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Wed 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 09: Jam session @ The Tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: The Hopper-Watson Quintet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 8:00pm (7:30pm doors). £10.00. + £1.00. bf.
Wed 09: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 10: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Soloists, Orchestras & Hot Fives.
Thu 10: Side Café Orkestar @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 11: Paul Skerritt Quartet @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church, Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00. A Bishop Auckland Jazz promotion. New venue (second Friday in the month)!
Fri 11: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 11: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 11: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 11: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Beehive, Earsdon NE25 0SZ. 5:00-7:00pm. Free.
Fri 11: Fiona Finden Jazz Express @ Flash House Brewery, North Shields NE30 1DS. 8:00pm. Free.
Sat 12: Jazz Stage @ Mouth of the Tyne Festival. From 12 noon. Free. Vieux Carré Jazzmen (12 noon); Rendezvous Jazz (1:00pm); Mississippi Dreamboats (2:00pm); Classic Swing (3:00pm); Abbie Finn Trio (4:00pm). Stage adjacent to Tynemouth Priory.
Sat 12: Making Music Seminar: Latin American Music v. Music of Latin America @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 1:00pm. £15.00. (£5.00. online). Jason Holcomb, Alix Shepherd & Carlos Luis Rivera.
Sat 12: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 12: Jude Murphy & Dan Stanley @ Lovaine Community Garden, North Shields. 7:00pm (doors 6:40pm). £6.00. Limited places, booking essential (via the Community Garden website). BYOF&D.
Sat 12: Hot Club du Nord @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Hall Two.
Sat 12: Sleep Suppressor @ Repas 7 by Night, Berwick. 8:00pm.
Sat 12: Anth Purdy @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle.8:00pm. Free. ‘Swing Jazz Guitar’. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 13: Jazz Stage @ Mouth of the Tyne Festival. From 11:00am. Free. Trilogy of Four (11:00am); East Coast Jazzmen (12:10pm); Delta Prophets Trio (1:20pm); House of the Black Gardenia (2:30pm); Mouth of the Tyne All Stars (3:40pm). Stage adjacent to Tynemouth Priory.
Sun 13: Giles Strong Quartet @ The Sele, Hexham. 12 noon. Free. ‘The Bandstand Sessions’.
Sun 13: Julie Dexter @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:30pm (doors). £20.00. ‘The Cluny Matinee Jazz Club’.
Sun 13: ’58 Jazz Collective, Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 13: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall. 2:00pm. Tea Dance. SOLD OUT! A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 13: Ferg Kilsby @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Kilsby (trumpet, flugelhorn); Luis Verde (alto sax); Ben Lawrence (piano); Andy Champion (double bass); John Hirst (drums).
Sun 13: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 13: Sloth Racket @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.
Mon 14: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club (1:00pm). Free.
Mon 14: Brass Bash @ Hardwick Park, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Mon 14: Brass Bash @ The Story, Mount Oswald, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Sluice. Tel: 0191 237 3697. 12:30pm. ‘July Jazz Barbecue’. Tickets: £15.00.
Tue 15: Brass Bash @ Hackworth Park, Shildon, Co. Durham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Brass Bash @ The Witham, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Julian Lage Trio @ 1856 Exchange, North Shields. 7:30pm . Lage (guitar); Jorge Roeder (double bass); Joey Barron (drums).
Tue 15: Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra @ The Hippodrome, Darlington. 7:30pm.
Tue 15: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Stu Collingwood, Paul Grainger, Bailey Rudd.
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O Come All Ye Jazz Fans: ‘A Jazzy Christmas’ Comes to Middlesbrough This December

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- CD Review: John Bailey - Can You Imagine?
- Liane Carroll @ Ronnie Scott's - December 26
- CD Review: Andy Scott + Group S - Ruby & All Thing...
- Probably the last jam session of the year @ The Gl...
- George Shovlin & the Radars + Groove-a-matics + Ar...
