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JANUARY 2026
Sat 10: Mark Toomey Quintet @ St Peter’s Church, Stockton-on-Tees. 7:30pm. £12.00. (inc. pie & peas). Tickets from: 07749 255038.
Sun 11: New ’58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Eva Fox & the Sound Hounds @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Mon 12: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 12: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn House Hotel. 7:00-9:00pm. Free.
Tue 13: Milne Glendinning Band @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. £11.00. Coquetdale Jazz.
Tue 13: Jazz Jam Sandwich @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 14: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 14: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 14: Jam Session @ The Tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm. Free.
Wed 14: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 15: Mark Toomey Quartet @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Free. Quartet + guest Paul Donnelly (guitar).
Fri 16: Giles Strong Quartet @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 16: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 16: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 16: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 16: Darlington Big Band @ The Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 16: Leeds City Stompers @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.
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Although London born, he became a part of the Newcastle modern jazz scene when doing his national service in the RAF.
Prior to his stint in air force blue he'd played in the Jazz Couriers, with Tony Crombie and later, when the various members of the EmCee 5 migrated to London, he became house bassist at Ronnie Scott's.
Ah those nights at the Down Beat! Malcolm Cecil was very much a part of them.
He was 84.
Sadly missed - Rest In Peace.
Lance
3 comments :
Re Tony Crombie mentioned above, was he related to Keith Crombie of the Jazz Cafe?
No relation. Tony Crombie was one of the UK's top drummers of all-time. Keith Crombie would certainly have known Malcolm Cecil when he (Keith) worked as doorman at the Downbeat Club and where Malcolm played with the EmCee 5.
The first time I saw Malcolm Cecil was during the first Manchester Jazz Festival that took place 6-9 June 1963 in Belle Vue Gardens. I attended all three days and there were some of the UK's top musicians involved but one of the highlights was hearing Cecil playing with the Dizzy Gillespie/Ronnie Ross group. I have a photo of this which has gone missing somewhere in the back of a large bookcase.He will be remembered by many jazz fans. R.I.P.
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