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From This Moment On ...
December
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. CANCELLED!
Thu 07: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00. Downstairs.
Thu 07: Tees Hot Club: Just Friends @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. Guest band night w. Richie Emmerson, Ian Bosworth, Dave Archbold, Ron Smith, Mark Hawkins. 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.
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 Zoe Gilby Quartet @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. MU 1:00-3:00pm; Zoë Gilby Quartet 4:00-6:00pm. Tickets: £7.50.
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.
Sunday, April 30, 2017
International Jazz Day isn't Local Metro Day!

Saturday, April 29, 2017
Blog Charts
All That Jazz - In Hong Kong

Thirty minutes in total, Colin is at the start of Part One.
Colin, pictured with Franco Valussi at Blaydon Jazz Club last year, will be returning to the club this summer - watch this space.
Lance.
Part Two.
Friday, April 28, 2017
CD Review: Mark Lewandowski - Waller.
Thursday, April 27, 2017
It's All Happening in Hexham
Link.
International Jazz Day and Globe Anniversary.The Globe - Sunday April 30, 2:00 PM - 11:59 PM
Playtime Collective @ The Jazz Cafe – March 25
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
CD Review: Diana Krall - Turn Up The Quiet.

(Review by Lance)
A day after the Ella centenary we return to the current First Lady of Song - Diana Krall. Eleven GASbook classics - love songs, so sensual that it makes me wish I was Elvis Costello.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Remembering Ella

Ella 100

Monday, April 24, 2017
CD Review: Louis Sclavis, Dominique Pifarely and Vincent Courtois - Asian Fields Variations .
Preview: Darlington Jazz Festival 2017
Hot Jazz and Blues at The Cumberland Arms - June 6
1. Ukulele Workshop: Hot Jazz Rhythm Picking
Under the Moon of Love? Ruth Lambert Quartet @ Ushaw College – April 21.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Patrice Williamson Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Ella Fitzgerald’s Birth on New Album

Brian Molley Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle - April 22
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Art Invite
Friday, April 21, 2017
More Phoenix Jazzmen

CD Review: Jazzmain - Live at the Blue Lamp
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Jazz in the Afternoon @ Cullercoats Crescent Club - April 17
Lickety Split @ Blaydon Jazz Club - April 16

CD Review: Matt Holman - The Tenth Muse
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Forget New Orleans, it all began in Annfield Plain (at least in South West Durham it did)

Preview: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe: Thursday April 20

Jazz Café Jam Session - April 18
Monday, April 17, 2017
RIP Allan Holdsworth.

(Obituary by Steve T)
Legendary guitarist Allan Holdsworth died on Sunday April 16 aged 70. Born in Bradford he was a formidable force in progressive rock and Jazz-Rock through the seventies, featuring in a range of bands, sometimes simultaneously, including Nucleus, Tempest, Soft Machine, Tony Williams Lifetime and Gong, before joining Bill Bruford, John Whetton (who died a few weeks ago) and Eddie Jobson in the prog rock super-group UK, and was subsequently invited by Bill Bruford, who considered him one of the world’s great innovators, to join his new band Bruford.
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Faye MacCalman/John Pope Duo @ Jazz Café - April 14
CD Review: David Rees-Williams Trio - Classically Reminded: Bach.

(Review by Lance).
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Nicola Farnon Trio @ Gala Theatre, Durham - April 14
Easter Early Birds @ The Jazz Café – April 15
Paul Edis Sextet @ Gosforth Jazz Club - April 13

Don’t you mean Gosforth Civic Hall? Well, yes, but Austerity Times dictate that a once proud publicly owned amenity is now a ‘social enterprise’, hence Gosforth Civic Theatre. Tonight’s attraction: the Paul Edis Sextet.
CD Review: Freddie Gavita - Transient
Friday, April 14, 2017
Emma Fisk and Paul Edis @ The Witham, Barnard Castle - April 12
New Saltburn venue for The Jazz Lads
Carole Clegg and Speakeasy

Alan Glen Trio @ The Globe - April 13
Thursday, April 13, 2017
RIP Stan Robinson (1936 - 2017)

Blaydon Jazz Club goes Lickety Split!
Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe - April 12
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Tomorrow Night (Thursday April 13) @ The Globe - Alan Glen Trio
CD Reviews: Frank Kohl Quartet – Rising Tide. Sandro Zerafa – More Light.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
The Eales Report - Doings down in Darlington & Durham
Big Bad Wolf @ Bridge Hotel, Newcastle. April 9. Jazz North East.

Monday, April 10, 2017
CD Review: Brian Molley Quartet - Colour and Movement

Sunday, April 09, 2017
CD Review: Tomasz Stańko New York Quartet – December Avenue
GIJF Day 3: Tomasz Stańko Quartet - Sage Gateshead, April 2.
Edis & Wilson @ Café Monk - April 7
Saturday, April 08, 2017
CD Review: Peg Powler Band - Northern Lines
CD Review: Brass Mask – Live

GIJF: The (almost) Complete Works.

