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Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.

Postage

16382 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 262 of them this year alone and, so far, 59 this month (April 20).

From This Moment On ...

April

Tue 23: Vieux Carre Hot 4 @ Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Delaval. 12:30-3:30pm. £12.00. ‘St George’s Day Afternoon Tea’. Gig with ‘Lashings of Victoria Sponge Cake, along with sandwiches & scones’.
Tue 23: Jalen Ngonda @ Newcastle University Students’ Union. POSTPONED!

Wed 24: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 24: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 24: Sinatra: Raw @ Darlington Hippodrome. 7:30pm. Richard Shelton.
Wed 24: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 24: Death Trap @ Theatre Royal, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Rambert Dance Co. Two pieces inc. Goat (inspired by the music of Nina Simone) with on-stage musicians.

Thu 25: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 25: Jim Jams @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Jim Jams’ funk collective.
Thu 25: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 25: Death Trap @ Theatre Royal, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Rambert Dance Co. Two pieces inc. Goat (inspired by the music of Nina Simone) with on-stage musicians.
Thu 25: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm.
Thu 25: Kate O’Neill, Alan Law & Paul Grainger @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 25: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Richie Emmerson (tenor sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass); Garry Hadfield (keys).

Fri 26: Graham Hardy Quartet @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 26: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 26: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 26: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 26: East Coast Swing Band @ Morpeth Rugby Club. 7:30pm. £9.00. (£8.00 concs).
Fri 26: Paul Skerritt with the Danny Miller Big Band @ Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Fri 26: Abbie Finn’s Finntet @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.

Sat 27: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free.
Sat 27: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 28: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: More Jam Festival Special @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. A ’10 Years a Co-op’ festival event.
Sun 28: Swing Dance workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00-4:00pm. Free (registration required). A ’10 Years a Co-op’ festival event.
Sun 28: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox: The '10' Tour @ Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead. 7:30pm. £41.30 t0 £76.50.
Sun 28: Alligator Gumbo @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ’10 Years a Co-op’ festival event.
Sun 28: Jerron Paxton @ The Cluny, Newcastle. Blues, jazz etc.

Mon 29: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 29: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30-8:30pm. Free. ‘Opus de Funk’ (a tribute to Horace Silver).

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Jazz Café Dates for the Diary.

Jazz Café    0191 2615618 open late 11am-1am Fridays and Saturday  …. admission free up to 9.30pm.
admission for most events £4.50 on the door, except New Year's Eve
Live Music Nights
Fri 13th Dec. £4.50. 10.00pm Paul Edis Trio
Contemporary straight -ahead jazz from one of the UKs finest piano trios
"brilliant young pianist " The Guardian.
Sat 14th Dec. 10.00pm Paul Gowland Allstars ……… £4.50
One of Tyneside's top tenors: swings like crazy with a tone fit to blister paint.
Fri 20th Dec.  10.00pm Mo Scott Quartet (Rob Walker/ Neil Harland/Stu Collingwood)
Tyneside's first lady of blues and her star jazz trio
Sat 21st Dec.  10.00pm   Don Forbes Quartet ……………£4.50
from Miles and Horace Silver to Tynesides own Emcee Five a Jazz Cafe favourite
Fri 27th Dec.   10.00pm Pink Lane Jazz Co-op ……..£4.50
Sat 28th Dec.   10.00pm TBC
New Year's Eve Tues 31st Dec. £6/£5 (Tickets in advance)
New Year's Eve - Pink Lane Jazz Co-op Special Event
Tickets in advance from Newcastle Arts Centre  CraftShop
Fri 3rd Jan. 10.00pm  Mark Toomey Quartet £4.50
The North's leading exponent of bebop alto remembers Charlie
Sat. 4th January 10.00pm Zoe Gilby Trio…………..£4.50
One of Britain's leading young jazz vocalists. A third CD just out. China, Ukraine and Finland among recent venues. www.zoegilby.co.uk
Sat 11 January Mark Williams Trio  ………..£4.50
Mark Williams guitar; Paul Susans bass; Richard Brown drums
Original, contemporary, guitar-led jazz. Unmissable!
Fri 31 Jan – Pink Lane Jazz Co-op presents a new monthly event,
Final Friday.This month, The Lindsay Hannon Plus
Lindsay Hannon vocals;James Harrison piano; John Pope double bass; Tom Chapman drums
From raucous barrel house blues and tight swing to sensitive spacious ballads capturing
the mood of the great torch singers.   www.lhplus.co.uk
Sat 1 February Djangologie
Emma Fisk violin; James Birkett & Giles Strong guitars; Mick Shoulder double bass
Rooted firmly in the Hot Club sound of the swing era but with a growing book of excellent originals. Probably the North East’s premier instrumental jazz group and with a growing national reputation.www.djangologie.com/ Presented in partnership with Jazz North.
Jazz Cafe, 25-27 Pink Lane, ( near the Central Station ) NE1 5DW . 0191 2615618
Normal hours for the Café Tues -Thursday - 11am - 11pm
Fridays and Saturdays 11am - 1 am
Kitchen service 11am - 7pm
Keep up to date with the Latest listings on Newcastle Arts Centre website


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