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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.
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.

Sunday, July 01, 2012

Paul Edis Trio w. Roly Veitch @ Bridge Hotel.

Paul Edis (pno); Mick Shoulder (bs); Adam Sinclair (dms); Roly Veitch (gtr).
(Review by Lance)
This latest Splinter gig was one of those delightful vignettes that somehow offered an alternative to the Up and At 'Em jazz that currently prevails in every style from New Orleans to On The Outside.
Bill Evans was one of those rare musicians - an ethereal aesthetic who, rather than ostentatious displays of technique, used that technique to suit the moment, the mood, the feeling. Paul Edis is from the same musical incubation as Bill Evans and, as such, the perfect choice to talk about and lead by example of the great man's career.
Paul quoted at length from Peter Pettinger's How My Heart Sings - a book that I too am currently reading - and, I must confess, made reference to several items that I had missed.
Waltz For Debbie - surely the greatest jazz waltz ever - Funkalero, Periscope, more delights but perhaps the best was saved for last - Turn Out The Stars. Solo piano, this was Edis, Bill Evans,.at his finest.
Second set opened with Roly Veitch donning the mantle of Jim Hall, with whom Bill Evans recorded several albums,  and the duo did full justice to I Hear a Rhapsody, Darn That Dream and an Evans' original the name of which I didn't catch..
This is the stuff that dreams are made of - Shakespeare hit it when he said "Music is the food of love" - and this was sheer romance between players and listeners.
However, once again the number 27 bus caused Coitus Interruptus  and I had to leave before the climax of the second set.
Check out Bill Evans, Jim Hall through the usual search engines and likewise Paul Edis and Roly Veitch. Special mentions also to Adam Sinclair who becomes more awesome with each hearing and Mick Shoulder who "merely" had to become Eddie Gomez/Scott La Faro. Mick did it well (drive home  carefully.)
And for those who missed it - I just hope you backed Italy!
Lance.

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