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[[Sting | 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-Lili, Hi-Lo]]. | [[Sting | 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-Lili, 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]] and probably stayed until June [[1974]] (mostly performing on Saturdays). 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]]. | + | [[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]] and probably stayed until June [[1974]] (mostly performing on Saturdays). 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= | =Band members= | ||
| − | * Gordon Solomon - trombone and bandleader | + | * [[Gordon Solomon]] - trombone and bandleader |
* Don Eddie - drums | * Don Eddie - drums | ||
* [[John Hedley]] - electric guitar | * [[John Hedley]] - electric guitar | ||
Latest revision as of 10:49, 18 June 2023
| 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-Lili, 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 and probably stayed until June 1974 (mostly performing on Saturdays). 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, also Never Ending Song Of Love, Caravan and Tiger Rag.
See also
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External links
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- BAND NAME at the Fan History
References
sources: Broken Music (p. 129 for example), StingMe website; Newcastle Journal - July 23, 1992
