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May 2023
Sun 28: Bradley Creswick's Western Swingfonia @ Whitley Bay Carnival. Free. Plaza Arena stage. 12 noon.
Sun 28: MSK @ Whitley Bay Carnival. 12:15pm. Free. Marquee stage. MSK - Steve Glendinning, Katy Trigger, Martin Douglas.
Sun 28: Musicians Unlimited @ The Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Back Chat Brass @ Whitley Bay Carnival. 1:30pm. Free. Marquee stage.
Sun 28: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Tim Kliphuis Trio @ St Mary's Church, Wooler NE71 6BZ. 3:00pm. £15.00 standard; £5.00 student/unwaged; free under 18. Afternoon Cocktail, a Wooler Summer Arts' concert promotion. Kliphuis (violin); Nigel Clark (guitar); Roy Percy (double bass).
Sun 28: Back Chat Brass @ Whitley Bay Carnival. 3:00pm. Free. Plaza Arena stage.
Sun 28: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 28: King Bees @ The Delaval Arms, Old Hartley NE26 4RL. 5:00pm. Free. Chicago blues at its best!
Sun 28: Matt Anderson Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Anderson (saxophones); Jamil Sheriff (piano); Andy Champion (double bass); Dave Walsh (drums).
Mon 29: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Tue 30: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 30: Big Chris Barber Band @ Whitley Bay Playhouse. 7:30pm.
Wed 31: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 31: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 31: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 31: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
June
Thu 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 01: Thursday Night Prayer Meeting @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Donations.
Thu 01: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 01: Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Thu 01: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.
Fri 02: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 02: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 02: Joseph Carville Trio @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 02: Claire Martin & Her Trio @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 7:30pm. £25.00., £20.00. Feat. Jim Mullen, Alex Garnett & Jeremy Brown.
Fri 02: Guy Davis + Michael Littlefield & Scott Taylor @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. Doors 7:30pm. Blues double bill.
Fri 02: Anders Ingram @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Blind Pig Blues Club. Country blues. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Sat 03: Newcastle Record Fair @ Northumbria University, Newcastle NE8 8SB. 10:00am-3:00pm. Admission: £2.00.
Sat 03: Pedigree Jazz Band @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm.
Sat 03: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Sue Ferris. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 03: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free.
Sat 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 03: Papa G's Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Between the Delaval and the Deep Blue Sea...
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Teddy Wilson in Newcastle
Steve Glendinning/Peter Gilligan @ The Globe Jazz Bar August 29.
(Review by Lance).
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Queens of Jazz: the Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas - BBC 4 August 28


After the frustration of the Proms Story of Swing concert - a BBC 4 program that promised much and delivered less it was with anticipation that I caught up with the Jazz Diva program that followed.
This Weekend's Jazz Coop Gigs @ The Globe Jazz Bar

Friday, August 28, 2015
Tonight @ The Proms
Russell.
CD Review: Sinne Eeg - Eeg-Fonnesbæk
Thursday, August 27, 2015
CD Review: Daniel Fortin - Brinks.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Peter Gilligan Trio w. Alice Grace @ The Cherry Tree.
Tonight (August 26) @ The Cherry Tree

Tuesday, August 25, 2015
CD Review: Fred Hersch - Solo
In the history of jazz, it could be argued, that very few pianists could really play solo successfully and satisfyingly. Tatum, Peterson, Jarrett – those with a formidable technique. Hersch, also, belongs in that stellar group; he’s a master-musician with a style uniquely his own incorporating a wonderful harmonic sense, swing, humour, touch at the keyboard, emotion and lyrical improvisations. The album comprises a set of pieces that are typical Hersch – Kern, Tizol, Monk, Jobim and Joni Mitchell plus a couple of Hersch originals.
CD Review: Mette Juul - There is a Song

(Review by Lance).
A New York based, Danish, singer/songwriter, Juul is one of those artists who creep up on you and grow upon you and, as you absorb the melodies and the intriguing lyrics, suddenly you're in love with a voice.
Hartlepool Fundraiser

Monday, August 24, 2015
CD Review: Shatner’s Bassoon – The Self Titled Album Shansa Barsnaan

Message Received From Saturn
Steve Stephenson Show Band.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Damian Cook and Sam Dunn @ The Globe Jazz Bar - August 22
Saturday, August 22, 2015
CD Review: Misha Mullov-Abbado - New Ansonia

ACV (Mk 2) to debut in Edinburgh
Friday, August 21, 2015
Saturday Night at the Globe
This time he's doing a duo with guitarist Sam Dunn and, as their recent recording proves, it's quite something.
Check out the CD review.
Lance.
Saturday August 22: Damian Cook & Sam Dunn @ The Globe Jazz Bar, 11 Railway St., Newcastle NE4 7AD. Doors 8pm. £5.
Tonight on tv.
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Will it be Tuxedo or Clapham Junction?

