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November
Tue 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Delaval NE25 0AT. 12:30pm. ‘Afternoon Jazz Tea Party’ £12.00. Tickets from: 0191 237 3697.
Tue 28: Full Score & Durham University Jazz Orchestra @ St Oswald’s Church, Durham. 7:00pm. £8.00., £7.00. conc., £6.00. DSM. ‘Singing with a Swing’. In support of the Angel Trust.
Tue 28: Pete Tanton’s Chet Set @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. £12.00., £10.00. Doors 7pm/Music 8pm.
Wed 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). Tickets: £25.00. inc. buffet. A Gatsby themed evening.
Thu 30: Jools Holland's R & B Orchestra @ Newcastle City Hall. 7:30pm.
Thu 30: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 30: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. Guest band night: Mark Toomey Quintet (Mark Toomey, sax; Paul Donnelly, guitar; Jeremy McMurray, keys; Peter Ayton, bass; Mark Robertson, drums). 9:00pm.
December
Fri 01: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 01: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 01: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 01: Paul Skerritt @ All Saints’ Church, Eastgate, Co. Durham. 7:00pm. Xmas Tree Fest.
Fri 01: Alligator Gumbo @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 01: Nu Sound Brass @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Fri 01: Struggle Buggy w. Jim Murray @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Blind Pig Blues Club. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 02: Paula Jackman's Jazz Masters @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00.
Sat 02: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 02: Abbie Finn Trio @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00pm.
Sat 02: Tenement Jazz Band @ John Marley Centre, Newcastle. Swing Tyne Winter Social. £8.00. + bf. Advance purchase only, no admission at the door. BYOB. Lindy hop workshop from 11:00am. £39.00.
Sat 02: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ The Masham, Hartburn Village, Stockton. 7:00pm. Feat. Noel Dennis.
Sat 02: Classic Swing @ The Nuthatch, 9 - 11 Bedford St, Middlesbrough TS1 2LL. 7:00-9:00pm. Classic Swing in trio format.
Sat 02: Paul Skerritt w. Danny Miller Big Band @ Westovian Theatre, South Shields. 7:30pm.
Sat 02: Vermont Big Band @ Whitley Bay FC. 7:30pm. £10.00. (inc. hot buffet). Tickets available from WBFC’s Seahorse pub club house.
Sat 02: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Ponteland Social Club, Northumberland. 7:30pm. £18.00 (inc. stotties & soup supper). A fundraiser for Hexham Constituency Labour Party.
Sat 02: Tom Remon & Laurence Harrison @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. Xmas party night inc. buffet & special raffle. £3.00.
Sat 02: Groovetrain @ The Unionist Club, Laygate, South Shields. 9:00pm.
Sun 03: The Central Bar Quartet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00. The Central Bar Quartet plays Lou Donaldson’s Gravy Train. Featuring Jamie Toms.
Sun 03: Paul Skerritt @ Smith’s Arms, Carlton, Stockton-on-Tees. 7:00pm.
Sun 03: Johnny Hunter Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 03: Jam session @ The Schooner, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Free.
Mon 04: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 04: Northern Monkey Brass Band @ People’s Kitchen, Bath Lane, Newcastle. From 5:30pm. On-street gig supporting the work of the People’s Kitchen charity. Wrap up warm! Donate!
Mon 04: Michael Young Trio w Lindsay Hannon @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 7:00pm. Free.
Mon 04: James Birkett Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £8.00.
Mon 04: Durham University Jazz Orchestra + Durham University Big Band @ Durham Castle DH1 3RW. 8:30pm. £6.00.; £5.00. concs; £4.00. DSM. ‘Jazzy Christmas’.
Monday, November 30, 2015
Full House! - Gala Big Band @ Durham Town Hall, Nov. 29.
CD Review: Thomas Maintz/Aaron Parks - Duets in June

(Review by Lance).
Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: The Budtones – Nov. 28

Sunday, November 29, 2015
Tonight @ The Globe
News Flash!
Pete Gilligan/Chris Jelly Duo @ the Jazz Café - Nov. 28


There have been many Saturday night duo sets at the Jazz Café - some worked well and some not so well. This surprise pairing was most deffo of the former variety - Gilligan and Jelly, gelled.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
And the winner is…Hoochie Coochie!

