bebop spoken here: New Jazz Gig in South Shields

From This Moment On

Wed 28: Ragtime Rewind Swing Band @ Assembly Rooms, 40 North Bailey, Durham DH1 3ET. 9:20pm. £8.00. A Durham Fringe Festival event (www.durhamfringe.co.uk).

Thu 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone North Tyneside. 1:00pm.

Thu 29: Maine Street Jazzmen @ Sunniside Social Club, Gateshead. 8:30pm.

Sat 31: Lindsay Hannon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Lindsay previews new, original material.

Sat 31: jaktar + Johnny Richards @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE promotion.

August

Sun 01: Vieux Carre Hot 4 @ Spanish City, Whitley Bay. 12 noon.

Sun 01: Jeffrey Hewer Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Leeds College of Music graduate guitarist (Masters, Jazz Performance & Composition).

Thursday, November 11, 2010

New Jazz Gig in South Shields

A new late afternoon/early Sunday evening gig has kicked off at the Trimmers Arms, South Shields. The down beat is at the unusual time (for gigs) of 5:00pm and runs till 8:00pm.

On guitars Jon ? and Ian Parkinson (who also does bass and vocals). Keyboards are by Val Hanson and drums is Tony Burke.

You can hear a sample of the quartet stretching out on Watermelon Man on YouTube.

Worth checking out.

Lance.