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April 2025.
Sat 19: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Exchange Sq., Middlesbrough. 1:00-3:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 19: Joseph Carville Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 19: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 20: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 20: Salty Dog @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 20: Spilt Milk @ STACK, Exchange Sq., Middlesbrough. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. Nolan Brothers (vocal harmonies).
Sun 20: Tweed River Jazz Band @ The Barrels Ale House, Berwick-upon-Tweed. 7:00pm. Free.
Sun 20: C.A.L.I.E @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Mon 21: Newcastle Record Fair @ Copthorne Hotel, Newcastle. 10:00am. Going in search of the Buddy Bolden cylinder…
Mon 21: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 22: Abbie Finn Trio @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. Coquetdale Jazz.
Wed 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 23: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 23: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. CANCELLED!
Thu 24: Mary Coughlan @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. £33.80. Blues, jazz etc.
Thu 24: Darlington Big Band @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.
Fri 25: Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT! Duo performance.
Fri 25: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 25: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 25: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 25: Andrea Vicari Trio @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00. Vicari (piano); Andy Champion (double bass); Russ Morgan (drums).
Fri 25: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Exchange Sq., Middlesbrough. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 25: Red Kites Jazz @ Land of Oak & Iron, Winlaton Mill. 6:00-9:00pm. Free.
Fri 25: Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 7:30pm. £15.00. at the door; £14.35. (inc £0.35 bf) online, in advance.
Fri 25: Struggle Buggy @ The White Room, Stanley. 7:45pm. Rhythm & blues.
Fri 25: Paul Skerritt Big Band @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. £20.30., £18.00. All-star big band.
Fri 25: Andrea Vicari Trio @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Vicari (piano); Andy Champion (double bass); Russ Morgan (drums). An Opus 4 Jazz Club event.
Reviewers wanted
Friday, April 18, 2025
Album review: Spike Wilner Trio Contrafactus - The Children & The Warlock (Cellar Music Group)
Newcastle's African American music legacy showcased at City Library
The BBC has posted details of an exhibition currently running at the City Library showcasing Newcastle's African American music legacy.
Details can be found HERE.
The exhibition runs until April 28 and should be of interest to students of jazz, rock, pop, soul and African American music in general.
Thanks to Dave Sayer for bringing this interesting exhibition to my attention. Lance
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Album review: Yotam Silberstein - Standards Vol. 2 (Jojo Records)
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Album Review: Anour Brahem – After The Last Sky (ECM)
Anour Brahem (oud); Anja Lechner (violincello); Django Bates (piano); Dave Holland (double bass)
How to start this review? Perhaps by referring to Elgar’s Cello Concerto which was his requiem for the fallen of the First World War? Brahem’s new album performs a similar function for the Palestinian fallen of the ongoing Israeli/Gaza conflict. The most recent figures, from February 2024, suggest that around 44,000 of Gaza’s people have been killed, but that figure is over a year old and there has been hardly a let off in the fighting since then. There will need to be a lot of exhumations before Trump can guarantee a golf course where the greens will run true. There’s no let off for Hamas in the sleeve notes, either, with references to the October 7 attacks that provoked this current conflict. I know that there are decades, if not centuries of history that we can go through, but there isn’t the space here to do that.
Album Review: Russ Spiegel - Nitty Gritty (Ruzztone Music)
Sourcing the definitive etymology of the phrase “nitty-gritty,” you will find multiple possible answers ranging from the historical (“debris left in the bowels of slave ships”) to the risqué (“sexual delight”). There’s no definitive answer. However, what runs through almost all of these definitions is that they resonate soulful, i.e., Black elements. There’s no doubt, however, that with this, his seventh album, jazz guitarist, educator, composer, Russ Spiegel and crew deliver a wide range of classic jazz and neat originals, all of which exemplify the title.
Retro review: Alex Welsh - In Concert (Black Lion double album)
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Press release: Testimony bears witness to solo saxophonist's ability
© Douglas Robertson |
Preview: Knats' guide to the Newcastle jazz scene - tonight, Radio 2
Album review: Jeffrey Gimble - Brand New Key (Café Pacific Records)
The Zoë Gilby Quintet @ Blaydon Jazz Club - April 14
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- Magpies of Swing @ the Globe - April 10
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- Preview: Josephine Baker: the First Black Supersta...
- Preview: Bombay Jazz (Tuesday 8, BBC Radio 4 Extra)
- Magpies of Swing - Globe Fundraiser Thursday April 10
- Sunday night @ the Globe: Leeway - April 6
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- Kamasi Washington @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead - A...
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- Jazz on the Tyne – What’s On & What’s New, April 2025
- Jazz Legend George Freeman Dies at 97 | Rememberin...
- Album review: Yazz Ahmed - A Paradise in the Hold
- Newcastle Jazz Festival 2025 Announces New Date an...
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