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From This Moment On ...
December
Fri 08: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 08: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 08: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 08: Giles Strong Quartet @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle. 1:00pm. £7.00.
Fri 08: Hayley's Little Big Band @ Woodland Village Hall, Bishop Auckland. 7:00pm. £12.00.
Fri 08: Sleep Suppressor + Redwell @ Head of Steam, Neville St., Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00. (£8.00. adv); £5.00. student.
Fri 08: Hot Club du Nord @ St Cuthbert's Church, Shadforth, Co. Durham.
Fri 08: Têtes de Pois + Nauta @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.00., £8.00.
Sat 09: Prudhoe Community Band @ Central Station, Newcastle. 10:00am - 12 noon. Charity fundraiser.
Sat 09: Durham Alumni Big Band @ Number One Bar, Skinnergate, Darlington. 1:00pm.
Sat 09: Castillo Nuevo Trio @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 09: Hayley's Little Big Band @ Middleton & Todridge Village Hall, Morpeth. 7:30pm. £12.00., £6.00.
Sat 09: Paul Skerritt @ Slaley Hall, Hexham NE47 0BX. 7:30pm. From £42.00.
Sun 10: Musicians Unlimited’s Xmas Party with Zoë Gilby Quartet @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. MU 1:00-3:00pm; Zoë Gilby Quartet 4:00-6:00pm. Tickets: £7.50.
Sun 10: Alan Law, Paul Grainger & Abbie Finn @ Darlington Market, Market Square, Darlington. 1:00pm. Free. A ‘Christmas Market’ outdoor gig. Wrap up warm!
Sun 10: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 10: Funk Soul Sista @ Stack, Seaburn. 5:00-7:00pm. Free.
Sun 10: Beth Clarke @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 10: Hayley's Little Big Band @ Whittingham Memorial Institute, Alnwick. 7:30pm. £12.00., £10.00.
Sun 10: Tele-Port @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Line-up inc. Zhenya Strigalev.
Mon 11: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 11: Interim Final Recitals @ Newcastle University. Details TBC.
Tue 12: Stu Collingwood Organ Trio @ Forum Music Centre, Darlington. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Wed 13: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 13: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 13: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 13: Bold Big Band @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Wed 13: Giles Strong Quartet @ Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 14: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Hot Fingers @ The Lubetkin Theatre, Peterlee. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 14: After Hours Student Jazz Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. . Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 14: Niffi Osiyemi Trio @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Mo Scott ‘Little Mo’s Festive Appearance’ @ The Schooner, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 14: Tees Hot Club w. Kevin Eland, Josh Bentham, Garry Hadfield, Adrian Beadnell @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Album of the Year

Time Change Next Friday @ the Caff.

Tom Harrison Quintet featuring Cleveland Watkiss @ Hull Jazz Festival Winter Edition - November 19

They walk on silently, soldiers of music
picking up their instruments to explore
The terrain of Ellington & Strayhorn
In the theatre of jazz,
producing elephant vocals with the lamenting
jungle wail of Harrison's Sax...
no howdy do or Hellos
from these bros.
serious music is what they're here to do
and no time was wasted in this concert
by " musings " ,
A musician plays
and this is what they did...
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
CD Review: Duncan Lamont Big Band featuring Kenny Wheeler - As if by Magic
Tea For Two please.

In the early '20s Billy Ternent was the resident bandleader and in 1927 Jos Q. Atkinson took over whilst, in the postwar years, clarinetist Willie Walker was at the helm.
Colin Aitchison kindly sent me this snippet from the May edition of Melody Maker.
Lance.
Monday, November 28, 2016
CD Review: Kansas Smitty's House Band's - Kansas Smitty's Live.

