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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

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 28: Richard Herdman Quartet @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Josh Bentham (alto sax); Alan Marshall (tenor sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass); Graham Thompson (keys); Steve Hunter (drums).

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.

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.

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.

Friday, November 03, 2017

Rendezvous Jazz @ St Joseph’s, Birtley - November 2

Maureen Hall (vocals), Gavin Lee (clarinet & alto saxophone), Don Fairley (trombone), Malcolm Armstrong (keyboards), John Robinson (double bass) & George Davidson (drums & vocals)
(Review by Russell)
Alabama Jubilee, Royal Telephone, Alexander’s Ragtime Band. Dixieland and gospel – trademark Rendezvous Jazz. St Joseph’s CMS Parish Centre on Birtley Lane has presented jazz for close on two decades. On an evening such as this draw the Mason-Dixon Line straight through the Borough of Gateshead. Maureen Hall’s raiders set up camp in St Joseph’s concert room. Hall’s lieutentants, Gavin Lee and Don Fairley, sat either side, armed with clarinet and alto saxophone, and trombone. In the platoon’s chuck wagon conscripts Malcolm Armstrong, keyboards, John Robinson, bass, and George Davidson, drums and vocals, were busily cooking up a mighty southern stew.

I’m the Lonesomest Gal in Town sang Hall, I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad) sang Davidson…lots of gals and girls in Birtley town tonight. Lieutenant Lee’s clarinet feature, Bechet’s Petite Fleur, and Lieutenant Fairley’s mellifluous I’m Getting Sentimental Over You enabled Hall to stand to one side and appreciate the instrumental mastery of her subordinates.

The Weary Blues produced a rarity – bassist John Robinson took a short, succinct solo! The twelve bar blues Young Fashioned Ways (as recorded by Chris Barber, said Hall) prompted a few nodding heads agreeing with Hall as she sang verse and chorus. At the Jazz Band Ball, Way Down Yonder, goodtime jazz from Rendezvous Jazz. Pianist Malcolm Armstrong suggested Hall should, perhaps, sing a slower version (à la Peggy Lee) of Baby Won’t You Please Come Home? The band retired to the bar leaving the stage to Hall and Armstrong. Voice and piano accompaniment – by far Hall’s best performance in years. Do it again Maureen!

Russell                                              

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