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November
Fri 08: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 08: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 08: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 08: Joe Steels Trio @ The Pele, Corbridge. 7:00pm.
Fri 08: TC & the Groove Family + Swannek + Knats @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Sat 09: Moscow Drug Club @ Hamsterley Village Hall, Co. Durham DL13 3QF. 7:30pm. £15.00.
Sat 09: Anth Purdy @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. ‘Swing Jazz Guitar’. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 10: The New ’58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free. A ‘second Sunday in the month’ residency.
Sun 10: Panharmonia @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £6.00.
Sun 10: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 10: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 10: Jude Murphy, Steve Chambers & Sid White @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 10: Moscow Drug Club @ Lesbury Village Hall, nr. Alnwick NE66 3PP. 7:30pm. £15.00.
Sun 10: SH#RP Collective @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Mon 11: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 11: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 11: Graham Hardy’s Eclectic Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Tue 12: Matthew Forster Quartet @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm.
Tue 12: Phil’s Elastic Band @ The Forum, Darlington. 7:30pm. Free, but ticketed, book online.
Wed 13: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 13: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 13: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. A ‘second Wednesday in the month’ jam session.
Wed 13: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 13: corto.alto @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 7:45pm (doors 7:00pm). £14.00. + bf.
Thu 14: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Faye MacCalman & John Pope @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 14: Student Performances @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 4:00pm. Inc. Olly Styles (saxophone).
Thu 14: Happy Tuesdays @ Ye Olde Cross, Ryton. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 14: John Stowell & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Top class US/UK guitar duo!
Thu 14: King Bees @ The Cumberland Arms, Byker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Superb Chicago blues band. Note, Struggle Buggy will no longer be appearing.
Thu 14: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Free. Guests: Jeremy McMurray (keys); Kevin Eland (trumpet); Mark Toomey (alto sax); Adrian Beadnell (bass).
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Thursday, October 31, 2024
Album review: Joe Webb - Hamstrings and Hurricanes (Edition Records)
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Album review: John Chin, Jeong Lim Yang, Jongkuk Kim - Journey Han (Jinsy Music)
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Press release: Recipients Announced For 2024 Parliamentary Jazz Awards
The recipients of the 2024 Parliamentary Jazz Awards were announced on Tuesday 29th October 2024 at 8pm.
Jazz Vocalist of the Year: Emma Smith
Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year: Emma Rawicz
Jazz Album of the Year: Zoe Rahman “The Colour Of Sound”
Jazz Ensemble of the Year: Alina Bzhezhinska’s HipHarpCollective
Jazz Newcomer of the Year: Ife Ogunjobi
Jazz Venue of the Year: The Verdict Brighton
Jazz Media Award: Gilles Peterson MBE
Jazz Education Award: Nikki Yeoh
Services to Jazz Award: George Nelson – Moment’s Notice
Special APPJG Awards: Anita Wardell
Special APPJG Awards: Paula Gardiner
Album review: Oscar Peterson Quartet - City Lights (Mack Avenue)
Monday, October 28, 2024
Sue Ferris Quintet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth - Oct. 28
© Russell |
Sue Ferris
(tenor sax); Graham Hardy (trumpet); Ben Lawrence (piano); John Pope (double
bass); John Bradford (drums)
Daniel John Martin with Swing Manouche @ the Globe, Newcastle Oct. 27
© Patti |
To review the same band twice in three days presents a challenge, some may say, a pointless one as it was unlikely anything was going to change over such a short period of time. Nevertheless, you never know and last night's show concluded with guitarist Giles Strong sitting in on Minor Swing.
Earlier, we had an extended first set - 65 minutes gave some of the audience itchy bottoms - nevertheless, the music, albeit predictable, was enjoyable with the maestro and his cohorts playing an impeccable programme of hot club favourites alongside some lesser known Reinhardt compositions.
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Album review (take two*): Zachary Bartholomew - Balancing Act (BeMuse Records - BMR 2401)
In
his debut album, Balancing
Act,
pianist, composer and educator, Zachary Bartholomew and an array of A-listers
deliver ten unique Bartholomew originals. The fare is both eclectic and, in a
descriptive sense, electric. There’s an abundance of excitement that is
delivered in varied textures with an enormity of rhythmic variation and
ingenuity.
