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April 2025.
Tue 29: ???
Wed 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 30: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 30: International Jazz Day @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £16.00.; £14.00. adv.. Feat. Guido Spannocchi, John Pope & Steve Hanley + Take it to the Bridge participants + Open Mic Night participants.
MAY 2025
Thu 01: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Member’s Contribution.
Thu 01: Alabaster de Plume @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 01: Living in Shadows + OUTRI @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Thu 01: The Shayo Experiment @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Shayo Oshodi & Liam Oliver.
Thu 01: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Free.
Fri 02: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 02: Anna Reay & Deon Krishnan @ STACK, Seaburn. 4:30-6:15pm. Free.
Fri 02: Nauta @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 7:00pm. £7.50. A ‘Nauta’s House’ gig featuring Nauta & guests Shayo Oshodi & David Gray.
Fri 02: Spilt Milk @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. Nolan Brothers (vocal harmonies).
Fri 02: Dom Pipkin @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). Solo piano.
Fri 02: Abbie Finn Trio @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. £12.00. + bf.
Sat 03: Hot Fingers @ St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00.
Sat 03: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. £25.00. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. Summer Samba Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 03: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Exchange Sq., Middlesbrough. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 03: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 03: Postmodern Jukebox @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 7:30pm.
Sat 03: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm (7:00pm doors). £3.00. + bf.
Sat 03: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 03: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:30pm. Free.
Sun 04: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm. £7.50.
Sun 04: Sax Choir @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 04: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 04: Spilt Milk @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 3:00-5:00pm. Free. Nolan Brothers (vocal harmonies).
Sun 04: Rivkala @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 04: Ben Crosland Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Mon 05: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 05: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30pm. Free.
Reviewers wanted
Saturday, October 31, 2015
MIKE DURHAM’S WHITLEY BAY CLASSIC JAZZ PARTY – NOVEMBER 5-8

James Birkett & Bradley Johnston @ The Jazz Café – October 31
Buck Clayton Legacy Band @ Sage Gateshead – October 30

RIP Nat Peck

The last surviving member of Miller's AEF band, Nat Peck died on October 24.
May he rest in peace.
Lance.
Dom and the Ikos @ Hoochie Coochie - Oct. 30

(Review by Lance).
Pannonica @ The Lit & Phil - Oct. 30.
Friday, October 30, 2015
Glaswegian Hoochie Coochie Men
RIP Herbie Goins

Obituary.
CD Review: Matthew Stevens – Woodwork

Thursday, October 29, 2015
CD Review: Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Chautauqua Volume 1.

(Review by Lance).
GIJF 2016

CD Review: Mike Holober - Balancing Act.

SINATRALAND – EXPLORING THE MUSICAL WORLD OF FRANK SINATRA
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Let Spin @ Jazz Café - Oct. 27
Song Lyrics - Why do we like them?
Band Library Seeks Good Home

R.I.P. Lee Shaw
CD Review: Hot Jazz Jumpers - The Very Next Thing
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
CD Review: Home Away From Home – The Colours Jazz Orchestra Plays the Music of Ayn Inserto

This is a startling album from the outstanding Composer/Arranger Ayn Inserto and the Colours Jazz Orchestra. Since 1999 Ayn has been steadily making a name for herself in the U.S. receiving countless awards but is, currently, perhaps less well-known in the U.K.
A musician writing avant-garde charts in sound, taking risks and creating some of the most complex, sophisticated, and clever music I’ve ever heard.
Smooth-jazz this is not!
Tetra @ Sage Gateshead - Oct. 26
Our reviewer, Hugh, said, of Tetra's new CD, "Tetra is a burst of golden sunshine and will warm the listener during the shortening autumn days".
Monday, October 26, 2015
Vasi X plays Ornette!
Double Bill @ Ushaw – Paul Edis & Vasilis Xenopoulos/The Gala Big Band Ushaw College, Durham - October 24
Vasilis Xenopoulos Quartet @ the Black Bull - Blaydon Jazz Club. Oct. 25

Sunday, October 25, 2015
Monday Oct 26 @ Sage Gateshead - Tonight!

