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Bebop Spoken There

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Rupert Burley (Dynamic Agency): "BSH just goes from strength to strength".

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The Strictly Smokin' Big Band included Be Bop Spoken Here (sic) in their 5 Favourite Jazz Blogs.

Ann Braithwaite (Braithwaite & Katz Communications) You’re the BEST!

Holly Cooper, Mouthpiece Music: "Lance writes pull quotes like no one else!"

Postage

15848 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 855 of them this year alone and, so far, 53 this month (Sept. 18).

From This Moment On ...

September

Mon 25: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 7:00pm.

Tue 26: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.

Wed 27: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 27: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 27: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Alice Grace Quartet @ King's Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm. All welcome.
Thu 28: Faye MacCalman + Snape/Sankey @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 28: Zoe Rahman @ Jesmond United Reformed Church, Jesmond, Newcastle. 7:30pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Thu 28: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm.
Thu 28: Speakeasy @ Queen's Hall, Hexham. 7:30pm. £15.00. A Southpaw Dance Company presentation. Dance, audio-visuals, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, swing dancers etc.
Thu 28: Mick Cantwell Band @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Ace blues band.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.

Sat 30: John Pope Quintet + Late Girl + Shapeshifters @ Bobik's, Jesmond, Newcastle.
Sat 30: Papa G's Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

OCTOBER

Sun 01: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm.
Sun 01: Dulcie May Moreno sings Portrait of Sheila @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00. Moreno sings Sheila Jordan with Giles Strong, Mick Shoulder & John Bradford.
Sun 01: Middlesbrough Jazz & Blues Orchestra @ Saltburn Community Hall. 2:00pm.
Sun 01: The Easy Rollers @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £13.70., £11.55.
Sun 01: Brand/Roberts/Champion/Sanders @ Blank Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sun 01: Papa G's Troves @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 02: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 02: FILM: Wattstax; 50th Anniversary @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 8:00pm.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Durham City Jazz Festival - Details announced

Fri 02 DJ set @ Fowler’s Yard, Back Silver Street, Durham DH1. 6:00pm. DJ Andrei Sandu.
           Fowler’s Yard is the DJ Durham Jazz Festival Main Stage & Festival Hub.
           Hill Island Brewery (located in Fowler’s Yard) is hosting a mini beer festival.  

Fri 02 Elvet Quintet @ Fowler’s Yard. 7:00pm. £10.00. weekend ticket, £3.00. on the door.
Fri 02 Archipelago + Taupe + Senza Frame @ Empty Shop, 35c Framwellgate Bridge Durham
           First day of DJazz Festival (Durham Jazz Festival). Doors at 6:30pm to admit weekend
           ticket holders (£10.00.), on the door admission (£3.00.) from 6:45pm. A weekend ticket
           holder will be given priority admission over an on the day single gig ticket purchaser. 
           Senza Frame (7:00pm), Taupe (8:00pm), Archipelago (9:00pm).
     
Fri 02 Mick Shoulder’s Swing Manouche @ Old Cinema Laundrette, 38 Marshall Terrace,
           Gilesgate Moor, Durham DH1 2HX. Tel: 0191 384 1412. 7:00pm. DJazz Festival. Tickets
           £10.00. (weekend), £3.00.on the door.

Fri 02 DJazz Jam Night 1 @ Empty Shop, Durham. 10:00pm-1:00am.

Sat 03 Nintai @ Fowler’s Yard. 1:00pm.

Sat 03 DJ set @ Fowler’s Yard. 4:00pm. DJ WZK

Sat 03 Jazz Jam @ Fowler’s Yard. 6:00pm.


Sat 03 Durham University Big Band @ Durham Miners’ Hall, Flass Street, Redhills, Durham
            DH1 4BE. 4:00pm. DJazz Festival. £10.00. weekend ticket, £3.00. on the door.

Sat 03 Redemption Jazz + Group Theory @ Empty Shop, Durham. 6:30pm. £10.00. weekend
            ticket, £3.00. on the door. DJazz Durham City Jazz Festival event in association with
            with the Empty Shop/Jazz Co-op’s The Jazz Sessions. Note Group Theory appear at

            the Jazz Café on Thursday 22nd.    

 Sat 03 Budtet @ Fowler’s Yard. 7:00pm.

Sat 03 TBC @ Fowler’s Yard. 8:00pm.

Sat 03 Lindsay Hannon & Bradley Johnston: Hand to Mouth @ Barber of Neville, Neville St,
            Durham DH1 4EY. 8:00pm. 
 
Sat 03 DJazz Jam Night 2 @ Empty Shop, Durham. 10:00pm-1:00am.

Sat 03 DJ Festival After Party @ The Studio, North Road, Durham DH1 4SH.
           11:00pm-2:00am. DJs WZK & Mattu.

Sun 04 Barry & His Boys @ Fowler’s Yard. 2:00pm.

Sun 04 Mark Williams & Joel Byrne-McCullough @ Barber of Neville, Neville Street, Durham DH1 4EY. 2:00pm.

Sun 04 Nebula 3 @ Fowler’s Yard. 4:00pm.

Sun 04 DJ set @ Fowler’s Yard. 5:00pm. DJ Mattu.

Sun 04 Steve Glendinning Quartet @ Fowler’s Yard. 6:00pm.

Sun 04 Triptych @ Empty Shop, Durham. 7:00pm. DJazz Festival.

Sun 04 Danny Allan Band @ Fowler’s Yard. 8:00pm.

Sun 04 Closing Party & Final Jam @ Jam Jah, Alington House, Durham DH1 3ET. 9:00pm-Late. DJ Durham Jazz Festival. 
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2 comments :

Mick Shoulder said...

Swing Manouche are at the Old Cinema Launderette, Gilesgate on Friday, 2nd at 7pm

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 11:26:00 am
Lance said...

Swing Manouche gig now added. Apologies for the omission.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 11:42:00 am

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