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December
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: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:30pm. £7.50.
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!
Wed 06: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 06: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 8:00pm. Free. Note later start time, concert performance (open to the public).
Wed 06: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 07: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free CANCELLED!
Thu 07: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Spanish City, Whitley Bay, Newcastle. 12 noon - 4:00pm. £26.00 (inc 3-course meal in in St Mary's Lighthouse Suite). SOLD OUT!
Thu 07: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm. All welcome.
Thu 07: Thursday Night Prayer Meeting @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.Donations. Feat. Mark Sanders.
Thu 07: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00. Downstairs.
Thu 07: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.
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: 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.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
CD Review: Josh Green & The Cyborg Orchestra - Telepathy & Bop
Monday, January 30, 2017
The Halcyon - ITV 9pm.

Sage Gateshead on Sunday - The Cole Porter Songbook
Soloists: Anna O’Byrne, Caroline Sheen, David Thaxton, Jon Boydon
Conductor: Roderick Dunk
Sunday, January 29, 2017
New Year New Artists @Sage Gateshead. January 29 Saturday Afternoon Session
Jazz Latin Groove @ The Globe: January 28
John Le Carré; Count Basie & Credo


(A day in the life of Lance).
Saturday afternoon I popped into our local Marie Curie shop on the off chance I'd find something worth reading. Bingo! John Le Carré's first George Smiley novel Call For the Dead.
Well worth a pound.
Usually, I avoid the CD shelf - I've enough of them awaiting review without buying discs that I want to listen to for pleasure. However, as I'd once found a Marian McPartland CD here, I did give them a cursory glance and, what did I find? Basie in London!
Mark Pringle / Tom Syson Duo @ The Jazz Cafe January 26
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Globe Gig News
CD Review: The Baylor Project - The Journey
CD Review: Mark Whitfield - Grace
Friday, January 27, 2017
Mark Williams & Joel McCullough @ The Lit & Phil. January 27
Book Review: P.C. Dettmann - Ernest Zevon

Thursday, January 26, 2017
Bill Shaw's Comic Gallery.

CD Review: Mosaic – Subterranea
CD Review: The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra with Bill Evans - Beauty & the Beast

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
CD Review: Trish Clowes – My Iris
CD Review: Henry Spencer and Juncture – The Reasons Don’t Change
Preview for New Year New Artists @ Sage this Saturday January 28.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Going Dutch @ The Lit & Phil (afternoon session) - January 22
Going Dutch @ The Lit & Phil (evening session) - January 22
Dutch Treat @ The Jazz Cafe January 21.
Monday, January 23, 2017
Memorabilia
Budtet @ The Globe Jazz Bar - January 21

Sunday, January 22, 2017
CD Review:Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra - Efferevescence

Graeme Wilson Quintet @ Opus 4, Travellers Rest, Darlington January 20.

Saturday, January 21, 2017
RIP Terry Cryer

Triggerlawross @ The Jazz Café. Jan 20 - and a wedding...
Friday, January 20, 2017
Washington and Donald Swing

The opening number is said to going to be My Way. When the Sinatra family was asked if that would be okay, Nancy Sinatra replied (I'm told) 'Sure, just remember the first line' - And now, the end is near...
Abe Lincoln.
CD Review: Miguel Zenon - Tipico
CD Review: Audrey Silver - Very Early

Thursday, January 19, 2017
Songbook - The Performers, Band Leaders, Arrangers, Instrumentalists & Vocalists

Wednesday, January 18, 2017
CD Review: Benedikt Jahnel Trio – Invariant
Jazz Café Jam Session - January 17.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
CD Review: John Abercrombie Quartet – Up and Coming
Monday, January 16, 2017
Stumblin'

Sunday, January 15, 2017
Jazz Café Press Release

Saturday, January 14, 2017
Film review: La La Land
Friday, January 13, 2017
Alan Glen Trio @ The Globe Jazz Bar - January 12.
(Review by Lance).
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Tonight @ The Globe.
Nothing unlucky about being in Saltburn on Friday the 13th!
New Kid on the Block.
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Jazz Record Requests Returns to Sage Gateshead
Death of a Legend. RIP Buddy Greco (August 14, 1926 - January 10, 2017)
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Nat Hentoff (June 10, 1925 - January 7, 2017)

Lance.
Full Marks To Caffè Nero At South Shields ...

