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October
Mon 21: Gideon Tazelaar Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Mon 21: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 21: Gideon Tazelaar Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm.
Tue 22: Bywater Call @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). Americana/blues/soul excellence.
Wed 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 23: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 23: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 6:30pm. £12.00. (at the door, no advance sales).
Wed 23: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 24: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 24: John Garner & Tobias Sarra @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 24: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. ‘Desert Island Discs’.
Thu 24: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ Holy GrAle, Durham. 7:00pm. Free (donations).
Thu 24: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm.
Thu 24: Faye MacCalman + John Pope Quintet + Moonfish @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Donations.
Thu 24: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 24: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. Guests: Kevin Eland (trumpet), Neil Brodie (trumpet), Dave Archbold (keys), Adrian Beadnell (bass), Mark Hawkins (drums). 8:30pm. Free.
Fri 25: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 25: Russ Morgan Quartet @ Gala Theatre, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 25: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 25: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 25: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 25: The Clare Teal Five @ Gala Theatre, Durham. 7:30pm. £25.00. All-star line-up.
Fri 25: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 26: Jason Isaacs @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 2:30-4:15pm. Free.
Sat 26: Donny McCaslin @ The Engine Room, Tanners’ Bank, North Shields. 3:30pm. £15.00. + bf. McCaslin ‘In Conversation’, focusing on his association with David Bowie. Kevin Armstrong (David Bowie) will read from his biography.
Sat 26: Donny McCaslin Quartet @ The 1856 Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm. £25.00. + bf. Standing gig with limited seating at the bar. McCaslin with his American quartet in North Shields!
Sat 26: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £3.00. +bf.
Sat 26: Jude Murphy & Dan Stanley @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 27: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 27: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 27: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ Queen’s Hall (Library), Hexham. 3:00pm.
Sun 27: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free. Rescheduled to Sunday 3rd November.
Sun 27: Paul Skerritt @ The Black Candle, Dean Road, Westoe, South Shields. From 5:30pm. To reserve a table call 07724 234449. ‘Jazz by Candlelight’.
Sun 27: Jazz Jam Sandwich! @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 27: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn Community Theatre. 7:30pm. £12.00., £10.00.
Sun 27: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Reviewers wanted
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
CD Review: Tomoko Omura - Post Bop Gypsies
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
CD Review: Tommy Smith Quartet - Embodying the Light
Monday, May 29, 2017
CD Review: Talinka (Fanfare FJ1701)
NCRO Tickets now on sale
CD Review: Matt Chandler - Astrometrics.
(Review by Lance).
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Jazz Night @ Jesmond Library - May 27
Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ Ushaw - May 26
Paul Wilkinson @ St Nicholas Cathedral - May 26
Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Millstone - May 25
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Lindsay Hannon & Bradley Johnston @ Vicolo - May 26
Ruth Lambert Quartet @ the Jazz Café - May 26
Jazz Loses a Stalwart - R.I.P. Margaret Barnes
Friday, May 26, 2017
Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone - May 25
Thursday, May 25, 2017
CD Review: NYSQ - Sleight of Hand
Talinka @ St Ives Jazz Club - May 23
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
CD Review:: Elijah Rock - Gershwin for My Soul
Thursday 25th MAY 10.15pm (GMT) BUDDY RICH BIG BAND LIVESTREAM
Zoë Gilby: Pannonica @ The Fox Inn, Hexham - May 23
Durham City Jazz Festival - Details announced
CD Review: New Simplicity Trio - Common Spaces
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
RIP Mickey Roker
Maine Street Jazzmen @ Seaton Sluice Social Club - May 21
Dulcie May Moreno @ The Globe, May 21
Monday, May 22, 2017
London Vocal Project - Jon Hendricks’s Miles Ahead (Kings Place, London N1), Sunday May 21
CD Review: VEIN - The Chamber Music Effect
Alter Ego @ Blaydon Jazz Club - May 21
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Johnny Hunter Quartet @ the Jazz Café - May 19
Saturday, May 20, 2017
If Only the number 27 stopped on Park Avenue ...
Lance.
http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/daryl-sherman-trio-2
Discover Your Alter Ego at Blaydon Jazz Club
Russell.
Newcastle Grainger Market Late Shows - May 20
CD Review: Tom Syson Sextet - Green.
Friday, May 19, 2017
Dean Stockdale Trio @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle - May 19
Frankly Sinatra - Stephen Triffitt @ Sage Gateshead, May 18.
