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November
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). Tickets: £25.00. inc. buffet. A Gatsby themed evening.
Thu 30: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops and Cheese, 9-11 Tower St., Hartlepool, TS24 7HH. 7:30pm.
Thu 30: Jools Holland's R & B Orchestra @ Newcastle City Hall. 7:30pm.
Thu 30: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 30: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. Guest band night: Mark Toomey Quintet (Mark Toomey, sax; Paul Donnelly, guitar; Jeremy McMurray, keys; Peter Ayton, bass; Mark Robertson, drums). 9:00pm.
December
Fri 01: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 01: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 01: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 01: Paul Skerritt @ All Saints’ Church, Eastgate, Co. Durham. 7:00pm. Xmas Tree Fest.
Fri 01: Alligator Gumbo @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 01: Nu Sound Brass @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Fri 01: Struggle Buggy w. Jim Murray @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Blind Pig Blues Club. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 02: Paula Jackman's Jazz Masters @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00.
Sat 02: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 02: Abbie Finn Trio @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00pm.
Sat 02: Tenement Jazz Band @ John Marley Centre, Newcastle. Swing Tyne Winter Social. £8.00. + bf. Advance purchase only, no admission at the door. BYOB. Lindy hop workshop from 11:00am. £39.00.
Sat 02: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ The Masham, Hartburn Village, Stockton. 7:00pm. Feat. Noel Dennis.
Sat 02: Classic Swing @ The Nuthatch, 9 - 11 Bedford St, Middlesbrough TS1 2LL. 7:00-9:00pm. Classic Swing in trio format.
Sat 02: Paul Skerritt w. Danny Miller Big Band @ Westovian Theatre, South Shields. 7:30pm.
Sat 02: Vermont Big Band @ Whitley Bay FC. 7:30pm. £10.00. (inc. hot buffet). Tickets available from WBFC’s Seahorse pub club house.
Sat 02: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Ponteland Social Club, Northumberland. 7:30pm. £18.00 (inc. stotties & soup supper). A fundraiser for Hexham Constituency Labour Party.
Sat 02: Durham Dynamics & Basement Jazz @ Kingsgate Bar & Café, Durham Students’ Union. 7:30pm. £5.00. (£4.50. concs.). ‘Fab & Festive’. A cappella & jazz. Abba, Mariah Carey & more.
Sat 02: Tom Remon & Laurence Harrison @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. Xmas party night inc. buffet & special raffle. £3.00.
Sat 02: Groovetrain @ The Unionist Club, Laygate, South Shields. 9:00pm.
Sun 03: The Central Bar Quartet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00. The Central Bar Quartet plays Lou Donaldson’s Gravy Train. Featuring Jamie Toms.
Sun 03: Paul Skerritt @ Smith’s Arms, Carlton, Stockton-on-Tees. 7:00pm.
Sun 03: Johnny Hunter Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 03: Jam session @ The Schooner, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Free.
Mon 04: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 04: Northern Monkey Brass Band @ People’s Kitchen, Bath Lane, Newcastle. From 5:30pm. On-street gig supporting the work of the People’s Kitchen charity. Wrap up warm! Donate!
Mon 04: Michael Young Trio w Lindsay Hannon @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 7:00pm. Free.
Mon 04: James Birkett Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £8.00.
Mon 04: Durham University Jazz Orchestra + Durham University Big Band @ Durham Castle DH1 3RW. 8:30pm. £6.00.; £5.00. concs; £4.00. DSM. ‘Jazzy Christmas’.
Tue 05: Customs House Big Band @ All Saints Church, Cleadon. 7:00pm. Concert in the church hall. BYOB.
Tue 05: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Michael Young, Paul Grainger, Sid White. The best free show in town!
Wed 06: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 06: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 8:00pm. Free. Note later start time, concert performance (open to the public).
Wed 06: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Jambone, full house, Eales impressed
Emma Fisk's Hot Club du Nord @ Sage Gateshead - June 29

(Review by Lance/photo courtesy of Russell).
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Northern Monkey Brass Band CD launch @ The Old Coal Yard - June 28

Preview: Ushaw Jazz Festival 2019
Photo credits where known:
Buck Clayton Legacy Band - Alan Ainsworth.
John Pope Quintet - Ken Drew.
Tony Kofi - Geoff Davies.
Eric Stutt Retires...

