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June
Sat 03: Newcastle Record Fair @ Northumbria University, Newcastle NE8 8SB. 10:00am-3:00pm. Admission: £2.00.
Sat 03: Pedigree Jazz Band @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm.
Sat 03: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Sue Ferris. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 03: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free.
Sat 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 03: Papa G's Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Sun 04: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm.
Sun 04: Central Bar Quintet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00-4:00pm. £5.00. The Central Bar Quintet plays Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus. Featuring Lewis Watson.
Sun 04: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 04: Struggle Buggy + Michael Littlefield @ Tyne Bar, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. Acoustic blues.
Sun 04: Swinging at the Cotton Club: Harry Strutters' Hot Rhythm Orchestra @ The Fire Station, Sunderland. 7:30pm.
Sun 04: Richard Jones Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 04: Jam No. 18 @ Fabio's Bar, Saddler Street, Durham. 8:00pm. Free. All welcome. A Durham University Jazz Society event.
Mon 05: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Tue 06: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 06: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Stu Collingwood (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Sid White (drums).
Wed 07: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 07: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 07: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 07: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 08: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED! BACK ON JUNE 15.
Thu 08: Easington Colliery Brass Band @ The Lubetkin Theatre, Peterlee. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 08: Faye MacCalman + Blue Dust Archive @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Dilutey Juice + Ceramic @ The Ampitheatre, Sea Road, South Shields. 7:00pm. Free. A South Tyneside Festival event.
Thu 08: Lara Jones w. Vigilance State @ Lubber Fiend, Blandford Square, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Michael Littlefield @ the Harbour View, Roker, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Country blues.
Thu 08: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.
Fri 09: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 09: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: Castillo Nuevo @ Revolución de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30-8:30pm.
Fri 09: Emma Rawicz @ Sage Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Goodbye.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Andy Hudson on Keith Crombie

From Paul Bream's Jazz Alert
The picture’s no better this year, but concern at the wider canvas has been overtaken today by the sad news of the death of Keith Crombie, owner, proprietor, and chucker-out in chief at Newcastle’s Jazz Café. (I have personal experience of this, having once been refused entry on the whimsical grounds that I looked too old, which seemed pretty ironic coming from a man who had the appearance of Methuselah.)
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Keith Crombie Dead!
Rest In Peace.
PS: Friends, musicians and anyone associated with Keith are invited to meet up outside of the Jazz Café tomorrow (New Year's Eve) at noon for photos, video and memories.)
A tribute concert is being arranged by Peter Gilligan to take place on Sunday afternoon (2pm) January 6 at the Jazz Café.
Sunday Sun Obituary.
Facebook Photos by Kaveh Emami.
Facebook Memorial Page.
Peter Gilligan and Friends at Jazz Café Tonight.
There'll Be Some Changes Made
With Our Girl (Daryl Sherman) in Tokyo
Friday, December 28, 2012
Fontella Bass and the World Saxophone Quartet - Information wanted.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Jazz Jam @ Hoochie
Despite that, it was still a grand night for swinging with all four players hitting one hundred and eighty..
No session next week as the room is booked for a "Private Function".
Lance.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Tomorrow night on Radio 3 - The Spirit of Django
Lance.
Graham Hardy and VCJ at Millstone.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Jazz Attack
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Dies in New York...

