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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.

Friday, October 28, 2022

Film preview: Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (Tyneside Cinema)

It's out now! Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues, directed by Sacha Jenkins, has been eagerly awaited by fans of Armstrong, now, the wait is over. The great trumpeter takes centre stage in a cast of seemingly thousands. Some appear on screen, some heard, but not seen: Basie, Barney Bigard, Miles, Dizzy and Humph for starters. Then there's the voice of Jelly Roll Morton and archive footage of Enrico Tomasso (Rico will be one of many world class musicians performing at next week's Classic Jazz Party on North Tyneside Nov. 4 - 6). 

Book at: www.whitleybayjazzfest.com. 

Ricky Riccardi (the film's consulting producer), Director, Research Collections at the Louis Armstrong House Museum and recent GRAMMY winner for Best Album Notes The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946 - 1966, is sure to offer expert comment. Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues has a limited theatrical release and for those in BSH's heartland, Newcastle's Tyneside Cinema is the place to see it, (tomorrow, Saturday 29 Oct. at 2:30pm, Sunday at 12:15pm. Monday at 5:45pm, Tuesday, 1 Nov. at 3:30, Wednesday morning at 11:45am and, last chance, Thursday, 3 Nov. at 2:25pm). 

Book at: www.tynesidecinema.co.uk. As an alternative to the flicks, the film is available from today (Oct. 28) on Apple TV+. Russell

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