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Sun 02: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny. 12:45pm.
Sun 02: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Mon 03: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Tue 04: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 04: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Bradley Johnston (guitar); Paul Grainger (double bass); Abbie Finn (drums).
Wed 05: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 05: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 05: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 05: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 06: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 06: Thursday Night Prayer Meeting @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Donations. Feat. John Pope, Marie Shreer, John Garner.
Thu 06: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibtion Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 06: Darlington Big Band @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Note earlier start time.
Fri 07: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 07: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 07: Gaz Hughes Trio @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 07: Mark Toomey Quartet @ Traveller's Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 07: Finntet + Zoë Gilby & Andy Champion @ Bobik's, Punch Bowl, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.
Fri 07: TBA @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig. Blind Pig Blues Club.
Sat 08: Me Lost Me + Ceitidh Mac + Heather Ferrier @ Bobik's, Punch Bowl, Newcastle. 7:30pm. JNE.
Sat 08: Joseph Carville Trio @ The Vault, Darlington Covered Market, Darlington DL1 5PN. 6:00pm. New venue, live jazz!
Sat 08: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00. RESCHEDULED from last week (Sat 01).
Sat 08: Robbie Reay @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Acoustic blues. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Sat 08: Anth Purdy @ Mr Tighe's, Bebside, Northumberland. 8:30pm.
Saturday, December 18, 2021
Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ GCT - Dec.17
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- Post Number 1500
- Album review: Eric Goletz - A New Light
- Live at Jack's Place with a special guest - Dec. 29
- Live from Emmet's Place (Vol. 80) - Dec. 27
- Dave Sayer’s Best of 2021
- Jazz Gig of the Year - 2021
- National Youth Jazz Collective (NYJC) News
- My Dream Team – Ann Alex
- Brad Leali – alto saxophonist
- Phil Kelly funeral details
- Rossano Sportiello: #59 Live at the Flat in Greenw...
- Jazz on the Tyne – Review of 2021
- Words needed - your words!
- Xmas Competition update.
- Claire Martin @ the 606 (re-stream) - Dec. 27
- Preview: Miki's Mood, online (Dec 29)
- Drybroughs Dixieland Jazz Jamboree @ Newcastle - S...
- Re-streams from 606
- Anything Goes: live from the Barbican - Dec. 26
- Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Spanish City - Boxing Day
- Boxing Day on the Box
- Georgia makes JRR!
- Dream teams
- Christmas competition - win a Pat Metheny CD
- Smalls NYC streaming louder and clearer, 24/7
- Album review: Alex Webb w. Jo Harrop, Carroll Tho...
- Adrian Cox: Christmas Eve Service
- Bogie, Bergman, Mr Benedetto & Sting
- Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms - Xmas Eve
- Live from Emmet's Place (Vol. 79) - Dec 20
- Aycliffe Radio: Jazz Time - Playlist for Sunday 26...
- Bublé to knock 'em for six
- More tenor players
- Review: Wardell Gray - Four Classic Albums Plus
- White Christmas, Jazz guitar
- A Jazzy Christmas @ Sage Gateshead - Dec 22
- Thank you everyone
- Merry Christmas! An open letter to our Editor-in-C...
- Derrick Harris Trio @ The Railway, Stockport - Dec...
- Black Swan Jam - Dec. 21
- Album review: Adrianne Duncan - Gemini
- Christmas - a time of good will ...
- Parlor Entertainment Harlem - Sundays
- Trefor Owen Quartet @ the Railway, Stockport - Dec...
- R.I.P. Phil Kelly - Death of a stalwart
- STOP PRESS!!! Blaydon Jazz Club tonight (Dec 20) C...
- Preview: Gregory Porter's Merry Xmas (Mon. 20)
- VCT Ep 51 - S7 - Ain't this Music Sweet
- Hamish Stuart Band livestreaming from the 606 - De...
