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Tue 06: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 06: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Stu Collingwood (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Sid White (drums).
Wed 07: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 07: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 07: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 07: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 08: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED! BACK ON JUNE 15.
Thu 08: Easington Colliery Brass Band @ The Lubetkin Theatre, Peterlee. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 08: Faye MacCalman + Blue Dust Archive @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Dilutey Juice + Ceramic @ The Ampitheatre, Sea Road, South Shields. 7:00pm. Free. A South Tyneside Festival event.
Thu 08: Lara Jones w. Vigilance State @ Lubber Fiend, Blandford Square, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Michael Littlefield @ the Harbour View, Roker, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Country blues.
Thu 08: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.
Fri 09: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 09: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: Castillo Nuevo @ Revolución de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30-8:30pm.
Fri 09: Emma Rawicz @ Sage Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Sat 10: Miners' Picnic @ Woodhorn, Ashington. Music inc. Northern Monkey Brass Band (3:00-3:50pm); New York Brass Band (4:00-4:55pm).
Sat 10: Front Porch Three @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. Americana, blues, jazz etc.
Sat 10: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Sun 11: WORKSHOP: Tim Richards' Jazz Piano Workshop @ JG Windows, Newcastle. Time TBC. Further details tel. 0191 232 1356.
Sun 11: Jeremy McMurray's Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Ropner Park, Stockton TS18 4EF. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 11: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 11: Groovetrain @ Innisfree Sports & Social Club, Longbenton NE12 8TY. Doors 6:30pm. £15.00 (£7.00. under 16).
Sun 11: Jeffrey Hewer Collective @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Mon 12: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Thinking about Gabi & Steve @ Sage Gateshead - March 17
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- Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Millstone. March 30
- CLARE TEAL, GOGO PENGUIN AND SHOBALEADER ONE LEAD ...
- JNE are Stalling Again.
- The Northern Monkey Brass Band @ The Fox, Hexham. ...
- RIP Arthur Blythe.
- CD Review: Thundercat Presents "Drunk"
- CD Review: Akua Dixon - Akua's Dance
- As I was saying about Bob Dylan....
- ARW (Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman) play the music o...
- CD Review: Gianni Bianchini - Type 1
- CD Review: Torben Waldorff – Holiday on Fire
- Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra @ Ronnie Scott's - Ma...
- Maine Street Jazzmen at Seaton Sluice Social Club ...
- RIP Bob Erdos
- BBC Radio 3 - Hitting the High Notes.
- SSBB w. Scarlet Street @ Hoochie Coochie - March 19
- James Harrison & Caroline Bagley @ Jazz Café - Mar...
- Mick Shoulder’s Swing Manouche avec Picasso, Miró ...
- CD Review: Partikel - Counteraction.
- Street Scene
- Andchuck @ Hoochie Coochie - March 23
- Archipelago @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University - ...
- Gateshead International Jazz Festival celebrates L...
- CD Review: Keith Oxman - East of The Village
- An embarrassment of riches @ The Jazz Café - March 21
- GIJF 2017 - Not long now...
- Before Tubby there was Harry
- Triggerlawross @ The Globe March 18
- Red House refurbishments
- Dean Stockdale Trio @ Blaydon Jazz Club - March 19
- Early Birds @ Jazz Café - March 16
- The Family Band @ Jazz Café - March 17
- Thinking about Jazz Record Requests @ Sage Gateshe...
- Breaking News - RIP Chuck Berry.
- CD Review: Erin Dickins - Vignettes
- Thinking about Gabi & Steve @ Sage Gateshead - Mar...
- Daniel John Martin with Mick Shoulder’s Swing Mano...
- Preview - SSBB & Scarlet Street @ Hoochie Coochie ...
- CD Review: Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent - Songbook
- CD Review: Colin Steele Quintet – Even in the Dark...
- Paul Edis and Alyn Shipton at Sage Gateshead
- CD Review: Club d'Elf - Live @ Club Helsinki
- More Gypsy Jazz on the Horizon
- Daniel John Martin avec Mick Shoulder's Swing Mano...
- Lack of Afro @ Hoochie Coochie – March 10.
- Help wanted.
- CD Review: Josephine Davies – Satori
- CD Review: Jam Experiment – Jam Experiment
- Vyamnikal @ The Egdirb (Bridge) March 12
- CD Review: Jason Anick & Jason Yeager - United
- Jazz Café Hot Club Virtuosi
- Dazzling Duets - on now (8pm) BBC 4
- CD Review:Barb Jungr - Every Grain Of Sand 15th an...
- LP Review: Tubby Hayes Quintet - Modes and Blues
- Chris Sharkey Trio Minus 1 @ Jazz Café - March 7
- Riviera Quartet @ The Globe Jazz Bar - March 9
- Gerry Richardson Quartet @ Jazz Café. March 9
- Great North Big Band Jazz Festival @ Park View Com...
- Great North Big Band Jazz Festival @ Park View Com...
- Paul Skerritt Band @ Ashington Jazz Club - March 8
- Great North Big Band Jazz Festival @ Park View Com...
- Quantum Illusion/Chris Cundy @ The Bridge Hotel, N...
- Jazz Café Jam Session - March 7
- Nina Simone’s Life Story on Radio 4
- Great North Big Band Jazz Festival @ Park View Com...
- Hot Club du Nord @ Jazz Café - March 3
- RIP Misha Mengelberg
- CD Review: Jeff Rupert & Richard Drexler - Imagina...
- Blind Monk Trio @ The Globe March 4
- Tonight @ The Red House Farm Pub & Restaurant
- Dean Stockdale to open the 2017 season at the Blac...
- Flying Machines @ The Jazz Cafe February 28
- Paris Blues - mes excuses pour ce soir
- Guitarist goes it alone in Eyemouth
- CD Review: Ralph Towner - My Foolish Heart
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3 comments :
About thirty years ago, Different struck up a conversation with me on a coach coming back from London. I know he was called Different cos he kept saying 'I'm Different'.
He'd been to Knebworth which was the nearest equivalent to Glastonbury at the time and, no disrespect to Cliff and his fans, but he felt he was out of place amongst the gods of rock Clapton, Phil Collins and Paul McCartney. No disrespect to Sir Eric, Phil and Sir Paul but, excepting the late sixties, early seventies and about four minutes in 1966 respectively, I felt Sir Cliff was in precisely the correct company.
When he asked why I'd been to London I told him I'd been to see the Ojays, who he'd never heard of, despite four of five sizeable UK hits in the preceding decade and a half. A soul group I advised him. Phil Collins did some soul he said no he didn't I didn't waste my time.
He told me his name again and I often wonder if he ever spotted any irony, or whether he shops at M and S or Waitrose.
Nothing wrong with shopping at M & S or Waitrose. Nothing wrong with being a Radio 3 listener. I agree with Russell that there may be a big overlap (think Venn diagrams) between these three groups - and told Russell so in person yesterday. I think you may also find that the average punter attending jazz gigs in the UK will fit into at least one of the circles in this triumvirate of associations!
I wish I could afford to shop at M+S, Whenever I'm in the Toon I always get some caviar from Waitrose, but only the cheap stuff. I'm afraid my default in the car is Radio 2 but with dozens, probably now hundreds of CDs unplayed, I never listen for long.
I do think there's a certain irony in the BBC, the most powerful Ideological State Apparatus in the Land, who spend millions of our money telling us what to think, within narrow parameters with a tiny bit of hegemony, put on an event about free thinking.
However, anything that invokes discussion must be a good thing.
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