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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

Fri 03: Dean Stockdale Trio @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle. 1:00pm.
Fri 03: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 03: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 03: Jake Leg Jug Band @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 03: Front Porch Blues Band @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Fri 03: Boys of Brass @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 8:30pm. £5.00.

Sat 04: Jeff Barnhart’s Mr Men @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 04: Jeff Barnhart @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. Barnstorming solo piano!
Sat 04: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free (donations).
Sat 04: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm.

Sun 05: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm. £7.50.
Sun 05: Sue Ferris Quintet plays Horace Silver @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm.
Sun 05: Guido Spannocchi @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 06: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 07: Calvert & the Old Fools @ Forum Music Centre, Darlington. 5:30-7:00pm. Free. Live recording session, all welcome.
Tue 07: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Stu Collingwood, Paul Grainger, Mark Robertson.
Tue 07: Suba Trio @ Riverside, Newcastle. 8:00pm (7:30pm last entry). £21.00. All standing gig.

Wed 08: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 08: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 08: Conor Emery: Jazz Trombone, Stage 3 Final Recital @ Music Studios, Assembly Lane, Newcastle University. 7:00pm. All welcome, the venue is located in the lane behind Blackwell’s, Percy St., Haymarket.
Wed 08: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

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).

Monday, October 16, 2023

Album review: Harry Diplock Trio and Friends

Harry Diplock, Remi Oswald (guitar); Pete Thomas (bass) + Joe Webb (piano tk 1); Giacomo Smith (clarinet tks 2,4); Matt Holborn (violin tk 8); Kourosh Kanani (tk 9).

A refreshing take on the legacy of gypsy jazz by a London based guitarist who has well and truly captured the spirit of those Hot Club days without any suggestion of plagiarism. 

A new name to me, Diplock knows his way around the 'Macca' and manages to maybe bring it closer to the present without any disrespect to the past. He is aided and abetted by Thomas on bass, Oswald on rhythm guitar and an assortment of friends who make cameo appearances.

At first this dampened my enthusiasm as I'd assumed the musicians listed above would be le tout ensemble and my appetite was well and truly whetted. Nevertheless, their individual contributions are all beautiful and we had Diplock's Djangoesque playing holding it all together.

Rose Room was Joe Webb's only feature but he was on fire with guitars and bass providing support. 

Ebarme Dich from JSB's St. Matthew's Passion may seem an unusual choice until you remember how Jacques Loussier got the cigar from doing just that. Kansas Smittys' 'Smitty' plays clarinet, his solo upping the tempo before it returns to a more secular setting.

Giacomo also blows hot on Just One of Those Things opening his solo with a quote from You and the Night and the Music before getting down to business.

In between these two numbers the leader impresses on I'm Confessin' - Django lives! 

No guests on the next three. Cefalú moves out of Paris into bossa nova territory, a journey Django would probably have enjoyed. Interlude is a brief guitar piece. Both are Diplock originals. Je Ne Sais Pas Dire is a delightful waltz. 

Amazingly, there's only one violin feature but, as it's Matt Holborn, it's been worth waiting for. I Can't Get Started is a tune that, even without the lyrics, always stirs the emotions. It's one of those songs that grab you and Matt and Harry do just that.

The album moves through the decades to bring in Kourosh Kanani for Jimmy Rowles' The Peacocks. An interesting finale to an enjoyable, if not groundbreaking, album (I've always felt that sometimes groundbreaking is just another name for musical vandalism!) Lance

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