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Alicia Hall Moran: “I would go to hear Jason's band play and I'd say "Y'all hot!" But they came out wearing these casual, saggy outfits, putting music out with these not-attractive outfits like they were going on interviews for jobs they didn't want.” – (DownBeat May 2018).

Shabaka Hutchings: “You have to get the funding to come here [New York], and then there's getting the proper visa to play, which costs more than we get paid.” – (DownBeat May 2018).

Today Thursday April 19

Afternoon

Vieux Carré Jazzmen - Holystone, Whitley Road, Holystone NE27 0DA. Tel: 266 6173. 1:00pm. Free.

Student Performances - King’s Hall, Armstrong Building, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle University NE1 7RU. 4:00pm. Free admission. Performers include Ada Francis (voice); Simon Hirst (trombone) & Harry Still (drums).

Tees Valley Jazzmen - White Horse Hotel, Burtree Lane, Harrowgate Hill, Darlington DL1 3AD. Tel: 01325 463262. 1:30pm. Free.

Evening

Paul Edis Trio - St James’ & St Basil’s Church, Fenham, Newcastle NE4 9EJ. 7:30pm. £6.00.

Indigo Jazz Voices - The Globe, Railway Street, Newcastle NE4 7AD. 7:30pm. £5.00. Vocalists with Alan Law Trio.

Ada Francis & the Italic Quartet - Las Iguanas, Grey Street, Newcastle NE1 6AF. Tel: 0191 232 9729. 7:30pm. Fortnightly restaurant residency.

Maine St. Jazzmen - Sunniside Social Club, Holywell Lane, Sunniside, Gateshead NE16 5NJ. 8:30pm. Free.

The Strictly Smokin' Sessions - Jazz Café, 25 Pink Lane, Newcastle NE1 5DW. 8:15pm. £8 (£6 conc.). JNE. Small groups from SSBB.

New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band - Oxbridge, Oxbridge Lane, Stockton on Tees TS18 4AW. 8:30pm.

Tees Hot Club Guest Band Night w. Paul Donnelly Trio - Dorman’s Club, Oxford Road, Middlesbrough TS5 5DT. Tel: 01642 823813. 9pm. Free. Donnelly (gtr); Stu Collingwood (keys); Paul Smith (dms).

Jazz Night - Musiclounge, 21 Yarm Lane, Stockton TS18 4DR. Doors 7:00pm.

Ubunye - Whorlton Village Hall, Barnard Castle DL12 8XD. 7:30pm. Tel: 01833 627253. £10.00. (£5.00. child, £25.00. family).

To the best of our knowledge, details of the above events are correct but may be subject to alteration.

Saturday, April 01, 2017

Jonathan Silk’s Fragment Quartet @ The Jazz Cafe

Jonathan Silk (drums); Adam Jackson (alto sax); Tom Ford (guitar); Chris Mapp (bass & electronics)
(Review by Steve H/Photos courtesy of Ken Drew) 
Jonathan Silk last visited Tyneside with a 17 piece big band on Tuesday night he returned to the Jazz Cafe but this time with a much smaller unit. As the bandleader said this ‘certainly makes meal times easier’. Most of the compositions were from the big band's album Fragment but the quartet format gives them are very different feel. 
With both bass player Chris Mapp and guitarist Tom Ford making use of a vast range of electronic paraphernalia, there was an almost dare I say it Prog rock feel to some of the music. The highlight of the evening for me was Buchaille a Scottish mountain climbed by Silk as a child. This piece seemed to contain many nuanced passages which I enjoyed immensely. For me, all the tunes seem to reach another level when Adam Jackson on alto took a solo he is defiantly one to watch. On drums composer and bandleader Jonathan Silk really kept things rolling creating a great groove for the band to improvise around. A very enjoyable gig indeed.
Steve H.
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