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April
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.
Thu 25: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 25: Jim Jams @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Jim Jams’ funk collective.
Thu 25: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 25: 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.
Thu 25: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm.
Thu 25: Kate O’Neill, Alan Law & Paul Grainger @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 25: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Richie Emmerson (tenor sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass); Garry Hadfield (keys).
Thursday, August 31, 2017
CD Review: Leo Richardson Quartet - The Chase
Paul Edis and Graeme Wilson @ Jazz Lounge, Ushaw College, Durham, August 26
Paul Edis (piano), Graeme Wilson (saxophone).
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
That "funky feel" at this year’s Chapel Allerton Leeds Village Jazz Festival 1-3 September
More photos from Ushaw.
Buck Clayton Legacy Band and Lady J @ Ushaw Jazz Festival 2017 - August 26
Alan Barnes (alto saxophone & clarinet), Dean Masser (tenor saxophone), Ian Smith (trumpet), Ian Bateman (trombone), JJ Vinton (piano), Alyn Shipton (double bass), Bobby Worth (drums) & Lady J (vocals)
Francis Tulip Band @ Ushaw Jazz Festival 2017 - August 26
Emma Fisk & James Birkett @ Ushaw Jazz Festival 2017 - August 26
CD Review: Joe Turner - Smashing Thirds
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Paul Edis Sextet @ Jazz Theatre, Ushaw Jazz Festival, Durham, Aug 25.
CD Review: Fred Hersch - (open book)
Early Bird Band @ Ushaw Jazz Festival 2017 - August 25
Buenos Aires Comes To Newcastle Tango and Jazz Quartet @ The Globe
Monday, August 28, 2017
September at The Globe...
Interview with Sam Braysher by Gail Tasker.
(BSH are pleased to post this interview with saxist Sam Braysher by guest writer Gail Tasker. Braysher's duo album with pianist Michael Kanan was reviewed here on August 1 and is scheduled for release on Friday, Sept. 1. The album launch takes place at the Vortex in London on Sept. 13 - Lance - Photos courtesy of John Rogers)
Where are you from? Where did the enthusiasm for music, and jazz in particular, come from?
I grew up in Dereham, Norfolk. I started having recorder lessons when I was seven before moving onto the saxophone when I went to the local high school at 11. I'd wanted to play the saxophone from quite a young age, for some reason, but starting on the recorder was really helpful in terms of laying the groundwork for reading music and things like that. I think when you play the saxophone you tend to end up playing some more jazzy repertoire, and I always enjoyed improvising. I had a local piano teacher, Jonathan Dodd, who really got me into jazz and taught me a lot, and I also played in the Norwich Students' Jazz Orchestra. It was all quite a gradual process that led to me deciding to study jazz and try to do it as a career, although I didn't have much understanding of exactly what that would entail at that point.
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Proms 2017: Swing No End - Radio 3, August 27
Saturday, August 26, 2017
And now - Mingus: The Movie! BBC 4 Prom 2017
(Review by Lance).
Friday, August 25, 2017
Xylophone needed for Classic Jazz Party
Preview: Ushaw Jazz Festival 2017
Thursday, August 24, 2017
RIP John Abercrombie
Mingus Lives!
Tune in to Radio 3 or listen to the whole shebang here.
I'm already adding it to my Key Moments!
Wow! that was really something! Best Jazz at the Proms concert ever!
The good news is that you can watch it on BBC 4 tomorrow night (August 25) at 7:30pm. Better Git it in Your Soul!
Lance.
PS: Going down well with the promenaders too!
Key Moments 6
CD Review: Gary Peacock Trio - Tangents
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Key Moments 5
CD Review: Vijay Iyer - Far From Over
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
If I Were a Painter by Elftet
(Review by Lance)
Monday, August 21, 2017
Jerry Lewis was Cute!
CD Review: Power of Peace by the Isley Brothers and Santana.
Paul Edis Trio @ Blaydon Jazz Club - August 20
Hello. Is that
Radio Jazz
Sunday, August 20, 2017
CD Review: Julian Costello Quartet - Transitions
Mads Mathias - Be sure to catch him.
Saturday, August 19, 2017
RIP Sir Bruce Forsyth
Lance.
