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Postage

17630 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 904 of them this year alone and, so far, 49 this month (Dec. 20).

From This Moment On ...

December

Mon 23: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED!
Mon 23: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 4:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Mon 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.

Tue 24: Lindsay Hannon & Mark Williams @ Ernest, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 11:00am-1:00pm. Free.
Tue 24: Paul Skerritt @ Mambo Wine & Dine, South Shields. 1:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.

Wed 25: Wot? No jazz!

Thu 26: The Boneshakers @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. The 17th annual Boneshakers’ Shindig.

Fri 27: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free. Business as usual!.
Fri 27: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 27: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Country blues guitar & vocals.

Sat 28: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 11:30am. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 28: Fri 20: Castillo Nuevo @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 28: Jude Murphy, Rich Herdman & Giles Strong @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 28: Ray Stubbs R & B All-Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Stepney Bank, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.

Sun 29: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 29: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Dos Guitars Trio/Nomade Swing @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle - July 27

Luca Allievi (guitar); Alessandro Brizio (guitar); Mariano Gallizio (guitar) + second set ? (cajon)

Billy Bootleggers, an American-themed bar down in the Ouseburn, is known for its rockabilly and rhythm and blues acts. Apple Pie Moonshine, Picklebacks and the like, save for a Guinness it's a real beer drinker's nightmare. We were there to check out an unknown quantity. Low key publicity suggested a Saturday afternoon appearance by 'Dos Guitars', all the way from Italy, no less. Earlier in the week Dos Guitars and the Nomade Swing Trio were gigging up in Northumberland. It all sounded too good to be true...

Shortly after the advertised two o'clock start, without fanfare, the trio opened with All of Me. Two heavily amplified acoustic guitars and a bass guitar with pedal boards on the floor. All very strange, why the wattage? As anticipated, Django featured, the musicianship of the highest order, the volume inexplicable. And then...Stevie Wonder's Isn't She Lovely? Brilliantly played, but...

It was Oasis' Wonderwall when the penny dropped. I Just Called to Say I Love You...brilliantly played but we were kind of at the wrong gig! The trio, joined by a cajon player, departed further from the script...Proud MaryHotel California (we were definitely at the wrong gig), Sweet Child O' Mine (brilliantly played), Another Brick in the Wall and the show-stopper, Stairway to Heaven. Another penny dropped, the 'double bill' comprising Dos Guitars Trio and Nomade Swing were, seemingly, one and the same. Oh, well. Russell   

1 comment :

John Taylor said...

://johnjazz.wixsite.com/newajc/gallery?pgid=j88p2bph-8a5392b6-4406-4459-9e4f-658860d592ce

We had Dos Guitars at AJC

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