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Bebop Spoken There
Guy Barker: "You have to play it [the trumpet] every day or you just won't be match-fit." - (Jazz Rag, Winter 2019.)

Today Thursday December 12
Afternoon
Jazz
Vieux Carré Jazzmen - Holystone, Whitley Road, Holystone NE27 0DA. Tel: 0191 266 6173. 12:00pm. Free.
Note earlier time for this week only!
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Evening
Jazz
Hot Club du Nord - Lubetkin Theatre, East Durham College, Willerby Drive, Peterlee SR8 2RN. Tel: 0191 518 2000. 7:00pm. £10.00. (£5.00. under 18s). 'Jazz at the Lubetkin'.
Gala Big Band - Gala Theatre & Cinema, Millennium Place, Durham DH1 1WA. Tel: 03000 266 600. 7:30pm. £10.00. (£8.00. concs.). ‘Gala Big Band Does Christmas’.
Durham University Big Band - Dunelm House, New Elvet, Durham DH1 3AN. Tel: 0191 334 1777. Free. 7:30pm. ‘Jazzy Christmas’.
Indigo Jazz Voices - The Globe, Railway Street, Newcastle NE4 7AD. 7:30pm. £5.00. (£2.00. student).
Maine Street Jazzmen - Sunniside Social Club, Hollywell Lane, Sunniside, Gateshead NE16 5NJ. Tel: 0191 488 7347. 8:30pm. Free.
Tees Hot Club w. Gus Smith (vocals); Dave Stansfield (tenor sax); Ted Pearce (keys) - Dorman’s Club, Oxford Road, Middlesbrough TS5 5DT. Tel: 01642 823813. 8:30pm. Free.
New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band - Oxbridge, Oxbridge Lane, Stockton on Tees TS18 4AW. 8:30pm. £2.50.
Blues/Soul/Funk/Etc.
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To the best of our knowledge, details of the above events are correct but may be subject to alteration.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
CD Review: Adam Baldych Quartet - Sacrum Profanum

International Jazz Day

The Eales' Report: BATH, Opus 4, Old Elvet and more...
Monday, April 29, 2019
Joe Reid: Postgraduate Recital @ Newcastle University - April 29
Preview: Darlington Jazz Festival (May 3-5)

Sunday, April 28, 2019
CD Reviews: Dinah Washington - Blues For a Day & Sarah Vaughan - Lover Man

(Review by Lance)
Another couple from the fantastic Dreyfus Jazz catalogue by two of the most charismatic singers of the era.
Pepperland @ Newcastle Theatre Royal - April 27

John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension @ the Barbican, London – April 23.

The person who introduced the show observed that you can punctuate your life via the different phases of John McLaughlin. My own experience of the uber guitarist has been more intermittent, with my first in ‘73, two in the mid-nineties and three in the last four years.
I thought we might get some more Mahavishnu Orchestra and they opened with Trilogy, the long piece from Between Nothingness and Eternity (1973), with some added konnakol singing from Ranjit Barot, variously described as Indian scat singing and Indian drum language.
Thereafter, the set was drawn from across his long career, including Love and Understanding from Electric Dreams (1979) and Pharoah Saunder's The Creator Has a Masterplan, which he originally covered on the album he shared with Carlos Santana (also ‘73).
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Jambone @ Sage Gateshead - April 26
The Ronnie Scott's Story: 60th Anniversary Concert @ Sage Gateshead - April 26


Friday, April 26, 2019
Preview: The Ronnie Scott’s Story @ Sage Gateshead - grab a return, if one is going spare!
Preview: Pepperland @ Newcastle Theatre Royal - April 26 & 27

Thursday, April 25, 2019
Dean Stockdale & Mick Shoulder @ Jazz Cafe Mezzanine - April 24

Jarra Jazz

Archipelago plus Paul Taylor @ the Lit and Phil - April 18


Bebop Parlé Ici - Bienvenue à Raphaël Perez

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Anth Purdy's Swing & Jazz Guitar @ Dormans Jazz Festival, Middlesbrough - April 18
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Ubuntu Music Signs Tenor Sax Titan Paul Booth

CD Review: Steve Lipman - Hats Off
CD Review: Lauren White - Life in the Modern World

(Review by Lance.)
"You just have to whistle. You know how to whistle don't you? You just put your lips together and blow". Lauren Bacall famously delivered that line to Bogie in the noir film To Have and Have Not. Bacall also 'sang' How Little We Know in the film although Andy Williams was rumoured to have ghosted Lauren's voice! This Lauren doesn't need no ghosts to sing the Hoagy/Mercer song and if she did it certainly wouldn't be Andy Williams!
Monday, April 22, 2019
A Starry Jazz in the Afternoon @ Cullercoats Crescent Club - Easter Monday (April 22)
CD Review: Aimee Nolte - Looking For The Answers

Swing Manouche @ Blaydon Jazz Club - Easter Day (April 21)

(Review by Russell)
Sunday, April 21, 2019
The Cookers, Cécile & the blues...all night long
North East Jazz Record Requests!
Link.
A Great Day in Harlem: Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Gosforth Civic Theatre - April 20
CD Review: Nat King Cole - For Sentimental Reasons.

Saturday, April 20, 2019
Showtime with Soznak @ Northumberland St., Newcastle - Easter Saturday (April 20)

Preview: Swing Manouche @ Blaydon Jazz Club - Easter Day (April 21)
Classic Swing @ Jesmond British Legion - Good Friday (April 19)

3.75 million!
CD Review: Tom Cawley - Catenaccio

Friday, April 19, 2019
DJazz Festival Launch - Courtyard Cafe, Durham - April 18

Joseph Carville Trio @ Bar Loco, Newcastle - April 18
How do we judge jazz performers?
The JR Trio @ the Globe Jazz Bar
CD Review: Gwen & Tiana - African Time

Thursday, April 18, 2019
Blank Taped - April 17

Wednesday, April 17, 2019
CD Review: Oscar Peterson - Get Happy

(Review by Lance).
Jam Session @ the Black Swan - April 16
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
CD of the Year - 14 discs forecast to tie for first place! - Part one

Monday, April 15, 2019
Blaydon Gig this Sunday
Meraki + The Early Bird Band @ the Lit and Phil – April 12
There is probably nothing that quite encapsulates the beauty of jazz than an accomplished piano trio. This was emphasised in spades as this marvellous outfit captivated a packed Lit and Phil on Friday night. All the music played were Naylor originals and were extremely complex even if he said so himself. He also said how hard it is to get musicians to plays one’s own music. He certainly lucked out with this band; not only did they perform brilliantly but they did so without any written music having taken the trouble to learn it all.
Preview: A Great Day in Gosforth with the SSBB - Easter Saturday (April 20)
Marie Curie Fundraiser
Preview: Triptych CD recording sessions
