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March
Mon 20: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 20: Central Bar Quintet plays Wes Montgomery @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 7:30pm. Feat. Joe Steels.
Tue 21: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 21: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Jacob Egglestone (guitar); Jamie Watkins (bass guitar); Bailey Rudd (drums).
Wed 22: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 22: Darlington Big Band @ Traveller's Rest, Cockerton. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public). Note change of venue - this week only.
Wed 22: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 22: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 4:00-6:00pm. Free.
Thu 23: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Bar Loco, Newcasatle. From 6:30pm 'til late. Free. Newcastle University Jazz Orchestra jam session. All welcome (students & non-students).
Thu 23: Kerrin Tatman + John Garner & John Pope @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 23: Sunna Gunnlaugs & Julia Hülsmann @ Sage Gateshead. 8:00pm. A two-piano gig. A Sage Gateshead-JNE promotion.
Thu 23: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano.
Thu 23: Sleep Suppressor @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00., £8.00. adv. Upstairs.
Thu 23: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.
Fri 24: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 24: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: FILM: Mo' Better Blues @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 7:00pm.
Fri 24: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Scarth Hall, Staindrop, Co. Durham. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Fri 24: Archipelago + Bulbils @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Sat 25: Vermont Big Band @ Walker Community Centre, Walker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Fundraiser for Benfield Juniours Football Club. Hot food available, BYOB.
Sat 25: John Logan & Friends @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Rat Pack, Motown etc. 8:00pm. Free (donations).
Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm.
Sun 26: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 26: Outlines @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE promotion (upstairs).
Monday, August 31, 2020
Van the Man (at 75) and Paul Moran

Sunday, August 30, 2020
Dean Stockdale Trio @ St James' & St Basil's - August 30
Album review: Sabretooth Swing - Songs of Future Past.

Album Review: South Florida Jazz Orchestra - Cheap Thrills: The Music of Rick Margitza

Album Review: Dave Stryker with Bob Mintzer and the WDR Big Band - Blue Soul

Saturday, August 29, 2020
J to Z: Bird at 100

Album review: Champian Fulton - Birdsong

Mark Toomey Quartet live streaming from St Peter's Church, Stockton - Charlie Parker 100 Day (August 29)
What's in a name?
Charlie Parker - Live Bird by Lewis Watson

Friday, August 28, 2020
SSTBB Live Stream - August 28
Emma Fisk & Dave Harris: Live in the GCT Garden - August 28
Diana Krall - I Wished On The Moon (Audio)
Bird and Benny
Album Review: Schapiro 17 - New Shoes: Kind of Blue at 60

BBC announces The Radio 3 Lateness Stage at Newcastle’s virtual Tusk Festival 2020
This September, BBC Radio 3’s flagship adventurous music programmes, Late Junction and Freeness, team up to curate a virtual stage at Tusk Festival 2020 - an innovative digital-first version of Tyneside’s most forward-thinking music festival.
Full details.
Hal Singer (1919 - 2020)
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Livestream @ Ronnie Scott's: Gilad Atzmon Quartet w. Sigamos String Quartet - Tribute to Charlie Parker

Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Record Shop Days


Charli Persip (1929 - 2020)
Jazz Showcase founder Joe Segal dies: Chicago’s longest-running jazz impresario presented Charlie Parker and other greats
You want dedication to the music? You've got it!
Joe Segal died on August 10 aged 94. May he Rest In Peace.
Lance
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
A couple of Facebook faces - Scott Black & Simon Spillett

Celebrating Charlie Parker

Bacon Butty Saturday!

Monday, August 24, 2020
Pete King (1940 - 2020)

Live stream @ Ronnie Scott's - Polly Gibbons w. James Pearson Trio - August 24
Livestream From The Globe: The Alice Grace Quartet/Quintet - August 22

A Celebration of Charlie Parker’s Centenary with The Mark Toomey Quartet

Sunday, August 23, 2020
The Geordie Hour to Jazz Time to Alice Grace - August 23

After all these years the Maltese Falcon finally turns up in Newcastle...
More Bird ...

Charlie Parker – The Golden Era Bebop Five.

Sarah Ellen Hughes Update
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Album review: Tigran Hamasyan - The Call Within

We didn't exactly believe your story, Miss O'Shaughnessy, we believed your two hundred dollars...

Lindsay Hannon sings the blues @ Prohibition Bar - August 21
Friday, August 21, 2020
Rico Tomasso & Nick Dawson streaming live - August 21
Maine St. Jazzmen @ Sunniside Social Club - August 20

Thursday, August 20, 2020
First the gigs, now the festivals - have we turned the corner?

Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone - August 20

Book review: Saxophone Colossus - A Portrait of Sonny Rollins

Album review: Redman, Mehldau, McBride, Blade - RoundAgain

Michael Lamb on Lockdown videos, Live Streaming & Crowd funders & Big Bands in Covid
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
SSBB Crowdfunder launch to raise funds for three new albums!

