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November
Tue 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Delaval NE25 0AT. 12:30pm. ‘Afternoon Jazz Tea Party’ £12.00. Tickets from: 0191 237 3697.
Tue 28: Full Score & Durham University Jazz Orchestra @ St Oswald’s Church, Durham. 7:00pm. £8.00., £7.00. conc., £6.00. DSM. ‘Singing with a Swing’. In support of the Angel Trust.
Tue 28: Pete Tanton’s Chet Set @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. £12.00., £10.00. Doors 7pm/Music 8pm.
Wed 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). Tickets: £25.00. inc. buffet. A Gatsby themed evening.
Thu 30: Jools Holland's R & B Orchestra @ Newcastle City Hall. 7:30pm.
Thu 30: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 30: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. Guest band night: Mark Toomey Quintet (Mark Toomey, sax; Paul Donnelly, guitar; Jeremy McMurray, keys; Peter Ayton, bass; Mark Robertson, drums). 9:00pm.
December
Fri 01: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 01: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 01: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 01: Paul Skerritt @ All Saints’ Church, Eastgate, Co. Durham. 7:00pm. Xmas Tree Fest.
Fri 01: Alligator Gumbo @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 01: Nu Sound Brass @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Fri 01: Struggle Buggy w. Jim Murray @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Blind Pig Blues Club. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 02: Paula Jackman's Jazz Masters @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00.
Sat 02: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 02: Abbie Finn Trio @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00pm.
Sat 02: Tenement Jazz Band @ John Marley Centre, Newcastle. Swing Tyne Winter Social. £8.00. + bf. Advance purchase only, no admission at the door. BYOB. Lindy hop workshop from 11:00am. £39.00.
Sat 02: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ The Masham, Hartburn Village, Stockton. 7:00pm. Feat. Noel Dennis.
Sat 02: Classic Swing @ The Nuthatch, 9 - 11 Bedford St, Middlesbrough TS1 2LL. 7:00-9:00pm. Classic Swing in trio format.
Sat 02: Paul Skerritt w. Danny Miller Big Band @ Westovian Theatre, South Shields. 7:30pm.
Sat 02: Vermont Big Band @ Whitley Bay FC. 7:30pm. £10.00. (inc. hot buffet). Tickets available from WBFC’s Seahorse pub club house.
Sat 02: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Ponteland Social Club, Northumberland. 7:30pm. £18.00 (inc. stotties & soup supper). A fundraiser for Hexham Constituency Labour Party.
Sat 02: Tom Remon & Laurence Harrison @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. Xmas party night inc. buffet & special raffle. £3.00.
Sat 02: Groovetrain @ The Unionist Club, Laygate, South Shields. 9:00pm.
Sun 03: The Central Bar Quartet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00. The Central Bar Quartet plays Lou Donaldson’s Gravy Train. Featuring Jamie Toms.
Sun 03: Paul Skerritt @ Smith’s Arms, Carlton, Stockton-on-Tees. 7:00pm.
Sun 03: Johnny Hunter Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 03: Jam session @ The Schooner, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Free.
Mon 04: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 04: Northern Monkey Brass Band @ People’s Kitchen, Bath Lane, Newcastle. From 5:30pm. On-street gig supporting the work of the People’s Kitchen charity. Wrap up warm! Donate!
Mon 04: Michael Young Trio w Lindsay Hannon @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 7:00pm. Free.
Mon 04: James Birkett Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £8.00.
Mon 04: Durham University Jazz Orchestra + Durham University Big Band @ Durham Castle DH1 3RW. 8:30pm. £6.00.; £5.00. concs; £4.00. DSM. ‘Jazzy Christmas’.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Ruth Lambert Quintet: Splinter @ The Bridge
The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra @ The Barbican.
Jazz Girls on the Loose


Saturday, January 30, 2010
Paul Edis Sextet @ The Bridge - The Movie.
Some Jazz Links
The VC Advance on Moscow Continues - They're now about to stomp on Sunniside.

Friday, January 29, 2010
My Kinda Town
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's.

Banjoed!
Man U/Man City mere Conference compared to Dexter and Wardell.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday At The Porthole.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Corner House. Monday Jan 25.
Tonight @ The Sage - JAN GARBAREK
Monday, January 25, 2010
One Mo (Scott) Time @ The Cherry Tree.
Jason Isaacs
You're A Real Musician When...
Jumping in Jesmond, Hot at Heaton
Sunday, January 24, 2010
I Remember Django

Saturday, January 23, 2010
New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ Gateshead Old Town Hall
IAN CHRISTIE R.I.P.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Irene Sutherland Tribute Gig TONIGHT (Friday Jan 22)

BBC JAZZ THINK TANK
Thursday, January 21, 2010
John Escreet Project @ The Sage Gateshead - January 20th
Maine St. Jazzmen @ Rosie Malone's
Saxobones
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Hot House Dragons & Take It to The Bridge @ The Chilli
Stock Arrangements Wanted.
Night Lights
Harley Johnson Trio @ The Cherry Tree Restaurant, Jesmond. Monday Jan 18.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Bobby McFerrin @ The Sage, Gateshead. Saturday Jan 16.
Jason Isaacs on Alan Titchmarsh show
Anti Social Behaviour on the Newcastle-Carlisle Line

Tonight (Monday)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Paul Edis Sextet: Splinter @ The Bridge Hotel

Saturday, January 16, 2010
Enrico Tomasso w. The Swing City Trio @ Trinity Church Centre, Gosforth.
Idle Words

R.I.P. Chris Langford

Friday, January 15, 2010
Some Random Reflections.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Old Town Hall - New Venue.
Sister Kate Wishes She Could Shimmy Like Olive! Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie Malone's.

