and the “biography” of Mister Tough:
Thanks to jazz scholar Sonny McGown for these two precious pages.
and the “biography” of Mister Tough:
Thanks to jazz scholar Sonny McGown for these two precious pages.
It’s true. Festival Director – Hot Trumpeter – Singer – Mike Durham tells me that the 2012 Whitley Bay Classic Jazz Party (beginning October 25, 2012, with a curtain-raising Thursday night concert at The Sage Gateshead and continuing through Sunday night / early Monday morning, October 28-29, depending) is THE LAST TIME. (Honey babe.)
And for once, the race is absolutely to the swift: attendance is strictly limited to the first 280 patrons to book online. The price is £125 (for those outside the United Kingdom, that translated into $140 when I booked a ticket two days ago). You can purchase your seat through PayPal — or use a credit card — by visiting here.
The lineup of musicians and singers is spectacular: consider these names —
Duke Heitger (USA), Spats Langham (UK), Bent Persson (Sweden), Keith Nichols (UK), Matthias Seuffert Germany), Cecile McLorin Salvant (USA), Michael McQuaid (Australia), Caroline Irwin (UK), Stéphane Gillot (France), Emma Fisk (UK), René Hagmann (Switzerland), Martin Litton (UK), Andy Schumm USA), Rico Tomasso (UK), Jean-François Bonnel (France), Norman Field (UK), Thomas Winteler (Switzerland), Malcolm Sked (UK), Michel Bescont (France), Alistair Allan (UK), Kristoffer Kompen (Norway), Richard Pite (UK), Martin Seck (Germany), Jens Lindgren (Sweden), Martin Wheatley (UK), Josh Duffee (USA), Keith Stephen (UK), Manu Hagmann (Switzerland), Phil Rutherford (UK), Henry Lemaire (France), Frans Sjöström (Sweden), Nick Ward (UK) – and Mike Durham (West Jesmond).
And the party is like no other. Here’s what Mike tells us, “All concerts will take place in the four-star Village Hotel’s Inspiration Suite, with cabaret seating: a new band or solo artist brought to you at the comfort of your table every 60 minutes (or less!) from midday to midnight (with a break for dinner). All properly themed – no disorganised “let’s just get together and blow” sessions….. except for the late-night jam-session in the hotel’s Victory Pub.”
Here’s some music to order your seats!
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Tagged Alistair Allan, Andy Schumm, Bent Persson, Caroline Irwin, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Duke Heitger, Emma Fisk, Frans Sjostrom, Henry Lemaire, JAZZLIVES, Jean-Francois Bonnel, Jens Lindgren, Josh Duffee, Keith Nichols, Keith Stephen, Kristoffer Kompen, Malcolm Sked, Manu Hagmann, Martin Litton, Martin Seck, Martin Wheatley, Matthias Seuffert, Michael McQuaid, Michael Steinman, Michel Bescont, Mike Durham, Nick Ward, Norman Field, Phil Rutherford, Rene Hagmann, Richard Pite, Rico Tomasso, Spats Langham, Stephane Gillot, Thomas Winteler, Whitley Bay Classic Jazz Party
Does your paradiddle need work? Are others around you discussing this problem while you are out of the room? This might help:
There’s been some skepticism about this drum book: did “the winner of every poll” actually write these exercises or so them? I can’t say, but books with Dave Tough’s picture on the cover are so rare that this one is worth investigating, even if the eBay price is now higher than two dollars.
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Tagged Dave Tough, drum practice, Ebay, Jazz Lives, Michael Steinman, paradiddle