Album Review: Ashley Locheed & Chris Rottmayer – So in Love

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Charlie Parker Centennial approaches

Steve Grossman (1951 - 2020)

St.James' & St.Basil's update
Album review: Maria Schneider Orchestra - Data Lords

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- Van the Man (at 75) and Paul Moran
- Dean Stockdale Trio @ St James' & St Basil's - Aug...
- Album review: Sabretooth Swing - Songs of Future P...
- Album Review: South Florida Jazz Orchestra - Cheap...
- Album Review: Dave Stryker with Bob Mintzer and th...
- J to Z: Bird at 100
- Album review: Champian Fulton - Birdsong
- Mark Toomey Quartet live streaming from St Peter's...
- What's in a name?
- Charlie Parker - Live Bird by Lewis Watson
- SSTBB Live Stream - August 28
- Emma Fisk & Dave Harris: Live in the GCT Garden - ...
- Diana Krall - I Wished On The Moon (Audio)
- Bird and Benny
- Album Review: Schapiro 17 - New Shoes: Kind of Blu...
- BBC announces The Radio 3 Lateness Stage at Newcas...
- Hal Singer (1919 - 2020)
- Livestream @ Ronnie Scott's: Gilad Atzmon Quartet ...
- Record Shop Days
- Charli Persip (1929 - 2020)
- Jazz Showcase founder Joe Segal dies: Chicago’s lo...
- A couple of Facebook faces - Scott Black & Simon S...
- Celebrating Charlie Parker
- Bacon Butty Saturday!
- Pete King (1940 - 2020)
- Live stream @ Ronnie Scott's - Polly Gibbons w. Ja...
- Livestream From The Globe: The Alice Grace Quartet...
- A Celebration of Charlie Parker’s Centenary with T...
- The Geordie Hour to Jazz Time to Alice Grace - Aug...
- After all these years the Maltese Falcon finally t...
- More Bird ...
- Charlie Parker – The Golden Era Bebop Five.
- Sarah Ellen Hughes Update
- Album review: Tigran Hamasyan - The Call Within
- We didn't exactly believe your story, Miss O'Shaug...
- Lindsay Hannon sings the blues @ Prohibition Bar -...
- Rico Tomasso & Nick Dawson streaming live - August 21
- Maine St. Jazzmen @ Sunniside Social Club - August 20
- First the gigs, now the festivals - have we turned...
- Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone - August 20
- Book review: Saxophone Colossus - A Portrait of So...
- Album review: Redman, Mehldau, McBride, Blade - Ro...
- Michael Lamb on Lockdown videos, Live Streaming & ...
- SSBB Crowdfunder launch to raise funds for three n...
- Album Review: Ashley Locheed & Chris Rottmayer – S...
- SSBB Crowdfunder
- Charlie Parker Centennial approaches
- Steve Grossman (1951 - 2020)
- St.James' & St.Basil's update
- Album review: Maria Schneider Orchestra - Data Lords
- Album review: Kemuel Roig - Genesis
- Sunday August 23 @ 8:00pm: Live Music From the Glo...
- Improvising on a fishing boat
- NJF 2020 Livestream: Jasmine Whalley Quintet & Jay...
- NJF 2020: Jazz in Lockdown (panel discussion) - Au...
- NJF 2020: Lloyd Wright & Paul Booth - August 15
- Maurice J.Summerfield remembers Julian Bream (July...
- Album review: The Dime Notes - Daylight Savin'
- Ewan Bleach's Virtual Duet w Jeff Barnhart - Augus...
- A Great Day in London (and outside of The Village ...
- Mystery Track Download
- Going to a gig?
- Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone - August 9
- RIP Brian Whittle.
- I'll swap you a Led Bib for a John Etheridge ...
- COVID THE UNTOLD STORY
- 2020 British Jazz Awards Cancelled
- RIP Pete Hamill
- Gloria DeNard (1926 - 2020)
- Press release: Newcastle Jazz Festival Online - Au...
- Album review: Falkner Evans - Marbles
- JAZZ RE:FRESHED Refreshes JAZZ RE:FEST
- Livestream @ The Globe; Emma Fisk's Hot Club du No...
- Pianist releases a feel-good parcel
- Celebrating Mamie Smith
- Adrian Cox Quartet Live - August 9
- Mainly Two World Tour - Central Europe. Today (Aug...
- Preview: Today! Adrian Cox Quartet LIVE from Gun H...
- Rico, Spats and Fats - August 8
- Album review: Neil Swainson Quintet - 49th Parallel
- Twistin' the day away...
- The Church reopens for worshippers of Soul on Fri ...
- Sunday 9 August, 8pm Live music from The Globe! … ...
- Pumphrey's Blues Cafe - open now!
- Emma Smith's A Portrait of Ella @ Ronnie Scott's -...
- The Vieux Carre Jazzmen @ The Holystone - August 6
- Album review: Allison Neale - Quietly There
- A Giant Step Forward - maybe
- Paul Ruddick keeping his distance
- Album review: Evan Christopher & David Torkanowsky...
- Preview: Taupe on the radio
- Busker's Night in Jarrow
- The return of the Vieux Carré Jazzmen - Thursday 6
- The Chicago Cellar Boys @ Bix Virtual Jazz Fest 20...
- Album review: Charles McPherson's Jazz Dance Suites
- Book review: Jonny Dale - The Jonny Dale Experience
- Happy Birthday, Pops. Join Our Virtual Party on Au...
- Album review: Meraki - Meraki
- Recreating the Jazz Couriers - Livestream. August 3
- Album review: Pepa Niebla – Renaissance
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