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October
Tue 03: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 03: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. House trio: Michael Young (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Sid White (drums). CANCELLED!
Wed 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 04: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 04: Paul Skerritt @ Vespa Italian Bar & Steakhouse, Primrose Hill, Jarrow. From 7:00pm. To book a table - 0191 483 3355.
Wed 04: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 05: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 05: Sound the Trumpets @ King's Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 05: Hot Club du Nord @ The Lubetkin Theatre, Peterlee. 7:00pm. £10.00. POSTPONED!
Thu 05: Thursday Night Prayer Meeting @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 05: Tommy Bentz Trio + Mark Croft Duo + George Shovlin & George Lamb @ The Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Harbour View Speakeasy's USA blues double bill + Shovlin & Lamb!
Thu 05: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 05: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.
Fri 06: Alcyona Mick @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Fri 06: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 06: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 06: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 06: WORKSHOP: Philosophy of Arts & Entertainment @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 2:00pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Fri 06: Balo @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 6:20pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Fri 06: Paul Skerritt @ 3Sixty Champagne Lounge, Hadrian’s Tower, Newcastle. From 7:00pm. To book a table - 0191 933 8591.
Fri 06: Lexer/Mayes/Noble + Semay Wu + Miman @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 7:20pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Fri 06: Dulcie May Moreno @ The Vault, Hexham. 7:30pm. £20.00. Book in advance. Moreno with Alan Law, Paul Grainger & John Bradford.
Fri 06: Dean Stockdale Quartet @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. 'Celebrating Oscar'.
Fri 06: Nu Brass Sounds: Big Brass Bash @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Fri 06: King Bees @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Blind Pig Blues Club. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Sat 07: WORKSHOP: Philosophy of Arts & Entertainment @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 10:15am. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sat 07: Hot Club du Nord @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm.
Sat 07: Bugge & Niccols + Moore & Fairhall @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sat 07: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Steve Glendinning - All the Things You Are. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 07: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free.
Sat 07: Rie Nakajima @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 6:20pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sat 07: Paul Skerritt @ 3Sixty Champagne Lounge, Hadrian’s Tower, Newcastle. From 7:00pm. To book a table - 0191 933 8591.
Sat 07: Boys of Brass @ Salt Market Social, Liddell St., North Shields. From 7:00pm. £9.00. + bf.
Sat 07: Samuel Blaser Trio + Toxvaerd & Zeeberg + Muramatsu & Welch @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 7:20pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sat 07: Anth Purdy @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sat 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sun 08: Zoë Gilby Quintet + Ubunye @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Line-up inc. Tony Kofi. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sun 08: Tommy Bentz Band @ Tyne Bar, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. USA blues band.
Mon 09: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 09: Cherise Adams-Burnett @ The Grove, Byker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. .
Tue 10: Abbie Finn Trio @ Forum Music Centre, Darlington. 7:30pm.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Classic Swing @ The Ship, Monkseaton - January 30

Monday, January 29, 2018
CD Review: Matthew Read Trio - Anecdotes II
Paul Booth – Going! Going! Gone!

Best of the month - January
Kate McGarry: The Subject is Love.
Incognito @ Hoochie Coochie January 19.
These are just my personal choices no doubt others will have their own ideas - Lance
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Women Play Jazz! Workshops @ The Globe, Saturdays - January 6 -27

Beats & Pieces Big Band @ RNCM, Manchester – Jan 27
Saturday, January 27, 2018
All This and Heaven Too
CD Review: Leslie Pintchik - You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl!
BABMUS @ The Jazz Café - Jan 25

Binker & Moses…another chance to hear

Friday, January 26, 2018
Tequila!
Jazz North East's "JAZZ DE LUXE" at the Lit & Phil, Newcastle - January 21 (evening)
Jazz North East's "JAZZ DE LUXE" at the Lit & Phil, Newcastle - January 21 (afternoon)

Last few for Paul Booth
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Chris Sharkey: In Progress @ The Jazz Café - Jan 24
And it wasn’t!
Near Enough For Jazz - Bill Harper Reflects


Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Classic Swing @ The Ship, Monkseaton - January 23
RIP Hugh Masekela.

