SUNDAY MAY 27.

RANDY BRECKER/TOMMY SMITH w. SNJO "A Tribute to Michael Brecker" - Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkaldy. 01592 583301. www.onfife.com.
Final night of the mini-tour. Kirkaldy will be flying tonight!
GROOVE-A-MATICS - Magnesia Bank, Camden St. North Shields. NE 30 1NH. 4:00pm. Free.
Award winning Blues Band.
JAM SESSION - Jazz Café, Pink Lane, Newcastle. Late afternoon/early evening. free. Bring your axe.
Anything can happen and sometimes does!
BRADO MARQUIS (PA) - Hoochie Coochie, 54 Pilgrim St., Newcastle NE1 6SF. Doors 7pm. £8.
New Jersey Soul Sensation.
ANDY CHAMPION ENSEMBLE - The Bridge Hotel, Castle Garth, Newcastle NE1 1RQ. £5. 8:00pm.
A Splinter promotion.
Charlie Mingus Re-visited - don't miss!
SOLO DINNER JAZZ (Alan Law on piano) - The Cherry Tree, 9 Osborne Rd., Jesmond. Lunchtime. 0191 2399924.Wine and dine to some nice sounds.
MUSICIANS UNLIMITED - Park Hotel, Hartlepool.
1:00pm.
Popular big band session.
SWING WITH "JUST FRIENDS" - The Forum, Darlington. 8:00pm. £3.
"A mainstream Jazz and Blues sextet guaranteed to get your toes tapping".

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Kenny Wheeler Preview.

Tonight, October 27, sees the Kenny Wheeler 80th Birthday Big Band concert at The Sage, Gateshead.
With the most amazing British big band line-up ever this is a concert no-one should miss!
If the personel listed below doesn't get you salivating then - Jack you're dead!
Kenny Wheeler, Derek Watkins, Henry Lowther, John Barcley, Nick Smart (tpts). Dave Horler, Mark Nightingale, Barnaby Dickinson, Dave Stewart (tmbs). Evan Parker, Stan Sulzman, Julian Arguelles, (saxes). John Taylor (pno), John Paricelli (gtr), Chris Laurence (bs), Martin France (dms), Diana Torto (vcl) and Pete Churchill (MD) - a steal at £16.50!
As a further incentive to hightail it along to The Sage's Hall One for 8:00pm start, check out this review from LondonJazz.
Lance.
For tickets phone 0191 4434661 0r go online at http://www.thesagegateshead.org/.
at 16:19

2 comments; click to add more:

  1. Thanks for the mention. I was intrigued by this

    http://www.thefreelibrary.com/DON'T+GO+TO+JAIL,+GO+TO+THE+SAGE.-a0239973759

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  2. It appears to be an update of the Tyneside version of Monopoly with The Sage the most expensive property on the board!

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