Crazy Socks kicks the session off up-tempo with a hip – and vividly colorful – Tadd Dameron-like melody executed over classic bop changes. Trumpeter Benny Benack III sets off on an invigorating solo. The leader grabs the reins and offers his own statements. This is an enjoyable neo-bop take.
Preview: DJM on Railway Street (tonite! Sunday 27)
Donny McCaslin @ the Exchange, North Shields - Oct. 26.
© Russell |
Another new venue for me and easily found despite the sat nav suggesting a sneaky flit past a couple of No Entry signs. In honour of McCaslin’s contributions to David Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, I’m wearing my Paul Smith designer ‘Blackstar’ T-shirt. And my Paul Smith designer uncs. And my Paul Smith designer socks with the signature stripe. Your correspondent is one groovy mummy kisser. When I get there at least three others are wearing the same T-shirt. It’s like the time I went to a garden party at Buckingham Palace and there was another bloke wearing the same crown.
Of course the big question is, why McCaslin is here at all? North Shields is an unlikely stopover on a two date UK tour that had him at some place in Soho last night and nowhere else in the country. Is someone in Shields holding incriminating footage of Donny dancing to the Birdy Song like he loves it? In any case, it’s good to see and I suspect that the Bowie connection has brought a lot of people in, though how long they’ll stay for is another matter (about a quarter would leave during the gig).
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Preview: Paul Skerritt Big Band @ the Westovian Theatre, South Shields - Nov. 23
This will be the band's third concert at the venue on top of an excellent concert at the Glasshouse earlier this year.
However, this upcoming concert is different from the four previous ones inasmuch as, instead of the Danny Miller Big Band from across the Pennines, this time it's Paul's own big band comprising of top north east musicians handpicked by Paul himself.
Jack Jones (Jan. 14, 1938 - Oct. 23, 2024)
The Clare Teal Five @ Gala Theatre, Durham - Oct. 25
© Patti |
A Clare Teal gig is always something special. A guaranteed evening of fun, jazz singing of the highest standard, an A-list band and an ever-changing repertoire. Last night was no exception with all the boxes ticked and, of course, that essential ingredient to any jazz gig - the sound of surprise.
We got that last one in abundance.
The material, whilst still containing the bricks and mortar of those Gasbook classics that we love and cherish, has been updated to include a few of the better pop and rock songs albeit in a jazzy/bluesy vein - shades of Postmodern Jukebox.
The feature, Trailblazers was a good addition with its tribute to Annie Ross on Wardell Gray's Twisted and to Peggy Lee with A Good Day. When Clare mentioned Peggy Lee I cringed and thought 'not another version of Fever or Black Coffee!' Fortunately I was wrong and A Good Day made for a very good day indeed.
Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (repeated Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm)
https://www.ayclifferadio.co.uk/listen
Playlist 27/10/24 (repeated Tuesday 29/10/24)
Black History Month: Big Bill Broonzy, Louis Armstrong & the All
Stars (1955).
Requests from Paul Jackman’s Jazz Masters: Harry James/Helen Forrest, Jelly Roll
Morton, Louis Armstrong, Buddy Rich, Eartha Kitt, Tommy Dorsey & His
Orchestra.
Emma Fisk & Hot Club du Nord requests: Piccadilly Revels Band, Noble Sissle & his Sizzling Syncopators, Wes Montgomery.
Friday, October 25, 2024
Daniel John Martin with Swing Manouche @ the Lit & Phil, Newcastle Oct. 25
©Patti |
For once the well-oiled machine that is the Lit and Phil went off the rails - no programmes had been printed. Maybe there were leaves in the system, who knows?
So as it was, no advance set list was available meaning that I'm having to work from my not always accurate memory bank.
Nevertheless, it's the music that counts and, in that respect it was hot off the Eurostar from Paris.
