Ron Hampton.
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December
Sat 09: Prudhoe Community Band @ Central Station, Newcastle. 10:00am - 12 noon. Charity fundraiser.
Sat 09: Durham Alumni Big Band @ Number One Bar, Skinnergate, Darlington. 1:00pm.
Sat 09: Castillo Nuevo Trio @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 09: Hayley's Little Big Band @ Middleton & Todridge Village Hall, Morpeth. 7:30pm. £12.00., £6.00.
Sat 09: Paul Skerritt @ Slaley Hall, Hexham NE47 0BX. 7:30pm. From £42.00.
Sun 10: Musicians Unlimited’s Xmas Party with Zoë Gilby Quartet @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. MU 1:00-3:00pm; Zoë Gilby Quartet 4:00-6:00pm. Tickets: £7.50.
Sun 10: Alan Law, Paul Grainger & Abbie Finn @ Darlington Market, Market Square, Darlington. 1:00pm. Free. A ‘Christmas Market’ outdoor gig. Wrap up warm!
Sun 10: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 10: Funk Soul Sista @ Stack, Seaburn. 5:00-7:00pm. Free.
Sun 10: Beth Clarke @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 10: Hayley's Little Big Band @ Whittingham Memorial Institute, Alnwick. 7:30pm. £12.00., £10.00.
Sun 10: Tele-Port @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Line-up inc. Zhenya Strigalev.
Mon 11: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 11: Interim Final Recitals @ Newcastle University. Details TBC.
Tue 12: Stu Collingwood Organ Trio @ Forum Music Centre, Darlington. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Wed 13: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 13: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 13: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 13: Bold Big Band @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Wed 13: Giles Strong Quartet @ Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 14: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Hot Fingers @ The Lubetkin Theatre, Peterlee. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 14: After Hours Student Jazz Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. . Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 14: Niffi Osiyemi Trio @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Mo Scott ‘Little Mo’s Festive Appearance’ @ The Schooner, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Tees Hot Club w. Kevin Eland, Josh Bentham, Garry Hadfield, Adrian Beadnell @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.
Fri 15: Paul Edis @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 15: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 15: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 15: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 15: Paul Skerritt @ Black Horse Inn, Crook. From 7:00pm.
Fri 15: Paul Edis: A Jazzy Christmas @ St Cuhtbert's Centre, Crook. 7:30pm. £15.00. SOLD OUT! Waiting list open.
Fri 15: Zoë Gilby Trio @ Seventeen Nineteen, Hendon, Sunderland. 7:30pm. £12.00. POSTPONED!
Fri 15: Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 8:00pm. First night of two.
Fri 15: Darlington Big Band @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £10.00. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 15: Baghdaddies @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00.; £10.00.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
The Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ The Ship, Redmarshall - Dec. 29.
Ron Hampton.
SSBB Review Required
CD Review: Peter Kavanaugh - Whisper Not
December in the Rain - The "Coasters", Dec. 30
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Splash the Jazz Cash this New Year’s Eve
The Glenn Miller Orchestra (Ray McVay, MD) @ Sage Gateshead – Dec 29
CD Review: John Abercrombie - The First Quartet
CD Review: Alexis Cairns – This is New to Me

Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Pete Kelly's Blues

On the Down Beat
CD Review: Blind Monk Trio – coulrophobia
Monday, December 28, 2015
A full and varied programme for January at the Globe
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Joanna in New York
Saturday, December 26, 2015
2016 Centenaries
Friday, December 25, 2015
Shavian humour
Daryl Sherman in UK next month
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Newcastle Jazz Band Ball 1963

