For various reasons - financial, redevelopment etc - Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society has left its Gateshead base of forty years. Temporarily or otherwise, GJAS has relocated to Brunswick Methodist Church in the heart of Newcastle city centre. On a beautiful summer's afternoon (what's one of those? you ask), would anyone turn up to sit indoors listening to a selection of CDs?
They did, a good number of them. Boys' Names & Female Jazz Singers was the brief, choosing a track to fit the criteria couldn't have been easy, however, bundles of CDs littered the round table, clearly some thought had gone into the task at hand. Billie, Ella, Anita, a few West Coast selections, Big Mama Thornton a left-field choice, all good fun, a pleasant way to while away a couple of hours or so.
GJAS next meets on Thursday July 4 (two o'clock), the topic A Day for Laughter/Comedy in Jazz. Note the date... Russell
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Brunswick Chapel does have some previous jazz history - I recall going to a concert there by that wonderful singer Lee Gibson with the Ray Chester Big Band. I can't remember the date but I would guess it would be around 20 years ago - maybe longer.
Yes, Lee Gibson and around the same time, perhaps a little later, the New Century Ragtime Orchestra and the Dave Milligan Trio.
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