Monday, January 22, 2018
County Durham update

Bradley Johnston @ The Fire Station, Sunderland - Jan 21
CD Review: Melody Gardot - Live In Europe
CD Review: Greg Cordez - Last Things Last.

influences such as Reid Anderson, Todd Sickafoose - whoever they are - along with Charlie Haden (I know who he is!) but, overall, I get the feeling that the omnipresent figure is Mingus. Which is no bad thing.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
RIP Roswell Rudd (1935-2017)

Saturday, January 20, 2018
Graeme Wilson Quartet @ The Jazz Café - Jan 19

Incognito @ Hoochie - January 19.
Friday, January 19, 2018
Jambone @ Sage Gateshead - January 18
Thursday, January 18, 2018
CD Review: Kate McGarry - The Subject Tonight is Love
CD Review: David Series - Meerkat Parade.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Jazz Café Jam Session - January 16
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
RIP Marlene VerPlanck

Jazz Café update

Monday, January 15, 2018
Cat Appeal
Francis Tulip Quartet @ The Quakerhouse, Darlington - Jan 14

Sunday, January 14, 2018
A bit on the Side

Saturday, January 13, 2018
Paul Edis Trio @ The Jazz Café - Jan 12
Friday, January 12, 2018
The Mo Scott Band @ The Globe, January 11
CD Review: Ed Jones - For Your Ears Only

Our Men in Hong Kong.

Lance
All change at the Caff

Thursday, January 11, 2018
Lunchtime Jazz @ the Lit & Phil.

Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Help Musicians UK announces Helena Kay the winner of prestigious Peter Whittingham Jazz Award 2017
Francis Tulip Quartet @ The Fox Inn, Hexham - Jan 9
Celebrate 20 years of Concerts @ Caedmon by NCRO

Tuesday, January 09, 2018
Jazz on Wearside!

Monday, January 08, 2018
Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny - Jan 7

Sunday, January 07, 2018
Frank Morgan

The FT4 set to reconvene

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- Classic Swing @ The Ship, Monkseaton - January 30
- CD Review: Matthew Read Trio - Anecdotes II
- Paul Booth – Going! Going! Gone!
- Annie Ross
- Best of the month - January
- Women Play Jazz! Workshops @ The Globe, Saturdays ...
- Beats & Pieces Big Band @ RNCM, Manchester – Jan 27
- All This and Heaven Too
- CD Review: Leslie Pintchik - You Eat My Food, You...
- BABMUS @ The Jazz Café - Jan 25
- Binker & Moses…another chance to hear
- Tequila!
- Jazz North East's "JAZZ DE LUXE" at the Lit & Phil...
- Jazz North East's "JAZZ DE LUXE" at the Lit & Phil...
- Near Enough For Jazz (continued)
- Last few for Paul Booth
- Chris Sharkey: In Progress @ The Jazz Café - Jan 24
- Near Enough For Jazz - Bill Harper Reflects
- Classic Swing @ The Ship, Monkseaton - January 23
- RIP Hugh Masekela.
- County Durham update
- Bradley Johnston @ The Fire Station, Sunderland - ...
- CD Review: Melody Gardot - Live In Europe
- CD Review: Greg Cordez - Last Things Last.
- RIP Roswell Rudd (1935-2017)
- Graeme Wilson Quartet @ The Jazz Café - Jan 19
- Incognito @ Hoochie - January 19.
- Jambone @ Sage Gateshead - January 18
- CD Review: Kate McGarry - The Subject Tonight is Love
- CD Review: David Series - Meerkat Parade.
- Jazz Café Jam Session - January 16
- RIP Marlene VerPlanck
- Jazz Café update
- Cat Appeal
- Francis Tulip Quartet @ The Quakerhouse, Darlingto...
- A bit on the Side
- Paul Edis Trio @ The Jazz Café - Jan 12
- The Mo Scott Band @ The Globe, January 11
- CD Review: Ed Jones - For Your Ears Only
- Our Men in Hong Kong.
- All change at the Caff
- Lunchtime Jazz @ the Lit & Phil.
- Help Musicians UK announces Helena Kay the winner ...
- Francis Tulip Quartet @ The Fox Inn, Hexham - Jan 9
- Celebrate 20 years of Concerts @ Caedmon by NCRO
- Jazz on Wearside!
- Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny - Jan 7
- Frank Morgan
- The FT4 set to reconvene
- CD Review: Birkett & Fisk Play Venuti & Lang
- King Bees @ Billy Bootleggers – Jan 5
- Northern Monkey Brass Band @ Gala Theatre, Durham ...
- CD Review: Various Artists - Live at the Spotted Dog.
- CD Review: Mark Cherrie Quartet - Joining the Dots
- Richard Grainger remembers working in JG Windows Ltd.
- CD Review: Phil DeGreg Trio - Queen City Blues
- Tony's top ten for 2017
- Ron Francis Blake - Assimilation
- Paul Edis - Live on stage and on radio
- Bernicia Duo @ The Half Moon, Stakeford - January 1
- More Highlights of 2017
- Songs Of The Year For 2017 from Ann Alex
- CD Review: Carlos Malta & Thomas Clausen - Dreamland.
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