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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

18395 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 259 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 30 ), 69

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

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.

Fri 03: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 03: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 03: King Bees @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). Free. Chicago blues.

Thursday, March 25, 2021

A couple of exciting livestreams coming up! - One in London and one in Newcastle

Tomorrow night (March 26) at 8:00pm, two musicians who are much-loved and respected in the north east even though they now ply their wares in London play a duo set live from the Rokit Studios situated in the capital. 

Chester-le-Street pianist Paul Edis and Greek saxman Vasilis Xenopoulos have formed a musical bond over the years that surfaces when they get together in a quartet or, as is the case on Friday, a duo.

The one hour stream will feature the music of Harold Arlen which gives them plenty to choose from. Details and booking here.

Bassist Mick Shoulder and guitarist Mark Williams, two musicians who were frequently a part of Edis' groups on Tyneside, are now themselves involved in a livestream as part of the unmissable Sunday Night @ The Globe sessions organised by the Jazz Co-op. Mick, whose birthday it is today (Happy Birthday Mick) and Mark are joined by drummer John Bradford in a new band called, maybe a tad unimaginatively, Bradford/Shoulder/Williams. The name may be unimaginative but the music certainly isn't!

I've heard some tracks they've recorded and I'll be at the front of the queue on Sunday (March 28) eager to here them live (on-line).  Details and booking here. 

Lance

1 comment :

Anonymous said...

It's difficult coming up with this name business. I wanted the Heath Robinson Trio but they wouldn't let me.

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