King Bee @ Hoochie Coochie - Dec. 23

Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Boys of Brass @ Hoochie Coochie - Dec. 22
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
CD Review: Roly Veitch - Wherever Ye Gan
All the Right Moves - Square One Take It to the Next Level
Monday, December 21, 2015
Jazz in the Afternoon Xmas Party - Crescent Club, Cullercoats - Dec. 21
Derek Fleck (ten/clt); Brian Chester (keys/tmb); John Hallam (bs/sousa); Ollie Rillands (dms/vcl) + Miles Watson (tpt/vcl); John Broddle (vcl); Teresa Armstrong (vcl); Roy Gibson (keys).
The BB Quartet with James Birkett @ Blaydon Jazz Club – Dec 20

CD Review: The Count Basie Orchestra – A Very Swinging Christmas (Concord Jazz CJA-38450-02)
Dirk Washington & The Groove Cats @ The Globe Jazz Bar - Dec. 20
(Review by Lance).
Panto party time at the Globe. Once again the Jazz Coop lured the band from the Theatre Royal's production of Dick Whittington to perform, and perform they did! The room was comfortably full with Coop members and Theatre Royalty all enjoying yet another Gig of the Year (in my eyes at least). Next year I think it will be easier to list those gigs that didn't fall into that category - so much good music has been played around the various venues.
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Black Swan – Dec 19
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Jazz Party this Sunday (Dec. 20) @ The Globe Jazz Bar.
Graham Justin – Trumpet; Damian Cook – Sax; Stuart Davies – Guitar; Greg Arrowsmith – Keys; Joe Britton – Bass; Ollie Boorman – Drums
Frank & Laura Radio
Matt Anderson & Aubin Vanns @ The Jazz Café – Dec 18
Double Hat Trick for Summers - Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Black Swan Arts Centre, Newcastle. Day One - Dec. 18
Friday, December 18, 2015
Led Bib @ The Jazz Café Dec. 16

Photos.
ROBERTO FONSECA JOINS GATESHEAD INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016 LINE-UP
Thursday, December 17, 2015
York Music Forum Jazz Orchestra

Lance.
Hugh's Choice
Gala Theatre, Durham – Lunchtime Gigs Spring 2016
Twice she has received touring support from Jazz Services and has performed with some of the UK top jazz musicians, including Jim Mullen Organ Trio, Dave Newton, Alan Barnes and Tony Faulkner.
Lunchtime Jazz at the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle Spring 2016
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Jazz Café Jam Session - Dec. 15
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
SHIVER/D'Silva, Pope & Alderson @ Bridge Hotel, Newcastle
Monday, December 14, 2015
Sing the Bells - the Honeybirds
Jazz North East presents Schmazz, with LED BIB

I plugged this in last week's 'Alert', but we've all got lots to think about in the run up to Xmas, so a reminder wouldn't go amiss. In fact it would be remiss to miss it!
CD Review: Norbert Kogging - Sketches of Ordinary Life

Sunday, December 13, 2015
The Misterioso Monk @ The Jazz Café – Dec 11
Euan Burton Quartet @ The Globe - Dec. 12
Euan Burton, who played his amazing fold away double bass brilliantly, has assembled an excellent quartet. Tom Gibbs, seen recently with Brian Molley at the Globe, exemplary on piano, Adam Jackson, sublime on alto sax and Alyn Cosker provided precocious percussion at the kit.
Two sets of original music made all the more enjoyable by Euan's explanations of their meaning or what they were meant to evoke.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
CD Review: Mads Mathias - Free Falling.

