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Postage

17586 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 860 of them this year alone and, so far, 5 this month (Dec. 2).

From This Moment On ...

December

Tue 03: Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, North St., Ferryhill DL17 8HX. 7:00pm. Free.
Tue 03: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, John Hirst.
Tue 03: Bold Big Band @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Wed 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 04: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 2:30-4:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Wed 04: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 8:00pm. Concert. Free. .
Wed 04: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 04: Kat Eaton @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 8:15pm. Soulful vocals, excellent band.

Thu 05: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 05: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. ‘George - named musicians, vocalists & composers (Chisholm, Duke, Lewis, Shearing, Benson, Melly, Gershwin et al)’.
Thu 05: Jools Holland’s R & B Orchestra @ Newcastle City Hall. 7:30pm.
Thu 05: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. Free.
Thu 05: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. Guest band special with the Middlesbrough Jazz and Blues Orchestra 8pm. Free.

Fri 06: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 06: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 06: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 06: Sue Ferris Quintet @ The Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.

Sat 07: New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 07: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. £25.00. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 07: Hot Club du Nord @ St. Cuthbert’s Church, Shadforth DH6 1LB. Tel: 01429 823400. 7:30pm. £15.00. (inc. refreshments).
Sat 07: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 07: Bellavana @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 7:45-9:45pm. Free.
Sat 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.

Sun 08: The New ’58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free. A ‘second Sunday in the month’ residency.
Sun 08: Learning & Participation Showcase @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Free. Multi-genre event followed by a jam session. All welcome.
Sun 08: Zoë Gilby Quintet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 08: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 08: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 08: Jason Isaacs @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 5:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Sun 08: Paul Skerritt @ The Black Candle, South Shields. 6:30pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 08: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 08: Durham University Big Band + Durham University Jazz Orchestra: Jazzy Christmas @ Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, North Bailey, Durham DH1 3ET. 7:30-9:30pm. £7.00., £6.00. concs., £5.00. Durham Student Music member. Durham University Jazz Ensembles’ annual charity event.
Sun 08: Jools Holland’s R & B Orchestra @ The Globe, Stockton. 7:30pm.
Sun 08: Mick Beck, Dominic Lash, Paul Hession @ the Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm (doors 7:30pm) JNE. £10.

Mon 09: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 09: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30-8:30pm. Free.
Mon 09: James Birkett Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.

Tue 10: ???

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

Friday, November 08, 2024

The Classic Jazz Party: Saturday evening @ the Village Hotel, North Tyneside - Nov. 2

The early evening Piano Professor slot has become a tradition at the Village Hotel. As CJP attendees return from dinner, one of the pianists engaged to perform across the long weekend is afforded a half hour showcase to play a selection of numbers of their choosing. This evening's 'professor', Ulf Johansson Werre, presented a mix of rag to swing numbers.

Josephine Baker singing in French, rather, Nicolle Rochelle singing in French, held a full house spellbound. Living and working in Paris, Rochelle brings something of early twentieth century Paris to the party, that's the Classic Jazz Party. David Boeddinghaus has proven to be the ideal accompanist to Ms Rochelle, here at the Village Hotel and elsewhere, not least the French capital. On this session Rochelle and Boeddinghaus were joined by seven other top class musicians including Rico Tomasso (trumpet), Emma Fisk (violin) and Phil Rutherford (tuba), the latter two hailing from these here parts. Spellbound we were, a non-jazz audience would be similarly captivated. A winning set.   

After the Armistice - Jass in London 1919-1923 If Nick Ball had been around a century ago he would have been quite at home, comfortably so. A student of the 'classic jazz' era, percussionist Ball examined the post-WWI London jazz scene. If Paris was the epicentre of the European jazz scene, Ball set out to show London had much to offer. Ball, the Americans Mike Davis (cornet) and Charlie Halloran (trombone) and the Brits - Michael McQuaid (Aussie McQuaid an adopted Brit) and Richard Exall (reeds) and Martin Wheatley playing banjo and banjoline and Emma Fisk (violin) - made for a strong home contingent.    

A Centenary Celebration: The Wolverines Bix time! The Wolverines' recordings featuring Bix Beiderbecke are tailormade for Andy Schumm. Chicagoan Schumm, cornet in hand, led a stonking set with a suitably stonking line-up - Michael McQuaid and Natalie Scharf (reeds), David Boeddinghaus (piano), Martin Wheatley (banjo), Phil Rutherford (tuba) and the mighty Josh Duffee (drums). The icing on the cake was the 2024 Young Talent Award winner Gavin Rice joining the ensemble to play banjo. Not any old banjo mind you, rather the actual instrument Bobby Gillette used on the Wolverines' recordings! Quite a moment!*       

A Rhythmic Dream: Fletcher Henderson 1927-1930 Long before this year's CJP programme went to print, Saturday evening's Fletcher Henderson set stood out as one of the 'must hear' concerts of the weekend. The man from Davenport, Iowa, Josh Duffee revelled in conducting the band, delegating the lion's share of the drum parts to his good friend Nick Ball. Messrs. TomassoKellso and Kubban vied for the hottest trumpet on the stand, Graham Hughes and Charlie Halloran the 'bones, Frenchman Jean-François Bonnel, Italian Lorenzo Baldasso and Chicagoan Andy Schumm the reeds, and a cookin' rhythm section comprising Spats Langham (banjo, guitar, vocals), Phil Rutherford (tuba) and, of course, Nick Ball. The one hour set flew by, the jazz searingly hot, what a session! The second of three late night jam sessions would follow. This way to the bar..           

See photo: Gavin Rice pictured earlier, alongside Michael Laing. Gavin graciously allowed Michael to hold the priceless 'Bobby Gillette' instrument. Russell  

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