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Postage

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.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

A STAR IS BORN - They often are at The Chilli....

Dave Weisser (tpt/vcl), Doug Fielder (ten), Steve Whitfield (pno), Barry Ascroft (bs), Rob Bates (dms + Gabrielle (vcl).
Last week Frau Gabrielle sang Imagination and we all said that that was PDG. This week, better prepared with dots for all, Gabrielle really wowed the coterie of Chilli aficionados with Black Coffee and Bye Bye Blackbird.
This was no decaffeinated coffee it was roasted, strong and sugar free whilst the blackbird was the one that left the other four and twenty baking in a pie whilst she flew the coop and landed in Birdland alongside Miles.
Catch her again.
Apart from Gaby, Steve Whitfield once again played some power piano whilst Dave too had his moments on standards such as If I Were A Bell, Love Walked In, Night in Tunisia, Cannonball's Nippon Blues, Waltz For Debby to name but a few...
Waltz for Debby, Bill Evans' ode to his daughter is one of the most delicate emotional pieces in the jazz canon. I first heard it sung by Carol Kidd at an Edinburgh Jazz Festival back in the '80s and it brought tears to my eyes. Likewise, listening to Bill Evans' version transports me to Elysium Fields (Metro doesn't go there yet). Coincidentally, the lyricist who supplied the words to Debby, Gene Lees, died earlier this week.
In fact I suspect the thunder I heard in my head may have been Bill and Gene turning over in their respective graves.
This was no elegiac bouquet to a child - this was the regulars at Joe's Place toasting a Lower East Side hooker with a bottle of Green River!
It was up-tempo, it was 3 in a bar - it was 3 in a bed - it swung - it was the best number of the night!
Next week the Alan Glen Trio.
Lance.

1 comment :

Unknown said...

I didn't get to the Chilli cos I'm always busy on Wednesdays, but I've had the pleasure of backing Gaby on a few occasions. She's a confident and subtle interpreter of songs, and I hope we all hear more of her.

Gaby attends the Blue Jazz Voices course at the Sage. It's worth checking out.

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