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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.

Saturday, March 05, 2016

Jam Experiment @ The Jazz Café. March 4

Rory Ingham (trombone), Alexander Bone (alto saxophone), Toby Comeau (keyboards), Joe Lee (bass) & Jonathan Mansfield (drums)
(Review by Russell/Photo courtesy of Mike Tilley).
Many years ago Jimmy Knepper visited Newcastle. Inexplicably few turned out to hear the great man. Last night at the Jazz Café few turned out to hear a talented home-grown quintet. The Jam Experiment arrived from London, taking time out from their studies to play the first in a run of three gigs ‘up north’. Pink Lane regulars were largely absent. A hoped-for student crowd failed to show.
The Jam Experiment horns played it acoustically, their band mates – keyboards, electric bass and drums – sat behind them. Rory Ingham (trombone), Alexander Bone (alto) and pianist Toby Comeau, the principal writers in the band, put their material up for scrutiny against classic material and compositions from household names. A Mike Walker tune, a John Taylor number, All the Things You Are, then their own charts (Toby Comeau’s first set contributions Last Decade and Off on a Rant, Ingham’s Enough for Me, Bone’s First Day, Spider and It’s You). The Jam Experiment’s tunes compared favourably, more than.
The hallmark of the quintet is the group dynamic – succinct solos, a welcome absence of grandstanding, ‘attitude’ left at the door. Five easy going individuals and, key, talent one sees – and hears – all too rarely. Musicianship of the highest standard, so high it appeared they weren’t trying! Ingham’s sound is fully formed, assured. Bone has total command of his instrument. Pianist Comeau has been known to watch the sunrise writing new material – these young men are going places!
The most recent addition to the band – five string bassist Joe Lee – was on the case right from the off with a great sound and sense of time. Talking of timing, Jonathan Mansfield had it to spare. The obligatory drum solo…not really, no need. The Jam Experiment more than made a good impression. They’ll be back. Catch the band tonight (Saturday 5) at the Traveller’s Rest on West Auckland Road in Darlington (a homecoming for altoist Bone) and on Sunday playing a Seven Arts gig in Leeds. An album is in the offing. When it sees the light of day, don’t hesitate, bag yourself a collector’s item.       
Russell.                           

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