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JUNE 2025
Sat 21: Durham Jazz Fest @ Dunelm House, Durham Students' Union, Durham. 1:00pm ('til late). £10.00. Line-up inc. Durham University Big Band; Durham University Jazz Society; Northern Lights A Cappella; Durham University Jazz Orchestra; Cache Out; Flo & Co; Holy Grale Sessions.
Sat 21: Jason Holcomb Jazz Ensemble @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 5:30-7:30pm. Free. A 'Sunderland Year of Music' event.
Sat 21: Milne Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 21: Red Kites Jazz @ Staithes Café, Dunston. 7:00-9:00pm. Free.
Sat 21: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 22: Phoenix 4 @ Wallington, Northumberland. 12 noon-1:00pm & 2:00-3:00pm. Tel: 01670 773606. National Trust admission prices apply. ‘Tunes in the Blooms’.
Sun 22: Lapwing Trio @ Wallington, Northumberland. 1:00-2:00pm. Tel: 01670 773606. National Trust admission prices apply. ‘Tunes in the Blooms’.
Sun 22: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 22: Jason Isaacs Trio @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 4:00pm. £18.00. + £1.08 bf.
Sun 22: JazzMain @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Mon 23: MSK Trio @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00. at the door; £8.20. (inc £0.20 bf) online, in advance.
Mon 23: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club (1:00pm). Free.
Tues 24: ???
Wed 25: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 25: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 25: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 25: The Magpies of Swing @ The Roxy, Leadgate, Co. Durham. 7:30pm. A Ginger Jitterbugs swing dance event, all welcome.
Thu 26: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Brass Instruments & the use of mutes.
Fri 27: Lewis Watson Quartet @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm.
Fri 27: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 27: Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 8:00pm. ‘Time After Time’.
Reviewers wanted
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Haftor Medboe Group - Cluny.

Monday, March 30, 2009
Zoe Gilby Band at The Side Café

The Complete Discs To Die For (to date)
No Time For Jive
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Jazz 625 - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Isle of Wight Jazz Festival Cancelled.
Friday, March 27, 2009
A Funny Valentine - The Story of Chet Baker told by Mike Maran. Darlington Arts Centre.
Sheila Jordan Radio 3
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Clare Tea-Towel @ Customs House South Shields

Coronation Street Jumps.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Budvivar @ The Chillingham

Spotify
Abie, Abie, Abie, My Boy - The Song is Jew
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Customs House Big Band and Ruth Lambert

Monster Big Band From Up North and I Mean North!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Mark Williams Trio at the Side Café
Charlie Galbraith
Pete Volpe
Northern Voices
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Joshua Redman Trio - Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra.
Meanwhile, Somewhere East of Suez... Colin A.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Sheila Jordan - Gateshead Jazz Festival

The Voice in Jazz. Report from Jim McD.
Saturday Afternoon at the Gateshead Jazz Festival

Friday, March 20, 2009
The Music of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn - Northern Sinfonia and Guests.

Nigel Stanger Update by Germaine

Festival Frontline
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Defining Moments - Earl Bostic
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Welcome Back Darren. Chilli..

Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Cormac Loane - Whatever Became of?

Ruth Lambert & Friends - an Intimate Soirée at the Side Café

Sunday, March 15, 2009
Remembering Nigel Stanger

Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Four Piece Sweet & Swing City Trio - Saville Exchange, North Shields

Free Spirits, Corner House Hotel, Thursday 12 March. Report by Russell.

The function room of a suburban public house was the meeting place for Eastern & Western musical traditions in the form of Free Spirits. Following a triumphant concert performance at the recent London Jazz Festival local jazz fans and interestingly, non - jazz fans, were in attendance for this eagerly anticipated event. The evening began with sitar and tabla establishing the framework for the first of the ragas. The slow tempo encouraged Lewis Watson to enter the proceedings on tenor and ace bassman Neil Harland was right there setting down a funklike feel which he maintained throughout the evening. A series of ragas unfolded with all four musicians reacting to the subtle shifts in emphasis from one or other of the quartet. Bhupinder Singh Chaggar, at times displaying bewildering hand speed, encouraged numerous change of tempi within any one piece. His musical compatriots were quick to respond and at times there was thrilling interplay between two, three or indeed all four musicians.
The second set began with Singh Chaggar and Harland locked in an exchange of rhythmic ideas which, at its conclusion, drew much, fully deserved, applause. A Harland original, written in memory of percussionist Bruce Arthur, brought the quartet together once again. Dharambir Singh dazzled in his improvisation on a scale - Watson took up the challenge - and a flurry of notes went to and fro. The fusion of classical Indian music and jazz worked so well, that, at times, a coherent sound emerged rendering the labelling or categorisation of the music somewhat redundant. Free Spirits - four virtuosi. Free Spirits hope to play another concert in the north east later this year. Watch this space. (Sittar info.)
Russell.
Late Night Jazz At The Hilton
Thursday, March 12, 2009
"Thoughts and Recollections" - The Claude Werner Quartet

