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Bebop Spoken There
Chris Potter: "When we were going to get on an aeroplane, he [Red Rodney] would always pretend to have a limp so we could get on first." (Jazzwise March 2019).

Today Thursday February 21
Afternoon
Jazz
Vieux Carré Jazzmen - Holystone, Whitley Rd., Holystone NE27 0DA. Tel: 0191 266 6173. 1:00pm. Free.
Evening
Jazz
Society Trio - Revolucion de Cuba, 1 Cloth Market, Newcastle NE1 1EE. 6pm. Free,
Musicians Unlimited - Tees Hot Club, Dorman’s Club, Oxford Road, Middlesbrough TS5 5DT. Tel: 01642 823813. 8:30pm. Free. Guest band night.
Maine Street Jazzmen - Sunniside Social Club, Hollywell Lane, Sunniside, Gateshead NE16 5NJ. Tel: 0191 488 7347. 8:30pm. Free.
New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band - Oxbridge, Oxbridge Lane, Stockton on Tees TS18 4AW. 8:30pm.
Daniel John Martin w Swing Manouche - Black Swan, Westgate Road, Newcastle NE1 1SG. Tel: 0191 261 5618. 8:00pm. £6.00. (£5.00. concs.).
Stu Collingwood (solo piano) - The Rabbit Hole, 17 Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. Tel: 0191 386 5556. 7pm. Book in advance.
To the best of our knowledge, details of the above events are correct but may be subject to alteration.

Monday, March 31, 2014
CD Review: Brother Strut - The First Strut is the Deepest

Alex Baker Quartet @ The Forum, Darlington. March 30
Havana Club 5 - Splinter @ The Bridge
Double LP Review: Nat Birchell Quintet - Live in Larissa... Divine Harmony in Duende Jazz Bar.

Sunday, March 30, 2014
Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club - Change of Band.
CD Review: Donna Singer and The Doug Richards Trio - Jazz In The Living Room

Alan Glen Trio @ The Jazz Café. March 29 (second set)
Places still available for Play Jazz! workshop at the Gateshead International Jazz Festival
Alan Glen Trio @ The Jazz Café
(Review by Lance/Photo by Mike Tilley).
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Ron Carter Trio @ Blue Note Jazz Club Milan. March 18.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Info Required on Tommy Hines
EVERYONE DESERVES MUSIC AT SAGE GATESHEAD
CD Review: Basin Street Brawlers - It's Tight Like That

Tyne Valley Big Band & Tyne Valley Youth Big Band @ The Phoenix, Hexham. March 27
Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Millstone. March 27
Thursday, March 27, 2014
CD Review: Sara Serpa & Andre Matos - Primavera
Playtime in Edinburgh
CD Review: Matt Newton Trio - Within Reach

Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Crescent Club. March 26
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
GIJF News.
Trio Riot @ Schmazz at the Jazz Café. March 25
R.I.P. Malcolm Gray

Malcolm was 80 year old and had been in ill health for several years.
Funeral is at Whitley Bay Crematorium next Wednesday April 2 at 3pm and afterwards at the Grand Hotel.
Lance.
Jazz @ Nairn to Return
CD Review: Vijay Iyer - Mutations
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Ray Stubbs All-Stars @ The Schooner, Gateshead March 22.
Pink Lane Jazz Co-op extending its community share issue
Preview: Sage Gateshead International Jazz Festival. April 4-6 2014
CD Review: Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock - Whispering of the Stars

Monday, March 24, 2014
Alan Glen @ The Cherry Tree Restaurant, Jesmond.
(Review by Lance)
A Strictly Combustible Evening. March 23
CD Review: Paul Higgs - Pavane

Jam Session @ Salsa. March 23.
There Will Never Be Another You; God Bless the Child (vocal by Fi) and Doxy were the numbers I heard. I would have stayed longer but Hoochie beckoned..... Lance.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Hoochie Coochie
Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Jazz Café. March 22
Gregory Porter on Andrew Marr Show this morning.
Hoochie Coochie one day Andrew Marr the next!
Lance
Oxford Gargoyles in Hong Kong
The Gargoyles, who look anything but like gargoyles, are young and vibrant and currently somewhere East of Suez.
Listen/watch here.
Lance.
Song Lyric Course
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Empty Shop HQ Update
Stu Collingwood Trio @ The Jazz Café. March 21
Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Millstone. March 20
Customs House Big Band @ (wait for it) The Customs House, South Shields. March 21.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Mo Scott, Paul Edis & Neil Harland @ The Gala Theatre. March 21
Taupe @ King’s Hall. March 20
Ned Kelly's coming to London

