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Rupert Burley (Dynamic Agency): "BSH just goes from strength to strength".

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Postage

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).

From This Moment On ...

October

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.

Mon 14: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 14: Black is the Color of My Voice @ Hippodrome, Darlington. 7:30pm. Apphia Campbell’s one-woman show inspired by Nina Simone, performed by Nicholle Cherrie.

Tue 15: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Alan Law (piano), Paul Grainger (double bass), Bailey Rudd (drums).

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, September 22, 2024

Ros Rigby's birthday bash @ The Old Coal Yard - Sept. 21

I'd been to the Old Coal Yard a couple of years previous and I got lost. I got lost again last night but, somehow, I turned a corner and there it was! I said to myself, "We're not in Byker anymore".

The invited audience, which comprised of la crème de la crème of north east culture and myself, were there for the 75th birthday bash of Ros Rigby OBE.

Ros, known throughout Europe and the UK for her work, among many other callings, in promoting live music, irrespective of genre, at Sage Gateshead (now the Glasshouse) and other venues, greeted those who'd made their way via sat-nav, the stars and sheer good luck, to Byker's best kept secret - the Old Coal Yard.* 

First impression is of just that - an old coal yard. However, it's people who make places and the warmth of the greeting by Ros' daughter Annie far exceeded that of a dozen coal fires. 

Among those present was former trumpet player Clarence Adoo MBE, formerly with the Northern Sinfonia and Tomorrow's Warriors, whose tragic story is well known yet still maintains a career in music with the Paraorchestra. Such is the power of  music and of people like Ros Rigby who reach out to every performer or listener.

Various members of the Northern Monkey Band (pictured) were present but before they assembled on the small stage, there were eulogies from Annie and Ros' son Sam that revealed so many more facets of her illustrious life, a sumptuous buffet and a variety of music from several local (and beyond) legends.

Alistair Anderson, virtuoso of the English concertina, got the ball rolling with a couple of pieces - one dedicated to our birthday girl - before handing over to another north east folk legend - George Welch. George, who seems to have been around forever although he's actually younger than me sang The Herring Song complete with audience participation (how Ann Alex would have loved this).

Needless to say, given Ros' association with Sage Gateshead it was only fitting that the Northern Sinfonia should be represented and who better to fill that role than Bradley Creswick MBE, the former leader of the Northern Sinfonia.

Bradley crosses genres as easily as he changes his socks and, with a virtuoso display of fiddling he somehow incorporated all of those genres into one piece. He brought the house  down.

Truly a 'follow that' moment and it took 2 x trumpets, 2 x trombones, 1 x tenor sax, 1 x tuba, 1 x bass drum and 1 x snare drum to do it. In other words, the Northern Monkey Brass Band.

The dancers danced, the drinkers drank and the listeners listened and if you want to hear The Waters of Tyne like you've never heard it before these are the guys to go to. Alternatively, a lady sitting nearby also knew the song! 

At this point the Metro beckoned and we reluctantly left. As 'Coal' Porter once wrote: what a swell party this is. Happy Birthday Ros. Lance

LINK re Hugh's comment.

*The Old Coal Yard, Elizabeth Street, Byker, Ne6 1JS. DETAILS.

1 comment :

Hugh said...

Lovely report Lance. I have fond memories of Ros Rigby's introductions at gigs in many genres at Sage Gateshead. Talking of genres, there is another cross genre collaboration between Alistair Anderson (Northumbrian pipes), Snake Davis (reeds) and Jon Richardson (double bass) next year in Stocksfield on Friday 31st January. This is my report on their Helmsley gig in January 2024 (https://lance-bebopspokenhere.blogspot.com/2024/01/snake-davis-don-richardson-alistair.html)

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