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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

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.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

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.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Customs House Big Band with Ruth Lambert @ Customs House, South Shields. March 23.


The South Tyneside based big band played the first of two nights at the Customs House in front of a three quarters full auditorium.
Led by Peter Morgan, the band ran through a familiar set of big band charts opening with a Glenn Miller number (please, no more Miller!), then some good stuff - Here's That Rainy Day, Witchcraft and, with the introduction of Ruth Lambert, we heard Come Fly with Me and Blue Moon.
Ms. Lambert was in fine voice soaring effortlessly above the band, her natural jazz phrasing kept in check - to a degree.
After our vocalist departed the stage for a change of costume in readiness for her next set, the band played a funk version of Stardust that didn't quite work - Stardust is Stardust - best left alone. I Got Rhythm - a feature for trombonist Gurgit-Smith - did work - somehow it always does.
The interval allowed just enough time for a pint of Young's Kew in the Steamboat (South Tyneside's CAMRA Pub of the Year - yet again).
Back at the Customs House, Jazz Police, a tune by Gordon Goodwin (of Big Phat fame), was a steamer - just the sort of tune to launch the second set on the right course.
Temperatures rose a degree or two with the re-introduction of Ruth Lambert. Black Coffee encapsulated Ruth's ability to deliver a lyric in a low, then high register, in a single line. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend was fun and the evening's entertainment drew to a close with, as an encore, Groovin' Hard.
MD Peter Morgan was good value - a comic entertainer in his own right. The rhythm section was rock solid from the off with new boy Jack Lowe acquitting himself well on double bass and electric bass. Alan Marshall took most of the tenor solos. The star performer on the night (together with Wor Ruth) was alto saxophonist Jill Brett who contributed two or three well-crafted solos.
Hear the band do it all again tonight (Wednesday 24th) at the same venue. In the autumn the orchestra will present a concert of show tunes. It is to be hoped this will be a selection from the Golden Era (whenever that was). Please, as with Glenn Miller, no Andrew Lloyd Webber!

Russell

1 comment :

Liz said...

Oh I agree Russell...at least with "no ALW" always thought I was in the minority on this ..but no there is hope out there! Seriously though all his work sounds the same to me..yet his appeal knows no bounds apparently
Liz

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