Album review: The Jazz Defenders - Memory in Motion (Haggis Records) George Cooper (Wurlitzer, organ, vibes, perc.); Nick Malcolm (trumpet); Jake McMurchie (tenor sax); Will Harris (acoustic/electric bass); Ian Matthews (drums) + Doc Brown (vocal tk 4); Gemma Bott, George Cooper (backing vocals tk 4)It was two years almost to the day (April 7) when the Jazz Defenders tore Hoochie apart with some danceable hard bop. That was quite a night. A couple of weeks back
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Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (repeated Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm) https://www.ayclifferadio.co.uk/listen

Playlist 28/04/24 (repeated Tuesday
30/04/24) 

Requests: Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, Bix
Beiderbecke, Oscar Peterson, Gerry Mulligan Qt + Chet Baker.

Memories: Ella Fitzgerald,
Ma Rainey, Jimmy Giuffre, Modern Jazz Quartet, Duke Ellington and Johnny
Hodges, Teddy Edwards, Dexter Gordon.

New Releases:  Gary Brunton,
Jazz
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Teddy Edwards @ Darlington Teddy Edwards, one of the all-time great bebop tenor sax players alongside Wardell, Dexter and Gene, was born on April 26, 1924, which was 100 years ago yesterday. Alyn Shipton paid tribute to the occasion on last week's JRR as others have, or will do, on various jazz stations around the world.I was fortunate to hear this wonderful player (and gentleman) at Darlington Arts Centre and, in a brief
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Paul Skerritt w. the Danny Miller Big Band @ the Glasshouse - April 26 (© Patti)Swing singer Skerritt is moving up the ranks. He may have yet to conquer Vegas but that horizon no longer looks to be quite as distant, at least that's the way it seemed last night at the Glasshouse.Backed by the punchy 18 piece Danny Miller Big Band from Liverpool, seven of whom are actually north east based*, he entertained a near capacity Sage Two audience with expertly tweaked covers
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Jo Harrop & Paul Edis w. Ken Marley @ Clothworkers' Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds University - April 27 Jo Harrop (vocals); Paul Edis (piano); Ken Marley (double bass)Jo Harrop and Paul Edis are on a short tour of northern England and their itinerary includes one or two performances with Newcastle-born, west of the Pennies resident, bassist Ken Marley. Following a Thursday evening concert performance at Seven Arts in Leeds, our trio arrived at Leeds University's School of Music for a Friday
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