Friday, December 11, 2015
Friday Night is Music Night
PS: 10 minutes!
Graeme Wilson Quartet @ The Lit & Phil – Dec 11
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- The Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ The Ship, Redmarshall ...
- SSBB Review Required
- CD Review: Peter Kavanaugh - Whisper Not
- December in the Rain - The "Coasters", Dec. 30
- Splash the Jazz Cash this New Year’s Eve
- The Glenn Miller Orchestra (Ray McVay, MD) @ Sage ...
- CD Review: John Abercrombie - The First Quartet
- CD Review: Alexis Cairns – This is New to Me
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- On the Down Beat
- CD Review: Blind Monk Trio – coulrophobia
- A full and varied programme for January at the Globe
- Joanna in New York
- 2016 Centenaries
- Shavian humour
- Daryl Sherman in UK next month
- Newcastle Jazz Band Ball 1963
- King Bee @ Hoochie Coochie - Dec. 23
- The Christmas Song - Vasilis Xenopoulos and Paul Edis
- Boys of Brass @ Hoochie Coochie - Dec. 22
- CD Review: Roly Veitch - Wherever Ye Gan
- All the Right Moves - Square One Take It to the Ne...
- Jazz in the Afternoon Xmas Party - Crescent Club, ...
- The BB Quartet with James Birkett @ Blaydon Jazz C...
- CD Review: The Count Basie Orchestra – A Very Swin...
- Dirk Washington & The Groove Cats @ The Globe Jazz...
- Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Black Swan – Dec 19
- Jazz Party this Sunday (Dec. 20) @ The Globe Jazz ...
- Frank & Laura Radio
- Matt Anderson & Aubin Vanns @ The Jazz Café – Dec 18
- Double Hat Trick for Summers - Strictly Smokin' Bi...
- Be Warned
- Led Bib @ The Jazz Café Dec. 16
- SSBB Tonight and Tomorrow Night!
- ROBERTO FONSECA JOINS GATESHEAD INTERNATIONAL JAZZ...
- Wigan Festival and other Northern News
- York Music Forum Jazz Orchestra
- Hugh's Choice
- Gala Theatre, Durham – Lunchtime Gigs Spring 2016
- Lunchtime Jazz at the Literary and Philosophical S...
- 2015 British Jazz Awards
- Jazz Café Jam Session - Dec. 15
- SHIVER/D'Silva, Pope & Alderson @ Bridge Hotel, Ne...
- Sing the Bells - the Honeybirds
- Jazz North East presents Schmazz, with LED BIB
- CD Review: Norbert Kogging - Sketches of Ordinary ...
- The Misterioso Monk @ The Jazz Café – Dec 11
- Euan Burton Quartet @ The Globe - Dec. 12
- An Englishman in Love in LA
- The Longest Goodbye
- CD Review: Mads Mathias - Free Falling.
- Friday Night is Music Night
- Graeme Wilson Quartet @ The Lit & Phil – Dec 11
- The Tyne Valley Big Band & Santa’s Shoppers @ Eldo...
- Pilgrim St. Set in Party Mood @ Hoochie coochie - ...
- Ruth Lambert Trio @ Brunswick Methodist Church – D...
- Things Ain't What They Used to be!
- All God's Chillun' ...
- Joe Morris Quartet @ The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle -...
- Kenny G For Sage Gateshead!
- Bradley Johnston @ Sage Gateshead – Dec 8
- DB Project @ the Jazz Café - Dec. 8
- Jazz Co-op @ the Globe: Preview: Indigo Voices Sin...
- CD Review: Svein Rikard Mathisen - Copenhagen Diar...
- New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ The Black Bull – D...
- Andy Hudson Remembers a Night with Dave Brubeck an...
- CD(s) of the Year
- Will Todd's Mass in Blue @ Newcastle Civic Centre
- CD Review: Luca Stoll Quartet - Mono
- Folk meets Jazz @ The Globe: December 3
- CD Review: Jazz at the Movies - Kiss Kiss Bang Ban...
- Adam Fairhall + Markov Chain @ The Lit and Phil - ...
- Roly Veitch was right!
- My Gigs of the Year
- Soprano Summit Mark 2?
- Russell's Choices - Now Let's Have Yours!
- Gateshead Welcomes Glenn Miller
- Jazz Café Jam Session - Dec. 1
- CD Review: Paul Edis – Just Like Me/Not Like Me
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Folk Meets Jazz: All Change!
- Party on down to the Sandpiper
- Lee Gibson
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