- Jambone, JB's Cats & the CAT Percussion Ensemble @...
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ GCT - Dec. 18
- Aycliffe Radio: Jazz Time
- Preview: Mo' Better Blues - Sky Arts (Dec. 18)
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ GCT - Dec.17
- Digital release from Knats
- Paul Edis Trio @ the Lit & Phil - Dec. 17
- Classic Swing Christmas party @ The Crescent Club ...
- Peter Bernstein & Jim Mullen @ the 606 - re-stream...
- Probably the Best Christmas Album Ever
- Live at Jack's Place #37: The House Trio - Dec. 15
- Full steam ahead for Strictly Smokin'
- Top ten gigs of 2021
- Big Band Bash - Wednesdays at eight!
- Bim Williams' Quartet @ The Railway, Stockport - D...
- Harry Keeble & Friends @ The Forum Music Centre, D...
- Under the Surface: @ the Globe - Dec. 12
- RIP Ronnie Young
- The Stuart Fowler Quintet play Art Blakey's Moanin...
- Suzanne Fonseca Quartet @ The Railway, Stockport -...
- Album review: Fred Hersch Trio w. Crosby Street St...
- Preview: Lisa Gets the Blues - tonite at six!
- Adrian Cox: Paul 'Polo' Barnes - Dec 12
- Jason Isaacs Big Band @ Hoochie Coochie - Dec. 12
- The Joe Webb Trio: The Art of Tatum @ The Bear Clu...
- Close encounters
- RIP Mensi
- Preview: The Main Event - Jason Isaacs' Big Band @...
- Prudhoe Community Band @ Central Station - Dec 11
- Preview: Lead Belly on Sky Arts (Dec. 11)
- Preview: You're under arrest...for four hours (Dec...
- Twelve reissues/previously unissued albums of 2021
- Jazz on the Tyne – Christmas Special
- Preview: The Celluloid Sinatra, the Promenading Si...
- Tales From the Darkside
- R.I.P. Barry Harris
- Steve Oakes Band @ the Railway, Stockport - Dec. 7
- My top ten live gigs of 2021
- The no. 39 bus Black Swan jam session - Dec. 7
- Ten great vocal albums from 2021
- Preview: 78 Revolutions (Radio 4 Extra, Tuesday 7)
- Indigo Jazz Voices Christmas Gig @ The Globe - Dec. 9
- Northern Monkey Brass Band @ The People's Kitchen ...
- Hexham Jazz Festival
- Film review: Sing as You Swing (TPTV, Dec. 6)
- Freddie Garner Quartet @ The Railway, Stockport - ...
- Farewell John Miles - may the music live on
- Preview: Art Blakey's Moanin' at Central Bar - Dec...
- Knats @ The Globe, Newcastle - Dec. 5
- Foundry Jazz Ensemble @ The Exchange, North Shield...
- Film preview: Sing as You Swing (Talking Pictures TV)
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2 comments :
I attended the second part of the triumph that was the SSBB Christmas show . I cannot comprehend how delighted the band must of been to hear the applause and cheers ringing out after last year's stark streaming show not only at Gosforth but at the Tyne Theatre .
It was just reward for the effort they expend to produce such a brilliant show . I have to commend Michael Lamb for the dedication and sheer hard work he puts into preparing the band I hope nights like last night give the band and himself that glow of satisfaction that says " Man we did a great job."
I know Alice gets a lot of the plaudits but I would like to give a shout out to Guy Swinton whose dexterity bears no comparison juggling the sticks , brushes and mallets often with them gripped in his teeth driving the band forward in the up tempo numbers and showing such subtlety for the slower tunes.
Its hard to pick out a favourite but I am going to opt for Snowfall mainly because it is as evocative as Skating by Vince Guaraldi in purveying the feel of Christmas . Thank you one and all for such a great show.
Well said Neil. Guy is one of the unsung drummers. If you haven't already done so, book now for next year's concerts!
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