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JULY 2025
Tue 15: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Sluice. Tel: 0191 237 3697. 12:30pm. ‘July Jazz Barbecue’. Tickets: £15.00.
Tue 15: Brass Bash @ Hackworth Park, Shildon, Co. Durham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Brass Bash @ The Witham, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Julian Lage Trio @ 1856 Exchange, North Shields. 7:30pm . Lage (guitar); Jorge Roeder (double bass); Joey Barron (drums).
Tue 15: Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra @ The Hippodrome, Darlington. 7:30pm.
Tue 15: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Stu Collingwood, Paul Grainger, Bailey Rudd.
Wed 16: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 16: Brass Bash @ Willington Town Park, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Wed 16: Brass Bash @ Market Place, Spennymoor, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Wed 16: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 16: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 17: Brass Bash @ Trimdon Community College, Co. Durham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Thu 17: Brass Bash @ Blackhill & Consett Park, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Thu 17: NONUNONU @ Elder Beer, Heaton, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £11:55 (inc bf).
Fri 18: Greg Abate w. Dean Stockdale Trio @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 18: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 18: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 18: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 18: Brass Bash @ Town Park, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Fri 18: Brass Bash @ North Terrace, Seaham, Co. Durham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Fri 18: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm.
Fri 18: Knats: Masterclass & jam session @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 7:30pm. £15.00.
Fri 18: Rat Pack - Live in Concert @ Tyne Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Fri 18: Greg Abate w. Dean Stockdale Trio @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £15.00.
Fri 18: Front Porch Three @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. A Hoodoo Blues dance class & social. Social & Front Porch Three only from 8:30pm. £5.00.
Sat 19: Streets of Brass @ Durham City. From 10:00am. Free. Various street bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Mr Wilson’s Second Liners: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 12 noon. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. SOLD OUT! A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Bollywood Brass Band @ Monument Metro Station & Haymarket Metro Station, Newcastle. 2:00pm & 3:00pm & 4:00pm (3 x 30 mins). Free. A Gem Arts Masala Festival event.
Sat 19: Diddy Sweg: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 2:00pm. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Brazen Brass Band: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 12 noon. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Party in the Park @ Wharton Park, Durham. 5:00-9:00pm. Free. Ten street brass bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Jeff Hewer Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 19: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 19: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Chopwell Community Centre. 8:00pm.
Sun 20: Streets of Brass @ Durham City. From 11:00am. Free. Various street bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: Always Drinking Marching Band: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 11:00am. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: New York Brass Band: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 1:00pm. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: Das Brass: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 3:00pm. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 20: Pope/Garner/Byrne/Alderson @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.
Mon 21: Gerry Richardson Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00. at the door; £8.20. (inc £0.20 bf) online, in advance.
Mon 21: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club (1:00pm). Free.
Mon 21: New Century Syncopated Seven @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Reviewers wanted
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Folk Meets Jazz: Your Chance To Perform Both This Thursday
CD Review: Kenny Carr - Idle Talk.
Monday, June 29, 2015
Saturday Night @ The Caff

News from Hummersknott
Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Globe Jazz Bar, Newcastle - June 28
Peter Wright (tpt); Lawrence McBriarty (tmb); Paul Gowland (ten); Brian Bennett (bjo/vcl); Dave Percy (bs gtr); Fred Thompson (dms/vcl).
Lindsay Hannon Plus: Jazz Cafe: June 27 - A ‘Women Make Music’ Schmazz presentation
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Book now for weekend workshop 1-2 August at the Globe, Newcastle upon Tyne
Why Musicians Don't go to Other Musician's Gigs
Lance.
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Nik Svarc Trio @ The Jazz Café. June 26
Le Jazz Hot - C'est Si Bon!
(Review/Photos by Peter Ninnim)
Friday, June 26, 2015
Saturday and Sunday Night (and afternoon) @ the Globe
Master of bottleneck blues guitar and ribald raconteur. Regulars of the Jazz Cafe in the days of Keith Crombie may remember Gypsy Dave's regular Thursday night sessions. Jazz Coop are delighted to welcome him to The Globe for an evening of roots & blues. Admission £5 Late bar The Globe is fully accessible on both...
Friday and Saturday Night @ The Jazz Café
Friday 26th June 9pm - £5.00 (£4.00 before 8.30pm)
Thursday, June 25, 2015
The fabulous Jive Aces – the UK’s No. 1 jive and swing band – in a fundraising concert for the National Jazz Archive

Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Glastonbury Porter
CD Review: Kevin Bachelder/Jason Lee Bruns - Cherry Avenue

Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Be a Jazz Volunteer (in Birmingham)
Blaydon International Jazz Club...

CD Review: Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

The press release that follows sums up this fine example of the current state of Jazz/Latin - and Cuba in particular - better than I could so I'm not going to attempt to try, except to say that it's not just a disc for Latin enthusiasts but that it would sit nicely in any trombonists' player. Given the current interest in Jazz/Latin combos (not least in the northeast) it's a disc well worth checking out - Lance.
Monday, June 22, 2015
RIP Gunther Schuller
Lance.
Sue Ferris Quintet @ The Black Bull. June 21

Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Hoochie - June 21
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Jazz Coop @ The Globe: Paul Taylor/ Simon Taylor And The Sundowners: June 20
More History.
They're not singing anymore
PPS: Sunderland finished third and Middlesbrough were Division 2 champions - I wonder who their bandleaders were?
Meanwhile, down near the bottom of Divisions 2 and 3 (North) were Ashington, Darlington, Durham City, Hartlepools United and South Shields - presumably they didn't have an MD!
Saturday, June 20, 2015
JazzMain @ Jazz Café - June 19
Both bands were excellent. Both audiences were prominent by their absence, only just reaching double figures on each occasion. Where were the 'fans' who pack out the fortnightly jams? Where are the students who attend the various instrumental courses peppered around the city? The hordes who attend the various festivals? Of course, they're at the Town Moor! All the fun of the fair - The Hoppings instead of the Boppings at the Pink Lane Jazzerie!
Friday, June 19, 2015
Jazz North East presents Alan Wilkinson & Akode - Jazz Cafe June 18
Mo Scott Trio @ The Lit & Phil. June 19
Lesley Jackson to join Jazz North as Executive Director in September 2015
CD Review: Steve Garrett - Even Song

Thursday, June 18, 2015
Sunday Afternoon at Hoochie - SSBB - don't miss it!
The Strict-ly Smokin' Big Band
It's just the bestest band what am
(led) by Michael Lamb.
(Lance/Irving Berlin).
Apologies!
Apologies for any inconvenience caused - Lance.
Hear the Mo Scott Song Book at the Lit & Phil
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Jazz Café Jam Session - June 16.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Tyne Valley Update
CD Review: Brian Landrus Trio - The Deep Below.

(Review by Lance).
Monday, June 15, 2015
Reminder From Roly
Sue Ferris Quintet
Sue Ferris is one of the region's finest jazz musicians, a master of saxophone and flute. She brings her acclaimed quintet for the first time to Blaydon. Sax/Trumpet front line with piano/bass/drums rhythm section.
R
CD Review: Aimée Allen - Matter of Time.

Alix Shepherd @ The Vermont Hotel. June 14
Preview: JazzMain @ the Jazz Café this Friday (June 19)

CD Review: Ivo Neame - Strata.

Sunday, June 14, 2015
Matt Anderson & Paul Edis @ The Jazz Café. June 13
Brian Molley Quartet @ the Globe, Newcastle. June 13
Saturday, June 13, 2015
The Customs House Big Band with Ruth Lambert Supported by The Early Bird Band. @ St. Cuthbert’s Parish Centre, Crook. Friday June 12.