The House of the Black Gardenia @ The Globe Jazz Bar - November 27.
Sunday, November 27, 2016
24/7 that’s what it takes

Swinging into Ushaw
(Archive photo courtesy of Brian Ebbatson)
Josh Kemp Quartet @ The Globe Jazz Bar - November 26
Saturday, November 26, 2016
Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Millstone. Nov 24
Mercury @ Jazz Café. Nov 25
Graham Hardy & Paul Edis @ The Lit & Phil. Nov 25
Friday, November 25, 2016
What's Jazz? - The Lou Camputo Story

Lance.
Budtet @ Hoochie Coochie: November 24

(Review by Ann Alex).
James & The Giant Peach @ Northern Stage - November 24.
Emma Fisk’s Hot Club du Nord @ King’s Hall. Nov 24
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Reflections on London 2016
Pinise Saul – singer and activist (Dec. 31, 1944 – Oct. 26, 2016)
EFG London Jazz Festival 2016.
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
New Exhibition Celebrates Pre-eminent African American Photographer Ted Williams’ Rarely Seen Jazz Photographs
A Weekend of Global Warming Ahead

On Saturday, the Josh Kemp Quartet, is described by The Jazz Coop's wordsman thus...
Jam Session @ The Empty Castle - November 20
CD Review: Larry Corban - Corban Nation.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016
JD Allen @ Pizza Express. EFG London Jazz Festival - November 19
David Murray, Terri Lyne Carrington, Geri Allen @ Cadogan Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival - November 19 - 19th Nov.
William Bell @ Barbican London EFG Jazz Festival November 18.
James and the Giant Peach @ Northern Stage - Preview
Monday, November 21, 2016
John Wilson Orchestra w. Kim Criswell & Matthew Ford @ Sage Gateshead - November 21.


Peter Gilligan Quartet @ Black Bull, Blaydon. Nov 20
Peter Gilligan to star in South Pacific!

More Panama Pics.
Liberation Music Orchestra @ Cadogan Hall. EFG London Jazz Festival – November 20
RIP Hod O'Brien

Sunday, November 20, 2016
CD Review: Marcello Pellitteri - Aquarius Woman
Jazz Invaders @ The Globe Jazz Bar - November 19
News From Don Down Under
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Musicians Unlimited @ Park Hotel, Hartlepool. Nov. 13
Friday, November 18, 2016
CD Review: Count Basie Orchestra - High Voltage.

Paul Edis to Take Five
Percy Pursglove (2015), Peter Edwards (2014), Trish Clowes (2011), Nathaniel Facey (2009), Nikki Yeoh (2007) & Soweto Kinch (2006).
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Jam session @ Empty Shop, Durham. Nov 13

Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra ft. Josephine Oniyama and Dwight Trible @ Islington Assembly Hall. EFG London Jazz Festival - November 14
Yesterday The Downbeat - Today The Holystone

Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Finn Whettam Rhodes @ Quakerhouse, Darlington. Nov 13
"James "Blood" Ulmer @ Rich Mix, Bethnal Green. EFG London Jazz Festival - November 13
Jazz Café Jam - November 15

RIP Mose Allison

the time, at the top of their game gives some indication of the high regard he was held in. It was his recording of

