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16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Friday, October 24, 2008

STT + GB + BH - ST + DN = PDG. The Sage Gateshead.

When I discovered that 81 year old Stan Tracey was unable to make the sell-out Sage Foundation Hall gig I must admit I was fearful for the man. When his son, drummer Clark Tracey, announced that Stan's incapacitation was caused by his reaction to a Flu jab I was also fearful for myself; me having a 'spiking' appointment on the horizon.
These things aside, and despite Stan's non-appearance, replacement piano man Dave Newton more than filled his piano stool --musically speaking of course --he was simply tremendous.
Meanwhile, entrenched on the front line, Guy Barker and Dutchman, Benjamin Herman, on trumpet and alto respectively, had moments when the muse descended. In particular, Monk's "Bright Mississippi" brought a slow moving first set up to speed with Guy sounding at times like Roy Eldridge and the Dutchman reincarnating Charlie Parker via the medium of the latter day Lee Konitz. I also liked the shoes on the hooves of the horns. Guy favoured Italian style black patent leather with toes so pointed he could have cleaned his finger nails with them whilst Dutch sported a pair of two tone black and white brogues that would have done credit to Charles Boyer in a 1930s movie.
The second set saw the band move up a gear, not least because of an improvement in the sound and all five punched their weight on "I Want To Be Happy".
As befits a Tracey concert, even if the only Tracey present was Stan's son Clark, Monk figured prominently in the program and Benjamin played rather beautifully on the high priest's composition "Pannonica".
Throughout, Andy Cleyndert on bass was a tower of strength but, for my money, Dave Newton was the man of the match.
A good gig that seemed to simply fly by.
As an afterthought; I had the impression that Andy Cleyndert was also from the land of dams and dykes but it turns out he was born in Birmingham - how did I pick up that misconception?

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