Monday, December 24, 2012
Whitley Bay Classic Jazz Party 2013.
Jazz in the Afternoon @ Cullercoats' Crescent Club. December 24
(Review by Russell).
Sunday, December 23, 2012
JOE ALBANY... A JAZZ LIFE 1980 Complete 60 min. Feature Documentary Film
Fascinating documentary of a sadly now almost forgotten jazz legend,
Lance.
Friday, December 21, 2012
Piano Jazz Xmas Tracks
Jazz At The Lit And Phil
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Rachel O'Reilly sings 'I Keep Going Back To Joe's' live at the Vortex
One of the great saloon songs originally done by Nat King Cole and later Curtis Stigers among others. Sinatra and Tormé should also have had a crack at it - I wonder if they did?.
Lance.
Roller Trio + Legohead @ The Cluny. December 18
A Schmazz Christmas party double bill of Mercury Prize nominees Roller Trio and local heroes Legohead guaranteed a larger than usual turn-out down at the Ouseburn’s premier music venue. The local lads - Lloyd Wright (guitar), Jon Proud (electric bass) and drummer David Francis - brought along their own following to help boost numbers and they delivered a typically energetic set. Wright’s big chord stretches, riffs and effortless solos wrapped themselves around Jon Proud’s subtle, funking bass lines underpinned by stickman David Francis’ assured performance. The set mixed tunes old (Getaway Driver - a favourite) and new. A debut CD is on the stocks. It will be available in the early part of next year. Definitely one to add to the collection.
Frosty The Snowman Exposed
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Send me your list(s)
Lance.
Jazz Esquires @ The Porthole
Jazz North East Update.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
R.I.P.Ana Grace
Lance.
A Not so Merry Christmas at The Corner House
Monday, December 17, 2012
Liverpool's First International Jazz Festival.
CD Review: MILES DAVIS – “Original Album Series – “Tutu”; “Siesta”; “Amandla”; “Dingo”; “Doo-Bop”, 5 CD set, Rhino / Warner Bros, 2012 .
Miles Davis hated repeating himself. “I have to change, it’s like a curse”, he once said. Leaving aside the albums of the ‘60s where he seemed to play ‘live’ the same tunes (e.g. ‘All Blues’ and ‘So What’) he’d recorded years earlier; on albums such as “At The Blackhawk” or “Live At Carnegie Hall”, he succeeded in doing just that. His experiments with electric instruments led to jazz-rock and fusion, genres which have pretty much been dismissed by purists over the years, but he pointed the way for such as Weather Report, the many incarnations of the Herbie Hancock band and others too numerous to mention.
Lindsay Hannon Plus/Jam Session @ Splinter @ The Bridge. Sunday December 16.
(Review by Lance.)
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Sector 7: The Sage: Friday December 14.
Ian Shaw: The Sage, Friday December 14th
(Review by Ann Alex).
Saturday, December 15, 2012
That Was The Year That Was.
So I'm going to give you my favourites - in no particular order.
CD Review: Roos Jonker ‘Mmmmm’
Happy Hour in Hong Kong.

Friday, December 14, 2012
Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Hoochie Coochie Thursday December 13.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Gigs cancelled over holidays.
Dave Weisser's Take it to the Bridge is also taking a break from The Chillingham and won't be back until January 9.
The Vieux Carré Jazzmen won't be doing Xmas Eve and New Years Eve at the Corner House or the Crescent Cl;ub on Boxing Day or January 2.
New Brunswick Battle of The Blues 2013
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
RIP Ravi Shankar
Lance.
The 3 B's @ The Sage. Tuesday Dec. 11.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Preview - Friday night @ The Sage.
Monday, December 10, 2012
This is What I Do - Gerry Richardson's Big Idea @ The Sage.
Interval time and the bar area soon filled and friends old and new passed judgement.
It was favourable and comparisions were drawn with Georgie Fame and Mose Allison.
Back in Hall Two, Gerry kicked off with Take The T ee Train, African Sunset saw Dave "Highnote" have a blast and Paul Smith got in a parradiddle or two although Paul's piece de Resistance came towards the end with an awesome display of speed drumming.
It was a good, well-attended launch.
Lance.
Sunday, December 09, 2012
Graeme Wilson Quartet - The Music of John Coltrane. Splinter @ The Bridge.
ASHINGTON JAZZ CLUB Final word on 2012.
Saturday, December 08, 2012
The Death of Jazz (sic)
The Earth Moves for Daryl in Japan!

CD Review: Bruut.

Friday, December 07, 2012
Two Days Left for Sarah Ellen Hughes.
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New Century Update.
Rendezvous Jazz @ The Porthole. December 7
Jazz At Oberlin.
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Santa's Last Stand - Celebrations at Ned Kelly's.
(Review by Lance).
Colin Aitchison has kept us up to date with the Hong Kong jazz scene and in particular Ned Kelly's Last Stand - the bar in Kowloon where he has led the China Coast Jazzmen for the past 15 years.
Take It To The Bridge Jazz Workshop, The Chillingham Wednesday December 5 The Blue Jazz Quintet Becomes a Trio with Singers
Brubeck Family Statement
Darius, Chris, Dan, Catherine and Matthew Brubeck (On Facebook.)
Winter Weather Blues
STOP PRESS:
BLAYDON CANCELLED TONIGHT!
KATE PETERS SEPTET AT HOOCHIE COOCHIE CANCELLED.
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
RIP Dave Brubeck.
He didn't always swing, but when he did it was something else! and even when he wasn't swinging it was still something else!
Pete Gilligan brought another one to my attention.
Obituary.
Ned Kelly's Blues Live on Hong Kong Radio

Just click on the listen live link at the top of the home page....http://programme.rthk.
Hope you will be able to listen in, or for you in Hong Kong, pop in and join us.
Colin.
The B's Are Back!
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Jimmy McPartland @ The Corner House

