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JULY 2025
Sat 19: Streets of Brass @ Durham City. From 10:00am. Free. Various street bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Mr Wilson’s Second Liners: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 12 noon. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. SOLD OUT! A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Bollywood Brass Band @ Monument Metro Station & Haymarket Metro Station, Newcastle. 2:00pm & 3:00pm & 4:00pm (3 x 30 mins). Free. A Gem Arts Masala Festival event.
Sat 19: Diddy Sweg: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 2:00pm. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Brazen Brass Band: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 12 noon. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Party in the Park @ Wharton Park, Durham. 5:00-9:00pm. Free. Ten street brass bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Jeff Hewer Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 19: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 19: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Chopwell Community Centre. 8:00pm.
Sun 20: Streets of Brass @ Durham City. From 11:00am. Free. Various street bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: Always Drinking Marching Band: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 11:00am. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: New York Brass Band: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 1:00pm. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: Das Brass: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 3:00pm. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 20: Pope/Garner/Byrne/Alderson @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.
Mon 21: Gerry Richardson Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00. at the door; £8.20. (inc £0.20 bf) online, in advance.
Mon 21: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club (1:00pm). Free.
Mon 21: New Century Syncopated Seven @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Tue 22: Lewis Watson Quartet @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm.
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.
Wed 23: Isobel Pearce Quartet @ Dept. of Music, Palace Green, Durham University. 8:15pm. £10.00. & £7.00. First night of two. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Thu 24: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Tony Roberts presents ‘Progressive Jazz’.
Thu 24: Soweto Kinch + Theo Croker + Joe Webb Trio + Rivkala @ The Fire Station, Sunderland. 8:00pm (doors 7:30pm). £23.00. A BBC Proms event.
Thu 24: Isobel Pearce Quartet @ Dept. of Music, Palace Green, Durham University. 8:15pm. £10.00. & £7.00. Second night of two. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
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: The Society Quartet @ Hilton Garden Inn, Sunderland. 6:00pm. Tel: 0191 500 9494. £26.00 (inc. two course meal).
Fri 25: Trio Grand @ Land of Oak & Iron, Winlaton Mill. 6:00pm. Free. Barbara Wilcox (keyboards, vocals); Paul Carter (bass); George Voros (drums, vocals).
Fri 25: Bold Big Band @ Old Coal Yard, Byker, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £18.00.; £12.00.; £6.00.; £4.00. A Newcastle Fringe Festival event.
Fri 25: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Country blues guitar & vocals. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
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Saturday, July 19, 2025
Greg Abate w. Dean Stockdale Trio @ Opus 4 Jazz Club, Darlington - July 18
Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (repeated Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm).
https://www.ayclifferadio.co.
Playlist 20/07/25 (repeated Tuesday 22/07/25)
Seasonal: The Modern Jazz Quartet, WDR Big Band w Anat, Avishai & Yuval Cohen.
Requests from Paul Skerritt's Bishop Auckland gig: Oliver Nelson Septet, Ella Fitzgerald, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, John Scofield.
Other Requests: Benny Goodman Quartet, Blue Mitchell Quartet, Flying Horse Big Band, Pat Longo & His Latin Jazz Band, Dave Brubeck/Laurence Mason, Bix Beiderbecke.
What’s on in the NE: Isobel Pearce, Ragtime Rewind.
Chamber Jazz Sextet.
Aycliffe Radio is now available on DAB in County Durham & the Darlington Area.
Samara Joy: BBC Proms (Saturday)
R.I.P. Chris Kaberry (August 1, 1963 - July 17, 2025)
© Russell |
For many years Chris' baritone provided the anchor role in the sax section of the Customs House Big Band and I was fortunate in being able to hear Chris with that band on many occasions.
He later lead his own band - the Vermont Big Band - who delighted both dancers and listeners in and around North Tyneside. In the photo Chris can be seen, looking as dapper as any of the leaders at the Oxford or the Mayfair back in the day, leading the band at Cullercoats Crescent Club in 2019.
Our thoughts go out to Val who, I'm sure, has been a tower of strength throughout this sad time.
May he Rest In Peace, he will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Lance
Friday, July 18, 2025
Late Night Chicago Jazz Radio with Denny Farrell (July 17 - July 23)
Bob Caswell Funeral
It has been announced that the funeral of singer Bob Caswell who died on July 13 will take place at Kettering Crematorium, NN16 8XE, on Wednesday July 30 at 10:30am.
R.I.P. Lance
Greg Abate w. Dean Stockdale Trio @ the Lit & Phil - July 18
© Patti |
Faced with a circa six hours train journey from Exeter to Newcastle for a lunchtime gig at Newcastle's 200-year-old (to the very day) Literary & Philosophical Society many of the audience, including myself, wondered if Greg Abate would: a) arrive on time, b) just go through the motions or c) deliver the bebop blast we have grown to expect from him on his many previous visits to Newcastle?
The opening On Green Dolphin Street quickly dismissed our fears. He soared like an eagle who had just dined on fried yardbird. His fingers dexterously manipulating the keywork of Selmer's vintage flagship - the Mark VI alto saxophone - and the ideas flowed. It seemed effortless but how many hours did he spend in the woodshed to achieve such greatness - it wasn't thrust upon him?
Press release: APPJG deadline extended
Due to popular demand we have extended the deadline for close of nominations till Friday 25th July at Midnight. We still have a tight time frame this year due to raising funds for the awards and finding a suitable venue. We are grateful to the Musicians's Union for their support of the houseband and this year's venue is the World Heart Beat near Nine Elms tube station.
To nominate please go to: Nominations Parliamentary Jazz Awards
Here is the link for the avoidance of doubt: https://forms.gle/
Voting closes on Friday 25th July 2025 at Midnight
NONUNONU @ Elder Beer, Newcastle - July 17
Tim Williams (guitar); Andy Patterson (bass guitar); Ruben Sheridan (drums)
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra @ The Hippodrome, Darlington - July 15
Jools
and his R & B orchestra served up their usual high energy mix of jazz, blues
and boogie and everything in between, and sometimes beyond. If you only see him
on TV it's easy to forget what a top class pianist he is, as demonstrated when
most of the orchestra leave him to it. He also sings, plays guitar and conducts
the band. The whole band are capable of swinging like crazy when required but
everyone took at least one solo which demonstrated their excellent
musicianship. Most of the band are long-time members, but sadly longstanding
drummer Gilson Lavis, who's been with band since the start and also played in
Squeeze with Jools, has had to retire to be well-replaced by Ed Richardson.
Special guests were Chris Difford (ex Squeeze, with Jools), and regular vocalists Sumudu Jayatilaka, Louise Marshall, and Ruby Turner all singing three songs each.
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- Samara Joy: BBC Proms (Saturday)
- R.I.P. Chris Kaberry (August 1, 1963 - July 17, 2025)
- Late Night Chicago Jazz Radio with Denny Farrell (...
- Bob Caswell Funeral
- Greg Abate w. Dean Stockdale Trio @ the Lit & Phil...
- Press release: APPJG deadline extended
- NONUNONU @ Elder Beer, Newcastle - July 17
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- Miaow Spoken Here
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