The Pilgrim St. Set @ Hoochie Coochie March 20
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Jazz Café Update
CD Review: Yvonnick Prene - Wonderful World

(Review by Lance)
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Thursday Night @ Hoochie - Looks Good.
This is going to be something. Hoochie is on a roll at present and this one's free so get along and park it (but not in "The Dugout").
Lance.
Gavin Lee’s Dixieland Band @ The New Inn, Durham. March 18
Erlend Skomsvoll to form top young JM Jazz World ORCHESTRA 2014
R.I.P. Al Harewood.
Lance.
Calling All Jazz Promoters
Details here.
Lance.
Jazz Café Jam Session Number 4. March 18.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
CD Review: Lena Bloch - Feathery.

(Review by Lance).
Pink Lane Jazz Co-op on BBC Look North
Lance.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Nic Svarc Trio @ The Bridge Hotel. March 16
Salsa Cafe Jazz Jam: Sunday March 16
Sunday, March 16, 2014
RIP Iola Brubeck and Med Flory
Lance.
Paul Gowland’s Allstars @ The Jazz Café March 15
Thursdays Are The New Fridays
Paul Skerritt Band @ Salsa Café March 15
(Review by Lance).
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Gregory Porter @ Hoochie Coochie March 14.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Lit & Phil. March 14
Celebrating Roy @ The Bridge Hotel. March 11
CD Review: Trio Riot Trio Riot
RIP Terry Willits.
Obituary.
Lance.
The Collective @ Hoochie Coochie March 13.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Tori Freestone Trio – Splinter at the Bridge March 9
Greg Spero and his Amazing Chicago Jazz Quartet - First Northern Dates Announced
Zoe Gilby Trio - Jazz Café Saturday Feb 8.
CD Review: Dominic J. Marshall Trio - Spirit Speech.

(Review by Lance.)
Gestating in the Womb.
a blind future which would destroy us.
a precocious potentiality
to elevate us toward the golden city walls of Ancient Egyptian demigods.
but it is the vibrations coming from outside.
celestial sound waves impinging on that foetal conciousness
that will make or break us.
and before we know if we want to be made or broken
time will pass us by like a shooting star,
leaving us alone again on this spherical blue rock
orbiting our own inflated self-image.
The above is a poem from the album notes by pianist Dominic J. Marshall.
Alan Glen Trio @ The Chillingham. March 5
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
R.I.P. Joe Mudele
Sadly missed.
Lance
PS: Anyone know why and when he changed his name from Muddel to Mudele?
Customs House Big Band Open Rehearsal/Concert @ The New Crown. March 4
Lest We Forget ....
Gala Theatre Lunchtime Update
CD Reviews:The Lalama Brothers - Erie Ave.

