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December
Mon 09: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 09: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30-8:30pm. Free.
Mon 09: Trio Grand @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Mon 09: James Birkett Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Tue 10: Customs House Big Band @ All Saints Church Hall, Cleadon. 7:30pm. £6.00. The CHBB’s annual Xmas concert featuring Ruth Lambert. A BYOB gig!
Wed 11: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 11: Cath Stephens’ improvisation workshop @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 4:30-6:00pm. Collaborative group focusing on vocal improvisations.
Wed 11: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 11: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. Second Wednesday in the month.
Wed 11: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 12: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Spanish City, Whitley Bay. 12 noon. £27.00. (inc. three -course meal).
Thu 12: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 5:00-6:45pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Thu 12: Stuart Turner @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 12: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Free. Guests: Jeremy McMurray (keys); Mark Toomey (alto sax); Donna Hewitt (tenor sax); Kevin Eland (trumpet); Ron Smith (bass).
Fri 13: Dean Stockdale Trio @ Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 13: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Bellavana @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 3:00-5:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: Joe Steels Trio @ The Pele, Corbridge. 7:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: Customs House Big Band @ Stocksfield Community Association. 7:00pm. Featuring Ruth Lambert.
Fri 13: Paul Edis & Friends: A Jazzy Xmas @ St Cuthbert’s Centre, Crook. 7:30pm. £15.00.
Fri 13: Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £19.00. + bf. First night of two.
Fri 13: Ransom Van @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 13: Boys of Brass @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 9:00pm. £10.00.
Sat 14: Jambone @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 6:15pm. Free but ticketed.
Sat 14: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm.
Sat 14: Red Kites Jazz @ Staiths Café, Autumn Dr., Gateshead. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 14 Lapwing Jazz Trio @ Three Sheets to the Wind, Alnwick. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 14: Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £19.00. + bf. Second night of two.
Sat 14: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 15: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 12 noon. £8.50. Xmas party feat. Musicians Unlimited + Customs House Big Band. SOLD OUT!
Sun 15: Paul Edis & Friends: A Jazzy Xmas @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 2:00pm.
Sun 15: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: Mitch Laddie Band @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. Superb blues power trio.
Sun 15: Leeway @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 15: Tweed River Jazz Band @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 7:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: Paul Edis & Friends: A Jazzy Xmas @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Sun 15: Alligator Gumbo @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Reviewers wanted
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Northern Line Showcase @ Live Theatre, Newcastle. April 22, 2013
Album Review: Ian Chalk/Dan Clarkson - The Nearness of Two.
(Review by Lance.)
A digital delight, an album that is awesome in it's simplicity!
Simple because of an unbeatable formula.
Montreal Jazz Festival
Check out the star-studded line-up.
Lance.
The J Word – Hall 1, The Sage, Gateshead, April 28, 2013
International Jazz Day
Monday, April 29, 2013
Jimmie Willets?
Mike Firmstone
Jazz in the Afternoon - Crescent Club, Cullercoats
I'll Never Forget
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Mark Williams Plays Pat Metheny and Wins! Bridge Hotel, Newcastle.
Quercus: The Sage: Saturday April 27
A piece of local jazz history.
Lance.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
SNJO "The Incredible Stan Kenton". Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. April 25.
CD Review: Human – Being Human
Friday, April 26, 2013
Katherine Stone Quartet/Jam Session - Star, Newcastle
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Darlington Jazz Festival @ The Forum. Day 2 April 21, 2013.
Dave Kane Quartet make debut at Seven Jazz
Lindsay Hannon Plus in Ernest Tuesday April 23.
(Review by Lance).
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
CD Review: VOLE – The Hillside Mechanism
(Review by Steve H.)
Darlington Jazz Festival @ The Forum. April 20, 2013. Day 1
Monday, April 22, 2013
Mark Toomey w. Jeremy McMurray Trio @ The Cherry Tree, Jesmond.
(Review by Lance)
CD Review: Eyes of a Blue Dog - Rise.