Strictly Smokin' Big Band at Ushaw College - Friday 26th May 2017
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Lickety Split @ The Globe, Newcastle - May 18
JNE: Early Nite + Pete Tantons’ Riviera Quartet @ the Bridge Hotel, Newcastle May 14
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Cookin’ @ The Jazz Café - May 16
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
DJAZZ : The Durham City Jazz Festival Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th June
Monday, May 15, 2017
CD Review: Quinsin Nachoff's Ethereal Trio
The Jazztones @ The Quakerhouse, Darlington - May14
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Philonious Funk @ Jesmond Library - May 13
Sue Ferris @ Opus 4, Traveller's Rest, Darlington - May 12
BLT on video
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Joy Ellis Quartet @ The Jazz Café - May12
CD Review: Polly Gibbons - Is It Me...?
Paul Taylor @ St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle - May 12
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- CD Review: Tomoko Omura - Post Bop Gypsies
- CD Review: Tommy Smith Quartet - Embodying the Light
- CD Review: Talinka (Fanfare FJ1701)
- NCRO Tickets now on sale
- CD Review: Matt Chandler - Astrometrics.
- Jazz Night @ Jesmond Library - May 27
- Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ Ushaw - May 26
- Paul Wilkinson @ St Nicholas Cathedral - May 26
- Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Millstone - May 25
- Lindsay Hannon & Bradley Johnston @ Vicolo - May 26
- Ruth Lambert Quartet @ the Jazz Café - May 26
- Jazz Loses a Stalwart - R.I.P. Margaret Barnes
- Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone - May 25
- CD Review: NYSQ - Sleight of Hand
- Talinka @ St Ives Jazz Club - May 23
- CD Review:: Elijah Rock - Gershwin for My Soul
- Thursday 25th MAY 10.15pm (GMT) BUDDY RICH BIG BAN...
- Zoë Gilby: Pannonica @ The Fox Inn, Hexham - May 23
- Durham City Jazz Festival - Details announced
- CD Review: New Simplicity Trio - Common Spaces
- RIP Mickey Roker
- Maine Street Jazzmen @ Seaton Sluice Social Club -...
- Dulcie May Moreno @ The Globe, May 21
- London Vocal Project - Jon Hendricks’s Miles Ahead...
- CD Review: VEIN - The Chamber Music Effect
- Alter Ego @ Blaydon Jazz Club - May 21
- Johnny Hunter Quartet @ the Jazz Café - May 19
- If Only the number 27 stopped on Park Avenue ...
- Discover Your Alter Ego at Blaydon Jazz Club
- Newcastle Grainger Market Late Shows - May 20
- CD Review: Tom Syson Sextet - Green.
- Dean Stockdale Trio @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle - ...
- Frankly Sinatra - Stephen Triffitt @ Sage Gateshea...
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band at Ushaw College - Frida...
- Lickety Split @ The Globe, Newcastle - May 18
- JNE: Early Nite + Pete Tantons’ Riviera Quartet @ ...
- Cookin’ @ The Jazz Café - May 16
- DJAZZ : The Durham City Jazz Festival Friday 2nd –...
- CD Review: Quinsin Nachoff's Ethereal Trio
- The Jazztones @ The Quakerhouse, Darlington - May14
- Philonious Funk @ Jesmond Library - May 13
- Sue Ferris @ Opus 4, Traveller's Rest, Darlington ...
- BLT on video
- Joy Ellis Quartet @ The Jazz Café - May12
- CD Review: Polly Gibbons - Is It Me...?
- Paul Taylor @ St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle - M...
- BABMUS @ The Jazz Café - May 11
- Last night at the Globe
- Look! The Broken Doll! The Globe!
- Visual Jazz – Gina Southgate Exhibition @ the Gall...
- Led Bib @ the Bridge Hotel May 5
- CD Review: George Colligan - More Powerful
- Keep an eye out for the Miriam Ast Quintet
- Snarky Puppy/House of Waters @ Sage Gateshead, May 3
- Denys Baptiste's The Late Trane @ Pizza Express St...
- Arun Ghosh @ Family Tent, Cheltenham Jazz Festival...
- Paul Edis Sextet @ the Jazz Café - May 5
- An Evening with Lin Lee Wong @ The Cherry Tree - M...
- From Cullercoats to Copacabana - The Gala Big Band...
- Friday Night is Music Night
- Yazz Ahmed Halfla Band @ Parabola Arts Centre, Che...
- Chris Potter Quartet @ Pizza Express Stage, Chelte...
- International Jazz Day @ The Globe - April 30
- Darlington Jazz Festival: Dave O’Higgins @ The Maj...
- Darlington Jazz Festival: Jazz comes to the Quaker...
- Chick Corea Trio @ Big Top, Cheltenham Jazz Festiv...
- Meshell Ndegeocello @ Pizza Express Stage, Chelten...
- Sleepthief @ Sage Gateshead - April 29
- Jazz Café Jam Session - May 2.
- Darlington Jazz Festival: Matt Roberts Sextet @ Vo...
- Darlington Jazz Festival: Locomotive Rhythm & the ...
- CD Review: Chris Potter - The Dreamer is the Dream.
- The New Century Ragtime Orchestra - Summer Concert...
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