A Great Day In Newcastle: CD Virgin Label Services Grande-Terre showcases Hargrove’s fiery playing

Grande-Terre showcases Hargrove’s fiery playing

was offered his own recording date by Norman Granz during a session with Dizzy Gillespie

singing hits of the day or jazz standards

Grant Green’s 1961 album Green Street presented the guitarist in a lean trio setting backed by bass (Ben Tucker) and drums (Dave Bailey)

and Davis and Hayes drive a responsive rhythm section

A Great Day In Newcastle: CD Virgin Label Services Grande-Terre showcases Hargrove’s fiery playingA Great Day in Newcastle is a musical documentation of the North East working class experience. Through a storytelling approach, with the addition of new member and poet Cooper Robson, the record explores darker themes such as substance abuse, crime and toxic masculinity within a distinct Geordie jazz noir soundscape. Despite this, it retains a light, playful tone that fully embodies classic Northern optimism. With Coopers poetry combined with Stans