Hexham Hotline
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
CD Review: Mark Christian Miller - Crazy Moon

Jazz Café Update
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Melody Maker - the Dead Sea Scrolls of Jazz
CD Review: Man Overboard Quintet - Down in the Deep Deep Blue

Monday, August 17, 2015
Paul Edis Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. August 15
Jason Isaacs & The Ambassadors of Swing @ Hoochie Coochie. August 16
And Now For Something Completely Different: Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Ladies Of Midnight Blue: August 15

Sunday, August 16, 2015
Paul Gowland & Bradley Johnston @ The Jazz Café. August 15
This Afternoon @ Hoochie Coochie

Doors 4pm, Stage 5pm.
Lance.
Strictly Smokin' Little Big Soul Band at Tyne Bar - August 15.
(Review by Lance).
The sun was shining, the breeze little more than a cooling zephyr, the products of Wylam Brewery were being consumed so enthusiastically that a queue stretching almost to the banks of the Ouseburn was formed.
On stage, the Strictly Smokin' Little Big Soul Band (their chosen name for today according to the set list) were warming up for this, their fourth annual gig in this pleasant outdoor venue, and possibly the first where they elements haven't prevailed.
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Zoë Gilby Trio with Noel Dennis @ The Jazz Café. August 14

Friday, August 14, 2015
Pilgrim St. Set @ Hoochie Coochie August 13.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Tonight at Hoochie

DJ wrap around the gig playing Jazz, Hip Hop , & eclectic grooves.
Entry is FREE
Great Drinks promos - Cocktails 2 for 1 , Heineken £3 per pint, 13 Guns Ale £2 per bottle.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
CD Review: Eddie Toal - Always in my Heart.

Hoochie Happenings


Tuesday, August 11, 2015
CD Review: Andrea Wood - Kaleidoscope
LP Review: Tubby Hayes Quartet - Live at the Hopbine 1968 Vol. 1. "The Syndicate"

Tubby Hayes (ten); Louis Stewart (gtr); Kenny Baldock (bs); Spike Wells (dms).
(Review by Lance.)
I try to avoid review discs "jumping the queue" - first come first served has always been my motto -but there are times when those values get thrown out of the window.
Blaydon Update

Monday, August 10, 2015
Strictly Good Weather @ the Tyne Bar

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- Between the Delaval and the Deep Blue Sea...
- Teddy Wilson in Newcastle
- Steve Glendinning/Peter Gilligan @ The Globe Jazz ...
- Queens of Jazz: the Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas...
- This Weekend's Jazz Coop Gigs @ The Globe Jazz Bar
- Tonight @ The Proms
- CD Review: Sinne Eeg - Eeg-Fonnesbæk
- CD Review: Daniel Fortin - Brinks.
- Peter Gilligan Trio w. Alice Grace @ The Cherry Tree.
- Tonight (August 26) @ The Cherry Tree
- CD Review: Fred Hersch - Solo
- CD Review: Mette Juul - There is a Song
- Hartlepool Fundraiser
- CD Review: Shatner’s Bassoon – The Self Titled Alb...
- Message Received From Saturn
- Steve Stephenson Show Band.
- Damian Cook and Sam Dunn @ The Globe Jazz Bar - Au...
- CD Review: Misha Mullov-Abbado - New Ansonia
- ACV (Mk 2) to debut in Edinburgh
- Saturday Night at the Globe
- Tonight on tv.
- Will it be Tuxedo or Clapham Junction?
- Hexham Hotline
- CD Review: Mark Christian Miller - Crazy Moon
- Jazz Café Update
- Melody Maker - the Dead Sea Scrolls of Jazz
- CD Review: Man Overboard Quintet - Down in the Dee...
- Paul Edis Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. August 15
- Jason Isaacs & The Ambassadors of Swing @ Hoochie ...
- And Now For Something Completely Different: Jazz C...
- Paul Gowland & Bradley Johnston @ The Jazz Café. A...
- This Afternoon @ Hoochie Coochie
- Strictly Smokin' Little Big Soul Band at Tyne Bar ...
- Zoë Gilby Trio with Noel Dennis @ The Jazz Café. A...
- Pilgrim St. Set @ Hoochie Coochie August 13.
- Tonight at Hoochie
- CD Review: Eddie Toal - Always in my Heart.
- Hoochie Happenings
- CD Review: Andrea Wood - Kaleidoscope
- LP Review: Tubby Hayes Quartet - Live at the Hopbi...
- Blaydon Update
- Strictly Good Weather @ the Tyne Bar
- Zoe Gilby Quartet @ Ashington Jazz Club - August 5
- Remembering Ray Truscott @ Jazz Café
- Mark Williams & Joel McCullough @ The Jazz Café. A...
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Folk Meets Jazz: August 6
- Ayanna Witter-Johnson Fundraiser
- Paul Edis Trio @ The Jazz Café. August 7
- Super Saturday - well mainly...
- Lambert and Williams @ The Vermont Hotel. August 7
- The Early Bird Band @ The Jazz Café - August 7.
- The Best of British Tell the Story of Swing
- Variety @ The Jazz Bar
- Sage Gateshead says "Thank You..."
- CD Review: Mason Razavi/Bennett Roth-Newell - Afte...
- Be Early For the Early Birds
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: The Weekend Workshop And O...
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Preview: Folk Meets Jazz: ...
- Alice Graces the Jazz Café
- Jam Session @ Jazz Café - August 4
- RIP Harry Pitch
- CD Review: Bruno Heinen & Kristian Borring - Postc...
- Friday Night is Definitely Music Night on BBC4
- OXYD play Nirvana @ Bridge Hotel, Newcastle - Aug...
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Williams/Tanton Quartet. A...
- Musical Menu @ the Cherry Tree
- RIP Cilla.
- CD Review: Indigo Kid II - Fist Full of Notes.
- Down Beat Hereby Declares…
- Musicians Unlimited in Holiday Mood
- Hip Hop Spoken Here - Cantaloop @ Hoochie Coochie....
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