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April
Fri 19: Cia Tomasso @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. ‘Cia Tomasso sings Billie Holiday’. SOLD OUT!
Fri 19: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 19: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 19: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 19: Tweed River Jazz Band @ The Radio Rooms, Berwick. 7:00pm (doors). £5.00.
Fri 19: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Seventeen Nineteen, Hendon, Sunderland. 7:30pm.
Fri 19: Levitation Orchestra + Nauta @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £11.00.
Fri 19: Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 8:00pm. ‘Ella & Ellington’.
Sat 20: Record Store Day…at a store near you!
Sat 20: Bright Street Band @ Washington Arts Centre. 6:30pm. Swing dance taster session (6:30pm) followed by Bright Street Big Band (7:30pm). £12.00.
Sat 20: Michael Woods @ Victoria Tunnel, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Acoustic blues.
Sat 20: Rendezvous Jazz @ St Andrew’s Church, Monkseaton. 7:30pm. £10.00. (inc. a drink on arrival).
Sun 21: Jamie Toms Quartet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm.
Sun 21: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 21: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Holy Grale, Durham. 5:00pm.
Sun 21: The Jazz Defenders @ Cluny 2. Doors 6:00pm. £15.00.
Sun 21: Edgar Rubenis @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Blues & ragtime guitar.
Sun 21: Tweed River Jazz Band @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 7:00pm. Free.
Sun 21: Art Themen with the Dean Stockdale Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00. +bf. JNE. SOLD OUT!
Mon 22: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 23: Vieux Carre Hot 4 @ Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Delaval. 12:30-3:30pm. £12.00. ‘St George’s Day Afternoon Tea’. Gig with ‘Lashings of Victoria Sponge Cake, along with sandwiches & scones’.
Tue 23: Jalen Ngonda @ Newcastle University Students’ Union. POSTPONED!
Wed 24: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 24: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 24: Sinatra: Raw @ Darlington Hippodrome. 7:30pm. Richard Shelton.
Wed 24: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 24: Death Trap @ Theatre Royal, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Rambert Dance Co. Two pieces inc. Goat (inspired by the music of Nina Simone) with on-stage musicians.
Thu 25: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 25: Jim Jams @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Jim Jams’ funk collective.
Thu 25: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 25: Death Trap @ Theatre Royal, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Rambert Dance Co. Two pieces inc. Goat (inspired by the music of Nina Simone) with on-stage musicians.
Thu 25: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm.
Thu 25: Kate O’Neill, Alan Law & Paul Grainger @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 25: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Richie Emmerson (tenor sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass); Garry Hadfield (keys).
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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