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Donovan Haffner ('Best Newcomer' 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Awards): ''I got into jazz the first time I picked up a saxophone!" - Jazzwise Dec 25/Jan 26

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)

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18146 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 24 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Jan. 7), 24

From This Moment On ...

JANUARY 2026

Sun 11: New ’58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Eva Fox & the Sound Hounds @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 12: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 12: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn House Hotel. 7:00-9:00pm. Free.

Tue 13: Milne Glendinning Band @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. £11.00. Coquetdale Jazz.
Tue 13: Jazz Jam Sandwich @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Wed 14: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 14: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 14: Jam Session @ The Tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm. Free.
Wed 14: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 15: Mark Toomey Quartet @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Free. Quartet + guest Paul Donnelly (guitar).

Fri 16: Giles Strong Quartet @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 16: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 16: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 16: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 16: Darlington Big Band @ The Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 16: Leeds City Stompers @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.

Sat 17: Homer’s Lane + John Garner & John Pope @ St John’s Church, Riding Mill. 2:00-4:00pm. Free. Gabriele Heller’s audio play + Garner & Pope.
Sat 17: Martyn Roper @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle. 5:00pm. Free. Roper’s ‘One Man Blues Band’.
Sat 17: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 17: Alexia Gardner Trio @ FIKA Art Gallery, Morpeth. 7:00pm (6:30pm doors). Gardner, Alan Law & Jude Murphy.

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

Monday, April 01, 2013

Lindsay Hannon Plus @ The Cherry Tree

Lindsay Hannon (vcl); Stuart Collingwood (pno); John Pope (bs); Mark Robertson (dms).
(Review by Lance).
Ask me to define Shangri-la and I suspect I may describe it as listening to Lindsay Hannon singing Autumn in New York whilst I'm eating the Cherry Tree Black Pudding, Crushed Swede, Caramelised Apples and Green Peppercorn starter. Alternatively I might opt for Rump Steak-Frites, Garlic Butter and Dressed Leaves as the accompaniment to You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to for my trip to Euphoria although the combination of Steamed Treacle Sponge and Vanilla Ice Cream with Stu Collingwood's solo on Bye Bye Blackbird would also tickle the taste buds both musically and gastronomically.
Truth is it was an evening where good food and good music met head on in the most delightful way.
Stuart Collingwood was depping for James Harrison who had an away game and, needless to say, Stu played a blinder. John Pope and Mark Robertson  were the salt and pepper adding the piquancy required to move the music into the gourmet class.
Other numbers included; Our Love is Here to Stay, Comes Love, The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else, Some Other Time, The End of a Love Affair, Cheek to Cheek, Skylark, Stomping at the Savoy, I Wish I Were in Love Again, Blue Motel Room and I Can't Give You Anything But Love. Oh yes and, just as I was leaving - Why Try to Change me Now? Numero Uno with me!
Once again, the Cherry Tree has come up trumps.
Please note that next Monday, the Cherry Tree is booked for a private party so the jazz is on Tuesday April 9 and features the Paul Edis Trio plus the same chef - don't miss it!
Lance.

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