Merlin Roxby (piano)
For the past seventeen years we've been updating the world about jazz in the north east of England and updating the north east of England about jazz in the world. WINNER of the Jazz Media Category in the 2018 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Contact lanceliddle@gmail.com
Total Pageviews
Bebop Spoken There
The Things They Say!
Postage
From This Moment On ...
JULY 2025
Wed 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 09: Jam session @ The Tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: The Hopper-Watson Quintet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 8:00pm (7:30pm doors). £10.00. + £1.00. bf.
Wed 09: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 10: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Soloists, Orchestras & Hot Fives.
Thu 10: Side Café Orkestar @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 11: Paul Skerritt Quartet @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church, Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00. A Bishop Auckland Jazz promotion. New venue (second Friday in the month)!
Fri 11: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 11: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 11: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 11: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Beehive, Earsdon NE25 0SZ. 5:00-7:00pm. Free.
Fri 11: Fiona Finden Jazz Express @ Flash House Brewery, North Shields NE30 1DS. 8:00pm. Free.
Sat 12: Jazz Stage @ Mouth of the Tyne Festival. From 12 noon. Free. Vieux Carré Jazzmen (12 noon); Rendezvous Jazz (1:00pm); Mississippi Dreamboats (2:00pm); Classic Swing (3:00pm); Abbie Finn Trio (4:00pm). Stage adjacent to Tynemouth Priory.
Sat 12: Making Music Seminar: Latin American Music v. Music of Latin America @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 1:00pm. £15.00. (£5.00. online). Jason Holcomb, Alix Shepherd & Carlos Luis Rivera.
Sat 12: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 12: Jude Murphy & Dan Stanley @ Lovaine Community Garden, North Shields. 7:00pm (doors 6:40pm). £6.00. Limited places, booking essential (via the Community Garden website). BYOF&D.
Sat 12: Hot Club du Nord @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Hall Two.
Sat 12: Sleep Suppressor @ Repas 7 by Night, Berwick. 8:00pm.
Sat 12: Anth Purdy @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle.8:00pm. Free. ‘Swing Jazz Guitar’. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 13: Jazz Stage @ Mouth of the Tyne Festival. From 11:00am. Free. Trilogy of Four (11:00am); East Coast Jazzmen (12:10pm); Delta Prophets Trio (1:20pm); House of the Black Gardenia (2:30pm); Mouth of the Tyne All Stars (3:40pm). Stage adjacent to Tynemouth Priory.
Sun 13: Giles Strong Quartet @ The Sele, Hexham. 12 noon. Free. ‘The Bandstand Sessions’.
Sun 13: Julie Dexter @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:30pm (doors). £20.00. ‘The Cluny Matinee Jazz Club’.
Sun 13: ’58 Jazz Collective, Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 13: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall. 2:00pm. Tea Dance. SOLD OUT! A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 13: Ferg Kilsby @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Kilsby (trumpet, flugelhorn); Luis Verde (alto sax); Ben Lawrence (piano); Andy Champion (double bass); John Hirst (drums).
Sun 13: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 13: Sloth Racket @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.
Mon 14: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club (1:00pm). Free.
Mon 14: Brass Bash @ Hardwick Park, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Mon 14: Brass Bash @ The Story, Mount Oswald, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Sluice. Tel: 0191 237 3697. 12:30pm. ‘July Jazz Barbecue’. Tickets: £15.00.
Tue 15: Brass Bash @ Hackworth Park, Shildon, Co. Durham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Brass Bash @ The Witham, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Julian Lage Trio @ 1856 Exchange, North Shields. 7:30pm . Lage (guitar); Jorge Roeder (double bass); Joey Barron (drums).
Tue 15: Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra @ The Hippodrome, Darlington. 7:30pm.
Tue 15: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Stu Collingwood, Paul Grainger, Bailey Rudd.
Reviewers wanted
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle - Jan. 27
Blog Archive
-
▼
2023
(
1125
)
-
▼
January
(
102
)
- Book review: Sam Emony (Neil Hughes) - The Old Fam...
- Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra tour dates
- Preview: Get In Tune with the David Gordon Trio (F...
- Munch Manship Quartet @ the Railway, Stockport - J...
- Sunday night @ the Globe: ORIGIN - Jan. 29
- Dikeman, Edwards, Noble and Thomas @ The Literary ...
- ORIGINal music tonight @ the Globe
- Entartete Musik @ The Globe, Newcastle - Jan. 28
- Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle - Jan. 27
- Zoë Gilby Quartet @ The Gala, Durham - Jan. 27
- Album review: Markus Rutz - Storybook
- Mark Toomey Quartet @ Dorman’s Jazz Club, Middlesb...
- Adrian Cox Quintet @ Crazy Coqs, London - Jan. 26
- Album review: The Fresh Sound Ensemble – Common Th...
- Tcha Limberger @ Crazy Coqs, London - Jan. 25
- Aycliffe Radio: Jazz Time - Sundays 6.30-8.00 pm (...
- The London Django Collective @ The Piano Bar, Soho...
