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November
Wed 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). Tickets: £25.00. inc. buffet. A Gatsby themed evening.
Thu 30: Jools Holland's R & B Orchestra @ Newcastle City Hall. 7:30pm.
Thu 30: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 30: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. Guest band night: Mark Toomey Quintet (Mark Toomey, sax; Paul Donnelly, guitar; Jeremy McMurray, keys; Peter Ayton, bass; Mark Robertson, drums). 9:00pm.
December
Fri 01: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 01: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 01: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 01: Paul Skerritt @ All Saints’ Church, Eastgate, Co. Durham. 7:00pm. Xmas Tree Fest.
Fri 01: Alligator Gumbo @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 01: Nu Sound Brass @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Fri 01: Struggle Buggy w. Jim Murray @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Blind Pig Blues Club. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 02: Paula Jackman's Jazz Masters @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00.
Sat 02: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 02: Abbie Finn Trio @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00pm.
Sat 02: Tenement Jazz Band @ John Marley Centre, Newcastle. Swing Tyne Winter Social. £8.00. + bf. Advance purchase only, no admission at the door. BYOB. Lindy hop workshop from 11:00am. £39.00.
Sat 02: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ The Masham, Hartburn Village, Stockton. 7:00pm. Feat. Noel Dennis.
Sat 02: Classic Swing @ The Nuthatch, 9 - 11 Bedford St, Middlesbrough TS1 2LL. 7:00-9:00pm. Classic Swing in trio format.
Sat 02: Paul Skerritt w. Danny Miller Big Band @ Westovian Theatre, South Shields. 7:30pm.
Sat 02: Vermont Big Band @ Whitley Bay FC. 7:30pm. £10.00. (inc. hot buffet). Tickets available from WBFC’s Seahorse pub club house.
Sat 02: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Ponteland Social Club, Northumberland. 7:30pm. £18.00 (inc. stotties & soup supper). A fundraiser for Hexham Constituency Labour Party.
Sat 02: Durham Dynamics & Basement Jazz @ Kingsgate Bar & Café, Durham Students’ Union. 7:30pm. £5.00. (£4.50. concs.). ‘Fab & Festive’. A cappella & jazz. Abba, Mariah Carey & more.
Sat 02: Tom Remon & Laurence Harrison @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. Xmas party night inc. buffet & special raffle. £3.00.
Sat 02: Groovetrain @ The Unionist Club, Laygate, South Shields. 9:00pm.
Sun 03: The Central Bar Quartet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00. The Central Bar Quartet plays Lou Donaldson’s Gravy Train. Featuring Jamie Toms.
Sun 03: Paul Skerritt @ Smith’s Arms, Carlton, Stockton-on-Tees. 7:00pm.
Sun 03: Johnny Hunter Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 03: Jam session @ The Schooner, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Free.
Mon 04: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 04: Northern Monkey Brass Band @ People’s Kitchen, Bath Lane, Newcastle. From 5:30pm. On-street gig supporting the work of the People’s Kitchen charity. Wrap up warm! Donate!
Mon 04: Michael Young Trio w Lindsay Hannon @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 7:00pm. Free.
Mon 04: James Birkett Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £8.00.
Mon 04: Durham University Jazz Orchestra + Durham University Big Band @ Durham Castle DH1 3RW. 8:30pm. £6.00.; £5.00. concs; £4.00. DSM. ‘Jazzy Christmas’.
Tue 05: Customs House Big Band @ All Saints Church, Cleadon. 7:00pm. Concert in the church hall. BYOB.
Tue 05: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Michael Young, Paul Grainger, Sid White. The best free show in town!
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
CD Review: Will Goble – Consider the Blues.

