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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.

Friday, March 13, 2015

Paul Edis Trio @ The Cherry Tree, March 11

 Paul Edis (piano); Roly Veitch (guitar/vocal); Neil Harland (double bass).
(Review by JC).
As BSH had intriguingly advertised the Wednesday night gig at the Cherry Tree as a 'good King Cole style trio' that seemed another good reason (along with the food) to go. Maybe Arthur Scargill had taken up the ukulele in his later years or Andy Cole had become a whizz on the baritone sax since he hung up his boots, but on arrival it was clear that neither was the case. The quietly distinguished looking guitarist didn't look the type to make rabble-rousing speeches and the piano player, with all due respect, didn't seem like a 20-goals a season striker (although the bass player might have made an elegant, but tough-tackling centre half).
In fact, the band turned out to be another excellent manifestation of the ever-morphing Paul Edis Trio. And what a nice trio it was, with Roly Veitch on guitar and Neil Harland on double bass.
Veitch quickly demonstrated his singing ability on Date With an Angel with nice solos from the trio, followed by Beautiful Love on which Edis revealed his considerable instrumental versatility with some fine soloing on flute. A well-crafted vocal on Long Ago and Far Away led into Darn that Dream and by now the trio were into a sweet musical groove, swopping solos and leaving spaces for each other to fill. The audience were also fully engaged.
Paper Moon was a standout number with Veitch treating the lyrics with the care and lightness such delicate material requires and supplementing them with equally subtle guitar playing. To my pleasant surprise Edis turned the trio into a quartet for this number, playing both piano and excellent clarinet (though not quite simultaneously) on this song, to the great appreciation of my friends. A very nice version of Nature Boy ended the first set.
The second set continued the high standard of the first with more fine vocals from Veitch and excellent interplay between guitar and piano on such numbers as East of the Sun, The Touch of Your Lips, Our Love is Here to Stay and Thank Your Lucky Stars. Harland on double bass provided solid rhythmic underpinning to the music and contributed a number of classy solos as well. An audience request led to Edis playing a track from his solo album, Bring Me Sunshine, and hearing the tune again revealed not only its infectious good humour but also how finely crafted this version is (the possibility of second solo album is rumoured, apparently). After this tune Roly Veitch generously and rightly commented on the fact that there were a number of excellent young jazz musicians in the region of whom Edis was undoubtedly one. Although he did exclude Neil Harland from this group, not because of his musical ability, but because he was an 'old timer'. Harland smiled benignly.
The expertise of all three was fully demonstrated in the next song, Flamingo and this was followed by My Romance. During the break our table had wondered which instrument Edis would next surprise us with and I suggested it might be the instrument du jour in Newcastle at the moment and he would pull the ubiquitous Theremin from his back pocket and play something like a stride version of Good Vibrations. As it happened it was the clarinet again on this number and very good it was too. Then the Trio rounded off the evening with It Could Happen to You.
Just to say that the food was like the music: always interesting, sometimes beautifully understated but taken to an extra level with delicate touches of technical virtuosity. A perfect combination.
JC

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