Bebop Spoken There

Jools Holland (on his 2026 spring/summer tour): ''With the mighty [R&B] Orchestra, our wonderful boogie woogie singers, and the brilliant Joe Webb opening the shows [including Darlington Hippodrome, June 19], we're in for some very special evenings of music.'' The Northern Echo February 5, 2026

The Things They Say!

This is a good opportunity to say thanks to BSH for their support of the jazz scene in the North East (and beyond) - it's no exaggeration to say that if it wasn't for them many, many fine musicians, bands and projects across a huge cross section of jazz wouldn't be getting reviewed at all, because we're in the "desolate"(!) North. (M & SSBB on F/book 23/12/24)

Postage

18263 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 117 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Feb. 6), 17

From This Moment On ...

February

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.

Wed 11: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 11: Jam Session @ The Tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm. Free.
Wed 11: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington.. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 11: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 12: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00.

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

Friday, November 02, 2012

Paul Edis Sextet @ Blaydon Jazz Club. November 1

Paul Edis (piano), Graeme Wilson (tenor saxophone), Graham Hardy (trumpet & flugelhorn), Chris Hibbard (trombone), Mick Shoulder (double bass) & Adam Sinclair (drums)
(Review by Russell).
If you run a jazz club this is the band to book. The Paul Edis Sextet is shot through with first rate musicians, composers and arrangers. The band’s CD There Will be Time formed the basis of two excellent sets at Blaydon Jazz Club. My Heart Belongs to Daddy and Autumn in New York (early winter in Blaydon!), the former arranged by bassist Mick Shoulder, the latter by Graeme Wilson (tenor), featured a plethora of solos - Shoulder, pianist and bandleader Edis, Wilson and Graham Hardy (flugelhorn) - which set the tone and the standard. And what a standard!
The casual visitor, perhaps a Blue Note or Concord label A & R big shot, couldn't fail to be impressed. Administrate This (comp.Edis) and Donald Brown’s Being with You put Edis in the spotlight with some effective stride piano on the latter number. Graeme Wilson’s tenor caught the ear on Out of Nowhere and the first set closer - Blues for Dad – introduced drummer Adam Sinclair. 
Interval chatter about Paul Edis’ gig earlier in the week with Lewis Watson and Rob Walker at the Cluny reached a unanimous verdict…superb. The Blaydon session was shaping-up nicely. A Surrey with a Fringe on Top and Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (arr. Shoulder) eased the club regulars (a good number of them) into the second set. Trombonist Chris Hibbard’s feature - Black Orpheus - never fails to elicit applause and it deservedly did so at Blaydon. The Radio 3 hit - alright, the Jazz Record Requests tune - Ravelations worked well with more good tenor and piano. The flugelhorn of Graham Hardy won plaudits on Body and Soul and Graeme Wilson’s caffeinated Up Late kept your reviewer up late reliving yet another excellent gig by the Paul Edis Sextet. 
Blaydon Jazz Club’s Christmas party night - Thursday December 6 -  features genial reedsman Frank Brooker with the James Birkett Quartet. The evening starts a little earlier than usual at 8:15 pm to accommodate a sumptuous buffet. Feel free to bring a culinary contribution.
Russell            
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