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    The Jazz Café, Newcastle’s Parisian Corner

    Following on from my post last week, you are now among the first to be able to view Duncan Davis’ tribute to his old mate…

    Jack January 20, 2013
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    Crombie’s Last Stand

    I didn’t know Keith Crombie.  I’d been to his famous Jazz Café once, a long time go. If nothing else, I gleaned this much about him…

    Jack January 14, 2013
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    I didn't know Keith Crombie.  I'd been to his famous Jazz Café once, a long time go. If nothing else, I gleaned this much about him — everyone seemed to have an opinion about Keith and he certainly seemed to have an opinion about everyone. [caption id="attachment_1161" align="aligncenter" width="548"]Keith Crombie's Jazz Café, Newcastle upon Tyne, on the morning of his funeral The closed doors of Keith Crombie's Jazz Café in Pink Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, on the morning of his funeral...[/caption] Over the last year or so, I've been keeping tabs on a beautiful documentary my ol' pal Duncan Davis has been been making about Keith (you might remember Duncan from this post). Duncan had an acute awareness that making this film should be a priority, not least because Keith was knocking on in years.  Then, on 29th December 2012, Keith passed away at the age of 74. News soon started to filter through that there was to be a horse-drawn funeral procession through the city. There seemed to be a gentle buzz of excitement.  Everybody seemed to know about it (apart from the police, it would seem). A fitting farewell seemed imminent for Keith, to stop Newcastle in its tracks as he slowly passed through with a jazz band and dedicated crowd following behind... [caption id="attachment_1160" align="aligncenter" width="548"]Photographed from the top of Earl Grey's Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, Keith Crombie's funeral procession passes through the city centre. As seen from the top of Grey's Monument on a snowy day, the horse-drawn coffin, jazz band and crowd makes its way along Grainger Street...[/caption] A fitting end for Duncan's documentary too and I was flattered that he asked me to help film the last sequences of Crombie's life. While Duncan worked in and around the crowds, the perfect perching place for me this morning was surely atop the 130ft Grey's Monument, smack bang in the city centre. So, with the necessary permissions gained, I was allowed to climb the 162 spiral steps to capture a unique perspective on the procession. [caption id="attachment_1159" align="aligncenter" width="548"]Photographed from the top of Earl Grey's Monument, the snow descends on Newcastle after Keith Crombie's funeral procession. The procession is over and the snow descends on Newcastle...[/caption] The views were extraordinary, of course, and the weather was icy.  The memories of seeing Keith's horse-drawn coffin pass slowly through town to the tune of the accompanying jazz band, along with hundreds of folk, will stay with me for a long time. I can't wait to see the final film, which is being cut by Duncan as I write — I hope to be able to share it with you here some day soon... — More Views from Grey's Monument [caption id="attachment_1185" align="aligncenter" width="548"]North view towards St. James' Park from Grey's Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, by Jack Lowe North view towards St. James' Park from Grey's Monument[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1186" align="aligncenter" width="548"]South East view towards BALTIC and the Millennium Bridge from Grey's Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, by Jack Lowe South East view towards BALTIC and the Millennium Bridge from Grey's Monument[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1184" align="aligncenter" width="548"]South West View from Grey's Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, by Jack Lowe South West View from Grey's Monument[/caption]

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