The Yamaha Music School on Seaforth Street in Blyth is a welcome new addition to the region's thriving music scene. Nine Monday lunchtime concerts (predominately classical) were announced earlier this year, this afternoon's concert presented jazz singer Dulcie May Moreno. A fourth concert in five days - Durham, Newcastle, Hexham and today, Blyth - concluded Moreno's 'up north' tour. A jazz gig in south east Northumberland is a rarity, the Blyth venue an unknown quantity, the good news is an audience turned out!
Here on Seaforth Street, Dulcie's 'Northern Jazz Cats' (Mark Williams, Mick Shoulder and John Bradford) were ready for whichever number our vocalist/composer pulled from the pad/iPad. The tour's set opener - You and the Night and the Music - introduced Dulcie to an expectant Blyth audience. And, no surprise, those present liked what they were hearing. Take Me to New York, a Dulcie May Moreno original, is a good one, painting vivid pictures of a largely bygone Big Apple jazz landscape.
Joe Zawinul's Mercy, Mercy Mercy holds appeal, jazz fan or not, it's the groove that does it. A more recent Dulcie song - Forsaken - received its north of England premier, Peel Me a Grape we'd heard before, and Get Out of Town was Ms Moreno's polite way of telling us it was time to get out of town and head for home.
The next jazz concert at the Yamaha Music School features the Matthew Forster Quartet on Monday 11 March. One o'clock start, admission £8.00. in advance or on the door. Russell
Set list: You and the Night and the Music; Take Me to New York; Everybody Knows; Do it the Hard Way; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; Forsaken; Peel Me a Grape; Get Out of Town.
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