Elizabeth Nygard-Pearson (Vocals).
(Review by Steve Horowitz)
Cherry Tree Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Discount Deal!
Cherry Tree Restaurant, 9 Osborne Rd., Jesmond NE2 2AE
Lance.
Melody Maker Magic.
Keep up the good work Colin,
Lance.
Sue Ferris/James Birkett Quartet, Roly Veitch. Black Bull, Blaydon April 21.
Red Stripe @ Boston Spa. April 20
Sunday, April 21, 2013
CD Review: Chris Greco Quartet - Trane of Thought
Chris Greco (soprano/tenor sax, flute, clarinet); Brad Rabuchin (guitar); Dean Taba (contrabass); Kendall Kay (drums, congas)
(Review by Les)
Hot Fingers: Customs House, South Shields: Friday April 19.
CD Review: Klökkeblömst
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) directed by Tommy Smith proudly presents THE INCREDIBLE SOUND OF STAN KENTON
You want piano? - You got it!
https://soundcloud.com/paul-edis-performer.
Lance.
CD Review: Hot Fingers - By a Waterfall.
CD Review: Busk ACV
Friday, April 19, 2013
Final Recitals
Dorios (A composition of mine)
Half Nelson (Miles Davis)
From Seed to Bloom (Anakreon)
Syeeda Song Flute (John Coltrane)
When you wish upon a star
Bemsha Swing (Thelonious Monk).
Date: Thursday May 16, 5pm. Newcastle University.
Mike Papapavlou
(on F/b).
National Record Store Day.
Lance.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Mo Scott @ Hoochie Coochie
(Review by Lance).
Mike Papapavlou & Chris Finch @ Newcastle University.April 18.
CD Review: Dorothy Doring and Phil Mattson - Compositions By Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Jazz in Ernest plus Star Update.
The Jazz Caff Refugees present - Lickety Split @ The Star
(Review by Lance.)
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
A new jazz blog!
Preview Quercus - The Sage, April 27.
Both tracks are from their recently released CD.
Iain Ballamy link (see comments).
Sat 27 April 8pm The Sage Gateshead
£17.50 thesagegateshead.org.uk / 0191 443 4661
Lance.
Hoochie Coochie Highlights.
Sunday June 16 - Brazilian Jazz/Soul/Funk/Samba legends band - AZYMUTH - £12.
Friday June 28: Jazz Funk band the legendary - SHAKATAK - £10.
Details of all Hoochie gigs.
Lance.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
ACV - Busk. Not really a review!
Daryl Sherman:Warm greetings from Manhattan!
Monday, April 15, 2013
Listening to Louis on Radio 2
Interestingly, Humph and Wynton talk about South Shields cornet maestro George Swift who died in 1985. One wonders if jazz really began in South Shields?
Available here for 7 days.
Northern Line Showcase - Live Theatre, Monday April 22.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Jazz on Radio York
The Big Bash at the Black Swan.
(Review by Lance.)
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Jazz in York.
Check it out here.
Lance.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Composition and Jazz Ltd. Summer Update
The Great American Songbook - Summer Course
Ron Guariento
Jazz at the Lit and Phil - Saxophonics.
Jazz Caff Refugees At The Star: April 10: The Budtones
Thursday, April 11, 2013
CD Review: Thought Fox – My Guess
CD Review: Bruno Heinen Sextet - Tierkreis.
(Review by Lance)
Paul Edis Trio with Mark Williams @ The Cherrytree - April 9.
Search For a New Jazz Star.
GIJF: Day 1 - Stonephace Stabbins featuring Zoe Rahman.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
How did you get into Improvised Music?
Lance.
Mentioned in Despatches
(Editor - Actually it was 18 and counting unless seven of them weren't considered "Lively"!).
LondonJazzNews.
(Link from Fred Grand - see comments.)
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
CD Review: Joshua Redman - Walking Shadows
(Review by Lance).
