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Holly Cooper, Mouthpiece Music: "Lance writes pull quotes like no one else!"

Simon Spillett: A lovely review from the dean of jazz bloggers, Lance Liddle...

Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.

Postage

16382 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 262 of them this year alone and, so far, 59 this month (April 20).

From This Moment On ...

April

Fri 26: Graham Hardy Quartet @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 26: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 26: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 26: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 26: East Coast Swing Band @ Morpeth Rugby Club. 7:30pm. £9.00. (£8.00 concs).
Fri 26: Paul Skerritt with the Danny Miller Big Band @ Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Fri 26: Abbie Finn’s Finntet @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.

Sat 27: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free.
Sat 27: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 28: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: More Jam Festival Special @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. A ’10 Years a Co-op’ festival event.
Sun 28: Swing Dance workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00-4:00pm. Free (registration required). A ’10 Years a Co-op’ festival event.
Sun 28: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox: The '10' Tour @ Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead. 7:30pm. £41.30 t0 £76.50.
Sun 28: Alligator Gumbo @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ’10 Years a Co-op’ festival event.
Sun 28: Jerron Paxton @ The Cluny, Newcastle. Blues, jazz etc.

Mon 29: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 29: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30-8:30pm. Free. ‘Opus de Funk’ (a tribute to Horace Silver).

Tue 30: Celebrate with Newcastle Jazz Co-op. 5:30-7:00pm. Free.
Tue 30: Swing Manouche @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. A Coquetdale Jazz event.
Tue 30: Clark Tracey Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ’10 Years a Co-op’ festival event.

May

Wed 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 01: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 01: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 02: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 02: The Eight Words - A Jazz Suite @ Newcastle Cathedral, St Nicholas Square, Newcastle NE1 1PF. Tel: 0191 232 1939. 7:30pm. £20.00. (£17.00. student/under 18). Tim Boniface Quartet & Malcolm Guite (poet). Jazz & poetry: The Eight Words (St John Passion).
Thu 02: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 02: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 02: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Saturday, March 09, 2013

The queue forms on the right girls...

The Naturist Foundation Jazz and Real Ale Festival announce the full line-up for their Jazz and Real Ale Festival which takes place from the 27th to the 30th June 2013. The event is the only four day outdoor jazz festival in the UK. Jerry Turner, Music Director of the Festival said “I am very pleased with the programme for this year which features some jazz greats as well as emerging talent. The Thursday evening features young musicians who are establishing a name for themselves such as Yazz Ahmed, Kieren Stickle McLeod and Jack Davies. The rest of the festival includes musicians such as Peter King the greatest alto player in the UK, Frank Griffith and Jean Toussaint from the USA, Vasilis Xenopoulos from Greece, Digby Fairweather, Julian Marc Stringle, Ben Cummings, Byron Wallen, the MJQ Celebration with Karen Sharp, and the solo piano of Keith Nichols over Sunday lunch. A New Orleans style umbrella parade through the grounds is
followed by Harry Strutters Jive and Swing for a fun filled Saturday afternoon.”
The event is clothing optional so non-naturist jazz fans are welcome. Alongside the music marquee is a real ale and cider tent with drinks at around £2.50 a pint. Plenty of reasonable priced food is available.
The Foundation is set in 50 acres of ancient woodland and meadowland and has a covered heated  swimming pool and sauna. Camping packages are available as are day tickets, all offering great value for money. We are near Swanley and Orpington. Free car parking. Full details on www.naturistfoundation.org
The complete line-up is:
Thursday 27th June
7.30 p.m. The Yazz Ahmed Trio.
Yazz Ahmed (trumpet and flugelhorn), Dave Mannington (bass guitar) and Ralph Wyld (Vibes)
8.45 “New World”
Kieran Stickle McLeod (trombone) Joe Wright (tenor) Sam Rapley (tenor) Matt Robinson (piano)
Tom McCredie (bass) and Dave Hamblett (drums).
10.00 Jack Davies’ Flea Circus.
Jack Davies (trumpet) Rob Cope (bass clarinet) Aiden Shepherd (accordion) and James Opstad
(bass)
Friday 28h June
7.30 p.m. The Digby Fairweather Quintet
Digby Fairweather (trumpet) Mick Foster (baritone) Tim Huskisson (piano) Tristan Maillot (drums)
and Len Skeat (bass)
9.30 Frank Griffith’s Hot Club
Frank Griffith (clarinet) Charles Alexander (guitar) Andy Robinson (guitar) and Mick Hutton (bass)
Saturday 29 June
11.00 a.m. Jam Session.
All musicians of whatever standard welcome to have a jam, so bring your instruments with you.
2.15 p.m. Umbrella Parade
Led by Harry Strutters Jive and Swing. Come and join in the parade. Decorated umbrellas especially
welcome.
2.30 Harry Strutters Jive and Swing. GrahamCollicot (drums), Maurice Dennis
(Guitar/Banjo), Michael E t h e r i n g t o n ( T r u m p e t / T r o m b o n e / V o c a l s ) , T o n y C a r t e r
(alto/tenor/baritone/flute), Dave Hardman (bass), Andrew Clancy (piano).
4.30 The Frank Toms Trio with Special Guests Jean Toussaint and Byron Wallen
Jean Toussaint (tenor), Byron Wallen (trumpet) Frank Toms (piano) Elliott Toms (drums) Rob Anstey
(bass)
5.15 Break
7.30 The Frank Toms Trio with Special Guests Jean Toussaint and Byron Wallen
8.30 The MJQ Celebration with Karen Sharp
featuring Nat Steele (vibes), Barry Green (piano), Matt Ridley (bass) and Steve Brown (drums)
with special guest Karen Sharp (tenor)
Sunday 30 June
10.30 Sunday Service
12.15 Keith Nichols (solo piano).
Bring your lunch to the Marquee.
2.30 The Jack Honeyborne Trio with Special Guests
Vasilis Xenopoulos (tenor) and Ben Cummings (trumpet) with Jack Honeyborne ( p i a n o ) J i m
Richardson (bass) and Dennis Smith (drums)
4.30 The Peter King Quintet with Special Guest Mornington Lockett
Peter King (alto), Steve Melling (piano), Mark Fletcher (drums) Geoff Gascoyne (bass) Mornington
Lockett (tenor)
5.15 Break
7.30 The Peter King Quartet with Mornington Lockett
8.30 The Julian Marc Stringle Trio
Julian Marc Stringle (Clarinet and Saxes), Chris Dodd (Bass) and Nigel Price (guitar)

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