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MAY 2025
Sat 24: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 12:30-2:15pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 24: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Bywell Hall, Stocksfield. 1:30pm. Northumberland County Show.
Sat 24: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 24: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ The Peacock, Sunderland. 6:00pm.
Sat 24: Dean Stockdale Quartet + Mingus Sings @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 7:00pm. Admission: see website: www.queenshall.co.uk. Stockdale (piano); Tim Williams (guitar); Gavin Barras (double bass); Gaz Hughes (drums) + Mingus Sings: Sara Oschlag (vocals); Alan Barnes (reeds); Tim Lapthorn (piano); Arnie Somogyi (double bass); Clark Tracey (drums). A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sat 24: Joseph Carville Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 24: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. £12.00.
Sat 24: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm (7:00pm doors). £3.00. + bf.
Sat 24: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 25: Northern Monkey Brass Band @ Spanish City Plaza (outdoor stage). 11:30am & 1:00pm. Free. A Whitley Bay Carnival event.
Sun 25: Zoë Gilby & Andy Champion: Bandstand Sessions @ The Sele, Hexham. 12 noon. Free. A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sun 25: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 25: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, North Shields. 1:30pm. Free.
Sun 25: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 25: Catriona Bourne Quartet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Admission: see website: www.queenshall.co.uk. Bourne (harp), Francis Tulip (guitar), James Owston (double bass), Joe Bainbridge (drums). A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sun 25: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 25: Struggle Buggy @ The Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. Blues.
Sun 25: Joe Steels Group + Norma Winstone (vocals); Nikki Iles (piano); Mike Walker (guitar); Steve Watts (double bass). 7:00pm. Admission: see website: www.queenshall.co.uk. Steels (guitar); Ferg Kilsby (trumpet, flugelhorn); Ben Lawrence (piano); Paul Susans (double bass); John Hirst (drums). A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sun 25: Jazz Jam Sandwich! @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 25: Xhosa Cole/Neil Charles/Mark Sanders @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A JNE promotion. Note: Xhosa Cole replaces Nicole Mitchell.
Mon 26: Catriona Bourne Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00. at the door; £8.20. (inc £0.20 bf) online, in advance.
Mon 26: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 27: Bold Big Band @ Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £12.00. & £10.00.
Tue 27: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ Newcastle House Hotel, Front St., Rothbury NE65 7UT.7:30pm. £12.00.; £10.00. adv. from Tully’s (opp. venue).
Wed 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 28: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 28: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 29: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: That’s the Blues, Dad.
Thu 29: Nova.sol + Mikoudi @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 29: Front Porch Three @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Americana, blues etc.
Fri 30: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 30: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 30: Rivkala @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Fri 30: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Middleton & Tonbridge Village Hall. 7:30pm.
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Tuesday, May 07, 2019
Darlington Jazz Festival: Sebastiaan de Krom Quintet @ The Market Square Marquee - May 4

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- May Magic - Update of Gig/CD of the Year contenders.
- Preview: Jo Harrop, Vasilis Xenopoulos, Paul Edis ...
- Joseph Carville Trio @ The Globe - May 30
- CD Review: Doug MacDonald - Califournia Quartet
- The Levee Ramblers @ Springwell Village Community ...
- JAMIE CULLUM TO HEADLINE JAZZ FESTIVAL
- CD Review: Tierney Sutton Band - Screenplay
- Marie Curie Fundraiser - A Concert for Margaret Ba...
- Jam Session @ the Black Swan - May 28
- Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival, Burton Agnes...
- Lady And The Jazz Tramps @ The Globe - May 25
- CD Review: Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra - Along ...
- Rest In Peace Gene Jarred - UPDATE
- Jazz in the Afternoon @ Cullercoats Crescent Club ...
- CD Review: The Last Taxi - New Destinations
- Gavin Lee: Remembering Reg Wall's New Orleans Ragt...
- CD Review: Partisans - NIT DE NIT
- Singin' The Blues
- CD Review: Beata Pater - Tet
- Early evening start for CHBB 20th anniversary concert
- Giles Strong Trio @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall - Ma...
- Vote Maine Street Jazzmen! @ Sunniside Social club...
- Blue Note turns 80!
- CD Review: Fred Hersch & The WDR Big Band (Arrange...
- CD Review: Count Basie - Swinging the Blues
- Julija Jacenaite & Alan Law @ Jazz Cafe Mezzanine ...
- River City Jazzmen @ Ashington Jazz Club (Block & ...
