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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.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Zoe Rahman Trio @ Gateshead Old Town Hall

Zoe Rahman (pno), Oli Hayhurst (bs), Gene Calderazzo (dms).
I think I'm in love! The moment Zoe (pictured left with Pam Young of Jazz North East) spoke I was captivated by her easy manner and when she opened with an Abdullah Ibrahim theme that sinuously wound itself around my heart the trap was sprung.
This was a gig with so much going for it. Zoe taking the scenic route exploring the highways and byways of harmony in Ellington, Stevie Wonder and some lesser known composers.
A classical technique punctuated with forearm smashes - Czerny meets Mick McManus! - meant sensitive quests and frenetic machete wielding thrashes. Total empathy with a rhythm section who received and returned Z's message of love simultaneously.
Oli's bass-lines, rich and full, Gene's kit-work both melodic and rhythmic and inventive searching for and finding the truth that It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing.
Zoe dedicated this, the final number before the inevitable encore, to Chris Yates - emotional.
Afterwards, when Zoe confessed that she went on Bebop Spoken Here, my already reeling senses waved the flag of sweet surrender.
Come back soon.
Lance.

1 comment :

Sarah R said...

Keeping with the Joneses, what does that imply? Keeping cautiously within the boundaries. Blending with numbers. Respectable pruned facade so not to attract attention. One thing you can be sure of the Rahmans (musical luminary siblings pianist Zoe and reedsman Idris) is you cannot ignore among the wallflowers these conspicuous oustanding red hot pokers in musical literacy.

Ms Rahman rapidly acquired and effortlessly maintains a new brand of benchmark in music. Cultural superiority oozed from her trio. Humour, depthful charm and dilated pupils among us all.

I too hope to see these perennials come up north again if not Spring next year, then any time sooner.
I meant it when I said I wanted to take these three home with me.

Superb review, love-struck Lance.

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