Daniel John Martin with Swing Manouche @ Holy GrAle, Durham - Oct. 24
Album review: Julian Argüelles - Doublespeak (Escapade Records)
Julian
Argüelles: (saxes, clarinets, flutes, keys, perc. programming); Steve Argüelles
(drum loops); Helge Andrea Norbakken (perc.); Martin France: (drums)
Julian Argüelles and his
brother Steve were among the ‘names’ on the wave of new British jazz that I
caught in the eighties. Others included Courtney Pine, Andy Sheppard, Julian
Joseph and various Loose Tubers. He’s always earned points in this house for
coming up north to play whilst his confreres down in London seemed to regard
the M25 as an impenetrable force field which prevented them getting as far as
Watford.
Since his first appearance he has played a range of styles from straight ahead bop to the music of the African exiles. As well as Loose Tubes he was also a member of orchestras led by Carla Bley, Kenny Wheeler and Colin Towns.
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Album review: Snorre Kirk _ What a Day! (Stunt Records)
Daniel John Martin with Swing Manouche @ Auckland Castle - Oct. 23
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Farewell Thomas Weatherley (1933 - 2024)
Entering the chapel to the poignant sound of My Ship from the album Miles Ahead by Miles Davis and Gil Evans it was as if Tommy was sitting in the trombone section.
The service was conducted by Mr Neil Atkinson who, after reading a heartfelt tribute to Tommy from his long term friend Dennis Williams, paid his own tribute with an eloquent eulogy of Tommy's illustrious career both musically and with his loving and caring family.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Album review: Hannah Gill - Spooky Jazz Vol. 2 (Turtle Bay Records)
Gideon Tazelaar Quartet @ Blaydon Jazz Club - Oct. 21
© Russell |
My
worthy constituent Russell covered most of the bases in his review of the
quartet's lunchtime gig over at the Yamaha Music Centre in Blyth (see earlier post) so, rather than reiterate his glowing terms, most of which I agree with,
I'll throw in a few observations of my own.
It was good to note that the audience were filling the small room of the Black Bull for the fourth month in a row at Blaydon Jazz Club in this, its 40th year. Roly must be doing something right and he certainly did last night with the music on offer helped along by an Arts Council grant - the Dutch Arts Council that is.
This isn't as bizarre as it might seem as Tazelaar, born in Holland and a graduate of Julliard is well worthy of his home country's support. Pairing him with outstanding British bassist Somogyi and two local boys made good was an inspired choice.
Malcolm Armstrong funeral details
The funeral details for Malcolm Armstrong have been announced as follows: Wednesday 30th October, 12 o'clock, Whitley Bay Crem. Afterwards at The Barn at Belsay.
R.I.P. Lance
Monday, October 21, 2024
The Gideon Tazelaar Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth - Oct 21
© Ken Drew |
Sunday night @ the Globe: The Magpies of Swing - Oct. 20
© Russell |
The swing dancers were out in force - man can they do the Lindy Hop - I was exhausted just watching them! Still, with a band like this who couldn't/wouldn't want to dance? Peppered with soloists and singers, the hits and near-misses of the '20s, '30s and '40s were given the hottest work out since the Palomar Ballroom in L.A. burnt down.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Album review: Perfect Stranger - Unfinished Business (Spark)
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Album review: The Joymakers - Down Where the Bluebonnets Grow (Turtle Bay Records)
Pete Tanton's Chet Set @ Sunderland's Old Black Cat Jazz Club - Oct. 18
Friday, October 18, 2024
Press release: Clare Teal Five @ Gala Theatre, Durham - Oct. 25
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Press release from the Saltburn Big Band
The Olivia Cuttill Quintet @ King's Hall, Newcastle University - Oct. 17
Anonymous |
When I took my seat in the King's Hall Recital Room in Newcastle University for a 45 minute lunchtime concert little did I think I was about to witness one of the 'Gig of the Year' contenders. After all, there's some mega names in the running already - and the opening number, Isabella, did nothing to change things. Don't get me wrong, it was fine, Cuttill displaying a big round sound on an interesting composition but the (musical) Earth didn't move for me.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Album review: Al Jarreau & NDR Bigband - Ellington (ACT)
I've heard Ellington performed in every which way including loose but never quite like this! Some purists might class it as sacrilege - I almost did. However, the trick I found is to forget every bar of Ellingtonia you've ever heard and treat it like you're hearing it for the very first time. Judging by the applause I guess that's what the enthusiastic audience did.......and so did I!