Preview: Gerry Richardson @ Jazz Café Thursday June 2
Monday, May 30, 2016
In a Silent Way?
Randy Travis - Honky Tonk Moon
Sunday, May 29, 2016
And the band played on… Alice Grace & Peter Gilligan @ the Jazz Café - May 28. Second Set
Alice Grace & Peter Gilligan @ the Jazz Café - May 28. First Set
Harry Potter and a Quintet On Fire - The Sue Ferris Quintet @ Ushaw College, Friday, May 27.
Academy Stars - The Early Bird Band.
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Gershwin All Week
Funky jazz and howling Hammonds come to Durham
Friday, May 27, 2016
Dean Stockdale Trio @ The Lit & Phil. May 27
Ingrid Jensen Quartet @ The Black Swan May 26

Preview: Riviera Quartet @ The Globe - June 9.
Lance
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Paul Skerritt: New York! New York!

Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Preview: Anna Corcoran Band / Robert Vincent @ Jazz Café
CD Review: Peter Edwards Trio - A Matter of Instinct

(Review by Lance).
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
CD Review: Johnny Hunter Quartet - While We Still Can.
CD Reviews: Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane and Matthew (son of Jimmy) Garrison - In Movement. Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow - Andando el Tiempo.

Monday, May 23, 2016
More on Noel Dennis Trio @ Jazz Cafe - May 20
Norvol Jazz network’s first international tour with Ingrid Jensen starts May 26th
Claire Kelly's back in town next month

Lance.
Franco’s Birthday..A Night He’ll Never Forget…Or Remember!
Juggernaut Love Band @ Hoochie Coochie - May 22

Sunday, May 22, 2016
Alice Grace Quartet @ The Cherry Tree, May 18
Lindsay Sings the Blues @ Gala Theatre, Durham. May 20.
Last Night @ the Globe - The Alan Glen Trio. May 21

(Review by Lance).
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Tonight @ The Globe - The Alan Glen Trio

Noel Dennis Trio @ Jazz Café - May 20.
Thomas Strønen – Time is a Blind Guide @ Sage Gateshead. May 20
Friday, May 20, 2016
BABMUS @ The Jazz Café, Newcastle. May 19
Resolution 88 @ Hoochie Coochie - May 19
Thursday, May 19, 2016
RIP Judith (Judy) Moore

Lance.
The funeral is on Thursday, May 26 - 10:30am at Saltwell Crematorium, Gateshead. Chronicle/Journal notice.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Jazz Café Jam Session - May 17
CD Review:Fabrizio Sotti Trio - Forty
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The Tyne Trio @ JRA Community Festival. May 16
Monday, May 16, 2016
CD Review: Benet McLean - The Bopped and the Bopless.

Noel Dennis-Paul Edis Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. May 15

