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JULY 2025
Wed 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 09: Jam session @ The Tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: The Hopper-Watson Quintet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 8:00pm (7:30pm doors). £10.00. + £1.00. bf.
Wed 09: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 10: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Soloists, Orchestras & Hot Fives.
Thu 10: Side Café Orkestar @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 11: Paul Skerritt Quartet @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church, Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00. A Bishop Auckland Jazz promotion. New venue (second Friday in the month)!
Fri 11: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 11: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 11: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 11: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Beehive, Earsdon NE25 0SZ. 5:00-7:00pm. Free.
Fri 11: Fiona Finden Jazz Express @ Flash House Brewery, North Shields NE30 1DS. 8:00pm. Free.
Sat 12: Jazz Stage @ Mouth of the Tyne Festival. From 12 noon. Free. Vieux Carré Jazzmen (12 noon); Rendezvous Jazz (1:00pm); Mississippi Dreamboats (2:00pm); Classic Swing (3:00pm); Abbie Finn Trio (4:00pm). Stage adjacent to Tynemouth Priory.
Sat 12: Making Music Seminar: Latin American Music v. Music of Latin America @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 1:00pm. £15.00. (£5.00. online). Jason Holcomb, Alix Shepherd & Carlos Luis Rivera.
Sat 12: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 12: Jude Murphy & Dan Stanley @ Lovaine Community Garden, North Shields. 7:00pm (doors 6:40pm). £6.00. Limited places, booking essential (via the Community Garden website). BYOF&D.
Sat 12: Hot Club du Nord @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Hall Two.
Sat 12: Sleep Suppressor @ Repas 7 by Night, Berwick. 8:00pm.
Sat 12: Anth Purdy @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle.8:00pm. Free. ‘Swing Jazz Guitar’. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 13: Jazz Stage @ Mouth of the Tyne Festival. From 11:00am. Free. Trilogy of Four (11:00am); East Coast Jazzmen (12:10pm); Delta Prophets Trio (1:20pm); House of the Black Gardenia (2:30pm); Mouth of the Tyne All Stars (3:40pm). Stage adjacent to Tynemouth Priory.
Sun 13: Giles Strong Quartet @ The Sele, Hexham. 12 noon. Free. ‘The Bandstand Sessions’.
Sun 13: Julie Dexter @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:30pm (doors). £20.00. ‘The Cluny Matinee Jazz Club’.
Sun 13: ’58 Jazz Collective, Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 13: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall. 2:00pm. Tea Dance. SOLD OUT! A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 13: Ferg Kilsby @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Kilsby (trumpet, flugelhorn); Luis Verde (alto sax); Ben Lawrence (piano); Andy Champion (double bass); John Hirst (drums).
Sun 13: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 13: Sloth Racket @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.
Mon 14: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club (1:00pm). Free.
Mon 14: Brass Bash @ Hardwick Park, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Mon 14: Brass Bash @ The Story, Mount Oswald, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Sluice. Tel: 0191 237 3697. 12:30pm. ‘July Jazz Barbecue’. Tickets: £15.00.
Tue 15: Brass Bash @ Hackworth Park, Shildon, Co. Durham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Brass Bash @ The Witham, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Julian Lage Trio @ 1856 Exchange, North Shields. 7:30pm . Lage (guitar); Jorge Roeder (double bass); Joey Barron (drums).
Tue 15: Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra @ The Hippodrome, Darlington. 7:30pm.
Tue 15: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Stu Collingwood, Paul Grainger, Bailey Rudd.
Reviewers wanted
Friday, June 30, 2017
Carleen Anderson @ Sage Gateshead - June 29
Colin Aitchison July dates

12th (Weds) - Vieux Carre Jazzmen. Crescent Club, Cullercoats 1-00pm - 3-00pm.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
CD Review(ish): Alan Broadbent - Developing Story.

