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Holly Cooper, Mouthpiece Music: "Lance writes pull quotes like no one else!"

Simon Spillett: A lovely review from the dean of jazz bloggers, Lance Liddle...

Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.

Postage

16382 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 262 of them this year alone and, so far, 59 this month (April 20).

From This Moment On ...

April

Thu 25: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 25: Jim Jams @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Jim Jams’ funk collective.
Thu 25: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 25: Death Trap @ Theatre Royal, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Rambert Dance Co. Two pieces inc. Goat (inspired by the music of Nina Simone) with on-stage musicians.
Thu 25: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm.
Thu 25: Kate O’Neill, Alan Law & Paul Grainger @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 25: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Richie Emmerson (tenor sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass); Garry Hadfield (keys).

Fri 26: Graham Hardy Quartet @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 26: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 26: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 26: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 26: East Coast Swing Band @ Morpeth Rugby Club. 7:30pm. £9.00. (£8.00 concs).
Fri 26: Paul Skerritt with the Danny Miller Big Band @ Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Fri 26: Abbie Finn’s Finntet @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.

Sat 27: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free.
Sat 27: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 28: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: More Jam Festival Special @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. A ’10 Years a Co-op’ festival event.
Sun 28: Swing Dance workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00-4:00pm. Free (registration required). A ’10 Years a Co-op’ festival event.
Sun 28: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox: The '10' Tour @ Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead. 7:30pm. £41.30 t0 £76.50.
Sun 28: Alligator Gumbo @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ’10 Years a Co-op’ festival event.
Sun 28: Jerron Paxton @ The Cluny, Newcastle. Blues, jazz etc.

Mon 29: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 29: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30-8:30pm. Free. ‘Opus de Funk’ (a tribute to Horace Silver).

Tue 30: Celebrate with Newcastle Jazz Co-op. 5:30-7:00pm. Free.
Tue 30: Swing Manouche @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. A Coquetdale Jazz event.
Tue 30: Clark Tracey Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ’10 Years a Co-op’ festival event.

May

Wed 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 01: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 01: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

THE 2014 BRITISH JAZZ AWARDS: THE RESULTS

 Known as the Jazz Oscars, The British Jazz Awards have been presented every year since 1987 and have long been established as the most important jazz awards in this country.
A total of 53,738 votes were cast by 3822 voters, with the most votes for a winning musician in any category going to Mark Nightingale who won Best Trombone with 1423 votes.

TRUMPET
TROMBONE
CLARINET
1.      STEVE WATERMAN
1.      MARK NIGHTINGALE
1.      ALAN BARNES
2.      Enrico Tomasso
2.      Dennis Rollins
2.      Pete Long
3.      Bruce Adams
3.      Roy Williams
3.      Julian Stringle
4.      Steve Fishwick
4.      Ian Bateman
4.      Mark Crooks
5.      Freddie Gavita
5.      Mark Bassey
5.      Shabaka Hutchings



ALTO SAX
TENOR SAX
PIANO
1.      SOWETO KINCH
1.      KAREN SHARP
1.      DAVE NEWTON
2.      Pete King
2.      Simon Spillett
2.      Zoe Rahman
3.      Alan Barnes
3.      Art Themen
3.      Nikki Iles
4.      Derek Nash
4.      Robert Fowler
4.      Gareth Williams
5.      Sam Mayne
5.      Alex Garnett
5.      Reuben James



GUITAR
BASS
DRUMS
1.      JIM MULLEN
1.      ALEC DANKWORTH
1.      STEVE BROWN
2.      Martin Taylor
2.      Dave Green
2.      Seb Rochford
3.      Nigel Price
3.      Len Skeat
3.      Bobby Worth
4.      Dominic Ashworth
4.      Andrew Cleyndert
4.      Ralph Salmins
5.      Remi Harris
5.      Al Swainger
5.      Clark Tracey



MISCELLANEOUS
VOCALS
RISING STAR
1.      JIM HART [VIBRAPHONE]
1.      LIANE CARROLL
1.      REUBEN JAMES
2.      Alan Barnes [Baritone Sax]
2.      Tina May
2.      Remi Harris
3.      Chris Garrick [Violin]
3.      Claire Martin
3.      Laura Jurd
4.      Amy Roberts [Flute]
4.      Anita Wardell
4.      Alan Benzie
5.      Gareth Lockrane [Flute]
5.      Lauren Kinsella
5.      Ben Holder

BIG BAND
SMALL GROUP
1.                   BBC BIG BAND
1.              DIGBY FAIRWEATHER'S HALF DOZEN
2.                   NYJO
2.      GoGo Penguin
3.                   Back To Basie
3.      Brassjaw
4.                   Beats & Pieces
4.      Tipitina
5.                   SNJO
5.      Polar Bear


NEW CD
REISSUE CD
1.      WOODVILLE RECORDS –
MARTIN TAYLOR/ ALAN BARNES – TWO FOR THE ROAD
1.      AVID RECORDS –
STAN TRACEY – 3 CLASSIC ALBUMS
2.      Linn Records –
Claire Martin- Say It Isn't So
2.      Fresh Sound Records  –
The Jazz Makers & The Jazz Five
3.      Hep Records –
 Tina May – Divas
3.      Lake Records  –
Chris Barber - 1959-60
4.      Gondwana Records  –
 GoGo Penguin - v2.0
4.      Fresh Sound Records –
Joe Harriott Quintet - Southern Horizons / Free Form / Abstract
5.      Jazizit Records  –
Derek Nash / Funkerdeen
5.      Polygram Records – Joe Harriott Double Quintet, "Indo-Jazz Suite"

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Big Bear Music, PO Box 944, Birmingham, B16 8UT

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