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February
Fri 03: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 03: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 03: Abbie Finn Trio @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 03: Dilutey Juice @ Bobik's, Punch Bowl, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Fri 03: Smoove & Turrell @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £25.00.
Fri 03: Struggle Buggy @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Blind Pig Blues Club.
Sat 04: Alligator Gumbo @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm.
Sat 04: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: John Pope - Up Your Rhythm Game. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 04: King Bees @ Grainger Market, Newcastle. 6:30pm (doors). Live music, comedy, DJs, food stalls. £10.00. advance, £15.00. on the door. Blues band King Bees on stage 9:45-11:15pm. A Great Market Caper event.
Sat 04: Jives Aces @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 7:30pm.
Sat 04: Renegade Brass Band @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors).
Sat 04: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sun 05 Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Spanish City, Whitley Bay. 12 noon.
Sun 05: Rivkala @ Cumberland Arms, Newcastle. 6:00pm.
Sun 05: Jive Aces @ Fire Station, Sunderland. 7:30pm.
Sun 05: Dale Storr @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 05: Jam No.13 @ Fabio's, Saddler St., Durham. Free. Durham University Jazz Society jam session. All welcome (students & non-students alike).
Mon 06: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Tue 07: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Alan Law (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Rob Walker (drums). Jam session reverts to a first & third Tuesday in the month schedule.
Wed 08: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 08: Jam session @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free. TBC.
Wed 08: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 08: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 08: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 09: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00.
Thu 09: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Johnny Griffin R.I.P
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Take It To The Bridge - The Chilli

Meanwhile, Back at The Side...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Adam Bishop Quartet at The Cluny

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

Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Buddy Greco Show - Gala Theatre Durham

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

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

Jazz in the Afternoon at Tynemouth

Saturday, July 12, 2008
Vieux Carre at Tynemouth
MaMa & the Kids at Tynemouth

Chicago Stompers at Tynemouth

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

Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Inspiration is Where you Find it
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Red Hot Rhythm Makers at Cullercoats

Saturday, July 05, 2008
Kings Reign in Rain

Friday, July 04, 2008
You Can Choose Your Friends ...
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Papa's Got A Brand New Haircut

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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