Brass Musicians Required for Video Shoot

RIP Buster Cooper.
Lance.
Early Birds Band @ Lit and Phil - May 14.
CD Review: Jeff Denson Quartet - Concentric Circles
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Anita Wardell @ The Globe - May 14.
Simone Gubbiotti Trio @ The Jazz Café, Newcastle. May 13
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Preview: Anita Wardell @ The Globe, Newcastle - Tonight (May 14).
If you're a singer and you ain't got no gig tonight you'll need a sick note to be excused! Inexcusably unmissable!
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- CD Review: Will Goble – Consider the Blues.
- Preview: Gerry Richardson @ Jazz Café Thursday June 2
- In a Silent Way?
- Randy Travis - Honky Tonk Moon
- And the band played on… Alice Grace & Peter Gillig...
- Alice Grace & Peter Gilligan @ the Jazz Café - May...
- Harry Potter and a Quintet On Fire - The Sue Ferri...
- Academy Stars - The Early Bird Band.
- Gershwin All Week
- Funky jazz and howling Hammonds come to Durham
- Dean Stockdale Trio @ The Lit & Phil. May 27
- Ingrid Jensen Quartet @ The Black Swan May 26
- Preview: Riviera Quartet @ The Globe - June 9.
- Paul Skerritt: New York! New York!
- Preview: Anna Corcoran Band / Robert Vincent @ Jaz...
- CD Review: Peter Edwards Trio - A Matter of Instinct
- CD Review: Johnny Hunter Quartet - While We Still ...
- CD Reviews: Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane and Mat...
- More on Noel Dennis Trio @ Jazz Cafe - May 20
- Norvol Jazz network’s first international tour wit...
- Claire Kelly's back in town next month
- Franco’s Birthday..A Night He’ll Never Forget…Or R...
- Juggernaut Love Band @ Hoochie Coochie - May 22
- Alice Grace Quartet @ The Cherry Tree, May 18
- Lindsay Sings the Blues @ Gala Theatre, Durham. Ma...
- Last Night @ the Globe - The Alan Glen Trio. May 21
- Tonight @ The Globe - The Alan Glen Trio
- Noel Dennis Trio @ Jazz Café - May 20.
- Thomas Strønen – Time is a Blind Guide @ Sage Gate...
- BABMUS @ The Jazz Café, Newcastle. May 19
- Resolution 88 @ Hoochie Coochie - May 19
- RIP Judith (Judy) Moore
- Jazz Café Jam Session - May 17
- CD Review:Fabrizio Sotti Trio - Forty
- The Tyne Trio @ JRA Community Festival. May 16
- CD Review: Benet McLean - The Bopped and the Bopless.
- Noel Dennis-Paul Edis Quartet @ The Black Bull, Bl...
- Brass Musicians Required for Video Shoot
- RIP Buster Cooper.
- Early Birds Band @ Lit and Phil - May 14.
- CD Review: Jeff Denson Quartet - Concentric Circles
- Anita Wardell @ The Globe - May 14.
- Simone Gubbiotti Trio @ The Jazz Café, Newcastle. ...
- Preview: Anita Wardell @ The Globe, Newcastle - To...
- The Vicissitudes of Love. The Ruth Lambert Trio @ ...
- CD Review: Sari Kessler - Do Right.
- Roy Ayers @ Sage Gateshead - May 12.
- When You're Smiling
- CD Review: Per Oddvar Johansen – Let's Dance
- The Ronnie Scott’s Club Quintet - The Ronnie Scott...
- RIP Joe Temperley
- Stoned again! Vieux Carré Jazzmen are on the move
- An Evening With Tony Hadley (and Paul Skerritt!)
- Tonight @ The Gala Theatre Durham
- Preview: Alan Law/Rebecca Gregson Duo with Guest K...
- Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival 2016 - Win a ...
- Women Make Music @ the Bridge Hotel, Newcastle - M...
- More Discs to Die For.
- Lit & Phil - Summer Sequence
- Roy Ayers preview Sage 2 Thursday May 12.
- Ilkley Jazz Festival Program - Press Release
- NUJO @ JRA Community Festival. May 7
- Budtet @ The Globe - May 7.
- Peter Gilligan Quartet: Empty Shop Durham - May 5.
- CD Review: Louis Heriveaux - Triadic Episode.
- Lewis Curry & Glenn Lambie @ St Nicholas Cathedral...
- More on George Richardson + Ken Colyer @ The Club ...
- RIP George Richardson
- Cheers for the Jazz Coop.
- VEIN w. Greg Osby @ the Lit & Phil - May 4.
- But Does it Have Anything to do With Jazz? Yes @ C...
- CD Review: Delta Saxophone Quartet with Gwilym Sim...
- Remo Belli 1927-2016
- Jazz Café Jam Session - May 3.
- Ann Alex @ Cheltenham Jazz Festival: May 2 – Sort Of
- Vintage Chart Toppers Episode 10
- Sean Noonan’s Pavees Dance @ Bridge Hotel, Newcast...
- CD Review: Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family - Beginn...
- Where Has Ann Alex Got To?
- CD Review: Tony Lustig Quintet - Taking Flight.
- A Mini-review of a Mini-gig! Jazzattack @ Sage Gat...
- Scottish National Jazz Orchestra - The Music of Da...
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