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Bebop Spoken There
Marc Myers: " If the original group with Baker was Dover sole, the group with Brookmeyer was beef stew." - (JazzWax, December 7, 2019).

Today Monday December 9
Afternoon
Jazz
Jazz in the Afternoon - Cullercoats Crescent Club, 1 Hudleston, Cullercoats NE30 4QS. Tel: 0191 253 0242. 1:00pm. Free admission.
Evening
St Cuth’s Big Band - St Cuthbert’s Society, 12 South Bailey, Durham DH1 3EE. 8:00pm. Free (donations). St Cuth’s Big Band ‘Christmas Concert’. Concert in dining hall, licensed bar
To the best of our knowledge, details of the above events are correct but may be subject to alteration.

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.