of Me, Porritt and Barrett did their thing - relaxed, enjoying one another's company, and, importantly, the company of a supportive audience. Across two sets, the tunes were very much of the GASbook variety. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)Blue Bossa to Blue Monk, an appropriate Autumn LeavesBeautiful Love, no surprises but all the better for it.

Advertised as a 'BYOB' event, on the evening it transpired there was more than a bottle or two of vino at the door for those wishing to partake. A bumper raffle paid dividends - from a personal perspective your correspondent took home a box of chocolates, collectively, proceeds of the raffle and generous donations added to the Watch House redevelopment fund. 

Messrs Porritt and Barrett didn't (don't?) sing, our instrumental duo holding the attention of all present with a straight forward programme of accessible jazz. Second set highlights included Horace Silver's Song for My FatherGoodbye Pork Pie HatLullaby of Birdland (Andrew Porritt soloing to good effect), Stella by Starlight and a set-closing Take the A Train. The audience wanted more. Keith Barrett obliged, encouraging the audience to sing along. And sing along we did - Bye Bye Blackbird

There is a regular schedule of events at the Watch House, check out the venue's website: www.cullercoatswatchhouse.com. Russell             

1 comment :

Keith said...

Thanks for the review Russell. Lovely to have had such a warm audience….
On the absent vocal… that didn’t is likely to become a did as we develop.. certainly not a don’t 😊

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