Saturday (Feb 17) sees the latest Jazz North East presentation at Bobik's in Jesmond. Tom Rivière's Family Band will join forces with the Abbie Finn Trio to present an enticing double bill of contemporary jazz. The Family Band is no stranger to the region having played pre-pandemic gigs in Durham (at the now demolished TESTT Space) and Newcastle (at the Jazz Café, now Prohibition Bar). Its family members have performed in various other line-ups across County Durham and Tyneside. Tenor saxophonist Riley Stone-Lonergan and trumpeter Kim Macari are powerhouse players well worth catching. The bass and drums pairing of Tom Riviére and the ubiquitous Steve Hanley ensure the quartet is one happy family.
Sharing the bill with the Family Band is the Abbie Finn Trio. Drummer Finn (pictured) and her bandmates Harry Keeble (tenor sax) and Paul Grainger (double bill) recently returned from a successful album launch gig at the Pizza Express in Soho, London. Expect to hear compositions from the new album, the wittily titled Stotties for Three. Abbie Finn is an award-winning musician, her trio album has received glowing reviews and at half past seven on Saturday evening (doors at seven) you can hear it for yourself.
Bobik's is the first floor performance space above the Punch Bowl pub on Jesmond Road, Newcastle. Admission is £10.00., advance booking (www.seetickets.com) is recommended.
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The Family Band were awesome 🤩
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