Friday, June 28, 2019
Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ The Bridge Hotel - June 27


Zhenya Strigalev & Frederico Dannemann - The Change

Tonight @ Old Coal Yard Northern Monkey Brass Band launch CD
Abbie Finn Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle - June 27
(Review by Lance/Photos courtesy of Barry Luccock)
I'm always a bit wary of pianoless trios, it invariably requires a Sonny Rollins or a Joshua Redman to carry it off without becoming a masterclass in boring self-indulgence. Well, you can add Harry Keeble to the above list, this was an absolute gem. Straight down the middle hard bop blowing by a tenor player who should be a jazz household name and, on the strength of last night's Jazz Coop promotion at the Globe, soon will be.
CD Review: Mikael Mani Trio - Bobby

Thursday, June 27, 2019
Tonight @ the Globe - Abbie Finn Trio!
CD Review: Babelfish - Once Upon a Tide

(Review by Steve H)
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Jam Session @ the Black Swan - June 25
CD Review: Fleur Stevenson - Follow Me

Tuesday, June 25, 2019
CD Review: Dave Wilson Quartet - One Night at Chris'
Monday, June 24, 2019
RIP Dave Bartholomew
CD Review: Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian - When Will The Blues Leave
Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Hoochie Coochie - June 23.
Never has the phrase 'hit the deck running' been more apt than at Hoochiee last night! SSBB did that and more on the opener Fast Cars the title of which would come back to bite me later on...
Spurred on by super-dep stickman McKeague this band wasn't smokin' it was burnin' and leader Lamb and guitarist PJ fanned the flames - phew, it's 'ot in 'ere! Things cooled down with a couple of vocals from Ms. Grace - Blue Skies and Mad About the Boy - our girl was in good voice on a night when she had to be! Jamie Toms blew tenor on Blue Skies. He too had to be on his metal for the next number - Grand Central.
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Jazz '65

Book Review: Andrew Cartmel - Flip Back

The Vinyl Detective is back! Accompanied by his lovely partner, Nevada, his best friend Tinkler and the unrequited love of the latter's life, Agatha DuBois-Kanes, also known as Clean Head, he sets off on a quest to locate a rare piece of vinyl.
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Preview SSBB @ Hoochie Coochie

Big Bear Spills the Beans

Jazz on 3 - Saturday 22

CD Review: Rebecca Dumaine & the Dave Miller Combo - Chez Nous

Friday, June 21, 2019
Make Music Day @ Darlington Market Square - June 21
On Parole in Cullercoats Bay

Alice Grace Trio @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall - June 21

Heller-Glendinning: Billie Meets Kurt @ the Globe - June 20
Thursday, June 20, 2019
CD/LP Review: Tubby Hayes Quartet - Grits, Beans and Greens: The Lost Fontana Sessions
Your Middlesbrough Jazz 'n' Blues Dansette
Tonight! Abbie's Lifesaving Infusion!

CD Review: Avishai Cohen - Arvoles

Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Alexys de Alfaro & Julija Jacenaite @ Jazz Cafe Mezzanine - June 19
Lickety Split @ The Fox Inn, Hexham - June 18
New Newcastle Jazz Festival News - August 17

The new Newcastle Jazz Festival debuts its festival in a day this summer and is excited to present in its first programme the best of the North East’s current jazz scene in partnership with Tyne Bank Brewery.
CD Review: Bonsai – Bonsai Club
CD Review: Judy Wexler - Crowded Heart

Tuesday, June 18, 2019
One more, one more time with the Tenement Jazz Band - June 18

CD Review/Interview: Daniel Elms with Manchester Collective & Jubilee Quartet - Islandia (New Amsterdam NWAM114)
Tenement Jazz Band @ the Prohibition Bar, Newcastle - June 17

John Youngs (guitar/banjo/vocal); Charles Dearness (trumpet); Paddy Darley (trombone); Tom Pickles (soprano & alto sax); Doug Kemp (bass).
(Review by Lance).
Terri Shaltiel Band @ Hoochie Coochie - June 14
CD/LP Review: Scott Hamilton Quartet - Danish Ballads & More
Monday, June 17, 2019
Preview: Tonight, Prohibition Bar Gig of the Year, again!
Francis Tulip Quartet @ Blaydon Jazz Club - June 16
CD Review: Areni Agbabian - Bloom
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Customs House Big Band @ the Customs House, South Shields - June 16

Jazz Social @ Charts - June 16
Preview: Francis Tulip on Bloomsday
Tyne Valley Big Band @ Tynedale Beer and Cider Festival, Corbridge - June 15