- New Website Showcases Jazz from North East Englan...
- The printed word
- Slowlight Quartet announce the release of their se...
- Album review: Dave Brubeck Quartet - Debut in The ...
- More on Carol Sloane ...
- Jazz on the Tyne salutes independent labels
- Singer Georgia Cécile joins the SNJO on Scottish tour
- 4B @ The Exchange North Shields - Jan. 25
- Album Review: Mary Foster Conklin – These Precious...
- Carol Sloane - My One and Only Love. (March 5, 193...
- Album review: Christopher Lucas Wilson Trio: Solem...
- Rossano Sportiello: Live at the Flat, # 87 - Jan. 24
- BSH, top of the Hits Parade!
- Meanwhile, back at the 100 Club ...
- AUNTIE JOY - SECULAR SOUND IN A SACRED SPACE (Pres...
- Review: My Funny Valentine (Radio 4)
- Bill Bryson
- Neil Yates Quartet @ the Railway, Stockport - Jan. 22
- Jazz North East at The Literary and Philosophical ...
- Sunday Night @ the Globe: the Gerry Richardson Qua...
- Strictly Smokin' Big Band to hit the road.
- Review: The Betty Boop Concert @ Zwijndrecht, nr. ...
- Preview: Sunday night @ the Globe - The Gerry Rich...
- Dean Stockdale Quartet: Celebrating Oscar @ Opus 4...
- Aycliffe Radio: Jazz Time - Sundays 6.30-8.00 pm (...
- Album review: Gaz Hughes Trio - Beboptical Illusion
- Album review: Christopher McBride - Ramon
- JATLP: Emma Fisk & James Birkett @ Lit & Phil, New...
- Album review: Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix
- Tom Atkinson & co. celebrating the music of Pharoa...
- Preview: Dean Stockdale celebrating Oscar (Darling...
- Book Review: Paul Sexton – Charlie’s Good Tonight
- Beryl Bryden in Cabaret @ South Shields
- Rossano Sportiello & Lucy Yeghiazaryan: Live at th...
- Preview: Garland & Rebello In Tune (Friday 20 Jan.)
- Album review: Tim Garland & Jason Rebello - Life t...
- Album review: Tyler Mitchell Octet - Sun Ra's Jour...
- Sunday night @ the Globe: Vicente , Brice & Sander...
- The agony and the ecstacy
- Al Wood Quartet @ the Railway, Stockport - Jan. 15
- Fergus McCreadie, of the New Generation - Radio 3 ...
- Xarly Blue: Honky Tonk Blues
- Album review: Beats and Pieces Big Band - Good News
- BBC Radio Scotland axes Jazz Nights, Classics Unwr...
- More on Jurek Raczynski
- I Remember Jurek
- Aycliffe Radio: Jazz Time - Sundays 6.30-8.00 pm (...
- Album review: Libby York - DreamLand
- Abbie Finn Trio @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle - Jan 12
- (Press release): Jazz North East at The Globe pres...
- Album review: Tito Carrillo - Urbanessence
- Please save BBC Radio Scotland's "JAZZ NIGHTS" fro...
- Jazz on the Tyne welcomes the Abbie Finn Trio & “O...
- Livestream: Alex Clarke Quartet @ the Globe - Jan. 8
- Album Review: Donald Byrd - Cookin’ with Blue Note...
- The Globe's Jazzy January
- Alex Clarke Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle - Jan. 10
- BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year to make welcom...
- Album review: Eric Goletz - Standard-ized!
- Ed Kainyek Quartet @ the Railway, Stockport - Jan. 8
- Album review: Rodney Whitaker - Oasis, The Music o...
- Tonight @ the Globe: Ray Johnson/Richard Herdman Q...
- Globe fundraising raffle - don't hang about!
- Aycliffe Radio: Jazz Time - Sundays 6.30-8.00 pm (...
- King Bees @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle - Jan. 6
- They all laughed ...
- Album review: Luca di Luzio - Never Give Up
- Preview: Alex Clarke Quartet @ The Globe - Jan. 10
- Album Review: Hanka G – Universal Ancestry
- Harrop @ the Hilton (NYC)
- Armando Ferri and the Club Franchi
- Preview: Bonnie Raitt is coming to Sage Gateshead!
- From the BST archives
- PBS America - jazz, jazz, jazz
- Radio regulars - for Ann Alex & others
- Preview: Matt Ford sings with the SSBB (Feb. 24)
- Add to Playlist: Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
- An In Tune Joe Stilgoe (Thursday)
- Album review: 3D Jazz Trio - 9 to 5
- Info wanted on bassist Freddy Logan
- Album review: Chicago Stompers - The Greatest Hits
- Doug Raney Quintet Live - The End of a Love Affair...
- No Gin House Blues tomorrow. I said there ain't no...
-
▼
January
(
102
)
2 comments :
How fabulous…will definitely have to hear Merlin play sometime!
Yes indeed - Phil and Dave told Merlin about the New Century Ragtime Orchestra, and the forthcoming concert at Kings Hall! He's quite a talent to watch!
Post a Comment