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Roly Veitch

Hello - I hope you enjoy looking through my website.
I am active on the north east of England jazz scene as a jazz singer and guitarist.
I sing and play guitar in mainstream jazz styles, based mostly on 'standards', ie. the classic 'Great American Songbook' repertoire.
I also enjoy singing Tyneside and Northumbrian dialect songs, based on the long tradition of this repertoire. They range from old folk songs to Victorian Music Hall to songs from the local radio programmes of the forties & fifties. For this my friend and fellow jazz guitarist James Birkett joins me, to play my 'two guitar' arrangements and we use the stage name  "The Blaydon Aces".
I'm interested in natural history, particularly around the Blaydon locality - see below.

Watercolour by Dave Newbould.
With Noel Dennis (tpt), Neil Harland (bass).

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Local gig news (incl. BlaydonJazz). 

Wor Dialect - some info.
Geordie Dialect Songwriters - some info.

Tyneside & Northumbrian songs on CD (try the soundbites)
Canny Tyneside
Geordie Roots

Jazz Singer and Jazz Guitarist
Jazz CDs (including soundbites)

Concert, Magazine & Press Reviews

Local natural history

Gallery (jazz/local natural history/walks/Barlow Bounce)

Six of the best

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Profundity, Fecundity & Proverbs

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Site last updated 22nd June 2008