Bebop Spoken There

Ludovic Beier (Django Festival Allstars): ''Manouche means 'free man,' and gypsies have been travelers since they migrated west from India to Europe.'' (DownBeat March, 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

18361 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 215 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 8 ), 25

From This Moment On ...

March

Thu 12: Boomslang @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 12: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ The Mill Tavern, Hebburn. 8:30pm. Free.

Fri 13: Paul Skerritt Quartet @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church. 1:00pm . £9.00.
Fri 13: The SH#RP Collective @ Jesmond Library, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Soothsayers + Rookie Numbers @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £17.51., £14.33., £11.16.

Sat 14: The Too Bad Jims @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00pm (6:30pm doors). £13.20., £11.00. R&B.
Sat 14: NUJO @ Venue, Newcastle University Students’ Union. Time TBC. £15.00. supporter; £10.00. standard; £5.00. student. Seated event.

Sun 15: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 15: The Too Bad Jims @ The Georgian Theatre, Stockton. 3:00pm. £12.00. R&B.
Sun 15: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: Rebecca Poole @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00., £12.00., £7.00. Poole w. Dean Stockdale & Ken Marley. CANCELLED!

Mon 16: Milne Glendinning Band @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm.
Mon 16: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 16: Russ Morgan Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.

Tue 17: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Alan Law (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Scotty Adair (drums).

Wed 18: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 18: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 18: The ’58 Jazz Collective @ Hartlepool Cricket Club, West Park, 7:30pm. £7.00.
Wed 18: Brand New Heavies @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 7:30pm.
Wed 18: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

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

Saturday, April 16, 2016

GIJF Day Two Line-up

Roberto Fonseca Workshop | Music Education Centre | 11:00am | £5.00.
Fonseca in conversation with James Birkett. Free to concert ticket holders
Jazz for Toddlers w Arun Ghosh & Band | Barbour Room | 11:00am | £5.00.
Phil Meadows w Royal Northern Sinfonia + Jambone | Sage One | 2:00pm | £10.00
Meadows’ ‘Lifecycle’ suite inc Zoë Gilby, Tim Giles, Flo Moore, Liam Noble,  Percy Pursglove & Matt Roberts (conductor)
Jazz Line-Up (BBC Radio 3) | Concourse | 2:30pm
For future broadcast to inc Northern Monkey Brass Band, Pan Jumby & Ian Shaw.
Kevin Le Gendre presents. Northern Monkey Brass Band scheduled for 5:00pm.
John Surman with the Alexander Hawkins Trio | Sage Two | 4:30pm | £13.50
Line-up Hawkins (piano), Neil Charles (double bass) & Tom Skinner (drums)
Surman & Hawkins in conversation with John Cumming | 3:30pm | Free to concert
ticket holders
Pine & Rahman + Terence Blanchard’s E Collective | Sage One | 7:30pm | £23.50
Terence Blanchard in conversation with Kevin Le Gendre | Barbour Room | 6:30pm | Free to concert ticket holders
John Law’s Congregation + Michel Reis Band | NRFH | 7:30pm | £10.00
A ‘Europe Makes Music’ concert. Reis’ appearance in association with JNE
Lindsay Hannon Plus | Concourse | 10:00pm
First set. Paul Edis is depping for James Harrison.
Roberto Fonseca Trio | Sage Two | 10:30pm | £12.50
Fonseca (piano), Yandy Martinez (bass) & Ramsés ‘Dynamite’ Rodriguez (drums)
Kris Bowers | NRFH | 10:45pm | £12.50
Lindsay Hannon Plus | Concourse | 11:00pm
Second set
Late night jam session @ The Jazz Café | 10:00pm | £5.00.
House band: Peter Gilligan Quartet
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