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April 2025.
Sun 27: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 27: Andrea Vicari Trio @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. Vicari (piano); Andy Champion (double bass); John Bradford (drums).
Sun 27: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 27: Vasilis Xenopoulos-Paul Edis Quartet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Xenopoulos, Edis, Paul Susans, Russ Morgan.
Sun 27: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 27: JustKing Jones @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £17.50. JustKing Jones (alto sax, soprano sax); Jordan Williams (piano); Jason Clotter (bass); Malcolm Charles (drums). Ace NYC outfit!
Sun 27: Jazz Jam Sandwich! @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 27: Swing Manouche @ Warkworth Memorial Hall. 7:30pm. £15.00. Tickets from 01665 711388.
Sun 27: Vasilis Xenopoulos-Paul Edis Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Xenopoulos, Edis, Ken Marley, Russ Morgan.
Mon 28: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 29: ???
Wed 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 30: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 30: International Jazz Day @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £16.00.; £14.00. adv.. Feat. Guido Spannocchi, John Pope & Steve Hanley + Take it to the Bridge participants + Open Mic Night participants.
MAY 2025
Thu 01: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Member’s Contribution.
Thu 01: Alabaster de Plume @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 01: Living in Shadows + OUTRI @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Thu 01: The Shayo Experiment @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Shayo Oshodi & Liam Oliver.
Thu 01: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Free.
Fri 02: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 02: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 02: Anna Reay & Deon Krishnan @ STACK, Seaburn. 4:30-6:15pm. Free.
Fri 02: Nauta @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 7:00pm. £7.50. A ‘Nauta’s House’ gig featuring Nauta & guests Shayo Oshodi & David Gray.
Fri 02: Spilt Milk @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. Nolan Brothers (vocal harmonies).
Fri 02: Dom Pipkin @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). Solo piano.
Fri 02: Abbie Finn Trio @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. £12.00. + bf.
Reviewers wanted
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Miles Ahead at Tyneside Cinema!
Tommy Smith to host Glasgow jazz summer school
ACV @ The Black Swan, Newcastle - March 29

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
CD Review: Ehud Asherie - Shuffle Along
CD Review: Graeme Wilson Quartet – Sure Will Hold a Boat

CD Review: Zhenya Strigalev – Never Group
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
RIP David Baker
Lance,
Monday, March 28, 2016
CD Review: Eileen Howard - Big City Love

Sunday, March 27, 2016
Hong Kong Calling

Duke Ellington/Ivy Anderson - It Don't Mean a Thing.
Frank Sinatra/Tommy Dorsey - Imagination.
Dick Haymes/Tommy Dorsey - Little White Lies.
Stan Freeberg - St. George and the Dragonet.
Eric Delaney - Oranges & Lemons.
Original Cast - Oklahoma.
What a hoot to hear the Freeberg track again - classic.
Lance.
James Birkett and Bradley Johnston Jazz Guitar Duo – Hexham, Saturday, March 26
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Charity Shopping - the New Junk Shopping

CD Review: Leslie Pintchik - True North

Dave Weisser & Alan Law @ The Jazz Café. March 25
Friday, March 25, 2016
CD Review: Danny Green Trio - Altered Narratives

Not Now Charlie @ The Globe - March 24
Thursday, March 24, 2016
At the Globe Tonight

CD Review: Hans Koller – Retrospection
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
CD Review: Gilles Peterson - Magic Peterson Sun Shine

This is heading for the car stereo - anyone care for a lift?
Released on April 15.
Lance.
Check the album out here.
Mo Scott Band @ The Jazz Café. March 22
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Northern Edition CD Compilation.

Nevertheless, it's all here so you can judge for yourself - a bit like a jazz X Factor!
Listen.
Lance.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ Blaydon Jazz Club. March 20
On the first day of spring (the meteorologists will tell you it was) F’reez opened with On a Clear Day. MC Guy Swinton admitted to shamelessly nicking the arrangement from a friend of the band, Mr Anthony Strong! Our man F’reez sang it in his Nu soul-jazz style. Standard material, the band sounded good. There was little indication of things to come.
Jazz Vocal Coup For Cherry Tree

Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Milne & Johnston Band: March 19
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Vintage Chart Toppers Episode 4

Bing Crosby - Swingin on a Star.
Boswell Sisters - The Object of my Affection.
Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out.
Charles Penrose - The Laughing Policeman.
Ted Heath - Swinging Shepherd Blues.
Nellie Lutcher - Hurry on Down to my House Baby.
Link.
Ray Dales Quartet @ Ashington Jazz Club.

Interview with Michael Lamb

CD Review: Darren English - Imagine Nation.
Saturday, March 19, 2016
St Cuthbert’s Durham Beat
Ushaw Ensemble – St. Cuthbert's Suite, Ushaw College, Durham - March 18

The Lindsay Hannon Plus @ The Jazz Café. March 18
Grew Quartet + Grew Watts Duo + Grew Quintet @ Lit & Phil - March 17.
And Even More GIJF - Lance talks to Simon Spillett About Tubby Hayes.
More on Gateshead International Jazz Festival
Friday, March 18, 2016
Vintage Chart Toppers Episode 4 on Sunday (March 20)

Follow the link.
Lance.
Gerry Richardson's Big Idea @ The Jazz Café - March 17

(Review by Lance).
Gerry Richardson's Big Idea was a good idea when it kicked off some years back, now it's a brilliant idea! Mainly originals, both old and new, by Gerry, with the odd cover thrown in, this is a band for all seasons that never fails to deliver.
Terence Blanchard, Courtney Pine & Charles Bradley Lead A Star Studded Line Up For Gateshead International Jazz Festival
Thursday, March 17, 2016
RIP Frank Sinatra Jr.