Saturday, June 15, 2019
Showtime with Soznak

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- Jambone, full house, Eales impressed
- Emma Fisk's Hot Club du Nord @ Sage Gateshead - Ju...
- Northern Monkey Brass Band CD launch @ The Old Coa...
- Preview: Ushaw Jazz Festival 2019
- Eric Stutt Retires...
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ The Bridge Hotel - Jun...
- Zhenya Strigalev & Frederico Dannemann - The Change
- Tonight @ Old Coal Yard Northern Monkey Brass Band...
- Abbie Finn Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle - June 27
- CD Review: Mikael Mani Trio - Bobby
- Tonight @ the Globe - Abbie Finn Trio!
- CD Review: Babelfish - Once Upon a Tide
- Jam Session @ the Black Swan - June 25
- CD Review: Fleur Stevenson - Follow Me
- CD Review: Dave Wilson Quartet - One Night at Chris'
- RIP Dave Bartholomew
- CD Review: Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian -...
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Hoochie Coochie - June...
- Jazz '65
- Book Review: Andrew Cartmel - Flip Back
- Preview SSBB @ Hoochie Coochie
- Big Bear Spills the Beans
- Jazz on 3 - Saturday 22
- CD Review: Rebecca Dumaine & the Dave Miller Combo...
- Make Music Day @ Darlington Market Square - June 21
- On Parole in Cullercoats Bay
- Alice Grace Trio @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall - Jun...
- Heller-Glendinning: Billie Meets Kurt @ the Globe ...
- CD/LP Review: Tubby Hayes Quartet - Grits, Beans a...
- Your Middlesbrough Jazz 'n' Blues Dansette
- Tonight! Abbie's Lifesaving Infusion!
- CD Review: Avishai Cohen - Arvoles
- Alexys de Alfaro & Julija Jacenaite @ Jazz Cafe Me...
- Lickety Split @ The Fox Inn, Hexham - June 18
- New Newcastle Jazz Festival News - August 17
- CD Review: Bonsai – Bonsai Club
- CD Review: Judy Wexler - Crowded Heart
- One more, one more time with the Tenement Jazz Ban...
- CD Review/Interview: Daniel Elms with Manchester C...
- Tenement Jazz Band @ the Prohibition Bar, Newcastl...
- Terri Shaltiel Band @ Hoochie Coochie - June 14
- CD/LP Review: Scott Hamilton Quartet - Danish Ball...
- Preview: Tonight, Prohibition Bar Gig of the Year,...
- Francis Tulip Quartet @ Blaydon Jazz Club - June 16
- CD Review: Areni Agbabian - Bloom
- Customs House Big Band @ the Customs House, South ...
- Jazz Social @ Charts - June 16
- Preview: Francis Tulip on Bloomsday
- Tyne Valley Big Band @ Tynedale Beer and Cider Fes...
- Showtime with Soznak
- Remembering Rick by Keith Armstrong
- Dutch trio surfaces in Newcastle double bill
- House of the Black Gardenia @ Cumberland Arms, Ous...
- Durham University Big Band's Big Summer Gig @ Durh...
- Tori Freestone Trio @ The Black Swan Arts Centre -...
- CD Review: David Stryker - Eight Track III
- RICK TAYLOR. (January 31, 1957 - June 7, 2019)
- CD Review: Jeff Williams – Bloom
- CD Review:Zoe Francis - Blue Town
- Folk-Jazz Interweaving: Elina Duni / Trio FCT @ T...
- Jam Session @ The Black Swan - June 11
- Jeremy McMurray and the Pocket Orchestra @ Dormans...
- Paul Edis & Graeme Wilson @ DJazz 2019 (Part two)
- Paul Edis and Graeme Wilson @ DJazz 2019 (Part one)
- Move over Liz Taylor, Lana Turner & Liberace make ...
- DJazz Day One. Friday, June 7 - Arun Ghosh @ Durha...
- DJazz: Sunday - June 9
- Preview: Don't Get Around Much Any More? Then Come...
- The Sky's the Limit!
- Preview: Customs House Big Band 'Swing on a Summer...
- More DJazz 2019
- What I Did at Durham City Jazz Festival (DJazz) - ...
- The Alexander Bone Trio @ Swaledale Festival of Mu...
- DJazz: Saturday - June 8
- Jazz in Jarrow - Just for the record
- DJAZZ Weather Report
- Brownfield-Byrne Quintet @ Saltburn Jazz Club - Ju...
- RIP Rick Taylor.
- Vasilis Xenopoulos w. Paul Edis Trio @ Ushaw Colle...
- Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis @ The Gala Theatre,...
- CD Review: Coniece Washington - Shades Of Shirley ...
- Time & Place: Paul Edis Quartet, Jo Harrop, Vasili...
- Jamming in Jesmond @ the Dun Cow - June 5
- Over in the Glory Land with Dave Rae's New Orleans...
- CD Review: Bennett Paster - Indivisible
- CD Review: Eric Alexander - Leap of Faith
- Tune In to the Luft Generation
- RIP Dennis Farnon
- CD Review: Larry Corban - Emergence
- CD Review: Andrew McCormack - Graviton: The Calling
- CD Review: Mikkel Nordsø Quintet. - Out There
- CD Review: Hazel Mitchell-Bell - Stronger Than Ever
- CD Review: Tori Freestone Trio - El Mar de Nubes
- Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon - June 1
- CD/LP Review: Chet Baker - Easy to Love
- New Dawn!
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