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Alan Glen - A Tough Act To Follow But Not Impossible.

Highfield Hotel News
Vieux Carré Jazzmen at Cullercoats Crescent Club - by Russell
Benny rides again in Hong Kong - from Colin Aitchison

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Malcolm Saul Info Wanted.

Monday, March 09, 2009
Steve Waterman Quartet - Side Café

Vieux Carré Go On-Line
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Steve Waterman, Issie Barratt & the VOTNJO. Sunderland Campus.
Saturday, March 07, 2009
BBC Big Band - Sunderland Campus

Friday, March 06, 2009
Bebop Taught Here - Egglescliffe School Jazz Quartet. An Intermission Riff at the Bonded Warehouse, Sunderland

Thursday, March 05, 2009
Splinter - Corner House, Heaton.

Ruth Lambert & Friends at Ashington Jazz Club. Report by John Taylor.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Take It To The Bridge. No SNAFU tonight.

Jimmy Witherspoon, Don Weller - Going to Kansas City.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Bheki Mseleku
Monday, March 02, 2009
Roly Veitch Trio - Side Café
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- Haftor Medboe Group - Cluny.
- Zoe Gilby Band at The Side Café
- The Complete Discs To Die For (to date)
- No Time For Jive
- Jazz 625 - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
- Isle of Wight Jazz Festival Cancelled.
- A Funny Valentine - The Story of Chet Baker told b...
- Sheila Jordan Radio 3
- Clare Tea-Towel @ Customs House South Shields
- Coronation Street Jumps.
- Budvivar @ The Chillingham
- Spotify
- Abie, Abie, Abie, My Boy - The Song is Jew
- Customs House Big Band and Ruth Lambert
- Monster Big Band From Up North and I Mean North!
- Mark Williams Trio at the Side Café
- Charlie Galbraith
- Pete Volpe
- Northern Voices
- Joshua Redman Trio - Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra.
- Meanwhile, Somewhere East of Suez... Colin A.
- Sheila Jordan - Gateshead Jazz Festival
- The Voice in Jazz. Report from Jim McD.
- Saturday Afternoon at the Gateshead Jazz Festival
- The Music of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn - No...
- Nigel Stanger Update by Germaine
- Festival Frontline
- Defining Moments - Earl Bostic
- Welcome Back Darren. Chilli..
- Cormac Loane - Whatever Became of?
- Ruth Lambert & Friends - an Intimate Soirée at the...
- Remembering Nigel Stanger
- Q: How do you know when a bass solo has ended? A: ...
- Four Piece Sweet & Swing City Trio - Saville Excha...
- Free Spirits, Corner House Hotel, Thursday 12 Marc...
- Late Night Jazz At The Hilton
- "Thoughts and Recollections" - The Claude Werner Q...
- Alan Glen - A Tough Act To Follow But Not Impossible.
- Highfield Hotel News
- Vieux Carré Jazzmen at Cullercoats Crescent Club -...
- Benny rides again in Hong Kong - from Colin Aitchison
- Malcolm Saul Info Wanted.
- Steve Waterman Quartet - Side Café
- Vieux Carré Go On-Line
- Steve Waterman, Issie Barratt & the VOTNJO. Sunder...
- BBC Big Band - Sunderland Campus
- Bebop Taught Here - Egglescliffe School Jazz Quart...
- Splinter - Corner House, Heaton.
- Ruth Lambert & Friends at Ashington Jazz Club. Rep...
- Take It To The Bridge. No SNAFU tonight.
- The Village Vanguard
- Jimmy Witherspoon, Don Weller - Going to Kansas City.
- Bheki Mseleku
- Roly Veitch Trio - Side Café
- An Ian Carr Memory From Jack Goodwin
- Julian Siegel w. Paul Edis Trio. Highfield Hotel, ...
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