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Ludovic Beier (Django Festival Allstars): ''Manouche means 'free man,' and gypsies have been travelers since they migrated west from India to Europe.'' (DownBeat March, 2026)

The Things They Say!

This is a good opportunity to say thanks to BSH for their support of the jazz scene in the North East (and beyond) - it's no exaggeration to say that if it wasn't for them many, many fine musicians, bands and projects across a huge cross section of jazz wouldn't be getting reviewed at all, because we're in the "desolate"(!) North. (M & SSBB on F/book 23/12/24)

Postage

18383 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 247 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 17 ), 57

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

From This Moment On

March

Mon 30: Gerry Richardson Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm.
Mon 30: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 31: Bede Trio @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Albert Hills Wright (alto sax); Finn Carter (piano); Michael Dunlop (double bass).

April

Wed 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 01: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 01: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 02: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00. Subject: Musicians playing classical & orchestral music.
Thu 02: The Noel Dennis Band @ Prohibition Bar, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2RU. 7:00pm (doors). £10.84. Quartet plus special guest Zoë Gilby. Over 21s only.
Thu 02: Renegade Brass Band @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 02: Shalala @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.00. adv..
Thu 02: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

London Jazz Festival - Radio 3's night-shift

Tomorrow (Friday 13) sees the start of this year's EFG London Jazz Festival. Sadly, all of the festival's many concerts will be online only. In addition to the virtual experience there will be Radio 3's usual coverage including a marathon through-the-night schedule of programmes looking back at previous editions of the LJF together with a selection of mixtapes. 

Radio 3's schedule looks something like this: 
5:00pm Tigran Hamasyan on In Tune 

7:00 Jazz Voice: Guy Barker & the EFG London Jazz Festival Ensemble feat Vanessa Haynes, Luca Manning, Zara McFarlane & Cleveland Watkiss. 

11:00 J to Z Late...live from the London Jazz Festival feat Kansas Smitty's & guests Kit Downes, Camilla George, Jas Kayser & Jalen N'Gonda.  

1:00am Jazz Fix. 

1:30 Chick Corea (Christian McBride, Brian Blade) LJF 2012.

2:00 Corey Mwamba's Mixtape (Xhosa Cole, Rosie Turton).

3:00 Wayne Shorter LJF 1995. 

3:30 Highlights from the Virtual Jazz Festival (Jazz FM's Helen Mayhew presents). 

4:00 Cerys Matthews' Mixtape (Duke Pearson, Allen Toussaint). 

5:00 Jazz Voice Revisited (Guy Barker looks at the history of Jazz Voice).

5:30 SEED Ensemble in concert (Cassie Kinoshi's band at the Mondriaan Jazz Festival, Netherlands).    

6:00 Jacob Collier's Feel-Good Mixtape (Flying Lotus, Weather Report). 
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