I put a dent in my car tonight and swore profusely (the other car had ne’er a scratch!) which is why we arrived late and missed most of the numbers performed by The Early Bird Band! We did get to Meet the Flintstones though – enough to illustrate the talent and burgeoning confidence of the three young musicians playing (aided and abetted by Paul Edis and Barry Black): Ben Lawrence (trumpet), Dan Lawrence (bass) and Francis Tulip (guitar). Expect to hear more of these guys in the future!
Info wanted on St. Joseph's College Jazz Band - 1958.

On my usual trip to the local charity shop, I have a good rummage through the boxes of vinyl. It’s usually hit and miss when I go through the 7" box, especially when I haven’t got my glasses with me.
Friday, June 12, 2015
An Empty Shopping Offer You Can’t Refuse
Lickety Split @ the Jazz Café. June 11
Here Come The Scots!
The Pilgrim St. Set @ Hoochie Coochie. June 11
Thursday, June 11, 2015
RIP Ornette Coleman

Sadly missed.
Obituary.
Lance.
PS: Thanks to Russell and Peter Bevan drawing this sad occasion to my attention.
Ronnie Scott's Announce Music Instrument Amnesty
RIP James Last
Obituary.
Lance.
Volunteers Wanted For Jazz Coop!
Clarinets and Clams on Lamma Island
Franco impressed when he came over with Colin last year and they're back next month at Blaydon on July 5 and other sessions around town.
Lance.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
2GB Flash Drive review: Peter Sparacino - The Straphanger's Playlist

Tuesday, June 09, 2015
CD Review: Alan Benzie Trio - Traveller's Tales

(Review by Lance).
September dates for Clare Teal
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- Book now for weekend workshop 1-2 August at the Gl...
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- The fabulous Jive Aces – the UK’s No. 1 jive and s...
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- Blaydon International Jazz Club...
- CD Review: Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
- RIP Gunther Schuller
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- Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Hoochie - June 21
- Jazz Coop @ The Globe: Paul Taylor/ Simon Taylor A...
- More History.
- They're not singing anymore
- JazzMain @ Jazz Café - June 19
- Jazz North East presents Alan Wilkinson & Akode - ...
- Mo Scott Trio @ The Lit & Phil. June 19
- Lesley Jackson to join Jazz North as Executive Dir...
- CD Review: Steve Garrett - Even Song
- Sunday Afternoon at Hoochie - SSBB - don't miss it!
- Apologies!
- Hear the Mo Scott Song Book at the Lit & Phil
- Jazz Café Jam Session - June 16.
- Tyne Valley Update
- CD Review: Brian Landrus Trio - The Deep Below.
- Reminder From Roly
- CD Review: Aimée Allen - Matter of Time.
- Alix Shepherd @ The Vermont Hotel. June 14
- Preview: JazzMain @ the Jazz Café this Friday (Jun...
- CD Review: Ivo Neame - Strata.
- Matt Anderson & Paul Edis @ The Jazz Café. June 13
- Brian Molley Quartet @ the Globe, Newcastle. June 13
- The Customs House Big Band with Ruth Lambert Suppo...
- Info wanted on St. Joseph's College Jazz Band - 1958.
- An Empty Shopping Offer You Can’t Refuse
- Lickety Split @ the Jazz Café. June 11
- Here Come The Scots!
- The Pilgrim St. Set @ Hoochie Coochie. June 11
- RIP Ornette Coleman
- Ronnie Scott's Announce Music Instrument Amnesty
- RIP James Last
- Volunteers Wanted For Jazz Coop!
- Clarinets and Clams on Lamma Island
- Durham Brass Festival Program: July 16-19.
- 2GB Flash Drive review: Peter Sparacino - The Stra...
- CD Review: Alan Benzie Trio - Traveller's Tales
- September dates for Clare Teal
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- Ashington Jazz Festival - Strictly Smokin' Big Ban...
- CD Review: Maria Schneider Orchestra – The Thompso...
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- Durham University Big Band Medium sized Summer Tour
- Ashington Jazz Festival: Paul Skerritt Band.
- Happy Birthday Kath!
- Ashington Jazz Club Celebrating Thirty Years Of Wo...
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