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[[Sting | Gordon Sumner]] played with the Vieux Carre Jazzmen in a yet unspecified period. The band itself existed for decades.
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[[Sting]] played with the Vieux Carre Jazzmen in a yet unspecified period. The band itself existed for decades.
  
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Peter Deuchar (banjo / guitar) founded this band in [[1954]]. Members included Peter Gascoigne (trumpet), Jack Goodwin (trombone), John Saxelby (clarinet), John Lowes (bass) and Pete Drysdale (drums)
  
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'Peter Deuchar was a charismatic, striking individual. After leaving school he attended agricultural college, was articled to a chartered accountant, served in the RAF during National Service and afterwards joined the family brewery business of James Deuchar Ltd, working in Wolverhampton and Edinburgh to learn about brewing and the licensed trade of hotels and public houses. However, brewing beer did not figure in his aspirations even though a comfortable and privileged future was assured. A talented banjo player and guitarist, enthusiastically devoted to the hand-clapping, foot-stomping, syncopated music of the American deep south, New Orleans jazz, to which he would listen on his Pye ‘Black Box’ record player and play along on his banjo at every opportunity. Peter’s burning ambition was to form a group of like-minded musicians, so, along with his good friend, trumpeter Peter Gascoigne, Jack Goodwin on trombone, John Saxelby on clarinet, John Lowes on bass and Pete Drysdale on drums, he launched his band and named it after a famous old neighbourhood in New Orleans, the Vieux Carré, better known as the French Quarter.'
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John McLaughlin may have been an occasional member of The Vieux Carre Jazzmen (but it may have been with another band formed by Peter Deuchar.
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John McLaughlin (who is originally from Yorkshire but grew-up in the North East) may have also been an occasional member of The Vieux Carre Jazzmen at some point prior to forming The Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1971:
 
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'John McLaughlin’s first experience of being in a professional band was to be under the leadership of Peter Deucher. After, apparently, a pilgrimage to New Orleans and then a residency in Germany with the Vieux Carre Jazzmen Deuchar formed a new ensemble: Big Pete Deuchar & His Professors of Ragtime which included John McLaughlin who may have also sat in with The Vieux Carre Jazzmen.'
 
  
 
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=Quotations and Trivia=
 
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No exact concert dates with [[Sting]] are known - in the November 28, [[1973]] issue [http://courierarchive.ncl.ac.uk/sites/default/files/1973-11-28.pdf Courier] mentions that the band plays Tuesday evenings at the Piccolo Restaurant in Gosforth
 
No exact concert dates with [[Sting]] are known - in the November 28, [[1973]] issue [http://courierarchive.ncl.ac.uk/sites/default/files/1973-11-28.pdf Courier] mentions that the band plays Tuesday evenings at the Piccolo Restaurant in Gosforth
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Brian Bennett is the current banjo player and bandleader of the VCJ - he remembers another residency at [[The Diamond Inn]] in Ponteland, England, UK - where they played on Thursday nights. Around September / October [[1973]] the band was double booked on one occasion so that former bandleader Peter Gascoigne engaged a "scratch band", consisiting of Brian Bennet on banjo, Ronnie Young on trumpet, [[Sting]] on double bass and Gordon Herrick on drums. The 6-piece band had two other players which might have been Barry Soulsby on clarinet and [[Gordon Solomon]] on trombone.
  
 
The same student newspaper mentions that Tuesday is also the day to see the [[Phoenix Jazzmen]] at the Hawthorn Inn in Benwell.  
 
The same student newspaper mentions that Tuesday is also the day to see the [[Phoenix Jazzmen]] at the Hawthorn Inn in Benwell.  
  
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Another concert date for the Vieux Carre Jazzmen would be [[1976-06-29]] at the [[Guildhall]].
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Newcastle Evening Chronicle - December 13 1975 - report about Vieux Carre Jazzmen and River City Jazzmen : line-up includes Pete Gascoigne, and (since last year) clarinettist Steve Andrews - trying to persuade Clive Gray to set aside the banjo and switch to guitar for mainstream nmbers---- a concert at the Post House in Washington "tomorrow"  ------- the fact that Sting mentions another clarinettist might mean that STing played with them in an EARLIER period (Steve Andrews was already a aband member on Feb 21 1975)
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Another date [[1976-02-12]] at [[The Diamond Inn]], Ponteland - (Newcastle Evening Chronicle - February 7).
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Another date for them [[1976-03-09]] at the Golden Lion Winlaton Mill  (Newcastle Evening Chronicle - March 6, [[1976]]) and [[1976-03-11]] at [[The Diamond Inn]], Ponteland (same source)
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Another concert date for the Vieux Carre Jazzmen would be [[1976-06-29]] at the [[Guildhall (Newcastle) | Guildhall]].
  
 
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[[Category:Vieux Carre Jazzmen]][[Category:Related artists (Sting)]]
 
[[Category:Vieux Carre Jazzmen]][[Category:Related artists (Sting)]]

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Vieux Carre Jazzmen
Photo or image related to the band/ensemble/orchestra
Background information
Origin: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Years active: 1954 - YYYY
Label(s): unknown
Associated acts: ---
Website: http://www.vieuxcarrejazzmen.com/
Members
Sting

Band history

Sting played with the Vieux Carre Jazzmen in a yet unspecified period. The band itself existed for decades.

Peter Deuchar (banjo / guitar) founded this band in 1954. Members included Peter Gascoigne (trumpet), Jack Goodwin (trombone), John Saxelby (clarinet), John Lowes (bass) and Pete Drysdale (drums)

John McLaughlin may have been an occasional member of The Vieux Carre Jazzmen (but it may have been with another band formed by Peter Deuchar.

Band members

Discography

Singles

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Awards & Honors

Summarize major awards here in list format, as well as awards received not specific to a particular album, song, film or other release.

Quotations and Trivia

No exact concert dates with Sting are known - in the November 28, 1973 issue Courier mentions that the band plays Tuesday evenings at the Piccolo Restaurant in Gosforth

Brian Bennett is the current banjo player and bandleader of the VCJ - he remembers another residency at The Diamond Inn in Ponteland, England, UK - where they played on Thursday nights. Around September / October 1973 the band was double booked on one occasion so that former bandleader Peter Gascoigne engaged a "scratch band", consisiting of Brian Bennet on banjo, Ronnie Young on trumpet, Sting on double bass and Gordon Herrick on drums. The 6-piece band had two other players which might have been Barry Soulsby on clarinet and Gordon Solomon on trombone.

The same student newspaper mentions that Tuesday is also the day to see the Phoenix Jazzmen at the Hawthorn Inn in Benwell.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle - December 13 1975 - report about Vieux Carre Jazzmen and River City Jazzmen : line-up includes Pete Gascoigne, and (since last year) clarinettist Steve Andrews - trying to persuade Clive Gray to set aside the banjo and switch to guitar for mainstream nmbers---- a concert at the Post House in Washington "tomorrow" ------- the fact that Sting mentions another clarinettist might mean that STing played with them in an EARLIER period (Steve Andrews was already a aband member on Feb 21 1975)

Another date 1976-02-12 at The Diamond Inn, Ponteland - (Newcastle Evening Chronicle - February 7). Another date for them 1976-03-09 at the Golden Lion Winlaton Mill (Newcastle Evening Chronicle - March 6, 1976) and 1976-03-11 at The Diamond Inn, Ponteland (same source)

Another concert date for the Vieux Carre Jazzmen would be 1976-06-29 at the Guildhall.

See also

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External links

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References

sources: Broken Music, Courier, Brian Bennett

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