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- Album of the Year
- Time Change Next Friday @ the Caff.
- Tom Harrison Quintet featuring Cleveland Watkiss @...
- CD Review: Duncan Lamont Big Band featuring Kenny ...
- Tea For Two please.
- CD Review: Kansas Smitty's House Band's - Kansas S...
- The House of the Black Gardenia @ The Globe Jazz B...
- 24/7 that’s what it takes
- Swinging into Ushaw
- Josh Kemp Quartet @ The Globe Jazz Bar - November 26
- Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Millstone. Nov 24
- Mercury @ Jazz Café. Nov 25
- Graham Hardy & Paul Edis @ The Lit & Phil. Nov 25
- What's Jazz? - The Lou Camputo Story
- Budtet @ Hoochie Coochie: November 24
- James & The Giant Peach @ Northern Stage - Novembe...
- Emma Fisk’s Hot Club du Nord @ King’s Hall. Nov 24
- Reflections on London 2016
- Pinise Saul – singer and activist (Dec. 31, 1944 –...
- EFG London Jazz Festival 2016.
- New Exhibition Celebrates Pre-eminent African Amer...
- A Weekend of Global Warming Ahead
- Jam Session @ The Empty Castle - November 20
- CD Review: Larry Corban - Corban Nation.
- JD Allen @ Pizza Express. EFG London Jazz Festival...
- David Murray, Terri Lyne Carrington, Geri Allen @ ...
- William Bell @ Barbican London EFG Jazz Festival N...
- James and the Giant Peach @ Northern Stage - Preview
- John Wilson Orchestra w. Kim Criswell & Matthew Fo...
- Peter Gilligan Quartet @ Black Bull, Blaydon. Nov 20
- Peter Gilligan to star in South Pacific!
- More Panama Pics.
- Liberation Music Orchestra @ Cadogan Hall. EFG Lon...
- RIP Hod O'Brien
- CD Review: Marcello Pellitteri - Aquarius Woman
- Jazz Invaders @ The Globe Jazz Bar - November 19
- News From Don Down Under
- Musicians Unlimited @ Park Hotel, Hartlepool. Nov. 13
- CD Review: Count Basie Orchestra - High Voltage.
- Paul Edis to Take Five
- Jam session @ Empty Shop, Durham. Nov 13
- Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra ft. Josep...
- Yesterday The Downbeat - Today The Holystone
- Finn Whettam Rhodes @ Quakerhouse, Darlington. Nov 13
- "James "Blood" Ulmer @ Rich Mix, Bethnal Green. EF...
- Jazz Café Jam - November 15
- RIP Mose Allison
- Josh Sinton Trio + Improvisers Work Shop Ensemble ...
- Partisans @ Pizza Express, Soho, EFG London Jazz F...
- Kandace Springs @ Rich Mix, Bethnall Green. EFG Lo...
- In Other Words @ Prohibition Bar, Gateshead. Novem...
- The Cookers @ Sage Gateshead - November 14.
- Greg Abate & Paul Edis @ Gala Theatre, Durham - No...
- RIP Leon Russell.
- CD Review: Burak Bedikyan - Awakening.
- CD Review: Rallidae – Turned, And Was
- Down at the Quakerhouse...
- Sunday Morning Vintage Chart Toppers Episode 2
- CD Review: Remi Harris - In On The 2
- But Beautiful Bill Evans
- Cookers Sage Gateshead!
- Hot Club du Nord @ St Cuthberts Centre Crook Novem...
- CD Review: Brandi Disterheft - Blue Canvas
- Mike Durham’s Classic Jazz Party @ The Village Hot...
- Leonard Cohen (Sept. 21, 1934 - Nov. 10, 2016)
- Michael Fischer, John Edwards & Mark Sanders @ Kin...
- Mike Durham’s Classic Jazz Party @ The Village Hot...
- Louis Durra Trio to play Eyemouth
- Mike Durham’s Classic Jazz Party @ The Village Hot...
- Tell me Wynton Marsalis Are There Any More at Home...
- Mike Durham’s Classic Jazz Party @ The Village Hot...
- CoCo Rouzier w. Pete Gilligan Trio @ The Cherry Tr...
- The Bad Plus + Binker & Moses @ Sage Gateshead - N...
- Jazz North East ‘On the Outside’: Hans Peter Hiby ...
- Mike Durham’s Classic Jazz Party @ The Village Hot...
- CD Reviews: Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus - T...
- CD Review: Ken Schaphorst - How to Say Goodbye
- Mike Durham’s Classic Jazz Party @ The Village Hot...
- The Cookers: USA Bop Masters to play Sage Gateshea...
- Q&A with the Cookers’ David Weiss
- CoCo Rouzier - Tomorrow Night (Tuesday November 8)...
- In Sadness: Bill Kyle
- CD Review: Keith Jarrett – A Multitude of Angels
- CD Review: Jeff Collins - The Keys to Christmas
- Early Bird Band @ Jazz Café - Saturday morning, No...
- LP Review: Yusef Lateef - Live @ Ronnie Scott's
- Miles Davis - the Painter
- Big Muddy @ The Globe Jazz Bar on Bonfire Night
- Hong Kong's hottest DJ is back on the air!
- More sad news - RIP Bob Cranshaw
- The Wheel of Fortune has stopped spinning - RIP Ka...
- The Paul James Band Bring Their Great American Son...
- CoCo Rouzier w. Pete Gilligan Trio + Saxophonics @...
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- CD Review: Jim Rattigan’s Pavillon – Strong Tea
- CD Review: Jonathan Silk – Fragment
- MIKE DURHAM’S WHITLEY BAY CLASSIC JAZZ PARTY – Pr...
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