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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)

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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.

Sunday, May 08, 2022

Preview: Cheltenham and more on BBC 4, tonite (Sunday 8)

What's got into the BBC? Jazz on Friday, jazz this evening. Let's not look a gift horse and all that! Beginning at eight o'clock Jazz All Stars: Cheltenham at 25 is a recording of last week's gala concert featuring a host of big names including Gregory Porter, Paloma Faith, Joe Stilgoe, Giacomo Smith and Géorgia Cecile (pictured). Cheltenham at 25 marks the quarter century of the Gloucestershire event. What better way to celebrate than to invite the big names and engage the services of the Guy Barker Big Band and the BBC Concert Orchestra? The whole shebang is presented by YolanDa Brown.

Following Cheltenham, the 'more' comes in the shape of Jazz UK: Spitting Fire (9:45pm). DJ and broadcaster Tina Edwards surveys the 'underground music scene'. Those 'on the scene' include Matthew Halsall, Ishmael Ensemble and Sons of Kemet. To round off the Beeb's evening of jazz at 10:45pm it's Oliver Murray's 2020 documentary Ronnie's: Ronnie Scott and His Famous Jazz Club. Russell 
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1 comment :

Dave said...

And I wholeheartedly recommend The Grateful Dead Movie at 9pm on Sky Arts. Jazz fans will be comfortable with the amount and quality of improvisation going on.

Sunday, May 08, 2022 6:20:00 pm

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