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November
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. SOLD OUT!
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: Durham Dynamics & Basement Jazz @ Kingsgate Bar & Café, Durham Students’ Union. 7:30pm. £5.00. (£4.50. concs.). ‘Fab & Festive’. A cappella & jazz. Abba, Mariah Carey & more.
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’.
Tue 05: Customs House Big Band @ All Saints Church, Cleadon. 7:00pm. Concert in the church hall. BYOB.
Tue 05: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Michael Young, Paul Grainger, Sid White. The best free show in town!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
R.I.P. Margaret Falcus - a great voice.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011
CD Review: Viktoria Tolstoy - Letters to Herbie.

Monday, August 29, 2011
Jazz in the Afternoon at the Crescent Club, Cullercoats.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
New Kids on the Block at Jazz Café
Another One Bites The Dust
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Starter For Ten by David Nicholls
Friday, August 26, 2011
Bank Holiday Blues Bonanza at Star and Shadow Cinema
12 noon Rock 'n' Roll Revue (Dir.Joseph Kohn.1956. 40 mins). Featuring Ellington, Nat Cole and others.
2:00 pm Rhythm and Blues Revue (Dir. Joseph Kohn & Leonard Reed. 1955. 71 mins). Featuring Lionel Hampton, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Big Joe Turner, Nat Cole and others. Admission free all day.
Walkin' The Dog.

Thursday, August 25, 2011
Steve Fishwick Quartet @ Hoochie Coochie
Photos
Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's.
Guardian Music 6 Hour Spotify Jazz Playlist
Humph's Bad Penny Blues makes the cut as does Getz' Girl From Ipanema and, of course, Take Five.
Tonight at the Hoochie Coochie

Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Warners' Original Album Series.
The latest batch comprises:
John Coltrane - Giant Steps; Coltrane Jazz; My Favourite Things; Coltrane Plays The Blues; Coltrane's Sound.
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Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come; Change of the Century; This is Our Music; Free Jazz; Ornette!
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Herbie Mann - At The Village Gate; Do The Bossa Nova With Herbie Mann; Nirvana (w. Bill Evans' Trio); Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty; Hold on, I'm Comin'.
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Al Jarreau - We Got By; Glow; All Fly Home; This Time; Breakin' Away.
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Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Wonderful World of ACJ; Love, Strings and Jobim; A Certain Mr. Jobim; Urubu; Terra Brasilis.
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What can I say? The equivalent of 25 classic LPs that, give or take a couple, should be in every collection. Personally I was delighted to get my hands on Coltrane Plays the Blues. It's long been on my wish list and here it is.
Amazing that all these years later Ornette Coleman sounds almost mainstream - almost!
Al Jarreau, Jobim, Herbie Mann - unbeatable at their craft.
I've left the best till last - you can pick them up on Amazon for £6 - £12 each.
Maybe even cheaper elsewhere!
Lance.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Mo Scott w. Stuart Collingwood Trio @ The Cherry Tree.
THANK YOU, RUTH, I WON YOUR CD AT THE JAZZATHON!
Tonight @ The Cherry Tree Resturant, 9 Osborne Rd., Jesmond.)
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Jumpin' Jazzathon!
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Jazzathon 2011 - Lit and Phil East African Appeal.
CD Review: The Moon, The Stars and You - Nils Landgren

Friday, August 19, 2011
Bill Croft Tracked Down!

Thursday, August 18, 2011
Maine Street Jazzmen and Chips @ Rosie's!
Wilbur's Fate @ The Head of Steam, Newcastle. August 17th
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Birdflight.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Carmen McRae Guess Who I Saw Today
FAREWELL TO A LEGEND by Eddie Sammons
Monday, August 15, 2011
The Guardian - Eric Delaney Obituary.
Wilbur's Fate - a New Project.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Jazz Café Jam Session
Saturday, August 13, 2011
You Ain't Nuttin' but a Horndog!

CD Review: Jacqui Dankworth "It Happens Quietly" - Officially released on Monday August 15.

Friday, August 12, 2011
Hoochie Coochie hits the ground running with Zoe Gilby Band
R.I.P. Richard Turner.

Thursday, August 11, 2011
Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosies
Vive la difference! (Holiday Jazz)
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Jazz Action @ The Stockton Weekender. August 7. Part three.
Revolver - SoundCloud - Jazz! by Keith Armstrong
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Jazz Action @ The Stockton Weekender, August 7 - Part two.
CD Review: Loud City - Vasilis Xenopoulos & The Xtet.

Monday, August 08, 2011
Jazz Action @ The Stockton Weekender. August 7th - Part one.
Ruth Lambert w. Stuart Collingwood Trio @ The Cherry Tree.
Elaine Binney and the Jazz Rascals at Blyth Beach Bandstand Sunday August 6 2011

Sunday, August 07, 2011
Jazz Café Moments.