This is the YouTube clip Colin refers to.
Pete Kelly's Blues
Lance.
Katherine Stone Quartet @ The Cherry Tree. December 3.
Monday, December 03, 2012
Gig/CD of year.
You visit the blog, go to the gigs, listen to discs so tell us about your favourites. - who knows it might even promote interest in your favourite club/band!
Lance.
Kings of Cool - now!
Lance.
CD Review: New Cool Collective - Eighteen
(Review by Lance)
More Charlie Smith/Peter Fielding and Dennis Ringrowe.
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Jiannis Pavlidis Quintet @ The Bridge
Lance.
Apology
Lickety Split @ The Sage. December 2
trio VD @ The Sage December 1
Prudhoe Community Band @ Central Station. December 1
New Cool Collective @ Hoochie Saturday December 1
(Review by Lance)
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Christmas Appeal from Sarah Ellen Hughes.
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- Goodbye.
- Andy Hudson on Keith Crombie
- From Paul Bream's Jazz Alert
- the jazz cafe documentary - Posted by John Taylor.
- Keith Crombie Dead!
- Peter Gilligan and Friends at Jazz Café Tonight.
- There'll Be Some Changes Made
- With Our Girl (Daryl Sherman) in Tokyo
- Fontella Bass and the World Saxophone Quartet - In...
- Jazz Jam @ Hoochie
- Tomorrow night on Radio 3 - The Spirit of Django
- Graham Hardy and VCJ at Millstone.
- Jazz Attack
- Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Dies in New York...
- Whitley Bay Classic Jazz Party 2013.
- Jazz in the Afternoon @ Cullercoats' Crescent Club...
- Cartoon from Carstairs.
- JOE ALBANY... A JAZZ LIFE 1980 Complete 60 min. Fe...
- Piano Jazz Xmas Tracks
- Jazz At The Lit And Phil
- Rachel O'Reilly sings 'I Keep Going Back To Joe's'...
- Roller Trio + Legohead @ The Cluny. December 18
- Frosty The Snowman Exposed
- Send me your list(s)
- Jazz Esquires @ The Porthole
- Jazz North East Update.
- R.I.P.Ana Grace
- A Not so Merry Christmas at The Corner House
- Liverpool's First International Jazz Festival.
- CD Review: MILES DAVIS – “Original Album Series – ...
- Lindsay Hannon Plus/Jam Session @ Splinter @ The B...
- Sector 7: The Sage: Friday December 14.
- Ian Shaw: The Sage, Friday December 14th
- That Was The Year That Was.
- CD Review: Roos Jonker ‘Mmmmm’
- Happy Hour in Hong Kong.
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Hoochie Coochie Thursd...
- Gigs cancelled over holidays.
- New Brunswick Battle of The Blues 2013
- RIP Ravi Shankar
- The 3 B's @ The Sage. Tuesday Dec. 11.
- Preview - Friday night @ The Sage.
- This is What I Do - Gerry Richardson's Big Idea @ ...
- Graeme Wilson Quartet - The Music of John Coltrane...
- ASHINGTON JAZZ CLUB Final word on 2012.
- The Death of Jazz (sic)
- The Earth Moves for Daryl in Japan!
- CD Review: Bruut.
- Two Days Left for Sarah Ellen Hughes.
- New Century Update.
- Rendezvous Jazz @ The Porthole. December 7
- Jazz At Oberlin.
- Santa's Last Stand - Celebrations at Ned Kelly's.
- Take It To The Bridge Jazz Workshop, The Chilling...
- Brubeck Family Statement
- Winter Weather Blues
- RIP Dave Brubeck.
- Ned Kelly's Blues Live on Hong Kong Radio
- The B's Are Back!
- Jimmy McPartland @ The Corner House
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- Katherine Stone Quartet @ The Cherry Tree. Decembe...
- Very Cool: The Art Pepper Legacy Quartet in Italy
- Gig/CD of year.
- Kings of Cool - now!
- CD Review: New Cool Collective - Eighteen
- More Charlie Smith/Peter Fielding and Dennis Ringr...
- Jiannis Pavlidis Quintet @ The Bridge
- Apology
- Lickety Split @ The Sage. December 2
- trio VD @ The Sage December 1
- Prudhoe Community Band @ Central Station. December 1
- New Cool Collective @ Hoochie Saturday December 1
- Christmas Appeal from Sarah Ellen Hughes.
- Jazz North seeks bands to be touring ambassadors f...
- Jazz in Amsterdam Part 3 (of 3). November 25
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