Thank you to Ann, Russell, Steve T, Steve H, Ken Drew, Hugh C and everyone else who chipped in.
It was quite a weekend!
Reviews:
Preview: Big Bad Wolf @ Bridge Hotel, Newcastle - Sunday April 9

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- International Jazz Day isn't Local Metro Day!
- Blog Charts
- All That Jazz - In Hong Kong
- CD Review: Mark Lewandowski - Waller.
- It's All Happening in Hexham
- International Jazz Day and Globe Anniversary.The G...
- Playtime Collective @ The Jazz Cafe – March 25
- CD Review: Diana Krall - Turn Up The Quiet.
- Remembering Ella
- Ella 100
- CD Review: Louis Sclavis, Dominique Pifarely and ...
- Preview: Darlington Jazz Festival 2017
- Hot Jazz and Blues at The Cumberland Arms - June 6
- Under the Moon of Love? Ruth Lambert Quartet @ Ush...
- Patrice Williamson Celebrates the 100th Anniversar...
- Brian Molley Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle - Apri...
- Art Invite
- More Phoenix Jazzmen
- CD Review: Jazzmain - Live at the Blue Lamp
- Jazz in the Afternoon @ Cullercoats Crescent Club ...
- Lickety Split @ Blaydon Jazz Club - April 16
- CD Review: Matt Holman - The Tenth Muse
- Forget New Orleans, it all began in Annfield Plain...
- Preview: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe: Thursday ...
- Jazz Café Jam Session - April 18
- RIP Allan Holdsworth.
- Allan Holdsworth
- Faye MacCalman/John Pope Duo @ Jazz Café - April 14
- CD Review: David Rees-Williams Trio - Classically ...
- Nicola Farnon Trio @ Gala Theatre, Durham - April 14
- Easter Early Birds @ The Jazz Café – April 15
- Paul Edis Sextet @ Gosforth Jazz Club - April 13
- CD Review: Freddie Gavita - Transient
- Emma Fisk and Paul Edis @ The Witham, Barnard Cast...
- New Saltburn venue for The Jazz Lads
- Carole Clegg and Speakeasy
- Alan Glen Trio @ The Globe - April 13
- RIP Stan Robinson (1936 - 2017)
- Blaydon Jazz Club goes Lickety Split!
- Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe - April 12
- Tomorrow Night (Thursday April 13) @ The Globe - A...
- CD Reviews: Frank Kohl Quartet – Rising Tide. Sand...
- The Eales Report - Doings down in Darlington & Durham
- Big Bad Wolf @ Bridge Hotel, Newcastle. April 9. J...
- CD Review: Brian Molley Quartet - Colour and Movement
- CD Review: Tomasz Stańko New York Quartet – Decemb...
- GIJF Day 3: Tomasz Stańko Quartet - Sage Gateshe...
- Edis & Wilson @ Café Monk - April 7
- CD Review: Peg Powler Band - Northern Lines
- CD Review: Brass Mask – Live
- GIJF: The (almost) Complete Works.
- Preview: Big Bad Wolf @ Bridge Hotel, Newcastle - ...
- GIJF Day 1: Dean Stockdale Trio @ Sage Gateshead -...
- GIJF Day 3:: Jazz Africa/Jazz Cuba @ Sage Gateshea...
- GIJF Day 2: Garibaldi Plop and The ICP Orchestra @...
- GIJF Day 1: Laura Jurd’s Dinosaur & Daniel Hersked...
- GIJF Day 3: Paul Edis (Solo piano) @ Sage Gateshea...
- GIJF Day 3:John Pope Quintet @ Sage Gateshead - Ap...
- Berklee Bound
- GIJF Day 3: Family Jazz All Stars with Zoë Gilby @...
- Jazz Café Jam Session - April 4.
- GIJF Day 2: Three Nations Under One Groove: NYJO, ...
- GIJF Day 2: Miles Mosley @ Sage Gateshead - April 1
- Caravan performed by Dylan & Alex Thompson, Ryan D...
- GIJF Day 1: Binker & Moses @ Sage Gateshead - Marc...
- Triptych @ The Lit & Phil. March 31
- GIJF: All About The Concourse
- GIJF Day 3 @ Sage Gateshead: Jambone with Zoe Gilb...
- Festival Fringing - April 2
- GIJF Day 3: Sulzmann/Iles Duo & Trish Clowes 'My I...
- GIJF Day 2: Double Bill: GoGo Penguin; Shobaleader...
- GIJF Day 3: Alan Broadbent & Georgia Mancio Songbo...
- GIJF Day 2 - Ronnie Scott's All Stars Present the ...
- GIJF Day 1 – Sage Gateshead: Clare Teal And Her Ho...
- Jonathan Silk’s Fragment Quartet @ The Jazz Cafe
- GIJF Day 1 - Before and After
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