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Ludovic Beier (Django Festival Allstars): ''Manouche means 'free man,' and gypsies have been travelers since they migrated west from India to Europe.'' (DownBeat March, 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

18402 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 266 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 31 ), 76

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

From This Moment On

April

Fri 03: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 03: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 03: Castillo Nuevo Trio @ Hotel Gotham, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Fri 03: King Bees @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). Free. Chicago blues.

Sat 04: Jake Leg Jug Band @ St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 04: Tees Bay Swing Band @ The Blacksmith’s Arms, Hartlepool. 1:30-3:30pm. Free. Open rehearsal.
Sat 04: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. £27.50. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. Anthropology. Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 04: Wild Women of Wylam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £10.00.
Sat 04: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.

Sun 05: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm. £10.00.
Sun 05: Ian Bosworth Quintet @ Chapel, Middlesbrough. 1:00pm. Free Quintet + guest Neil Brodie (trumpet).
Sun 05: Mark Williams & Tom Remon @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 05: Sax Choir @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 05: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 05: Jazzmain @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00., £12.00., £7.00.

Mon 06: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 06: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn House Hotel. 7:00-9:00pm. Free.

Tue 07: Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, Ferryhill. 7:30pm. Free.
Tue 07: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Ben Lawrence (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Abbie Finn (drums).

Wed 08: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 08: Jam session @ The Tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm. Free.
Wed 08: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 08: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 08: Zoë Gilby & Johnny Hunter @ Elder Beer, Heaton, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.00. JNE.

Thu 09: Tom Remon + A.N. Other @ Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 09: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00.
Thu 09: Jeremy McMurray’s Pocket Jazz Orchestra w. Dan Johnson @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm. £15.00. inc. bf.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Jazz Café June Listings

Jazz Café, 25 Pink Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, near the Central Station     
NE1 5DW      tel: 0191 222 9882  open Tuesday – Saturday from 11am 
TUESDAY  3rd JUNE 8pm - free admission
Tuesday Jam
Pete Gilligan piano, Paul Grainger bass and Paul Wight drums welcome sitters-in and listeners.

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SATURDAY 7th  JUNE  9pm  -  £5 at door
Hutton,Pope & Carnegie
One-off special gig with all star London/Tyneside/Edinburgh piano trio.
Alex Hutton piano; John Pope bass; David Carnegie drums 

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TUESDAY  17th  JUNE -  8pm free admission
Tuesday Jam
Pete Gilligan piano, Paul Grainger bass and 
Paul Wight drums welcome sitters-in and listeners.
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FRIDAY  20th JUNE - 9pm £5 at door
Ruth Lambert Trio
Another entertaining master class in jazz singing from “the musician’s singer.”
Ruth Lambert vocals; Giles Strong guitar; Mick Shoulder bass 

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TUESDAY  24th  JUNE, 8pm £8 & £6 concs at door
Schmazz @ the Jazz Café presents
Walker & McCallum + Paul Taylor
Intimate and profoundly subtle interplay from two guitars plus evocatively unfurling 
solo piano improvisations.

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SATURDAY  28th  JUNE - 9pm  £5 at door.
Leash
Andy Champion virtuoso bassist, composer and bandleader of ACV introduces his
new all star trio.
Andy Champion bass; Mark Williams guitar; Adrian Tilbrook drums 

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Please note revised start times and early bird discount.
*Tuesday Jam sessions 8pm –free
*Jazz Café Friday & Saturday 9pm start, tickets £5 in before 8.30pm £3.
*Schmazz events 8pm £8 - £6 concessions
Free entry for press / reviewers
During the Summer events are usually Friday or Saturday and occasional Tuesdays
Our annual Holiday is August 16th - September 1st.

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