- Gigs of the Year - James Metcalf
- Gigs of the Year - Francis Tulip
- RIP Paul Munnery
- Nexus Symphony Opus 27
- CDs of the Year (Big Band) - Lance
- Down by the Riverside
- Hodgson Sings Sting!
- Gigs/CDs of the Year - Tony Eales
- CDs of the Year 2019 – Chris K
- Gigs of the Year 2019 - Chris K
- CDs of the Year (International) - Lance
- Vieux Carre Hot 4 @ The Spanish City - Dec 26
- CDs of the Year (UK) - Lance
- Gigs of the Year - Steve T
- CDs of the Year (Legends) – Lance
- CDs of the Year (vocal) – Lance
- CDs of the Year - Russell
- Gigs of the Year - Russell
- Gigs of the Year - Lance
- The Francis Tulip Quartet @ the Globe Jazz Bar - D...
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Hoochie Coochie - Dec. 22
- Paul Edis & Friends: A Jazzy Christmas @ Sage Gate...
- Reminder
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- Rockin' Robin You Sexy Thing
- Classic Swing @ Jesmond British Legion - Dec 20
- King Bee @ Hoochie Coochie - Dec. 19
- Preview: A Jazzy Christmas
- Dance band days remembered
- You show me yours and I'll show you mine!
- A Forum for Richie Emmerson
- Jazz Apples, four bars in...
- Alice Grace Quartet @ Blaydon Jazz Club - Dec 15
- Sage YMP: Jambone, JB CATS, Jazz Attack and Perc...
- Pauline Haley
- CD Review: Stan Sulzmann & Nikki Iles - Lush Life
- From BATH to the Merry Monk and back again
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Gosforth Civic Theatre...
- Tonight! Alice in Blaydon Wonderland
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- A footnote to Zbigniew Namyslowski's visit to Newc...
- Zbigniew Namyslowski Quintet @ Jazz Café Posk.
- DUBB's Jazzy Xmas @ Durham Students' Union - Dec 12
- CD Review: Robin Phillips - RE-VERSƎD
- The Bold Big Band @ The Dun Cow - Dec 11
- CD Review: John Allee – Bardfly
- A Comment on the Black Swan Jam Session - Dec. 10
- Middlesbrough Jazz & Blues Orchestra @ Dormans Jaz...
- Angelina Smyschlajew: Interim Recital @ Band Studi...
- Year End Jam Session @ The Black Swan - Dec 10
- Royal Variety Performance
- Claire Martin's A Very Merry Christmas
- NYE: Roaring Twenties' Special
- CD Review: Paul Edis & Friends - On Christmas Day
- New York Comes to The Globe
- Jason Isaacs @ Hoochie Coochie - Dec. 8
- Ben Gilbert Trio @ The Globe - Dec 7
- Station to Station - Dec 7
- Kyriaki (Kyra) Pantelidou & Bradley Johnston Duo -...
- Steve Hackett Encore @ Newcastle City Hall 12/11/20
- CD Review: Kit Downes - Dreamlife of Debris
- CD Review: Strictly Smokin' Big Band - Christmas L...
- CD Review: Shake Stew – Gris Gris.
- The Xhosa Cole Quartet @ the Lescar, Sheffield, - ...
- CD Review: Accent - Christmas All the way
- Jam session @ The Dun Cow - Dec 4
- Customs House Big Band with Ruth Lambert @ All Sai...
- O Come All Ye Jazz Fans: ‘A Jazzy Christmas’ Come...
- Congratulations to Zoë Gilby on APPJAG Award
- News Flash! - APPJAG Winners Announced
- CD Review: Julia Hülsmann Quartet - Not Far From Here
- Bublé Encore!
- Interview w. David 'Showtime' Gray
- 2019 British Jazz Awards - Results
- Michael Bublé @ The Utilita Arena, Newcastle - Dec. 1
- CD Review: Calum Gourlay Quartet - New Ears
- Xmas Strictly Limited! Book now!
- Bublé's in Town!
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