Phoenix Jazzmen

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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

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 - ca. 1968 / 1969. 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.

(The "college boy" & "1968 / 1969" details don't quite match Gordon's memory that Sting played with the band for a year before leaving to form Last Exit.)

Band members

  • Gordon Solomon - trombone and bandleader
  • Don Eddy - drums
  • John Hedley - electric guitar
  • Graham Shepherd - clarinet
  • Ronnie Young - trumpet and vocals
  • Gordon Sumner - bass

Discography

Singles

Awards & Honors

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Quotations and Trivia

  • Newcastle Journal - September 27, 1968 - reviews a concert and mentions Eddie Piper on bass :(

Other concert dates - in the November 28, 1973 issue Courier 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.

See also

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External links

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References

sources: StingMe website; Newcastle Journal - July 23, 1992