I suppose it's the jazz musicians equivalent of the comedian who wants to play Hamlet but, eventually, just about all the big names get around to it - recording with strings. Bird, Chet, Clifford Brown, Bobby Hackett, Stan Getz have all had a crack at it and, by and large, the results have been better than the often derogatory reviews by the critics would suggest. At their worst, they are still pleasant and easy to listen to. At their best (e.g. Parker's Just Friends; Getz's Focus album) they add to the artists' pension pot.
GIJF Day 3: Jazz Words Part 2 - Christine Tobin’s Sailing To Byzantium.
CD Review: Troy Roberts – Nu-Jive 5 (XenDen Music)
CD Review: Claudio Scolari – Synthesis (CSMD05)
GIJF - Day 2: Northern Spirits. Ian Carr's Northumbrian Sketches; Lighthouse Trio; Tim Garland, Northern Sinfonia - Songs to the North Sky
GIJF Day 3: Alexander Hawkins & Louis Moholo-Moholo + Bonga, Mwamba & Champion
GIJF Day 3: Way in to the Way Out
Monday, April 08, 2013
GIJF Day 3: Jazz Words - Larkin's Jazz.
GIJF: Day 3: On The Concourse: The Blue Jazz Quintet
GIJF Day 3: Jazz from the North
GIJF Day 3: Afternoon Jazz
The concourse at the Sage Gateshead boasts picturesque views of the Tyne, its bridges and the city of
GIJF Day 2: Jens Thomas and Verneri Pohjola
The Jazz Lounge came into its own during the late night sessions. A set of AC/DC tunes by jazz artists was going to be one of two things - a total flop or a triumph. German vocalist/pianist Jens Thomas worked with Finnish trumpeter Verneri Pohjola to interpret the back catalogue of the Antipodean hard rock megastars. Thomas cut a foppish figure plucked from
GIJF Day 2: Jazz from the North.
GIJF Day 2. The Paul Edis Sextet: Concourse, Saturday April 6, 2013
GIJF: Day 2: The Concourse. April 6.
GIJF Day 3: Saxophone Massive.
(Review by Lance).
GIJF: Some Highlights A personal view from Ann Alex
GIJF Day 3: Ruby Turner; The Brand New Heavies. April 7.
Sunday, April 07, 2013
GIJF Day 2: Jazz Record Requests
GIJF Day 1: Zara McFarlane. April 5 Hall 2
(Editor's note. A couple of years back Zara had a very fine début album reviewed within these pages - Lance.)
GIJF Day 2: Workshop: An Introduction To Vocal Improvisation: At GOTH
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- Northern Line Showcase @ Live Theatre, Newcastle. ...
- Album Review: Ian Chalk/Dan Clarkson - The Nearnes...
- Montreal Jazz Festival
- The J Word – Hall 1, The Sage, Gateshead, April 28...
- International Jazz Day
- Jimmie Willets?
- Jazz in the Afternoon - Crescent Club, Cullercoats
- I'll Never Forget
- May/June Splinter Listingss
- Mark Williams Plays Pat Metheny and Wins! Bridge H...
- Quercus: The Sage: Saturday April 27
- A piece of local jazz history.
- Video clip of Anthony Strong.
- CD Review: Mike Arroyo Jazz Organ Trio - Full Circle.
- SNJO "The Incredible Stan Kenton". Queen's Hall, E...
- CD Review: Human – Being Human
- Katherine Stone Quartet/Jam Session - Star, Newcastle
- Darlington Jazz Festival @ The Forum. Day 2 April ...
- Dave Kane Quartet make debut at Seven Jazz
- Lindsay Hannon Plus in Ernest Tuesday April 23.
- CD Review: VOLE – The Hillside Mechanism
- Darlington Jazz Festival @ The Forum. April 20, 20...
- Mark Toomey w. Jeremy McMurray Trio @ The Cherry ...
- CD Review: Eyes of a Blue Dog - Rise.
- Cherry Tree Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Discou...
- Melody Maker Magic.
- Sue Ferris/James Birkett Quartet, Roly Veitch. Bla...