RIP Geri Allen

CD Review: Jan Harbeck's Live Jive Jungle - Elevate
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
RIP Sandi Russell
Preview: Gypsy Jazz Workshop @ Easington

Tuesday, June 27, 2017
UN-NATURAL FUNCTIONS
But money speaks louder than pride so you bite.
Better judgement dispensed with, ideals are forsaken,
You kid yourself it'll be right on the night.
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The bandleader's 'tutting' and itching to start.
The drummer counts in - you can’t find the first part.
They've eaten their fill and they won’t leave their chairs.
They just sit morosely and down gin & tonics
While fixing the bandstand with long baleful stares.
Monday, June 26, 2017
CD Review: Kathrine Windfeld Big Band
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band @ Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester - June 25
Update on forthcoming gigs at Blaydon Jazz Club
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Jazz Lads back at Saltburn next Sunday (July 2)
Saturday, June 24, 2017
Noel Dennis Trio @ Gala Theatre, Durham - June 23
Paul Skerritt Band @ Jazz Café - June 23
The Gabi Heller Quartet @ The Globe - June 22
Friday, June 23, 2017
More Group Theory photos.
Group Theory @ The Jazz Café - June 22

Thursday, June 22, 2017
In [Group] Theory one not to miss

Durham University Big Band @ The Jazz Café - June 21

University bands are by their very nature in a constant state of flux. Students graduate, moving on to who knows what? The standard varies from one academic year to the next. Durham University Big Band has achieved the seemingly impossible in maintaining the highest of standards over two or three years, perhaps longer. The current edition of DUBB is an exceptionally talented ensemble and this Newcastle Jazz Café gig would be the last time they would perform together in public.
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Joe Stilgoe @ Hoochie Coochie - Mini Preview
Check out BSH's review of one of his albums.
Mahler, Schoenberg and Finzi by Durham University Orchestral Society @ Durham Cathedral, June 17
Jazz Café Jam Session - June 20
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
CD Review: Small Town - Bill Frisell (guitar) and Thomas Morgan (bass).
JAZZ IN THE UNDERCROFT 12 July 2017 7.00pm, Undercroft Restaurant, Durham

Robin Aspland - Piano
Jeremy Brown - Bass
Tom Gordon - Drums
Enjoy an evening of jazz in the Undercroft Restaurant, to celebrate this year's Durham BRASS Festival.
Tickets: £27.50 per person, including a tapas style three-course meal and drinks reception (to be purchased in advance. No refunds will be given).
Monday, June 19, 2017
De’Sean Jones & Knomadik @ Dacre Hall, Lanercost – June 16
James Birkett & Bradley Johnston @ Blaydon Jazz Club - June 18
Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Hoochie Coochie - June 18
(Review by Lance).
Sunday, June 18, 2017
‘Brother Can You Spare A Dime?’ – A song worth singing

Saturday, June 17, 2017
Joe Morris Tony Bevan Duo; Wandering Monster @ Bridge Hotel, Newcastle - June11.

Joe Morris (guitar); Tony Bevan (bass sax).
Ben Powling (tenor); Calvin Travers (guitar); ?? (alto); Sam Quintana (bass); Alasdair Wells (drums).
(Photos courtesy of Ken Drew).
In the absence of a review of last Sunday's JNE gig, I think Ken's photos typify the phrase If a picture paints a thousand words etc.
If the gig was as good as the photos then it was truly a great gig indeed!
Lance.
Friday, June 16, 2017
Chaka Khan @ 02 Academy, Newcastle, June 12.
CD Review: Stanton Moore - With You in Mind, the Songs of Allen Toussaint.