Interview.
CD Review.
Not to be missed!
Lance.
JULIAN ARGÜELLES' TETRA - Sage Gateshead. 8pm. £13.50/£11.50. 0191 4434661.
Liam, Leroy & Humph
Charles Gordon & Kenny Hewitt @ The Jazz Café – October 24
Alter Ego @ The Globe Jazz Bar - Oct. 24
Saturday, October 24, 2015
The Last of the Legacy…going, going, almost gone!

Swinging into Blaydon this Sunday
Taylor made for the Vermont - Oct. 23

Gerry Richardson Quartet @ the Jazz Café - Oct. 23
Friday, October 23, 2015
Andy Hudson Remembers Don Rendell

Dominic Lodge @ Culture Lab, Newcastle University – October 22
Tutors Live! @ Sage Gateshead – October 21
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Friday Night?
RIP Mark Murphy

RIP Don Rendell

Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Sax in the Lab – October 22

Jazz Café Jam Session - Oct. 19
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea

It's simply the business!
Lance.
EFG London Jazz Festival

CD Review: Nicholas Bridgeman - Wheel of Life

Monday, October 19, 2015
Sage Gateshead this Wednesday
Blaydon this coming Sunday...
He's back! The wonderful tenor sax player - warm toned, lyrical and exhilarating. Vas is supported by three of the region's finest - Paul piano, Andy Champion bass and Russ Morgan drums.
National Jazz Archive wins Heritage Lottery Fund support for oral history and reminiscence project
The National Jazz Archive, based in Loughton, Essex, has been awarded £83,300 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the Intergenerational Jazz Reminiscence Project, which will begin in January 2016.

Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Gabriele Mit Drei - October 17
Sunday, October 18, 2015
CD Review: Kristine Mills - BOSSAtoo

CD Review: Baden Powell - Live In Berlin.

(Review by Lance).
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Jambone Make Capital

