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JUNE 2025
Wed 25: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 25: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 25: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 25: The Magpies of Swing @ The Roxy, Leadgate, Co. Durham. 7:30pm. A Ginger Jitterbugs swing dance event, all welcome.
Thu 26: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Brass Instruments & the use of mutes.
Fri 27: Lewis Watson Quartet @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm.
Fri 27: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 27: Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 8:00pm. ‘Time After Time’.
Sat 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Linskill Centre, North Shields. 4:00-10:30pm. Free, but ticketed (over 18s only). A multi-bill, multi-genre ‘Canny Shiels - North Shields 800’ event. Three Kings Brewery on site.
Sat 28: Joseph Carville Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 28: Jude Murphy & Dan Stanley @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 29: Jude Murphy & Dan Stanley @ Wallington, Northumberland. 12 noon-1:00pm & 2:00-3:00pm. Tel: 01670 773606. National Trust admission prices apply. ‘Tunes in the Blooms’.
Sun 29: Bal Bruch Social Dance @ As You Like It, Sandyford, Newcastle. 12:30pm. Free. Dance event with Hot Club de Heaton performing live (2:00-3:00pm). A ‘Jar on the Bar’ event.
Sun 29: Glenn Miller Orchestra UK @ The Fire Station, Sunderland. 3:00pm. Ray McVay & co.
Sun 29: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 29: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 29: Zoë Gilby w. Ryton Choral Society @ Corbridge Middle School NE45 5HX. 5:30pm. £15.00. Gilby w jazz trio & choir. ‘An evening of jazz song for choir’.
Sun 29: Jazz Jam Sandwich! @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 29: John Wilson & the Sinfonia of London @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 7:30pm. ‘Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Greatest Hits’.
Sun 29: Out Front @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.
Mon 30: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club (1:00pm). Free.
JULY 2025
Tue 01: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Joe Steels, Paul Grainger, Mark Robertson.
Tue 01: Customs House Big Band @ Masonic Hall, Ferryhill. 7:30pm. Free.
Reviewers wanted
Saturday, September 30, 2017
CD Review: Pericopes + 1 - Legacy.
Friday, September 29, 2017
Radio Triptych (Updated)
Strictly Smokin’ @ The Millstone - September 28
All Aboard the Durham Music Service Jazz Express!
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Single review - Album to follow: Brian Newman - Sunday in New York

(Review by Lance).
2017 British Jazz Awards Nominations Announced (reminder)
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2017 Thursday 28th September - Sunday 1st October.

Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Classic Swing @ The Marquis of Granby - September 25
CD Review: Rez Abbasi - Unfiltered Universe

Monday, September 25, 2017
Maurice Summerfield remembers Mike Carr
Late Night Jazz – Hexham Abbey Festival of Music and Arts, September 23: The Nikki Iles/Stan Sulzmann Quartet.
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Sean Noonan’s Memorable Sticks @ The Jazz Cafe September 22
Saturday, September 23, 2017
CD Review: The Mark Williams Trio - Last Bus to Bensham
Mike had a sense of humour!

"One of the perks of being an unemployed musician is that you get to play much less bad music." Jack Daney.
RIP Mike Carr

Friday, September 22, 2017
Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition - Agrima

(Review by Lance)
Courtney Pine: Black Notes from the Deep @ Sage Gateshead - September 21

Digital Review: Ella Fitzgerald - Ella with the London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, September 21, 2017
RIP Jake LaMotta

The Peter Fielding Story (continued)


World Peace Day - Today!

Wednesday, September 20, 2017
CD Review: Brian Landrus Orchestra - Generations

The Jazz Café All Stars - September 19
Preview: Classic Swing @ Ashington Jazz Club - October 4

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
2017 BJA Nominations announced - vote now

Emily Bacon’s Good Time Gang @ The Globe - September 17

CD Review: Claudia Morris - Here's to Life

Monday, September 18, 2017
Black Notes from The Deep
Hand to Mouth @ Blaydon Jazz Club - September 17
You Don’t Know What Drink Is
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Pocket-sized jazz at a capacity Dun Cow

Berlin Jazz Quartet @ St James’ & St Basil’s Church, Newcastle - September 16*


Saturday, September 16, 2017
CD Review: The Brass Funkeys - Rabble Rouser.

CD Review: Sam Boshnack Quintet - The Nellie Bly Project
Friday, September 15, 2017
The Safe Sextet with Debra Milne @ The Globe September 14
Perpetual Motion Machine + A.S.B.O @ The Bridge Hotel – September 10.