Maine Street Jazzmen @ Ashington Jazz Club August 3, 2011
Saturday, August 06, 2011
On the Road to Ruth.
Friday, August 05, 2011
Scarborough lose Loussier - Gain Rees-Williams.
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's.
CD Review: Shizaru - The Naked Truth

Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Hot and Cool with Ian Shaw and Clare Teal in Harrogate
The Stars Really Will Fall on Stockton This Sunday!
- 12:00 - 12:45 Noel Dennis Quartet featuring Chris Hibbard (tmb).
- 13:00 - 13:45 Saxophonics.
- 14:00 - 14:45 Milestones – The Next Step.
- 15:00 - 16:30 Singers’ Day (Gilby, Lambert, Hannon, Kelly) Part One.
- 16:45 - 17:30 Singers Day Part Two (as above).
- 17:45 - 18:30 Spelk.
- 18:45 - 19:30 Mark William Trio.
- 19:45 - 20:30 Legohead.
- 20:45 - 21:30 Funk Regulators.
- I heard it on the grapevine the unconfirmed report that the Claude Werner Quartet has pulled out of the 16:45 spot hence the Part Two of Singers' Day replacement. Presented in conjunction with Jazz Action.
- ...and there won't be a Shadow in sight. Lance.
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Sarah Ellen Hughes Big Band
CD Review: Good Days at Schloss Elmau - Gwilym Simcock
Tonight's Shields Gazette
Monday, August 01, 2011
Mendelssohn must do ok on royalties!

Identity Parade!

Tonight @ The Cherry Tree.
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- R.I.P. Margaret Falcus - a great voice.
- CD Review: Viktoria Tolstoy - Letters to Herbie.
- Jazz in the Afternoon at the Crescent Club, Culler...
- New Kids on the Block at Jazz Café
- Another One Bites The Dust
- Starter For Ten by David Nicholls
- Bank Holiday Blues Bonanza at Star and Shadow Cinema
- Walkin' The Dog.
- Steve Fishwick Quartet @ Hoochie Coochie
- Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's.
- Guardian Music 6 Hour Spotify Jazz Playlist
- Tonight at the Hoochie Coochie
- Warners' Original Album Series.
- Mo Scott w. Stuart Collingwood Trio @ The Cherry T...
- THANK YOU, RUTH, I WON YOUR CD AT THE JAZZATHON!
- Tonight @ The Cherry Tree Resturant, 9 Osborne Rd....
- Jumpin' Jazzathon!
- Jazzathon 2011 - Lit and Phil East African Appeal.
- CD Review: The Moon, The Stars and You - Nils Land...
- Bill Croft Tracked Down!
- Maine Street Jazzmen and Chips @ Rosie's!
- Wilbur's Fate @ The Head of Steam, Newcastle. Augu...
- Birdflight.
- Carmen McRae Guess Who I Saw Today
- FAREWELL TO A LEGEND by Eddie Sammons
- The Guardian - Eric Delaney Obituary.
- Wilbur's Fate - a New Project.
- Jazz Café Jam Session
- You Ain't Nuttin' but a Horndog!
- CD Review: Jacqui Dankworth "It Happens Quietly" -...
- Hoochie Coochie hits the ground running with Zoe G...
- R.I.P. Richard Turner.
- Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosies
- Vive la difference! (Holiday Jazz)
- Jazz Action @ The Stockton Weekender. August 7. Pa...
- Revolver - SoundCloud - Jazz! by Keith Armstrong
- Jazz Action @ The Stockton Weekender, August 7 - ...
- CD Review: Loud City - Vasilis Xenopoulos & The Xtet.
- Jazz Action @ The Stockton Weekender. August 7th -...
- Ruth Lambert w. Stuart Collingwood Trio @ The Cher...
- Elaine Binney and the Jazz Rascals at Blyth Beach ...
- Jazz Café Moments.
- Maine Street Jazzmen @ Ashington Jazz Club August ...
- On the Road to Ruth.
- Scarborough lose Loussier - Gain Rees-Williams.
- Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's.
- CD Review: Shizaru - The Naked Truth
- Hot and Cool with Ian Shaw and Clare Teal in Harro...
- Happy Birthday Tony - 85 today!
- The Stars Really Will Fall on Stockton This Sunday!
- Sarah Ellen Hughes Big Band
- CD Review: Good Days at Schloss Elmau - Gwilym Sim...
- Tonight's Shields Gazette
- Mendelssohn must do ok on royalties!
- Identity Parade!
- Tonight @ The Cherry Tree.
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