Kora Band @ the Jazz Café, Newcastle - Oct. 16

(Review/bw photo by Lance/colour photo courtesy of Mike Tilley).
This probably won't be my "Gig of the Year" but I'm sure it will be a contender! What is for sure is that it will be the most unique. Five American musicians playing a fusion of jazz and West African music and featuring the kora - a lute shaped, 20 plus stringed harp-sounding instrument originally indigenous to West Africa but now more widely used. Mathis' instrument was made by, quote: "a hippy guy out in the Oregon mountains".
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- MIKE DURHAM’S WHITLEY BAY CLASSIC JAZZ PARTY – NOV...
- James Birkett & Bradley Johnston @ The Jazz Café –...
- Buck Clayton Legacy Band @ Sage Gateshead – Octobe...
- RIP Nat Peck
- Dom and the Ikos @ Hoochie Coochie - Oct. 30
- Pannonica @ The Lit & Phil - Oct. 30.
- Glaswegian Hoochie Coochie Men
- RIP Herbie Goins
- CD Review: Matthew Stevens – Woodwork
- CD Review: Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Chautauqua Vo...
- GIJF 2016
- CD Review: Mike Holober - Balancing Act.
- SINATRALAND – EXPLORING THE MUSICAL WORLD OF FRANK...
- Let Spin @ Jazz Café - Oct. 27
- Song Lyrics - Why do we like them?
- Band Library Seeks Good Home
- R.I.P. Lee Shaw
- CD Review: Hot Jazz Jumpers - The Very Next Thing
- CD Review: Home Away From Home – The Colours Jazz ...
- Tetra @ Sage Gateshead - Oct. 26
- Vasi X plays Ornette!
- Double Bill @ Ushaw – Paul Edis & Vasilis Xenopoul...
- Vasilis Xenopoulos Quartet @ the Black Bull - Blay...
- Monday Oct 26 @ Sage Gateshead - Tonight!
- Liam, Leroy & Humph
- Charles Gordon & Kenny Hewitt @ The Jazz Café – Oc...
- Alter Ego @ The Globe Jazz Bar - Oct. 24
- The Last of the Legacy…going, going, almost gone!
- Swinging into Blaydon this Sunday
- Taylor made for the Vermont - Oct. 23
- Gerry Richardson Quartet @ the Jazz Café - Oct. 23
- Andy Hudson Remembers Don Rendell
- Dominic Lodge @ Culture Lab, Newcastle University ...
- Tutors Live! @ Sage Gateshead – October 21
- Friday Night?
- RIP Mark Murphy
- RIP Don Rendell
- Work Song performed by Alex & Dylan Thompson & Nat...
- Sax in the Lab – October 22
- Jazz Café Jam Session - Oct. 19
- Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
- EFG London Jazz Festival
- CD Review: Nicholas Bridgeman - Wheel of Life
- Sage Gateshead this Wednesday
- Blaydon this coming Sunday...
- National Jazz Archive wins Heritage Lottery Fund s...
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Gabriele Mit Drei - Octobe...
- CD Review: Kristine Mills - BOSSAtoo
- CD Review: Baden Powell - Live In Berlin.
- Jambone Make Capital
- Kora Band @ the Jazz Café, Newcastle - Oct. 16
- Bix and the Jazz Ambassadors
- CD Review: Herb Silverstein - Younger Next Year
- CD Review: Nancy Lane - Let Me Love You
- Alice Grace Quartet @ the Cherry Tree Restaurant -...
- Robert Cray Band @ Sage Gateshead. October 13
- CD Review: Racha Fora - Racha S'miles
- Tonight @ The Cherry Tree - not to be missed!
- CD Review: Let Spin – Let Go
- Lindsay Hannon Plus on tour
- CD review: The Jelly Roll Jazz Band - Whose Solo i...
- Jazz Record Requests requests...
- The Greek God of Vasilis
- CD Review: Colin Towns’ Mask Orchestra – Drama
- Jazz entrepreneur dies age 75
- Glasshopper/Triptych @ the Bridge Hotel, Newcastle...
- A Radio Riddle
- Noel Dennis & Dean Stockdale @ The Jazz Café. Oct 10
- Taupe + Dead Hedge Trio @ The Head of Steam. Octob...
- The Early Bird Band @ The Jazz Café. October 9
- '100% Proof: The Complete Tubby Hayes Discography'
- PG3 @ The Globe Jazz Bar - Oct. 10
- Sad News From Hong Kong
- CD Review: Lisa Bassenge - Canyon Songs
- Pilgrim Street Set @ Hoochie Coochie - Oct. 8
- Tonight @ Hoochie (Oct.8)
- Jazz at the Pizza Express (Newcastle)
- The Big Score - Jazz on the screen
- Henry’s Swing Club @ The Branding Villa, South Gos...
- RIP Dave Pike
- RIP Coleridge Goode
- CD Review: Josh Shpak Band - Astatic
- Strictly Come Dancing Choreographer in World Recor...
- Customs House Big Band News
- Preview: Indigo Voices @ The Globe, This Coming Th...
- CD Review: Candice Hoyes - On a Turquoise Cloud
- Toby Delius Trio @ the Bridge – Oct. 4
- Smoove & Turrell @ North East Calling Fanzone. Oct...
- Interview with Julian Argüelles
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Jazz Latin Groove: October 3
- CD Review: Frank Kohl Quartet - Invisible Man
- CD Review: Kansas Smitty's House Band - Kansas Smi...
- Sage Gateshead Music Students 10 England Rugby Boys 0
- Swing Manouche @ The Jazz Café. October 2
- Anna Reay & Deon Krishnan @ The Vermont Hotel. Oct...
- Folk Meets Jazz @ The Globe: October 1
- Today! Scrum Down with Dr Edis and Dexter’s Gay Go...
- Who shall I book to play at my wedding ?(Hypotheti...
- Happy Birthday to George Wein
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