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Donovan Haffner ('Best Newcomer' 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Awards): ''I got into jazz the first time I picked up a saxophone!" - Jazzwise Dec 25/Jan 26

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

18146 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 24 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Jan. 7), 24

From This Moment On ...

JANUARY 2026

Fri 09: The House Trio @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Fri 09: Nauta @ Jesmond Library, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £5.00. Trio: Jacob Egglestone, Jamie Watkins, Bailey Rudd.
Fri 09: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 09: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 09: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 09: Warren James & the Lonesome Travellers @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. £15.00.
Fri 09: The Blue Kings @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00. (£8.00. adv.). All-star band.

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).

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

Monday, December 26, 2022

Bye Bye Blackburn (and Leicester) @ the Albion plus some blues news - Dec. 26

Paul Fenwick (guitar/vocals); Guy Bainbridge (guitar/vocals/blues harp) + ?

It was busy down at the Albion Gin and Ale House in Jarrow. It was an entertaining mix of football and music.

It all began with Sunderland huffing and puffing their way past Blackburn Rovers - 2-1 the scoreline. Things were easier for Newcastle who took an early 3-0 lead which they held until the end. Leicester brought on James Vardy but he failed to score - perhaps they should have brought on Mrs Vardy although her track record isn't good either.

In between these two sporting contests, we were entertained with a delightful set by Fenwick and Bainbridge. Despite the names, these two aren't moguls of the retail world past and present but two fine singer/guitarists.

Admittedly it wasn't jazz although Guy's vocal and Paul's solo on Ain't Misbehavin' certainly met the criteria. Mainly though, it was well crafted covers of pop classics such as Sunny Afternoon, Big Yellow Taxi and a few folky songs.

Fenwick (pictured to the right of the picture) is organising the first of a monthly blues jam at the pub next Monday (Jan. 2) and anticipates a good turn out offering as it does, the opportunity for sitters-in to blow, strum or sing away the old year's blues with some new year blues. A 1:00pm start gives you plenty time to wake up that morning. Yes, I said, a 1:00pm start sure gives you plenty time to wake up that  morning ... Lance

Mon 02: Gin House Blues Jam @ The Albion, Walter St., Jarrow. 1:00pm. Tel: 0191 483 6792. New! 

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