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16350 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 230 of them this year alone and, so far, 27 this month (April 11).

From This Moment On ...

April

Thu 18: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 18: NONUNONU @ Elder Beer Café, Chillingham Road, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 18: Knats @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 8:00pm (doors 7:30pm). £8.00. + bf. Support act TBC.
Thu 18: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Ragtime piano.
Thu 18: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guest band night with Just Friends: Ian Bosworth (guitar); Donna Hewitt (sax); Dave Archbold (keys); Ron Smith (bass); Mark Hawkins (drums).

Fri 19: Cia Tomasso @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. ‘Cia Tomasso sings Billie Holiday’. SOLD OUT!
Fri 19: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 19: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 19: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 19: Tweed River Jazz Band @ The Radio Rooms, Berwick. 7:00pm (doors). £5.00.
Fri 19: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Seventeen Nineteen, Hendon, Sunderland. 7:30pm.
Fri 19: Levitation Orchestra + Nauta @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £11.00.
Fri 19: Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 8:00pm. ‘Ella & Ellington’.

Sat 20: Record Store Day…at a store near you!
Sat 20: Bright Street Band @ Washington Arts Centre. 6:30pm. Swing dance taster session (6:30pm) followed by Bright Street Big Band (7:30pm). £12.00.
Sat 20: Michael Woods @ Victoria Tunnel, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Acoustic blues.
Sat 20: Rendezvous Jazz @ St Andrew’s Church, Monkseaton. 7:30pm. £10.00. (inc. a drink on arrival).

Sun 21: Jamie Toms Quartet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm.
Sun 21: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 21: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Holy Grale, Durham. 5:00pm.
Sun 21: The Jazz Defenders @ Cluny 2. Doors 6:00pm. £15.00.
Sun 21: Edgar Rubenis @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Blues & ragtime guitar.
Sun 21: Tweed River Jazz Band @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 7:00pm. Free.
Sun 21: Art Themen with the Dean Stockdale Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00. +bf. JNE. SOLD OUT!

Mon 22: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 23: Vieux Carre Hot 4 @ Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Delaval. 12:30-3:30pm. £12.00. ‘St George’s Day Afternoon Tea’. Gig with ‘Lashings of Victoria Sponge Cake, along with sandwiches & scones’.
Tue 23: Jalen Ngonda @ Newcastle University Students’ Union. POSTPONED!

Wed 24: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 24: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 24: Sinatra: Raw @ Darlington Hippodrome. 7:30pm. Richard Shelton.
Wed 24: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 24: Death Trap @ Theatre Royal, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Rambert Dance Co. Two pieces inc. Goat (inspired by the music of Nina Simone) with on-stage musicians.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

More on the Great Whittington Jazz Picnic

Ray Shenton's piece about a jazz session in Great Whittington (see New Comment Old Posts) reminded me of an afternoon of jazz quite a few years ago in the grounds of the village hall. The session was advertised in Jazz Guide. I went along, called into the seventeenth century Queen's Head Inn (reputedly the oldest in Northumberland), supped a pint of Hambleton's (I think), then wandered round the corner to listen to the jazz.
It was a warm summer's afternoon, a nice day out. I hadn't realised that it was/is an annual event. This year's event (Sunday August 8) will be the 15th Great Whittington Jazz Picnic. For imbibers travelling from the Newcastle area and not wishing to drink and drive, there is a bus (no.74) from Eldon Square Bus Station to Matfen - a little way short of Great Whittington necessitating a bit of a walk (the bus runs through to Great Whittington every day except Sunday - typical!). Two websites worth looking at: www.greatwhittington.com (see photo of Ray Shenton and the Victory 'V') and www.the-queens-head-inn.co.uk.
Russell
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3 comments :

Lance said...

You are correct Russell. Hambleton's Bitter was one of the regular brews at the Queens Head - known locally as 'The Yacht Club' because of its upmarket pretensions.
In my cycling days I was a frequent visitor.

Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:48:00 am
Ray Shenton said...

You are spot on Russell. We've been doing this now for 15 years and we were originally formed to play at the picnic there to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the second world war, hence the name The Victory V's.
The line up this year is
John Cowan Trumpet
Jim McBriarty Clarinet and sax
Herbie Hudson Trombone (Original RCJ member from 1955)
Brian Bennett Banjo
Fred Thompson Drums
Peter Shenton Bass
Ray Shenton Piano(original RCJ member from 1955)
and Guest appearance of Joe Shenton Washboard ( Original RCJ member from 1955)

So bring your own picnic and for £5 (kids go free) enjoy the Victory V jazzmen at one of the prettiest villages in Northumberland. If the weather is crap we crowd inside the village hall
Up to now the good weather success rate has been 80%

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:37:00 pm
Ray Shenton said...

I forgot to mention the time of the event. It will be from noon till 3 pm and any profits will go to Tynedale Hospice at Home. Hope to see you all then

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:02:00 am

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