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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

Tue 19: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Michael Young, Paul Grainger, Tim Johnston.

Wed 20: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 20: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 20: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 21: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 21: Castillo Neuvo Trio + Conor Emery & His ‘Bones Band @ The Grove, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). £10.00. (£7.00. student).
Thu 21: Remi Banklyn + Chris Corcoran Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.50. Chicago blues. An International Guitar Foundation promotion.
Thu 21: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Ragtime piano.
Thu 21: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Fri 22: Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 22: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 22: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 22: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 22: Nauta + Remy CB + Last Orders @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). Free.
Fri 22: Vasilis Xenopoulos-Paul Edis Quartet @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £15.00. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 22: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 23: Jambone @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 6:30pm. Free (ticketed). End of term performance in the Northern Rock Foundation Hall.
Sat 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 23: Red Kites Jazz @ Rowlands Gill Community Centre NE39 1JB. 7:00pm. Tickets: £12.00. (gibsidecommunityfarm@gmail.com). A ‘Build a Barn’ fundraiser. BYOB, tea/coffee available.
Sat 23: New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £20.00. + bf (book in person at venue - no booking fee!). Featuring pianist Martin Litton.
Sat 23: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 24: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 24: Luis Verde @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Verde (alto sax); Joe Steels (guitar); John Pope (double bass); John Hirst (drums). Alto sax brilliance!
Sun 24: Elsie Franklin @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. £10.00. Country blues. An International Guitar Foundation promotion.
Sun 24: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: Las Vegas Live with the Rat Pack @ The Forum, Billingham.
Sun 24: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Otterburn Memorial Hall. 7:30pm. £12.00.
Sun 24: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Note start time - 7:00pm.
Sun 24: Bold Big Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 25: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30pm. Free.

Monday, July 11, 2016

Jazz In The Afternoon - Crescent Club, Cullercoats. July 11

(Review by Lance).
July = Wimbledon, The Tour de France and the Hong Kong invasion. Murray's won Wimbledon, Froome's looking good in Le Tour and the Hong Kong/Italian axis have conquered north east England!
As you will have gathered from the previous post, Blaydon happily surrendered and, this afternoon, Cullercoats too welcomed the invaders, The audience, many of whom, I'm sure, served in the Home Guard or the Land Army in the second (or was it the first?) World War, loved it. It may well have been the First World War as everyone seemed to know the words to It's a Long Way to Tipperary and Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old Kitbag  when Sarony and Broddle did their Flanagan and Allen routine.
The house quartet got things rolling with Lover Come Back to me followed by Acker Fleck playing Stranger on the Shore.
The Italian contingent of Pellini and Valussi and, our Man in Hong Kong - Colin Aitchison - took to the stage, disregarded the calendar, and played Sunday even though it was Monday proving that music is timeless. Colin took the vocal and played what can only be described as 'hot trumpet' Chet Baker's never darkened Colin's door although maybe the former Ellington trumpet man Harold Baker has. His dad would have liked to think so! 
Valussi we remembered from last year (as well as the hilarious account of his birthday earlier this year) and his Goodmanesque clarinet playing is outstanding for 364 days of the year. Pellini has a big big sound that reminded me of Ike Quebec. That full tone came to the fore again when Colin and Red took Lazy River to Wallsend and back.
John Broddle, the poor man's Bing Sinatra, threatened to See me in my dreams  but, instead, went Underneath the Arches with Sarony. Who said that 'vaudeville is dead?' it is now!
The delightful Teresa sang It had to be You. I thought she was singing to me but, after the raffle ticket she sold me turned out to be a dud, I realised she wasn't. Sometimes I'm Happy brought the set to a close and, although I didn't win the raffle, the kiss and the cuddle from Teresa made me feel as though I had!
Colin Aitchison, apart from his regular gig at Ned Kelly's in Kowloon, also has a radio show on RTHK - Vintage Chart Toppers. The first series has just finished but there is a second series in the offing and, guess what? yours truly has been interviewed! Watch this space...
Back on the stand drummer Rillands took the mic. Roy Gibson the keys and we had a whole lot of shakin' going on!
The ladies were letting it all hang out on the dance floor and I'm sure it was just coincidence that Red Pellini suddenly remembered he had to catch a flight back to Rome this very afternoon!
Miles Watson, he of the Jazz Esquires, sang and played The Darktown Strutters Ball - no politically correct protests made! He stayed on stage and Colin and he had a good old blast on one of those good old good ones they both excel on.
It was a great afternoon and, if I've concentrated too much on the guests, I Apologise. The house band were brilliant. Chester on piano, later, dusted off his trombone and blew some nice things. Smoother, more modern than is his norm.
Fleck matched his fellow reedmen whilst Rillands and Hallam were right there on the money.
If you do like to be beside the seaside then this is the place. Fish and Chips, Icecream and Kiss Me Quick hats outside and great music inside.
Photos.
Lance.
PS: The Kiss Me Quick Hats, I'm told, are now more explicit!
Derek Fleck (ten/clt); Brian Chester (pno/tmb); John Hallam (bs); Ollie Rillands (dms/vcl) + Colin Aitchison (tpt/vcl); Red Pellini (ten); Franco Valussi (clt); Neville Sarony (vcl); Miles Watson (tpt/vcl); Teresa Armstrong (vcl); Roy Gibson (pno); John Broddle (vcl).

1 comment :

Unknown said...

I wish I could have been there! Next time maybe Colin? Janice x

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