Goodbye Ed Thigpen.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Take It To The Bridge Kick Start 2010 @ The Chilli
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Gormon-sense
Charles Gordon @ The Cherry Tree by Peter (Peter and Gordon!)
Monday, January 11, 2010
Jazz Clubs Worldwide
This Saturday @ Trinity Church
Andrea Pattison Quartet re-sceduled @ Cherry Tree for Feb. 1.
Panama
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Jazz and Ale
Saturday, January 09, 2010
THE RIVER CITY JAZZMEN-- REPRINTED FROM JUST JAZZ INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE. Part one.

THE RIVER CITY JAZZMEN-- REPRINTED FROM JUST JAZZ INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE. Part Two.

THE RIVER CITY JAZZMEN-- REPRINTED FROM JUST JAZZ INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE. Part Three.

Bridging The Gap. Wednesday 27 January11.00-11.30am BBC RADIO 4
Friday, January 08, 2010
Blue Horizons by Chris Yates

Marian McPartland OBE
Ernie Graham R.I.P.
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- Ruth Lambert Quintet: Splinter @ The Bridge
- The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra @ The Barbican.
- Jazz Girls on the Loose
- Paul Edis Sextet @ The Bridge - The Movie.
- Some Jazz Links
- The VC Advance on Moscow Continues - They're now a...
- My Kinda Town
- Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's.
- Banjoed!
- Man U/Man City mere Conference compared to Dexter ...
- Wednesday At The Porthole.
- Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Corner House. Monday Jan 25.
- Tonight @ The Sage - JAN GARBAREK
- One Mo (Scott) Time @ The Cherry Tree.
- Jason Isaacs
- You're A Real Musician When...
- Jumping in Jesmond, Hot at Heaton
- I Remember Django
- New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ Gateshead Old Town...
- IAN CHRISTIE R.I.P.
- Irene Sutherland Tribute Gig TONIGHT (Friday Jan 22)
- BBC JAZZ THINK TANK
- John Escreet Project @ The Sage Gateshead - Januar...
- Maine St. Jazzmen @ Rosie Malone's
- Saxobones
- Hot House Dragons & Take It to The Bridge @ The Ch...
- Stock Arrangements Wanted.
- Night Lights
- Harley Johnson Trio @ The Cherry Tree Restaurant, ...
- Bobby McFerrin @ The Sage, Gateshead. Saturday Jan...
- Jason Isaacs on Alan Titchmarsh show
- Anti Social Behaviour on the Newcastle-Carlisle Line
- Tonight (Monday)
- Paul Edis Sextet: Splinter @ The Bridge Hotel
- Enrico Tomasso w. The Swing City Trio @ Trinity Ch...
- Idle Words
- R.I.P. Chris Langford
- Some Random Reflections.
- Old Town Hall - New Venue.
- Sister Kate Wishes She Could Shimmy Like Olive! Ma...
- Goodbye Ed Thigpen.
- Take It To The Bridge Kick Start 2010 @ The Chilli
- Gormon-sense
- Charles Gordon @ The Cherry Tree by Peter (Peter a...
- Jazz Clubs Worldwide
- This Saturday @ Trinity Church
- Andrea Pattison Quartet re-sceduled @ Cherry Tree ...
- Panama
- Jazz and Ale
- THE RIVER CITY JAZZMEN-- REPRINTED FROM JUST JAZZ ...
- THE RIVER CITY JAZZMEN-- REPRINTED FROM JUST JAZZ ...
- THE RIVER CITY JAZZMEN-- REPRINTED FROM JUST JAZZ ...
- Bridging The Gap. Wednesday 27 January11.00-11.30a...
- Blue Horizons by Chris Yates
- Marian McPartland OBE
- Ernie Graham R.I.P.
- 'Smilby'
- Saville Exchange Gig Cancelled.
- Gateshead Jazz Society - Tonight's meeting Cancelled.
- Alter Ego - no go. Not enough Salt in Saltburn
- Jazz Esquires at The Porthole 6/1/2010.
- JATP Re-visited.
- Fell has also Fallen.
- Ruthless @ Ashington
- Weather Report @ The chilly Chilli
- The Applecake Question
- MAMA MIA! It's Lauren Housley and the Tom Dibb Tri...
- Celebrity Mastermind Tonight.
- Squatty 'roo?
- I Wish I Were Twins (on Wednesday)
- Facebook quote from Laurie Pepper
- Savill @ the Saville
- John Pizzarelli Live Tribute to Sinatra
- Charles Gordon @ The Cherry Tree Restaurant
- RIP Johnny Hawksworth?
- Long Ago And Far Away
- What do Whitley Bay Jazz Festival tickets - and Ho...
- Night Lights
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