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- CD Review: Josh Green & The Cyborg Orchestra - Tel...
- The Halcyon - ITV 9pm.
- Sage Gateshead on Sunday - The Cole Porter Songbook
- New Year New Artists @Sage Gateshead. January 29 S...
- Jazz Latin Groove @ The Globe: January 28
- John Le Carré; Count Basie & Credo
- Mark Pringle / Tom Syson Duo @ The Jazz Cafe Janu...
- Globe Gig News
- CD Review: The Baylor Project - The Journey
- CD Review: Mark Whitfield - Grace
- Mark Williams & Joel McCullough @ The Lit & Phil. ...
- Book Review: P.C. Dettmann - Ernest Zevon
- Bill Shaw's Comic Gallery.
- CD Review: Mosaic – Subterranea
- CD Review: The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra wi...
- CD Review: Trish Clowes – My Iris
- CD Review: Henry Spencer and Juncture – The Reason...
- Preview for New Year New Artists @ Sage this Satur...
- Going Dutch @ The Lit & Phil (afternoon session) -...
- Going Dutch @ The Lit & Phil (evening session) - J...
- Dutch Treat @ The Jazz Cafe January 21.
- Memorabilia
- Budtet @ The Globe Jazz Bar - January 21
- CD Review:Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra - Effer...
- Graeme Wilson Quintet @ Opus 4, Travellers Rest, D...
- RIP Terry Cryer
- Triggerlawross @ The Jazz Café. Jan 20 - and a wed...
- Washington and Donald Swing
- CD Review: Miguel Zenon - Tipico
- CD Review: Audrey Silver - Very Early
- Songbook - The Performers, Band Leaders, Arrangers...
- Moonlighting Season 2 Episode 4 The Dream Sequence...
- CD Review: Benedikt Jahnel Trio – Invariant
- Jazz Café Jam Session - January 17.
- CD Review: John Abercrombie Quartet – Up and Coming
- Stumblin'
- Jazz Café Press Release
- The Whisky Glass Blues - Scott Black & Red Pellin...
- James (The Mesmeriser) Harrison & Friends. Saltbur...
- Film review: La La Land
- Alan Glen Trio @ The Globe Jazz Bar - January 12.
- Tonight @ The Globe.
- Nothing unlucky about being in Saltburn on Friday ...
- New Kid on the Block.
- Jazz Record Requests Returns to Sage Gateshead
- Death of a Legend. RIP Buddy Greco (August 14, 192...
- Nat Hentoff (June 10, 1925 - January 7, 2017)
- Full Marks To Caffè Nero At South Shields ...
- CD Review: The Fred Hughes Trio - Matrix
- Vintage Chart toppers
- Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe - January 4
- Zoe Gilby (vocal)/ Alan Law (piano) @ The Jazz Caf...
- Hong Kong Calling...
- New Jam in Billingham
- Jazz North East and Dutch Performing Arts present ...
- CD Review: Ron Boustead - Unlikely Valentine
- 2016 – The Year in Vinyl by Steve T.
- Jazz Mags Looking for a Home
- Bongo Boy And Butt Girl - An In Chanting Couple (A...
- Dave Shepherd (February 7, 1929 - December 15, 2016)
- Makes it all worth while!
- Paul Skerritt Band
- A Look at 2016
- Blame it on their youth
- Preview: Southport Jazz Festival @ Royal Clifton H...
- CD Review: Alex Levine Quartet - Towards the Center
- NCRO Tickets Now on Sale
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