The Black Swan jam session - Oct. 15
R.I.P. Malcolm Armstrong.
Over the years, Malcolm played with many local bands including the River City Jazzmen, the Maine St. Jazzmen and Rendezvous Jazz.
He was also accompanist for Ponteland Ladies Choir.
I remember him well from the Breda Jazz Festival back in the 1980s where he was part of the award winning River City Jazzmen (see photo).
A fine pianist who will be sadly missed. Lance
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Shellac (M2): Jimmy McPartland & his Orchestra - Daughter of Sister Kate/In a Mist (Harmony)
Press release: Trailer Released For The Record Store Project Documentary: Exploring The Cultural Impact Of The Uk Record Store & Black Music
“A lot of us (DJs) kind of started at the same time and we all kind of grew together. Some I would just see in the record shops fighting over records or whatever. Hustling to try and get the latest import - actually, we don't have that anymore. I miss that. We don't have that kind of community where you just hang out and chill. Like I could spend hours in the record shop just chilling - there was a certain happiness, like a joviality to just being in as a punter and seeing certain regulars coming in again. I'd never thought of it like that before, but they were actually really good meeting hubs.” WAYNE C MCDONALD Newcastle
Monday, October 14, 2024
Album review: Nick Tomalin Quintet - Shades of Shearing
Sunday night @ the Globe - Dulcie May Moreno - Oct. 13
© Patti/Sylvia |
Across the road in the aircraft hanger known as the Utilita Arena, Becky Hill was feeding the 10,700. In the Globe Dulcie May Moreno was preaching to a lesser congregation. In a perfect world the situation would have been reversed. At least nobody in the Globe needed medical attention.
Dulcie is a regular visitor to the area (she was born here) and never fails to captivate an audience as was proved last night.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Tonite! (Sunday Oct. 13) Dulcie sings at the Globe!
Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (repeated Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm)
https://www.ayclifferadio.co.uk/listen
Playlist 13/10/24 (repeated Tuesday 15/10/24)
Requests: George Melly with John Chilton's
Feetwarmers.
From Darlington NOJC - Sarah Spencer's Transatlantic Band: Eli
Newberger & the Hot 6 featuring Jimmy Mazzy; The King of Swing Orchestra;
Coleman Hawkins; Sir Charles Thompson; Louis Armstrong; Luis Russell and His
Orchestra 'Jersey Lightning'; Kid Thomas Valentine's Creole Jazz Band.
New Releases: Gaz Hughes.
Memories: Art Blakey + Terence Blanchard, Thelonious Monk.
NE Jazz: Alligator Gumbo, Nicola Farnon.
Memories: Art Tatum, Buddy Rich Big Band with Terry Gibbs,
JATP Swing Set.
Aycliffe Radio is available on DAB in County Durham & the Darlington Area.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Shellac (M): Gille Mellé Sextet - Four Moons/The Gears (Blue Note)
Album review: Louis Stewart, Martin Taylor - Acoustic Guitar Duets (Livia Records)
Friday, October 11, 2024
Francis Tulip makes JRR!
© Ken Drew |
John Carstairs Hallam on Vintage Chart Toppers.
Indigo Jazz Voices w. the Little Big Band @ the Globe - Oct. 10
© Patti (singer Jen Errington) |
Indigo Jazz Voices began life as Blue Jazz Voices, at what was then Sage Gateshead, under the tutelage of Lindsay Hannon. With the move to the Globe and a change of colour they began what was to become an ongoing ten year, bi-monthly, residency.
Last night the five singers strutted their stuff before an enthusiastic crowd with a varied choice of songs.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Album review: T.K. Blue - Planet Bluu (Jaja Rexords)
Preview: Indigo Jazz Voices + Little Big Band @ The Globe - Thursday October 10 - tonight!
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Album review: Terry Gibbs Dream Band - Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound)
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