New release :Magnus Öström - Parachute.

Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Mambo Jambo
Held in the idyllic settings of Mambo Wine and Dine in South Shields, guests can sip on a range of fantastic cocktails whilst, at the same time, listening to some of the finest Jazz the North has to offer.
With vocals from Paul Skerritt, one of the key male Jazz vocalists in the area, paired with the sublime talent of his partner in crime from The Paul Skerritt Band, James Harrison on piano, it promises to be an evening not to be missed.
CD Review: Phronesis - Parallax.
The Tube Revisited

Tuesday, March 15, 2016
RIP Ernestine Anderson

Lance.
The Globe Spins Again
TRIO HLK + TAUPE @ The Bridge Hotel – March 13
Monday, March 14, 2016
BSH Talks to Alex Webb about Café Society Swing.

Sunday, March 13, 2016
RIP Naná Vasconcelos

Sadly missed,
Lance.
NY Times Obituary.
Vintage Chart Toppers Episode 3

Today's playlist.
Peggy Lee/Benny Goodman - Why Don't You Do Right?
Steve Conway - My Foolish Heart.
Jon Hendricks/Louis Armstrong - Heebie Jeebies.
Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher.
Spike Jones - Cocktails For Two.
Coleman Hawkins - Body and Soul.
Link.
Nice one Colin. Superb Steve Conway - the definitive version!
Lance.
CD Review: Marcos Varela - San Ygnacio.
The Early Bird Sessions @ The Lit & Phil. March 12
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- Miles Ahead at Tyneside Cinema!
- Tommy Smith to host Glasgow jazz summer school
- ACV @ The Black Swan, Newcastle - March 29
- CD Review: Ehud Asherie - Shuffle Along
- CD Review: Graeme Wilson Quartet – Sure Will Hold ...
- CD Review: Zhenya Strigalev – Never Group
- RIP David Baker
- CD Review: Eileen Howard - Big City Love
- Hong Kong Calling
- James Birkett and Bradley Johnston Jazz Guitar Duo...
- Charity Shopping - the New Junk Shopping
- CD Review: Leslie Pintchik - True North
- Dave Weisser & Alan Law @ The Jazz Café. March 25
- CD Review: Danny Green Trio - Altered Narratives
- Not Now Charlie @ The Globe - March 24
- At the Globe Tonight
- CD Review: Hans Koller – Retrospection
- CD Review: Gilles Peterson - Magic Peterson Sun Shine
- Mo Scott Band @ The Jazz Café. March 22
- Northern Edition CD Compilation.
- Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ Blaydon Jazz Club. Mar...
- Jazz Vocal Coup For Cherry Tree
- Jazz Co-op @ The Globe: Milne & Johnston Band: Mar...
- Vintage Chart Toppers Episode 4
- Ray Dales Quartet @ Ashington Jazz Club.
- Interview with Michael Lamb
- CD Review: Darren English - Imagine Nation.
- St Cuthbert’s Durham Beat
- Ushaw Ensemble – St. Cuthbert's Suite, Ushaw Colle...
- The Lindsay Hannon Plus @ The Jazz Café. March 18
- Grew Quartet + Grew Watts Duo + Grew Quintet @ Lit...
- And Even More GIJF - Lance talks to Simon Spillett...
- More on Gateshead International Jazz Festival
- Vintage Chart Toppers Episode 4 on Sunday (March 20)
- Gerry Richardson's Big Idea @ The Jazz Café - Marc...
- Terence Blanchard, Courtney Pine & Charles Bradley...
- RIP Frank Sinatra Jr.
- New release :Magnus Öström - Parachute.
- Mambo Jambo
- CD Review: Phronesis - Parallax.
- The Tube Revisited
- RIP Ernestine Anderson
- The Globe Spins Again
- TRIO HLK + TAUPE @ The Bridge Hotel – March 13
- BSH Talks to Alex Webb about Café Society Swing.
- This Thursday at the Jazz Café - Gerry Richardson'...
- RIP Naná Vasconcelos
- Vintage Chart Toppers Episode 3
- CD Review: Marcos Varela - San Ygnacio.
- The Early Bird Sessions @ The Lit & Phil. March 12
- RIP Keith Emerson
- Svarc Hanley Longhawn @ The Jazz Café. March 11
- Motherese + Zoe Gilby Trio + Jennifer Parry @ The ...
- The Jazz Clams @ The Globe - March 10.
- Love For Sale: A Superb Song
- Treasure Trove revealed
- The Safe Sextet @ The Jazz Café - March 8
- CD Review: Ninna Milner: Songs For Sentient Beings
- Great North Big Band Jazz Festival (Day 3) @ North...
- Great North Big Band Jazz Festival (Day 2) @ North...
- Book Review: Billie Holiday - The Musician and the...
- CD Review: Aki Rissanen Trio - Amorandom
- CD Review: Gabriela Martina - No White Shoes
- CD Review - Jazz @ The Spotted Dog, Birmingham
- Big Muddy @ The Globe - March 5
- Our Man On The Air In Hong Kong
- Jam Experiment @ The Jazz Café. March 4
- CD Review: Tommaso Starace/Michele Di Toro - From ...
- Get Carter @ Northern Stage
- CD Review: Jeff Williams – Outlier
- Alice Grace Quartet @ The Cherry Tree
- jazz plus productions
- Jazz Café Jam - March 1.
- America’s Jazz Times Honours Its Own
- CD Review: Aldevis Tibaldi London Jazz Ensemble - ...
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