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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).

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Darlington Big Band @ Opus 4 Jazz Club - Dec. 15

Darlington Big Band: Richie Emmerson (MD, tenor sax); Barbara Fagan (tenor sax); Alan Thompson (alto sax, flute); Andy Devine (alto sax); Norman Scriven (baritone sax); Kevin Eland, Bill Watson, Alan Catherall, Peter Chester (trumpets); Terry O'Hern, Dave Brocklesby, Alastair White, Peter Chester; Edd Maughan (guitar); Dave Archibold (keyboards); Karen McLeave (bass guitar); Stephen Fletcher (drums)

The Darlington Big Band's weekly rehearsal sessions are punctuated with an occasional concert presentation. This evening Richie Emmerson's outfit made its way to the Traveller's Rest in Cockerton to play two sets of classic big band charts to an appreciative Opus 4 Jazz Club audience.

Think Basie, Nelson, Nestico, Rich et al, that's what the Darlington Big Band is all about - straight ahead, swinging big band jazz. Opening with a Sammy Nestico arrangement of Sweet Georgia Brown set the tone for the evening. Oliver Nelson's Full Nelson (MD Richie Emmerson, trumpeter Bill Watson and Dave Archbold featured), Scott's Place (Sammy Nestico's tip-of-the hat to Ronnie Scott's), Four, it  was one big band chart after another to die for. Oliver Nelson's Stolen Moments hit the jackpot; Alan Thompson's alto solo, an ace trumpet section led by Kevin Eland, the immaculate bass playing of Karen McLeave, the award-winning drummer Stephen Fletcher, indeed the entire orchestra.

Interval, another pint of the Ossett Yorkshire Blonde, raffle tickets binned, a chat - hello Noel, Peter, Ray...

Second set, another winning opener in the form of Benny Golson's Whisper Not. Guitarist Edd Maughan and Dave Archbold (keys) hit the heights on Chick Corea's ever-popular Spain, the trumpet section fired on I'm Beginning to See the Light, Stompin' at the Savoy (in memory of Terry Coates, for many years a mainstay here at Opus 4), Nestico's arrangement of It's a Wonderful World (a feature for Bill Watson), some Buddy Rich, more Stan Kenton, the Darlington Big Band signed off in style for the year here at Opus 4 jazz Club. Russell     
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