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David Bailey (photographer): ''When I was 16 I wanted to look like Chet Baker. He was my idol - him and James Dean.'' (Talking Pictures documentary : Four beats to the bar and no cheating April, 2026)

The Things They Say!

This is a good opportunity to say thanks to BSH for their support of the jazz scene in the North East (and beyond) - it's no exaggeration to say that if it wasn't for them many, many fine musicians, bands and projects across a huge cross section of jazz wouldn't be getting reviewed at all, because we're in the "desolate"(!) North. (M & SSBB on F/book 23/12/24)

Postage

18445 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 309 of them this year alone and, so far this month (April 20 ) 43,

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

From This Moment On

April

Wed 22: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 22: Nubiyan Twist @ Digital, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £28.75 (inc. bf).
Wed 22: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 22: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church. 7:30pm. Date, time & admission TBC.
Wed 22: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 23: FILM: Big Mama Thornton: I Can’t Be Anyone But Me @ Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. 6:15pm. Dir. Robert Clem (2025).
Thu 23: Castillo Nuevo Orquesta @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. £6.50. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 23: Eva Fox & the Sound Hounds @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 23: Jeremy McMurray’s Pocket Jazz Orchestra & Musicians Unlimited @ ARC, Stockton. 8:00pm. £19.00. inc. bf.

Fri 24: Noel Dennis Trio @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. Dennis, Mark Willams, Andy Champion.
Fri 24: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 24: Trio Grand @ Land of Oak & Iron, Winlaton. 6:00-9:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: Ben Vince + The Exu @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £14.33., £11.16, £8.00. A ‘jazz adjacent’ gig!
Fri 24: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ The Ship Isis, Sunderland. 7:30pm. £13.20 (inc. bf).
Fri 24: TBC @ The Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm.

Sat 25: Giles Strong Quartet @ Hindmarsh Hall, Alnmouth. 7:30pm.
Sat 25: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ The Old Cinema Launderette, Durham. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). £13.20 (inc. bf).
Sat 25: ‘Portrait in Evans’: Noa Levy & Alan Barnes w. Paul Edis Trio @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. £24.00. Sage Two. ‘Portrait in Evans’. Levy, Barnes, Edis, Andy Champion & Steve Hanley.

Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited: Big Band Blast @ West Hartlepool RFC. 1:00-3:00pm . Free.
Sun 26: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 26: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Ni Maxine + Nauta @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £17.51., £14.33., £11.16.
Sun 26: Joe Steels @ The Pele, Corbridge. 7:00pm. Free (donations direct to the musicians). Joe Steels & Friends.
Sun 26: C.A.L.I.E @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £16.00., £14.00., £7.00.

Mon 27: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 27: House of Blues @ the Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £7.00., £5.00. advance. A student-led jazz session. ‘House of Blues’ is, perhaps, a misnomer.
Mon 27: Littlewood Trio @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £10.00 + bf, £7.00. + bf.

Tue 28: Long/Remon/Zilker @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Tom Remon plays Irish folk!

Sunday, April 17, 2016

GIJF - Day Three Line-up (Today Sunday April 17)

Philosophy of Improvisation Workshop | 11:00am | St Mary’s Heritage Centre  
Discussions. Participants inc musicians Mike Baggetta (US), Steve Beresford (UK),  Louise Gibbs (UK) & Kris Tiner (US), writers Philip Clark & Andy Hamilton.
Drop-in event (11:00am-5:00pm), free but ticketed, at St Mary’s adjacent to Sage.
Presented by Durham University 
Noel Dennis, Zoë Gilby & Mark Williams | Concourse | 1:00-1:30pm
Café Society Swing | Sage Two | 2:00pm | £13.50
Vimala Rowe (voc), Ciyo Brown (voc), Alex Webb (piano), Denys Baptiste (tenor), 
Sue Richardson (trumpet), Winston Rollins (trombone), Shaney Forbes (drums) ao.
Percy Purseglove & Liam Noble + Malija | NRFH | 2:30pm | £12.50
A ‘Europe Makes Music’ concert.
Malija: Mark Lockheart (tenor & soprano saxophones, bass clarinet), Liam Noble
(piano) & Jasper Høiby (double bass)
Archipelago | Concourse | 2:00-2:30pm
Faye MacCalman (tenor), John Pope (double bass) & Christian Alderson (drums) 
Blind Monk Trio | Concourse | 3:00-3:30pm
Bob Whittaker (tenor), Hugo Harrison (double bass) & Johnny Hunter (drums)
Paul Taylor | Concourse | 4:00-4:30pm
Taylor (solo piano)
Periscopes + 1 | Concourse | 4:45-5:30pm
Emiliano Vernizzi (sax), Alessandro Sgobbio (piano) & Nick Wright (drums)
Make It/Break It | Concourse | 6:30pm
Chris Sharkey conducts 50 musicians in a Festival commission
Simon Spillett Quartet | NRFH | 7:00pm | £12.50
Spillett, John Critchinson (piano), Alec Dankworth (double bass) & Clark Tracey (drums). Concert (one set of 75 minutes duration) preceded by a screening of the documentary film ‘Tubby Hayes – A Man in a Hurry’ + a short Q&A with director  Les Cogswell. 
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires + Smoove & Turrell | Sage One | 7:30pm | £26.50
Bradley in conversation | 6:30pm
Ibrahim Maalouf | Sage Two | 8:30pm | £15.00
Maalouf (trumpet), François Delporte (guitar), Eric Legnini (piano) & Stéphane Galland (drums)
Katherine Stone @ Pizza Express, Dean Street, Newcastle | 8:00pm
Late night jam session @ Pizza Express, Dean Street, Newcastle | 10:00pm
Sunday’s concourse performances programmed by Jazz North East

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