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May 2023
Sun 28: Bradley Creswick's Western Swingfonia @ Whitley Bay Carnival. Free. Plaza Arena stage. 12 noon.
Sun 28: MSK @ Whitley Bay Carnival. 12:15pm. Free. Marquee stage. MSK - Steve Glendinning, Katy Trigger, Martin Douglas.
Sun 28: Musicians Unlimited @ The Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Back Chat Brass @ Whitley Bay Carnival. 1:30pm. Free. Marquee stage.
Sun 28: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 28: Tim Kliphuis Trio @ St Mary's Church, Wooler NE71 6BZ. 3:00pm. £15.00 standard; £5.00 student/unwaged; free under 18. Afternoon Cocktail, a Wooler Summer Arts' concert promotion. Kliphuis (violin); Nigel Clark (guitar); Roy Percy (double bass).
Sun 28: Back Chat Brass @ Whitley Bay Carnival. 3:00pm. Free. Plaza Arena stage.
Sun 28: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 28: King Bees @ The Delaval Arms, Old Hartley NE26 4RL. 5:00pm. Free. Chicago blues at its best!
Sun 28: Matt Anderson Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Anderson (saxophones); Jamil Sheriff (piano); Andy Champion (double bass); Dave Walsh (drums).
Mon 29: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Tue 30: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 30: Big Chris Barber Band @ Whitley Bay Playhouse. 7:30pm.
Wed 31: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 31: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 31: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 31: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
June
Thu 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 01: Thursday Night Prayer Meeting @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Donations.
Thu 01: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 01: Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Thu 01: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.
Fri 02: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 02: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 02: Joseph Carville Trio @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 02: Claire Martin & Her Trio @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 7:30pm. £25.00., £20.00. Feat. Jim Mullen, Alex Garnett & Jeremy Brown.
Fri 02: Guy Davis + Michael Littlefield & Scott Taylor @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. Doors 7:30pm. Blues double bill.
Fri 02: Anders Ingram @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Blind Pig Blues Club. Country blues. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Sat 03: Newcastle Record Fair @ Northumbria University, Newcastle NE8 8SB. 10:00am-3:00pm. Admission: £2.00.
Sat 03: Pedigree Jazz Band @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm.
Sat 03: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Sue Ferris. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 03: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free.
Sat 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 03: Papa G's Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Monday, February 29, 2016
Infusion Quartet @ The Quakerhouse. Feb 28
CD Review: Andy Schumm & Enrico Tomasso - When LOUIS met BIX
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Ian Shaw, Sarah Gillespie, Sarah Jane Morris, Claire Martin & David Tughan @ 606 Club, Chelsea in aid of Side by Side Refugees - 4th Feb

Vintage Chart Toppers

including Duke, Miller, Satchmo, Astaire and Monty Sunshine among others.
Here's the link to today's episode.
Lance.
CD Review: Daryl Sherman - My Blue Heaven.

(Review by Lance).
Saturday, February 27, 2016
The Riviera Quartet @ The Jazz Café - Feb. 26
Friday, February 26, 2016
Virtuoso Jazz Trio @ The Lit & Phil. February 26
CD Release: Matt Ridley - Metta
SNOWBOY celebrates his 30th anniversary, since his debut single in 1985, with his 16th album NEW YORK AFTERNOON'.

(Press release)
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Johnston/Edis @ Sage Gateshead
Farewell John Chilton
Our Man on Radio Hong Kong
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
World Premiere of St. Cuthbert's Suite in March

Tuesday, February 23, 2016
CD Review: Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra - Back Home

Monday, February 22, 2016
Dave Gelly: Stan Getz - Nobody Else But Me.

Kathryn Lowdon EP Launch @ Hoochie Coochie - Feb. 21
Kathryn Lowdon (vcl); James Harrison (keys); Paul Gowland (saxes); David Gray (tmb); Elliot Todd (tpt); Katy Trigger (bs gtr); Steve Doyle (dms); Jasmin Storey (backing vcls).
Sunday, February 21, 2016
A first For The Globe – Clog Dancing!

Alone Together: Noel Dennis & Dean Stockdale @ The Jazz Café. Feb 27
This afternoon @ Hoochie Coochie - EP Launch

CD Review: Kirk MacDonald - Symmetry

Bone Idol Homecoming
Saturday, February 20, 2016
You lookin’ at me?
Tomorrow (Sunday Feb. 21) @ The Globe
CD Review: Patrick Cornelius - While We're Still Young

Friday, February 19, 2016
R.I.P. Brendan Healy.

Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Ruth Lambert and the One Trio Feb. 18
Prologue to review of Ruth Lambert and the One Trio @ The Globe
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Tonight @ The Globe

Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Echoes Magazine Celebrates its 40th Anniversary
Jam Session @ Jazz Café. February 16
CD Review: Mary Foster Conklin - Photographs

Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Empty Shop Update
Equinox Full House
NYJC Summer School Deadline this Friday (Feb. 19)

The auditions are for ages 14 - 18 year olds and the deadline for application forms for auditions is Friday 19th February.
Graeme Wilson Quartet/Grandma @ The Bridge - February 14

Monday, February 15, 2016
CD Review: GoGo Penguin - Man Made Object.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
CD Review: Tord Gustavsen - What was said.
CD Review: Vitor Pereira Quintet - New World

Saturday, February 13, 2016
Not Now Charlie + Saxophonics @ The Jazz Café. February 12

Northern Monkey Brass Band @ Hoochie - Feb. 12
RIP Brian Sibbald

Friday, February 12, 2016
CD review: Aruán Ortiz Trio - Hidden Voices
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Fogies of the World Unite!

CD Backlog

Mike Hobart Quintet - Evidential.
Bruce Torff: Down the Line.
Jonathan Greenstein - Vol 1.
More soon,
Lance.
Africarmen @ Dance City
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Swing Manouche featuring Daniel John Martin @ the Jazz Café


Daniel John Martin (vln/vcl); Mick Shoulder (gtr); Giles Strong (gtr); Paul Edis (clt); Paul Susans (bs). (Review by Lance/Photo courtesy of Mike Tilley).
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Indigo Voices: This Friday Feb 12
Burt, Champion & Mwamba @ The Bridge Hotel February 7
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- Infusion Quartet @ The Quakerhouse. Feb 28
- CD Review: Andy Schumm & Enrico Tomasso - When LOU...
- Ian Shaw, Sarah Gillespie, Sarah Jane Morris, Clai...
- Vintage Chart Toppers
- CD Review: Daryl Sherman - My Blue Heaven.
- The Riviera Quartet @ The Jazz Café - Feb. 26
- Virtuoso Jazz Trio @ The Lit & Phil. February 26
- CD Release: Matt Ridley - Metta
- SNOWBOY celebrates his 30th anniversary, since his...
- Johnston/Edis @ Sage Gateshead
- Farewell John Chilton
- Our Man on Radio Hong Kong
- World Premiere of St. Cuthbert's Suite in March
- CD Review: Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra - ...
- Dave Gelly: Stan Getz - Nobody Else But Me.
- Kathryn Lowdon EP Launch @ Hoochie Coochie - Feb. 21
- A first For The Globe – Clog Dancing!
- Alone Together: Noel Dennis & Dean Stockdale @ The...
- This afternoon @ Hoochie Coochie - EP Launch
- CD Review: Kirk MacDonald - Symmetry
- Bone Idol Homecoming
- You lookin’ at me?
- Tomorrow (Sunday Feb. 21) @ The Globe
- CD Review: Patrick Cornelius - While We're Still Y...
- R.I.P. Brendan Healy.
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Ruth Lambert and the One T...
- Prologue to review of Ruth Lambert and the One Tri...
- Tonight @ The Globe
- Echoes Magazine Celebrates its 40th Anniversary
- Jam Session @ Jazz Café. February 16
- CD Review: Mary Foster Conklin - Photographs
- Empty Shop Update
- Equinox Full House
- NYJC Summer School Deadline this Friday (Feb. 19)
- Graeme Wilson Quartet/Grandma @ The Bridge - Febru...
- CD Review: GoGo Penguin - Man Made Object.
- CD Review: Tord Gustavsen - What was said.
- CD Review: Vitor Pereira Quintet - New World
- Not Now Charlie + Saxophonics @ The Jazz Café. Feb...
- Northern Monkey Brass Band @ Hoochie - Feb. 12
- RIP Brian Sibbald
- CD review: Aruán Ortiz Trio - Hidden Voices
- Fogies of the World Unite!
- CD Backlog
- Africarmen @ Dance City
- Black Bull, Blaydon, News
- Swing Manouche featuring Daniel John Martin @ the ...
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Indigo Voices: This Friday...
- Burt, Champion & Mwamba @ The Bridge Hotel February 7
- Equinox for the Quakerhouse
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: The Andy Lawrenson Trio - ...
- CD Review: Avishai Cohen - Into the Silence.
- EP Review: Kathryn Lowdon and the Soul Engineers -...
- CD Review: Ira Hill - Tomorrow.
- Jazz North East @ The Black Swan present a Women M...
- Havana Club 5 Turn Them Away!
- RIP Tony Raine
- CD Review: Ken Peplowski - Enrapture
- GINA SOUTHGATE @ Newcastle Arts Centre - ‘Woman Pa...
- GOGO PENGUIN Announce debut album for Blue Note ...
- TEAM CYCLES ANNOUNCE SPONSORSHIP OF GATESHEAD INTE...
- CD Review: Empirical – Connection
- Dexter Gordon @ University Theatre - Info sought.
- Jazz Café Jam Session - Feb. 2
- Crazy Rhythm: Another in my series of Favourite Songs
- You Can See Miles Ahead
- Jamie Toms and Not Now Charlie
- The Lowdown on [Kathryn] Lowdon.
- Evening Chronicle/Pizza Express Competition.
- Durham Jazz Festival at Ushaw!
- Vintage J.G.Windows advert.
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