(Press release).
Thursday, June 15, 2017
The Dynamic Duo @ The Black Bull
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
A Carolina Moon over the Crescent Club - June 14
A Night of Swing @ Newcastle University - June 13
Samuel Eagles' Spirit @ The Globe - June 13
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Monday, June 12, 2017
George Heaviside Remembers John (Mighty Joe) Young

CD Review: Samuel Eagles' SPIRIT - Ask Seek Knock

Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, June 15
CD Review: Tina Raymond - Left Right Left

Sunday, June 11, 2017
The Gala Big Band @ St. Cuthbert’s Parish Centre, Crook. June 9.
CD Review: Yoko Miwa Trio - Pathways
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Young, Gifted and Back (In Crook). The Early Bird Band @ St. Cuthbert’s Parish Centre, Crook. Friday June 9.
Friday, June 09, 2017
Thursday, June 08, 2017
Tunde Jegede:'Testimony'. Concert and two workshops - July 12 & 13


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- Carleen Anderson @ Sage Gateshead - June 29
- Colin Aitchison July dates
- CD Review(ish): Alan Broadbent - Developing Story.
- RIP Geri Allen
- CD Review: Jan Harbeck's Live Jive Jungle - Elevate
- RIP Sandi Russell
- Preview: Gypsy Jazz Workshop @ Easington
- UN-NATURAL FUNCTIONS
- CD Review: Kathrine Windfeld Big Band
- Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band @ Royal Northern Co...
- Update on forthcoming gigs at Blaydon Jazz Club
- Jazz Lads back at Saltburn next Sunday (July 2)
- Noel Dennis Trio @ Gala Theatre, Durham - June 23
- Paul Skerritt Band @ Jazz Café - June 23
- The Gabi Heller Quartet @ The Globe - June 22
- More Group Theory photos.
- Group Theory @ The Jazz Café - June 22
- In [Group] Theory one not to miss
- Durham University Big Band @ The Jazz Café - June 21
- Joe Stilgoe @ Hoochie Coochie - Mini Preview
- Mahler, Schoenberg and Finzi by Durham University ...
- Jazz Café Jam Session - June 20
- CD Review: Small Town - Bill Frisell (guitar) and ...
- JAZZ IN THE UNDERCROFT 12 July 2017 7.00pm, Under...
- De’Sean Jones & Knomadik @ Dacre Hall, Lanercost ...
- James Birkett & Bradley Johnston @ Blaydon Jazz Cl...
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Hoochie Coochie - June 18
- ‘Brother Can You Spare A Dime?’ – A song worth sin...
- Joe Morris Tony Bevan Duo; Wandering Monster @ Bri...
- Chaka Khan @ 02 Academy, Newcastle, June 12.
- CD Review: Stanton Moore - With You in Mind, the S...
- The Dynamic Duo @ The Black Bull
- A Carolina Moon over the Crescent Club - June 14
- A Night of Swing @ Newcastle University - June 13
- Samuel Eagles' Spirit @ The Globe - June 13
- Musicians Unlimited. Bugle Call Rag. Park Inn, Har...
- George Heaviside Remembers John (Mighty Joe) Young
- CD Review: Samuel Eagles' SPIRIT - Ask Seek Knock
- Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, June 15
- CD Review: Tina Raymond - Left Right Left
- The Gala Big Band @ St. Cuthbert’s Parish Centre, ...
- CD Review: Yoko Miwa Trio - Pathways
- Young, Gifted and Back (In Crook). The Early Bird ...
- Ray Dales with the James Harrison Trio. Dormans. J...
- Tunde Jegede:'Testimony'. Concert and two worksho...
- CD Review: Sue McCreeth - Look Back And Love
- Notes from day three of Durham City Jazz Festival ...
- Farewell Blues
- CD Review: Kevin Fitzsimmons - Working Day and Night
- Notes from day two of Durham City Jazz Festival - ...
- Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival Preview
- Notes from day one of the Durham City Jazz Festiva...
- CD Review: Chad Lefkowitz-Brown - Onward
- Bopera on Radio 3
- CD Review: Allegra Levy - Cities Between Us
- Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Northumberland Park, Tynemou...
- In Other Words & BLT @ Prohibition Bar - June 1
- The Ronnie Scott's Charitable Foundation invites 2...
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