Since Bebop Spoken Here aced the Media category in 2018 the north east has had several more successes with Zoë Gilby bagging the vocal gong in 2019. In 2020 the Jazz Album of the Year: The Kate Williams Four Plus Three Meets Georgia Mancio included, as part of the Guastalla String Quartet, John Garner and Marie Schreer. In 2021 the Lockdown Innovation Award went to The Globe who also hit the jackpot as Venue of the Year in 2022. Last year Jo Harrop and Paul Edis clicked for the Jazz Album of the Year with When Winter Turns to Spring. This made it six in a row for the north east. Let's make it seven.
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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, March 29, 2024
Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2024 - nominations close today. DO IT NOW!
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Cornelia Nilsson -Where Do You Go?
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Preview: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon (Prohibition Bar - March 31)
Book review: Kazuo Ishiguro - The Summer we Crossed Europe in the Rain - review updated.
Album review: Michael Sutton - Those Leftover Dreams.
This could be the vocal album of the year and, even if it's not it will certainly be 'in the frame'. How could it not be produced as it is by Claire Martin OBE? Claire also adds her dulcet tones to Van Morrison's The Way Young Lovers Do.
You don't have to scat to be defined as a jazz singer. It's all in the phrasing, the fraction behind the beat, the occasional reworking of the lyric, the creation of a mood ... Sinatra had it off to perfection in the 1950s - not quite so much later. As it happens Sutton is of a similar age to when Frank was at his peak and with this, his debut album, the future looks bright.
Where was this photo taken?
The band in the photo comprises of Eric Pollard (tenor sax); Harry Blakey (banjo); Fred Rowe (cornet); Ray Brown (drums/leader) and Lance Cousins (trombone).
They were a popular band on the local trad scene playing all over the north east which leads to this question - can anyone identify the venue? Lance
Paul Hartley Quartet featuring John Hulme @ the Railway, Stockport - March 24
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On a weather-beaten Manchester night John Hulme played flugelhorn on both sets of this well-supported gig. Whilst he played several tunes composed by trumpet players, my personal favourites were My Ship and My Funny Valentine neither of which were composed by trumpet players although often featured by such trumpet legends as Miles Davis and Chet Baker.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
90 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Of course, by their own admission, the list could have been longer but 90 was the figure chosen, this being their 90th anniversary year.
Like every other reader of that venerable magazine, I too have muttered sentences such as 'Why haven't they picked so and so?' or 'What are they doing there?' However my main gripe is that only one Brit makes the list - John McLaughlin.
So, dear readers, which, if any, British musicians do you think should have been included? Lance
Monday, March 25, 2024
Michael Young Trio @ the Engine Room, Sunderland - March 25
Tom Remon - Sid Jacobs Quartet @ the Railway, Stockport - March 24
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As expected, this Sunday night gig turned out to be a room filler and I’m pretty certain there were many fans of modern jazz guitar amongst the audience. Tom Remon has played this venue on at least two occasions but Sid Jacobs was unknown to me and after checking the internet for information I was eager to hear him play.
Both guitarists were seated at the front of the small bandstand, Jacobs on the left, Remon on the right and at 9:00pm they went straight into It Ain’t Necessarily So from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. I’ve liked this number ever since I heard it on the Jazztet’s debut album.
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