Russell.
Manjula @ The Jazz Café – Nov.27

Keith Morris CD/DVD Launch @ The Jazz Café – Nov 27
Friday, November 27, 2015
Belatedly discovering Philip Larkin


Sinatraland - Sage Gateshead. Nov. 26

Thursday, November 26, 2015
CD Review: Bokani Dyer - World Music.

Tonight @ Sage Gateshead - Sinatraland
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Inner Space Music @ the Jazz Café - Nov. 24.
LINE-UP REVEALED FOR GATESHEAD INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016
CD Review: Steve Fishwick/Osian Roberts/Frank Basile Sextet - In The Empire State.

Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Jones Remembers Herbie Goins…and Nigel Stanger

Monday, November 23, 2015
CD Review: Malija – The Day I Had Everything

Gerry Richardson's Big Idea @ Hoochie Coochie - Nov. 22

Gerry Richardson (vcls/Hammond SK2); Rod Sinclair (gtr); Sue Ferris (fl/ten/bar); Garry Linsley (fl/ten/bar); Stuart Johnson (ten/sop); Dave Hignett/Mark Webb (tpt); David Gray (tmb); Paul Smith (dms).
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Mesmeric Metamorphic Rolls with Røyst @ Newcastle Jazz Cafe - November 20

Maciek Pysz Trio @ The Globe Jazz Bar - Nov. 22
(Review by Lance/Photos courtesy of Ken Drew).
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Paul Edis - Not Like Me / Just Like Me Album Launch @ The Lit & Phil. Nov. 19
CD Review: Jacob Varmus Septet - Aegean.

Friday, November 20, 2015
2 million not out!
Lance.
CD Review: Peter Ehwald - Double Trouble Live.
CD Review: Maciek Pysz - A Journey

A reminder of tomorrow night at The Globe.
Maciek Pysz (gtr); Daniele di Bonaventura (bandoneon/pno); Yuri Goloubev (bs); Asaf Sirkis (dms).
Jo Lawry and Will Vinson @ Sage Gateshead.

Thursday, November 19, 2015
The Unheard Sinatra
DVD Review: Frank Sinatra at The Royal Festival Hall - June 1, 1962

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Some Cats Know
Zoe Gilby’s Stronger Jazz Voices; End of Term Gig; Thursday Nov. 19
Jazz Café Jam Session Nov. 17
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
The Poetry of Jazz
This Sunday (Nov. 22) @ Hoochie - Gerry Richardson's Big Idea Sounds Like a Good Idea!
Monday, November 16, 2015
Keith Stephen’s Hot Club Trio with Caroline Irwin @ The Black Bull, Blaydon – Nov 15

Arts Council England award Norvol Jazz £32,000

Sunday, November 15, 2015
Voshtina & Williams @ The Jazz Café – Nov.14
HOOCHIE COOCHIE.DFDS & JUMPIN HOT CLUB PRESENT....FUNK & SOUL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
CD Review: Menno Daams' Unaccounted Four - Playground

Saturday, November 14, 2015
CD Review: National Youth Jazz Orchestra - NYJO FIFTY

Blind Monk @ The Jazz Café - Nov. 13

Bob Whittaker (ten); Hugo Harrison (bs); Johnny Hunter (dms).
(Review/bw photo by Lance/Colour photos courtesy of Mike Tilley).
Friday, November 13, 2015
Laura Jurd's Dinosaur/Lab Trio @ the Lit and Phil - Nov.12

London-centric Jazz Radio?
Zoe Gilby - Take Five

Full details.
Lance
(Photo courtesy of Ken Drew).
Pilgrim St. Set @ Hoochie Coochie - Nov. 12

(Review by Lance).
I'm running out of superlatives for these guys. What can you say about a band that gets better month by month - particularly when they were something special to begin with!?
Thursday, November 12, 2015
BBC Music Jazz

