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| − | + | The November 28, [[1973]] [http://courierarchive.ncl.ac.uk/sites/default/files/1973-11-28.pdf Courier] issue mentions that the band plays at the Hawthorn Inn in Benwell on Tuesdays. | |
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| − | + | Songs performed by the Phoenix Jazzmen include [[Twelfth Street Rag]], [[Tiger Rag]], [[Beale Street Blues]] and [[Basin Street]]. | |
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| − | sources: [http://www.stingme.dk/the_police/Last_Exit_History_Sting.htm StingMe website]; Newcastle Journal - July 23, [[1992]] | + | sources: [[Broken Music]], [http://www.stingme.dk/the_police/Last_Exit_History_Sting.htm StingMe website]; Newcastle Journal - July 23, [[1992]] |
[[Category:Phoenix Jazzmen]][[Category:Related artists (Sting)]] | [[Category:Phoenix Jazzmen]][[Category:Related artists (Sting)]] | ||
Revision as of 04:28, 7 June 2020
| Phoenix Jazzmen | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK |
| Years active: | YYYY - YYYY |
| Label(s): | unknown |
| Associated acts: | River City Jazzmen, Newcastle Big Band |
| Website: | none |
| Members | |
| Gordon Solomon Don Eddy John Hedley Graham Shepherd Ronnie Young Gordon Sumner | |
Contents
Band history
Gordon Sumner played with the Phoenix Jazzmen in small clubs. He auditioned at the Blue Star Club in Newcastle, playing some Alan Price numbers including Hi Lily Hi-Lo.
Sting was a college boy when he performed with the Phoenix Jazzmen - according to Broken Music he started to play with them in the spring of 1973. The band used to wear a uniform of black trousers and black shirts. Yet Sting used to turn up in a black and yellow striped rugby shirt. Bandleader Gordon Solomon remembers that Sting got his nickname at the Redhouse Workmans Club in Sunderland when someone said he looked like a wasp, so Gordon said they would call him Sting.
Band members
- Gordon Solomon - trombone and bandleader
- Don Eddie - drums
- John Hedley - electric guitar
- Graham Shepherd - clarinet
- Ronnie Young - trumpet and vocals
- Gordon Sumner - bass
Discography
Singles
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
The November 28, 1973 Courier issue mentions that the band plays at the Hawthorn Inn in Benwell on Tuesdays.
The same student newspaper mentions that Tuesday is also the day to see the Vieux Carre Jazzmen at Gosforth's Piccolo Restaurant in the evenings.
Songs performed by the Phoenix Jazzmen include Twelfth Street Rag, Tiger Rag, Beale Street Blues and Basin Street.
See also
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External links
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- BAND NAME at the Fan History
References
sources: Broken Music, StingMe website; Newcastle Journal - July 23, 1992