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Make a Rendezvous at Durham Cathedral on Saturday night
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Key Moments 4
Book Review: Trevor Barre - Convergences, Divergences & Affinities (Compass Publishing 2017)
Monday, August 14, 2017
Matt MacKellar Trio with Julija Jacenaite @ Empty Shop - August 13
Key Moments 3
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Preview: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe: August 17
CD Review: Tom Millar Quartet - Unnatural Events
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- CD Review: Leo Richardson Quartet - The Chase
- Paul Edis and Graeme Wilson @ Jazz Lounge, Ushaw C...
- That "funky feel" at this year’s Chapel Allerton L...
- More photos from Ushaw.
- Buck Clayton Legacy Band and Lady J @ Ushaw Jazz F...
- Francis Tulip Band @ Ushaw Jazz Festival 2017 - Au...
- Emma Fisk & James Birkett @ Ushaw Jazz Festival 20...
- CD Review: Joe Turner - Smashing Thirds
- Paul Edis Sextet @ Jazz Theatre, Ushaw Jazz Festiv...
- CD Review: Fred Hersch - (open book)
- Early Bird Band @ Ushaw Jazz Festival 2017 - Augus...
- Buenos Aires Comes To Newcastle Tango and Jazz Qua...
- September at The Globe...
- Interview with Sam Braysher by Gail Tasker.
- Proms 2017: Swing No End - Radio 3, August 27
- And now - Mingus: The Movie! BBC 4 Prom 2017
- Xylophone needed for Classic Jazz Party
- Preview: Ushaw Jazz Festival 2017
- RIP John Abercrombie
- Mingus Lives!
- Key Moments 6
- CD Review: Gary Peacock Trio - Tangents
- Key Moments 5
- CD Review: Vijay Iyer - Far From Over
- If I Were a Painter by Elftet
- Jerry Lewis was Cute!
- CD Review: Power of Peace by the Isley Brothers an...
- Paul Edis Trio @ Blaydon Jazz Club - August 20
- Radio Jazz
- CD Review: Julian Costello Quartet - Transitions
- Mads Mathias - Be sure to catch him.
- RIP Sir Bruce Forsyth
- Make a Rendezvous at Durham Cathedral on Saturday ...
- Key Moments 4
- Book Review: Trevor Barre - Convergences, Divergen...
- Matt MacKellar Trio with Julija Jacenaite @ Empty ...
- Key Moments 3
- Preview: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe: August 17
- CD Review: Tom Millar Quartet - Unnatural Events
- Francis Tulip Quartet (aka Tulip Connection) @ Bar...
- Me Tarzan, you Jane, he’s Joel Brown
- Stu Collingwood Trio @ The Globe August 10
- Zoe Gilby & Andy Champion @ The Jazz Cafe - August 4
- Identity Parade
- All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards - only 5 days ...
- Single Review: Bunny Sigler - Angel Eyes
- Lily Veitch Funeral Arrangements
- Jazz Quest Radio "What Laurie [Pepper] Likes"
- On the Down Beat: Wadada bags a hat-trick, Women c...
- Jazz Co-op Workshop @ The Globe: August 5/6
- Farewell to Glen Campbell and Barbara Cook.
- CD Review: Huk's Eleven - Rescued From the Drawer.
- Gig Preview: The Tulip Connection @ Bar Tutsters, ...
- CD Review: Introducing Gabriel Latchin Trio
- CD Review: John Vanore and his All-Star Large Ense...
- Francis Tulip Quartet: Monk’s Mood @ The Globe - A...
- Rendezvous in Durham Cathedral
- CD Review: The Dime Notes.
- Big Muddy @ the Prohibition Bar - August 4
- Jazz Stars Head to Ilkley
- Secret Voice of Hollywood (Nixon dubs Nixon dubbin...
- Redemption found in Empty Shop - August 3
- Ella & Dizzy @ The Proms tonight on BBC4
- Situations Vacant
- Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2017
- RIP Lily Veitch
- JOE THOMAS: Jazz Legend, Icon, The Ebony Godfather...
- Jazz FM – Move On Up*
- Jo Harrop @ the Gala Studio, Friday July 28
- Preview: The Francis Tulip Quartet @ The Globe Jaz...
- Last of the summer jam @ The Jazz Café - August 1
- Farewell Chuck Loeb (1955 - 2017)
- CD Review: Sam Braysher & Michael Kanan - Golden E...
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