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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.

Sunday, March 01, 2015

Roly Veitch & Giles Strong @ The Jazz Café. February 28

Roly Veitch & Giles Strong (guitars) + Ray Burns (harmonica) 
(Review by Russell/Photo courtesy of Mike Tilley).
Two guitars, Great American Songbook, Jobim, Django. One student of jazz guitar took a front row seat, another preferred a back row (chattering class) pew. Jazz Café regulars (an amiable bunch) secured the best available seats, the Saturday night drinking circuit crowd behind them at the bar (chatter, chatter).
The front row assembly filtered out the extraneous ‘background’ noise keen to hear Roly Veitch and Giles Strong play some jazz guitar. Whether it be an indisposed James Birkett or last minute dep Roly Veitch, the guarantee of top quality, relaxed jazz guitar held firm. The other half of the equation – Giles Strong – also offered a life time guarantee of first-rate guitar playing. Veitch and Strong selected a few tunes and played them. Easy? If you know how! And these guys knew what to play. It was as if You Stepped Out of a Dream, into the Pink Lane café and came across two great guitarists having a good time. Tasteful throughout (Veitch and Strong don’t play it any other way), Beautiful Love, All of Me, the pad of a thousand and one tunes, a stroll On Green Dolphin Street and Stella by Starlight.
How Insensitive of the barflies to make themselves heard, oblivious to the two craftsmen seated at the front. Musicians tolerate all manner of ‘difficult’ circumstances, Veitch and Strong have, no doubt, encountered much worse and this Jazz Café gig delighted all who were there to listen. Djangologist Strong played some Django with Veitch and invited Mr Ray Burns (harmonica) to join them in their Romany caravan. The duo swept away those Autumn Leaves and went off into the night with Billie’s Bounce.
Russell

1 comment :

Patti D (on F/b) said...

I've tried adding a comment on the blog for the last hour or so - nothing earth shattering, but just to say how sweetly sublime this gig was - it was easy to get lost in the music and ignore the gobby barflies! Sweet dreams are made of gigs like this!

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