(Review by Lance).
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
EP Review: Nicky Schrire - To The Spring.
CD Review: Jason Rebello – Anything But Look.
Great North Big Band Jazz Festival (Day 3) @ North Shore. March 2
Blaydon Bulletin
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- CD Review: Donna Singer and The Doug Richards Trio...
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- Places still available for Play Jazz! workshop at ...
- Alan Glen Trio @ The Jazz Café
- Ron Carter Trio @ Blue Note Jazz Club Milan. March...
- Info Required on Tommy Hines
- EVERYONE DESERVES MUSIC AT SAGE GATESHEAD
- A Lighter Shade of Pink
- CD Review: Basin Street Brawlers - It's Tight Like...
- Tyne Valley Big Band & Tyne Valley Youth Big Band ...
- Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Millstone. March 27
- CD Review: Sara Serpa & Andre Matos - Primavera
- Playtime in Edinburgh
- CD Review: Matt Newton Trio - Within Reach
- Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Crescent Club. March 26
- GIJF News.
- Trio Riot @ Schmazz at the Jazz Café. March 25
- R.I.P. Malcolm Gray
- Jazz @ Nairn to Return
- CD Review: Vijay Iyer - Mutations
- Ray Stubbs All-Stars @ The Schooner, Gateshead Mar...
- Pink Lane Jazz Co-op extending its community share...
- Preview: Sage Gateshead International Jazz Festiva...
- CD Review: Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock - Whisperin...
- Alan Glen @ The Cherry Tree Restaurant, Jesmond.
- A Strictly Combustible Evening. March 23
- CD Review: Paul Higgs - Pavane
- Jam Session @ Salsa. March 23.
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Hoochie Coochie
- Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Jazz Café. March 22
- Gregory Porter on Andrew Marr Show this morning.
- Oxford Gargoyles in Hong Kong
- Song Lyric Course
- Empty Shop HQ Update
- Stu Collingwood Trio @ The Jazz Café. March 21
- Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Millstone. March 20
- Customs House Big Band @ (wait for it) The Customs...
- Mo Scott, Paul Edis & Neil Harland @ The Gala Thea...
- Taupe @ King’s Hall. March 20
- Ned Kelly's coming to London
- The Pilgrim St. Set @ Hoochie Coochie March 20
- Jazz Café Update
- CD Review: Yvonnick Prene - Wonderful World
- Thursday Night @ Hoochie - Looks Good.
- Gavin Lee’s Dixieland Band @ The New Inn, Durham. ...
- Erlend Skomsvoll to form top young JM Jazz World O...
- R.I.P. Al Harewood.
- Calling All Jazz Promoters
- Jazz Café Jam Session Number 4. March 18.
- CD Review: Lena Bloch - Feathery.
- Pink Lane Jazz Co-op on BBC Look North
- Nic Svarc Trio @ The Bridge Hotel. March 16
- Salsa Cafe Jazz Jam: Sunday March 16
- RIP Iola Brubeck and Med Flory
- Paul Gowland’s Allstars @ The Jazz Café March 15...
- Thursdays Are The New Fridays
- Paul Skerritt Band @ Salsa Café March 15
- Gregory Porter Goes to School in Houghton Le Sprin...
- Gregory Porter @ Hoochie Coochie March 14.
- Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Lit & Phil. March 14
- Celebrating Roy @ The Bridge Hotel. March 11
- CD Review: Trio Riot Trio Riot
- RIP Terry Willits.
- The Collective @ Hoochie Coochie March 13.
- Tori Freestone Trio – Splinter at the Bridge March...
- Greg Spero and his Amazing Chicago Jazz Quartet - ...
- Zoe Gilby Trio - Jazz Café Saturday Feb 8.
- CD Review: Dominic J. Marshall Trio - Spirit Speec...
- Alan Glen Trio @ The Chillingham. March 5
- R.I.P. Joe Mudele
- Customs House Big Band Open Rehearsal/Concert @ Th...
- Lest We Forget ....
- Gala Theatre Lunchtime Update
- CD Reviews:The Lalama Brothers - Erie Ave.
- EP Review: Nicky Schrire - To The Spring.
- CD Review: Jason Rebello – Anything But Look.
- Great North Big Band Jazz Festival (Day 3) @ North...
- Blaydon Bulletin
- Trombone players wanted.
- Triptych @ The Cherry Tree, Jesmond
- Tori Freestone Trio @ Bridge Hotel. March 9..
- Lit and Phil Latest
- Tonight @ The Cherry Tree - Triptych (Paul Edis pi...
- Sunday Salsa Jam.
- Mark Nightingale and the Al Wood 9 as headline art...
- Alexander Bone Announced as BBC Young Jazz Musicia...
- CD Review: Libby York - Memoirs
- Brian Carrick and the Heritage Hall Stompers @ As...
- Jason Rebello @ Hoochie Coochie March 7.
- Improved Anti-piracy Technology Announced
- Clarinet player wanted.
- Pink Lane Jazz Co-op Share Update - 50% sold, 2 we...
- CD Review: Emilia Mårtensson - Ana
- New Sunniside Venue for Maine Street Jazzmen.
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Not a very original title, I know; not even an accurate one as my taste, whilst centred around the music of Bird and Diz, extends in many directions and I listen to everything from King Oliver to Chick Corea and beyond. Not forgetting the Great American Songbook the contents of which has provided the inspiration for much great jazz and quality popular singing for round about a century.
The idea of this blog is for you to share your thoughts and pass on your comments on discs, gigs, jazz - music in general. If you've been to a gig/concert or heard a CD that knocked you sideways please share your views with us. Tell us about your favourites, your memories, your dislikes.
Lance (Who wishes it to be known that he is not responsible for postings other than his own and that he's not always responsible for them.)

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