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17421 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 695 of them this year alone and, so far, 100 this month (Sept. 30).

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October

Mon 07: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 07: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30-8:30pm. Free.

Tue 08: ???

Wed 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free. Wed 09: Jason Isaacs @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 5:00-7:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 09: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 09: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. A ‘second Wednesday in the month’ jam session.
Wed 09: Shunya, Dudù Kouate & Seb Rochford @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). £21.00.

Thu 10: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 10: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. ‘Collaborations - it happened all the time’.
Thu 10: Indigo Jazz Voices w. the Little Big Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00.
Thu 10: Side Cafe Orkestar @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 10: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. With guests Donna Hewitt (sax); Bill Watson (trumpet); Graham Thompson (keys); Ron Smith (bass). Free.

Fri 11: Dulcie May Moreno @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 11: The Jazz Quartet + Stratosphonic @ Tynedale Rugby Club, Corbridge. 7:00pm. £15.00. A Rotary Club of Hexham event. The Jazz Quartet (Jude Murphy & co), Stratosphonic (blues/rock).
Fri 11: Joe Steels Trio @ The Pele, Market Place, Corbridge NE45 5AW. 7:30pm. Free.
Fri 11: Crooners @ Tyne Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Fri 11: Mo Scott Band @ Blues Underground, Nelson St., Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.

Sat 12: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 12: Michael Woods @ Victoria Tunnel, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £12.00. (£10.00. adv.). Country blues guitar & vocals.
Sat 12: Nauta @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £13.28, £11.16, £9.04. A two-track recording launch gig.
Sat 12: Stuart Turner @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Rockabilly, rhythm & blues etc. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 12: Lapwing Jazz Trio @ The Ship Inn, Low Newton. 8:00pm. Free. New trio: Paula Whitty, Richard Herdman, Jude Murphy.

Sun 13: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 13: Emma Wilson @ Tyne Bar, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. Blues.
Sun 13: Catfish Keith @ The Cluny. 7:00pm. Country blues.
Sun 13: Cath Stephens & Paul Grainger @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Stephens & Grainger, one third of a triple bill.
Sun 13: Dulcie May Moreno Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

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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

Friday, August 16, 2024

Windy City Weatherbirds @ the Lit & Phil - August 16

© Patti
Magnus Pickering (cornet, vocals); Joe Pickering (clarinet/tenor sax); Daniel Pickering (trombone); Cornelius Corkery (guitar); Fraser Urquhart (piano); Chris Hyde-Harrison (double bass); Robbie Ellison (drums)

If the Weatherbirds didn't actually blow in from the 'Windy City' in person, I'm telling you boy, they certainly did in spirit and I don't mean bathtub gin. This was the Austin High School Gang now known as the Trinity Laban/Guildhall/Uni of Scotland Gang a.k.a. the Windy City Weatherbirds.

After a brief chorus of Tin Roof Blues they segued into Riverboat Shuffle with solos by the Brothers Pickering and honorary Weatherbird Fraser Urquhart. 

Magnus P took the vocal on Someday Sweetheart. He has a pleasant croony voice who, back in the day, would have stolen the hearts of a few flappers. That's a Plenty, Sister Kate and At the Jazz Band Ball were straight out of the Great Dixieland Songbook. Punchy solos from all with Daniel P maybe just edging it with his smooth(ish) Teagarden(ish) approach.

Lazy River. This was a highlight in an afternoon of highlights. Muted trumpet and rhythm guitar shared the rarely heard verse before the others joined the party. Beautiful ...

© Patti
More beauty when Magnus sang Fools Rush in. Again an exquisite reading of the verse with Fraser earning his corn with a sympathetic accompaniment. Joe P switched to tenor for this one - is it a pre-war Conn 10/12M? Whatever, it sounded good.

The clock was ticking fast, but still time for four more. Love Me or Leave Me, taken uptempo, (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue, reminiscent of the recording by Muggsy,  Who's Sorry Now? selected after hearing it on YouTube by Warren Vaché and finally, On the Alamo. A shortened version but a nice one enhanced by some flowing piano from Fraser.

I haven't mentioned bassist Chris Hyde-Harrison but his two solos were superb. Nor have I mentioned Robbie Ellison who, despite his youth, is well-attuned to the idiom. His only failing was not to shout 'ooyah!, ooyah!' at the end of his breaks à la Lennie Hastings with the Alex Welsh Band. He is forgiven ... Lance

Tin Roof BluesRiverboat Shuffle;  Someday SweetheartThat's a PlentyI Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister KateAt the Jazz Band Ball(Up a) Lazy RiverFools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread)Love Me or Leave Me(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue Who's Sorry Now?; On the Alamo  

2 comments :

Patti said...

I asked Joe about the tenor, and he confirmed it's a Conn 10M. What a gorgeous tone it makes, with Joe playing!

Patti said...

After hearing Magnus singing 'Fools Rush In', I tried to remember all the other recordings of the song and looked online for inspiration. This took me to another site ....... and a link to an Alexander Pope site, and his 'Essay on Criticism' written when he was 23 in the early 1700s. In this poem, he gave us three quotes, which are still in use now - 'fools rush in, where angels fear to tread', 'a little learning is a dangerous thing', and 'to err is human, to forgive is divine'. Not bad for one poem! It's a great song too.

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