For the past eighteen years we've been updating the world about jazz in the north east of England and updating the north east of England about jazz in the world. WINNER of the Jazz Media Category in the 2018 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Contact lanceliddle@gmail.com
JANUARY 2026
Wed 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 04: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 04: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 05: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00. Subject:Times of the Day & Trios.
Thu 05: Jeremy McMurray’s Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm. Special guest Emma Wilson.
Thu 05: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.
Fri 06: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 06: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 06: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 06: Durham Alumni Big Band & Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn Theatre. 7:30pm. £12.00. Two big bands on stage together!
Fri 06: Nauta + Littlewood Trio @ Little Buildings, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Double bill + jam session.
Fri 06: FILM: Made in America @ Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Ornette Coleman.
Fri 06: Deep Six Blues @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 7:30pm.
Sat 07: The Big Easy @ St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 07: Tees Bay Swing Band @ The Blacksmith’s Arms, Hartlepool. 1:30-3:30pm. Free. Open rehearsal.
Sat 07: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. £27.50. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. St Thomas & Bésame Mucho. Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 07: Side Cafe Oᴙkestar @ Café Under the Spire, Gateshead. 6:30pm. Table reservations: 0191 477 3970.
Sat 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sun 08: Swing Tyne @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12 noon (doors). Donations. Swing dance taster class (12:30pm) + Hot Club de Heaton (live performance). Non dancers welcome.
Sun 08: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 08: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 08: Gerry Richardson’s Big Idea @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Mon 09: Mark Williams Trio @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm.
Mon 09: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 10: Jazz Jam Sandwich @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
10 comments :
"Keep an eye out Brian, while I chuck this onto the barbecue"
Will someone hurry and light this barbecue!
Drums next - then we will have only musicians in the band.
I wonder if Miles Davis had the same problems as me with his banjo player !
Bixieland
Should I reveal: The ingnited flame
"I'm so tempted."
Shame, I left my lighter at home !!
"I'm Begining To See The Light"
or alternatvely
"Encinerating with Some Barbeque"
Dave Kerr
Allan Greenwood said:
Do I really want a barbecued Banjo?
Don Armstrong said:
Did I leave my trumpet at the Crescent Club yesterday?
Ian Huntly said:
Well, Barbecue my banjo!
Derek Coltherd said:
Has anybody got a match?
Mal Lumsden said:
If he squirts me with that carnation one more time...
Danny McTavey said:
Quick, where's the bloody fire lighters!
Alice Fleck said:
Ahh, here comes the lorry with the rest of the banjos!
Peter Dixon said:
I wonder if we can barbecue this banjo before the rain starts?
Carol Marr said:
I bet Satchmo never had to hang around at cold English barbies like this
Norman Tindall said:
Why should I bother when Brian's just eyeing-up the birds
Tien K Khoo said:
C'mon baby light my fire!
Ian Wallace said:
I knew Brian was a smokin’ hot banjo player, but...
Connie Oliver said:
The banjo, brown or white with saucy sweet chilli?
John Broddle said:
Quick! Get this barbie going. Banjo burgers ready soon
i wish i could remember why i used to chat young girls up.
Post a Comment