Lance.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
CD Review: Alex Merritt Quartet - Anatta.
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- Full House! - Gala Big Band @ Durham Town Hall, No...
- CD Review: Thomas Maintz/Aaron Parks - Duets in June
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: The Budtones – Nov. 28
- Tonight @ The Globe
- News Flash!
- Pete Gilligan/Chris Jelly Duo @ the Jazz Café - No...
- And the winner is…Hoochie Coochie!
- Manjula @ The Jazz Café – Nov.27
- Keith Morris CD/DVD Launch @ The Jazz Café – Nov 27
- Belatedly discovering Philip Larkin
- Sinatraland - Sage Gateshead. Nov. 26
- CD Review: Bokani Dyer - World Music.
- Tonight @ Sage Gateshead - Sinatraland
- Inner Space Music @ the Jazz Café - Nov. 24.
- LINE-UP REVEALED FOR GATESHEAD INTERNATIONAL JAZZ ...
- CD Review: Steve Fishwick/Osian Roberts/Frank Basi...
- Jones Remembers Herbie Goins…and Nigel Stanger
- CD Review: Malija – The Day I Had Everything
- Gerry Richardson's Big Idea @ Hoochie Coochie - No...
- Mesmeric Metamorphic Rolls with Røyst @ Newcastle...
- Maciek Pysz Trio @ The Globe Jazz Bar - Nov. 22
- Paul Edis - Not Like Me / Just Like Me Album Launc...
- CD Review: Jacob Varmus Septet - Aegean.
- 2 million not out!
- CD Review: Peter Ehwald - Double Trouble Live.
- CD Review: Maciek Pysz - A Journey
- Jo Lawry and Will Vinson @ Sage Gateshead.
- The Unheard Sinatra
- DVD Review: Frank Sinatra at The Royal Festival Ha...
- Some Cats Know
- Zoe Gilby’s Stronger Jazz Voices; End of Term Gig;...
- Jazz Café Jam Session Nov. 17
- The Poetry of Jazz
- This Sunday (Nov. 22) @ Hoochie - Gerry Richardson...
- Keith Stephen’s Hot Club Trio with Caroline Irwin ...
- Arts Council England award Norvol Jazz £32,000
- Voshtina & Williams @ The Jazz Café – Nov.14
- HOOCHIE COOCHIE.DFDS & JUMPIN HOT CLUB PRESENT.......
- CD Review: Menno Daams' Unaccounted Four - Playground
- CD Review: National Youth Jazz Orchestra - NYJO FIFTY
- Blind Monk @ The Jazz Café - Nov. 13
- Laura Jurd's Dinosaur/Lab Trio @ the Lit and Phil ...
- London-centric Jazz Radio?
- Zoe Gilby - Take Five
- Pilgrim St. Set @ Hoochie Coochie - Nov. 12
- BBC Music Jazz
- CD Review: Alex Merritt Quartet - Anatta.
- A Weekend in New York
- RIP Allen Toussaint.
- John Wilson Orchestra w. Matthew Ford & Louise Dea...
- Tipping Point & Long Lonesome Go @ Bridge Hotel Ne...
- Mike Durham’s Classic Jazz Party – Village Hotel, ...
- CD Review: Barbara Dennerlein - Christmas Soul
- Master of the Glen Returns to the Chilli
- CD Revview: Vula Viel: Good is Good
- Jazz Record Requests @ Sage Gateshead - Nov. 7
- Samuel Eagles Quartet @ The Globe Jazz Bar - Nov. 7
- Jo Harrop & Paul Edis @ The Jazz Café – November 6
- Jazz for Free Thinkers @ Sage Gateshead
- Jazz Record Requests goes Live this afternoon
- Jo Harrop Quartet @ The Gala Theatre, Durham. Nov 6.
- Mike Durham's Classic Jazz Party - Village Hotel. ...
- Jazz and Poetry at J.G.Windows Ltd. Central Arcade...
- Jo Harrop Quartet @ The Cherry Tree, Jesmond. Nov. 5
- Student Performances @ Culture Lab – November 5
- Dave Milligan Trio @ Brunswick Methodist Church – ...
- Reeve, Hall & Miles
- Jo Harrop @ Cherry Tree and my saga of misadventure!
- EP review: Simon Taylor & the Sundowners - New Yor...
- Jazz Record Requests - Sage Gatehead, Nov. 7
- CD Review: Ernie Krivda - Requiem for a Jazz Lady.
- Jazz Café Jam Session - Nov. 3
- Some Local Jazz History
- RIP Des Greenwell
- Paul Dunmall/Tony Bianco @ The Bridge Hotel, Newca...
- Cormac Loane's 60th Birthday @ the Old Joint Stock...
- Jo Harrop - The Home Town Tour
- CD Review: Tim Richards Hextet - Telegraph Hill
- Circumnavigate your way round to The Globe this Sa...
- Folk Meets Jazz @ The Globe on Fireworks Night
- Ray Johnson & Tom Lapworth @ The Jazz Café – Octob...
- Situation Vacant
- Buck Clayton Legacy Band @Sage Gateshead – a posts...
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