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July
Sat 27: BBC Proms: BBC Introducing stage @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 12 noon. Free. Line-up inc. Nu Groove (2:00pm); Abbie Finn Trio (2:50pm); Dilutey Juice (3:50pm); SwanNek (5:00pm); Rivkala (6:00pm).
Sat 27: Nomade Swing Trio @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sat 27: Mississippi Dreamboats @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sat 27: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Cafédral, Owengate, Durham. 9:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Sat 27: Theon Cross + Knats @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 10:00pm. £22.00. BBC Proms: BBC Introducing Stage (Sage Two). A late night gig.
Sun 28: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm.
Sun 28: Miss Jean & the Ragtime Rewind Swing Band @ Fonteyn Ballroom, Dunelm House (Durham Students’ Union), Durham. 2:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Sun 28: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Nomade Swing Trio @ Red Lion, Alnmouth. 4:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Jazz Jam Sandwich! @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 28: Jeffrey Hewer Collective @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 28: Milne Glendinning Band @ Cafédral, Owengate, Durham. 9:00pm. £9.00. & £6.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event.
Mon 29: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 30: ???
Wed 31: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 31: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 31: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
August
Thu 01: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:30pm. £4.00.
Thu 01: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 01: Elsadie & the Bobcats @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 02: Mainly Two @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free (donations). SOLD OUT!
Fri 02: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 02: Pete Tanton’s Chet Set @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. POSTPONED!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Johnny Griffin R.I.P
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Take It To The Bridge - The Chilli
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Meanwhile, Back at The Side...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Adam Bishop Quartet at The Cluny
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Pee Wee's Blues
Saturday, July 26, 2008
More Canadian Capers - Diana Krall
Friday, July 25, 2008
Amputation Blues
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Bach Goes to Town. The Virtuoso Trio at Blaydon
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Buddy Greco Show - Gala Theatre Durham
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A night of sheer delight. One and a half hours of unbroken entertainment by a man who can hold his head as high as any of his peers dead or alive and, given that he is now 82, there aren't too many in the latter category. However, unlike his most illustrious peer, the voice hasn't withered nor custom staled its infinite variety. Nor is there anything wrong with his piano playing. The bop licks of his youth may be less apparent, replaced by big band voiced riffs and delicate chordal explorations, but the jazz feel is inherent in every thing he plays - even that most inane of tunes "MacArthur Park".
Life Goes To a Punch-up
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Come Sway With Me - Michael Bublé at The Arena. By Valerie
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Skylark Flies Over The Rainbow
William Bone-Hardy R.I.P.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Pleasant Surprises at the Chilli Arms
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Benny Green on Brubeck
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Rae Brothers New Orleans Jazz Band at Tynemouth
Bratislava Hot Serenaders at Tynemouth
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Jazz in the Afternoon at Tynemouth
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Vieux Carre at Tynemouth
MaMa & the Kids at Tynemouth
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Chicago Stompers at Tynemouth
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Friday, July 11, 2008
This I had to Hear!
“Stallings sounds like Carmen McRae with some Dinah Washington sass thrown in. Stallings doesn't flit around or complicate her singing with oblique swirls and curlicues like many younger jazz singers. She stays closer to the blues, laying down the ballad ‘Sunday Kind of Love’ with fine, feminine ardor.” - Philadelphia Inquirer
Thursday, July 10, 2008
The Benny Goodman Story Part 2
The role of Benny was taken by Matthias Seuffert, a young German clarinetist who handled the note for note recreations with ease. Enrico Tomasso, as Harry James, blew with fire as did Andy Woon (or was it Nathan Bray?) who played Ziggy Elman. Joan Viscant 'did' Martha Tilton and Peggy Lee quite effectively. Martha only died in 2006 so she almost didn't need a dep.
The whole affair was led and narrated from the piano by Keith Nichols.
Remember When
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Barry's Birthday Bash - Chilli Arms
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Inspiration is Where you Find it
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Red Hot Rhythm Makers at Cullercoats
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Saturday, July 05, 2008
Kings Reign in Rain
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Friday, July 04, 2008
You Can Choose Your Friends ...
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Papa's Got A Brand New Haircut
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If Shirley Horn Had Been Born in Tokyo...
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Gender Bender
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- Johnny Griffin R.I.P
- Take It To The Bridge - The Chilli
- Meanwhile, Back at The Side...
- Adam Bishop Quartet at The Cluny
- Pee Wee's Blues
- More Canadian Capers - Diana Krall
- Amputation Blues
- Bach Goes to Town. The Virtuoso Trio at Blaydon
- The Buddy Greco Show - Gala Theatre Durham
- Life Goes To a Punch-up
- Come Sway With Me - Michael Bublé at The Arena. ...
- Skylark Flies Over The Rainbow
- William Bone-Hardy R.I.P.
- Pleasant Surprises at the Chilli Arms
- Benny Green on Brubeck
- Rae Brothers New Orleans Jazz Band at Tynemouth
- Bratislava Hot Serenaders at Tynemouth
- Jazz in the Afternoon at Tynemouth
- Vieux Carre at Tynemouth
- MaMa & the Kids at Tynemouth
- Chicago Stompers at Tynemouth
- This I had to Hear!
- The Benny Goodman Story Part 2
- Gene autrey Rides Again
- Remember When
- Barry's Birthday Bash - Chilli Arms
- Inspiration is Where you Find it
- Red Hot Rhythm Makers at Cullercoats
- Kings Reign in Rain
- You Can Choose Your Friends ...
- Papa's Got A Brand New Haircut
- If Shirley Horn Had Been Born in Tokyo...
- Gender Bender
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