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Mon 02: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 02: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137.1:00pm. Free.
Tue 03: Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, North St., Ferryhill DL17 8HX. 7:00pm. Free.
Tue 03: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, John Hirst.
Tue 03: Bold Big Band @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Wed 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 04: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 2:30-4:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Wed 04: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 8:00pm. Concert. Free. .
Wed 04: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 04: Kat Eaton @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 8:15pm. Soulful vocals, excellent band.
Thu 05: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 05: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. ‘George - named musicians, vocalists & composers (Chisholm, Duke, Lewis, Shearing, Benson, Melly, Gershwin et al)’.
Thu 05: Jools Holland’s R & B Orchestra @ Newcastle City Hall. 7:30pm.
Thu 05: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. Free.
Thu 05: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. Guest band special with the Middlesbrough Jazz and Blues Orchestra 8pm. Free.
Fri 06: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 06: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 06: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 06: Sue Ferris Quintet @ The Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Sat 07: New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 07: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. £25.00. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 07: Hot Club du Nord @ St. Cuthbert’s Church, Shadforth DH6 1LB. Tel: 01429 823400. 7:30pm. £15.00. (inc. refreshments).
Sat 07: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 07: Bellavana @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 7:45-9:45pm. Free.
Sat 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sun 08: The New ’58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free. A ‘second Sunday in the month’ residency.
Sun 08: Learning & Participation Showcase @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Free. Multi-genre event followed by a jam session. All welcome.
Sun 08: Zoë Gilby Quintet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 08: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 08: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 08: Jason Isaacs @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 5:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Sun 08: Paul Skerritt @ The Black Candle, South Shields. 6:30pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 08: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 08: Durham University Big Band + Durham University Jazz Orchestra: Jazzy Christmas @ Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, North Bailey, Durham DH1 3ET. 7:30-9:30pm. £7.00., £6.00. concs., £5.00. Durham Student Music member. Durham University Jazz Ensembles’ annual charity event.
Sun 08: Jools Holland’s R & B Orchestra @ The Globe, Stockton. 7:30pm.
Sun 08: Mick Beck, Dominic Lash, Paul Hession @ the Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm (doors 7:30pm) JNE. £10.
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Monday, December 02, 2024
"Letter to Lee Konitz" from David Mott
Sam Lightwing Quartet @ the Moor Club, Heaton Moor - Dec. 1
© Jeff Pritchard |
This was the first appearance at the Moor Club of Sam Lightwing and I am pleased to report he was well received by the audience right from the opening number which was one of my favourites On the Sunny Side of the Street.
He was given great support by Max Rosen, a real whirlwind of a player, who was here recently with Ed Kainyek’s group. Sam brought along his alto sax as well as his tenor but I would have been quite happy if he had just stuck to the tenor as I think the tunes he selected are mainly associated with the larger horn.
Sunday night @ the Globe: Album launch. Mark Williams Trio: Long Way Out - Dec. 1
What can be said about Mark Williams that hasn't already been said? The affable Irishman appears in many different settings, his guitar playing invariably a joy to behold. However, when the band sails under the banner of the Mark Williams Trio you know from an oft-quoted remark he made at a previous gig that you're not going to hear Autumn Leaves!
© Ken Drew |
Sunday, December 01, 2024
It's December 2024 (it'll soon be Xmas!)
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Remembering Duke @ The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow - Nov. 29
In his programme notes, Tommy Smith observed: Duke Ellington has been an inspiration to musicians and composers across the musical spectrum for almost 100 years. Ellington would be the focus of the SNJO's programme and Tommy Smith's junior ensemble, the Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra.
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (repeated Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm).
https://www.ayclifferadio.co.uk/listen
Playlist 01/12/24
(repeated Tuesday 03/12/24)
RIP: Quincy Jones.
Request: Duke Ellington.
New Release: Mark Williams
Trio, Adam Rogers.
Request: Stan Kenton.
Album launch: Living in Shadows - Neon Burning & Outri (support) @ Central Bar, Gateshead - Nov. 29
© Ken Drew |
Zoë Gilby
(vocals); Mark Williams (guitar); Ben Lawrence (keyboards); Andy Champion (bass
guitar); John Bradford (drums).
It had been a while since I’d been to a gig at the Central Bar, a fine
music-friendly hostelry tucked away in a side street at the southern end of the
Tyne Bridge.
Headliners were some of Tyneside’s leading jazz talent doing their rock thing. A very well-known set of musicians – certainly to Tyneside audiences and increasingly more widely – but not in this line-up or context. Indeed, this was a first performance, to launch the new album, Neon Burning. So what to expect?
In the event, Zoë’s jazz-forged vocal identity is undiluted, but set in bass-driven rock surroundings. Her fluctuating moods and sudden power surges show striking versatility. Mark W. pumps out rock riffs and solos with suitable force, but also with eloquent thoughtfulness when required.
Album of the Year (reissue/archival)
I've opted to choose only one album per artist otherwise there could be another two Louis Stewart albums and likewise Cannonball Adderley. Albums received in December will be considered in my 2025 listings.
Preview: Indigo Jazz Voices @ the Globe - Thursday, December 5
Christmas comes but once a year, as does the December gig of Indigo Jazz Voices. Come and join us for a selection of songs sung by five individual vocal performers, who are: David Edgar, Jen Errington, Paul Close, Jenny Lingham and Carrie McCullock. They will be accompanied by the superb trio of Alan Law (piano); Paul Grainger (bass) and Rob Walker (drums).