- Red Stripe @ Boston Spa. April 20
- CD Review: Chris Greco Quartet - Trane of Thought
- Hot Fingers: Customs House, South Shields: Friday ...
- CD Review: Klökkeblömst
- Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) directed b...
- You want piano? - You got it!
- CD Review: Hot Fingers - By a Waterfall.
- CD Review: Busk ACV
- Final Recitals
- National Record Store Day.
- Mo Scott @ Hoochie Coochie
- Mike Papapavlou & Chris Finch @ Newcastle Universi...
- CD Review: Dorothy Doring and Phil Mattson - Compo...
- Jazz in Ernest plus Star Update.
- The Jazz Caff Refugees present - Lickety Split @ T...
- A new jazz blog!
- Preview Quercus - The Sage, April 27.
- Hoochie Coochie Highlights.
- ACV - Busk. Not really a review!
- Daryl Sherman:Warm greetings from Manhattan!
- Listening to Louis on Radio 2
- Northern Line Showcase - Live Theatre, Monday Apri...
- Jazz on Radio York
- The Big Bash at the Black Swan.
- Jazz in York.
- Composition and Jazz Ltd. Summer Update
- The Great American Songbook - Summer Course
- Jazz at the Lit and Phil - Saxophonics.
- Jazz Caff Refugees At The Star: April 10: The Budt...
- Mighty acorns and all that jazz...
- CD Review: Thought Fox – My Guess
- CD Review: Bruno Heinen Sextet - Tierkreis.
- Paul Edis Trio with Mark Williams @ The Cherrytree...
- Search For a New Jazz Star.
- GIJF: Day 1 - Stonephace Stabbins featuring Zoe Ra...
- How did you get into Improvised Music?
- Mentioned in Despatches
- CD Review: Joshua Redman - Walking Shadows
- GIJF Day 3: Jazz Words Part 2 - Christine Tobin’s ...
- CD Review: Troy Roberts – Nu-Jive 5 (XenDen Music)
- CD Review: Claudio Scolari – Synthesis (CSMD05)
- GIJF - Day 2: Northern Spirits. Ian Carr's Northum...
- GIJF Day 3: Alexander Hawkins & Louis Moholo-Mohol...
- GIJF Day 3: Way in to the Way Out
- GIJF Day 3: Jazz Words - Larkin's Jazz.
- GIJF: Day 3: On The Concourse: The Blue Jazz Quintet
- GIJF Day 3: Jazz from the North
- GIJF Day 3: Afternoon Jazz
- GIJF Day 2: Jens Thomas and Verneri Pohjola
- GIJF Day 2: Jazz from the North.
- GIJF Day 2. The Paul Edis Sextet: Concourse, Satur...
- GIJF: Day 2: The Concourse. April 6.
- GIJF Day 3: Saxophone Massive.
- GIJF: Some Highlights A personal view from Ann Alex
- GIJF Day 3: Ruby Turner; The Brand New Heavies. Ap...
- GIJF Day 2: Jazz Record Requests
- GIJF Day 1: Zara McFarlane. April 5 Hall 2
- GIJF Day 2: Workshop: An Introduction To Vocal Imp...
- GIJF Day 2: Bireli Lagréne Quartet/ Kevin Mackenzi...
- GIJF Day 1: Jambone Friday April 5: Hall 1
- GIJF Day 1 - Soweto Kinch & The Legend of Mike Smi...
- GIJF Day 1 NYJO with Mark Nightingale, Jacqui Dank...
- The One That Almost Got Away!
- The Collective @ Hoochie Coochie Thursday April 4,...
- Alan Glen Trio/Take it to the Bridge @ The Chillin...
- Early Bird Specials @ The Millstone 1pm. Today
- Peter Gilligan Trio @ The Star
- ACV on Tour.
- A Lyric from Gordon Phillips
- Jazz - Sounds of the 20th Century by James Birkett...
- CD Review: Lianne Carroll - Ballads.
- Preview Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2013...
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