Theatre Review: The Suitcase @ Northern Stage - September 14
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Preview: Hand to Mouth - Lindsay Hannon & Bradley Johnston @ Blaydon Jazz Club.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
2017 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards Nominations Announced
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
September at The Jazz Cafe - from the 1920s to Infinity
Monday, September 11, 2017
The Suitcase arrives at Northern Stage
The Ushaw Ensemble: St Cuthbert’s Suite and The Sound of Achill @ The Gala Studio, Durham - August 25
CD Review: Enrico Pieranunzi Trio - Yesterdays.

(Review by Lance).
Preview: Emily Bacon's Good Time Gang @ The Globe Sunday September 17, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM. New Orleans style traditional jazz

Sunday, September 10, 2017
Blue in Green

Jazz Café October, 2017, Press Release.

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- CD Review: Pericopes + 1 - Legacy.
- Radio Triptych (Updated)
- Strictly Smokin’ @ The Millstone - September 28
- All Aboard the Durham Music Service Jazz Express!
- Single review - Album to follow: Brian Newman - Su...
- 2017 British Jazz Awards Nominations Announced (re...
- Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 20...
- Classic Swing @ The Marquis of Granby - September 25
- CD Review: Rez Abbasi - Unfiltered Universe
- Maurice Summerfield remembers Mike Carr
- Late Night Jazz – Hexham Abbey Festival of Music a...
- Sean Noonan’s Memorable Sticks @ The Jazz Cafe Sep...
- CD Review: The Mark Williams Trio - Last Bus to Be...
- Mike had a sense of humour!
- RIP Mike Carr
- Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition -...
- Courtney Pine: Black Notes from the Deep @ Sage Ga...
- Digital Review: Ella Fitzgerald - Ella with the Lo...
- RIP Jake LaMotta
- The Peter Fielding Story (continued)
- World Peace Day - Today!
- CD Review: Brian Landrus Orchestra - Generations
- The Jazz Café All Stars - September 19
- Preview: Classic Swing @ Ashington Jazz Club - Oct...
- 2017 BJA Nominations announced - vote now
- Emily Bacon’s Good Time Gang @ The Globe - Septemb...
- CD Review: Claudia Morris - Here's to Life
- Black Notes from The Deep
- Hand to Mouth @ Blaydon Jazz Club - September 17
- You Don’t Know What Drink Is
- Pocket-sized jazz at a capacity Dun Cow
- Berlin Jazz Quartet @ St James’ & St Basil’s Churc...
- CD Review: The Brass Funkeys - Rabble Rouser.
- CD Review: Sam Boshnack Quintet - The Nellie Bly P...
- The Safe Sextet with Debra Milne @ The Globe Septe...
- Perpetual Motion Machine + A.S.B.O @ The Bridge Ho...
- Theatre Review: The Suitcase @ Northern Stage - Se...
- Preview: Hand to Mouth - Lindsay Hannon & Bradley ...
- 2017 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards Nominatio...
- September at The Jazz Cafe - from the 1920s to Inf...
- The Suitcase arrives at Northern Stage
- The Ushaw Ensemble: St Cuthbert’s Suite and The So...
- CD Review: Enrico Pieranunzi Trio - Yesterdays.
- Preview: Emily Bacon's Good Time Gang @ The Globe ...
- Blue in Green
- Jazz Café October, 2017, Press Release.
- Virtuoso Jazz Trio @ St George’s URC, Morpeth - Se...
- Fergus McCreadie Trio @ The Jazz Coop September 9
- CD Review: Gareth Lockrane Big Band - Fistfight at...
- Vintage Chart Toppers Returns
- The London Jazz Players - The News Where You Are (...
- Change of policy at Hoochie.
- Big Muddy @ Ashington Jazz Club - September 6
- Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club - ...
- Jam Session @ Jazz Café: September 5
- CD Review: Nat Steele - Portrait of the Modern Jaz...
- Alan Glen Trio @ The Fox Inn - September 5
- CD Review: Rudy Smith Quartet - Glass World
- Berlin Jazz Quartet on tour!
- It’s the Dun Cow for the Pocket Jazz Orchestra
- The Spirit Farm @ The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle – Se...
- Book Review: Serendipity Doo-Dah Book One by Edwar...
- Walter Becker dies age 67
- AMBLESIDE DAYS – A celebration of world class cont...
- Ushaw Jazz Festival. Jazz Lounge. Saturday Night -...
- 2017 Proms: Swing No End - BBC4 Sept. 1
- Chris Sharkey Trio/Paul Edis Jazz Workshop @ Ushaw...
- CD Review: Will Butterworth Quartet - The Nighting...
- Tom Sharp Jazz Orchestra @ Ushaw Jazz Festival 201...
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