- Oscar Jerome @ Sage Gateshead – May 21
- Kamasi Washington @ Sage Gateshead - May 21
- CD Review: Jordon Dixon - On!
- CD Review: Carol Sudhalter Quartet - Live at Saint...
- Sue Ferris Quintet @ Blaydon Jazz Club - May 19
- Philip Clouts Quartet @ The Globe Jazz Bar - May 19.
- A Closer Walk to Charts - May 19
- Sweet & Hot @ Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club - M...
- What I Did At the Late Shows - May 18
- CD Review: Billy Brandt - City Noir
- CD Review: Marton Juhasz - Discovery
- Preview: Kamasi Washington @ Sage Gateshead, Tuesd...
- Preview: Philip Clouts Quartet @ The Globe Sunday...
- Preview: Sue Ferris Quintet @ Blaydon Jazz Club Su...
- CD Review: Alex Hitchcock Quintet - All Good things
- Classic Swing @ Jesmond British Legion - May 17
- CD Review: Yoko Miwa Trio - Keep Talkin'
- Recitals @ Newcastle University: Alex Utting (trom...
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: Reflections...
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: George Melly - The ...
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: Keith Nichols & the...
- Chris Hodgkin's International Quartet to play Zeff...
- Jam Session @ The Black Swan - May 14.
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: Basin Street Brawle...
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: Tommy Harkenrider Q...
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: Keith Nichols' Raga...
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: Basin Street Brawle...
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: Keith Nichols Orche...
- RIP Doris Day
- Andrea Vicari Trio w. Zoë Gilby @ The Prohibition ...
- CD Review: Kino Trio - Il Ciela Sopra Berlina
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: The Vitality Five -...
- Soul'd Out @ Hoochie Coochie - May 10.
- Cheltenham Jazz Festival: Swing Out Sister @ Town ...
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: Barnes plays Hodges...
- Metered Magic: Andrea Vicari Trio @ The Lit & Phil...
- Kenny Burrell Appeal
- Blue Light - the Duke Ellington Society UK magazine
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: Norbert & Enrico - ...
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: Michael McQuaid Tri...
- Keswick Jazz & Blues Festival: Salute to Fats – May 9
- Gerry Richardson Soul Jazz Quartet @ Hoochie Cooch...
- Debuts and Departures: The Gala Big Band @ Ushaw C...
- Zoë Gilby and Andy Champion @ Sage Gateshead – May 8
- Trish Clowes My Iris Quartet @ Sage Gateshead - May 8
- Sad news from Keswick
- Cheltenham Jazz Festival: Dave Sanborn Acoustic Ba...
- James Harrison & Paul Skerritt @ Jazz Cafe Mezzani...
- Newcastle University Jazz Orchestra @ The Globe, N...
- Customs House Big Band @ Dormans Jazz Festival Mid...
- CD Review: Alvin Queen Trio - OP (A Tribute to Osc...
- CD Review: Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster
- It's that time of year again - Parliamentary Jazz ...
- Jazz North Selects Seven Bands For Seventh Round O...
- Anth Purdy: Swing Jazz Guitar @ The Quakerhouse, D...
- Cheltenham Jazz Festival: Vula Viel @ Parabola Art...
- Darlington Jazz Festival: Durham Alumni Big Band @...
- CD Review: Tom Syson - Different Coloured Days
- Darlington Jazz Festival: Gypsy Jazz Brunch & Trip...
- Darlington Jazz Festival: Sebastiaan de Krom Quint...
- Darlington Jazz Festival: Stockdale, Shoulder, Fin...
- River City Hot 4 @ Beresford Arms, Whalton - May 6
- Cheltenham Jazz Festival: Rymden @ the Jazz Arena ...
- Jazz Coop 5th Anniversary Party @ The Globe - Apri...
- Darlington Jazz Festival: Quakerhouse - May 4
- Darlington Jazz Festival: New Century Ragtime Orch...
- Book Review: Frank R. Hayde - Stan Levey Jazz Heav...
- CD Review: Kim Cypher - Love Kim x
- Gigster Notes
- Darlington Jazz Festival: Matt Roberts Sextet @ Th...
- Simon Spillett w. Paul Edis Trio @ Ushaw College n...
- Simon Spillett & Paul Edis @ Gala Theatre, Durham ...
- No Blues for David.
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1 comment :
How these guys played such mesmerising jazz when the temperature must have been close to freezing beggars belief true pros, that’s why they’re at the top of the tree. Must mention Gareth Williams great chordal and solo work.
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