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Sullivan Fortner: ''I always judge it by the bass player: If the bass player is happy, it's going to be a good night". (DownBeat, February 2025).

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

17777 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 98 of them this year alone and, so far, 23 this month (Feb.8).

From This Moment On ...

February 2025

Sat 15: Joseph Carville Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 15: James Birkett & Emma Fisk @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 7:30pm. £15.00. at the door; £14.35. (inc £0.35 bf) online, in advance.
Sat 15: Elkie Brooks @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 7:30pm. ‘The Long Farewell Tour’.
Sat 15: Milne Glendinning Band @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 16: MOBO Song @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 12 noon. Free, performances on the concourse. Line-up inc. Jazz Attack (on stage time TBC) & Jambone (12:20pm).
Sun 16: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Exchange Sq., Middlesbrough. 1:00-2:45pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sun 16: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 16: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 16: MOBO Awards Fringe 2025: BBC Introducing NE X MOBO Showcase @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 6:00pm. Free (ticketed). Line-up inc. Jambone, Knats, Rivkala, SwanNek.
Sun 16: The Shayo Experience @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 16: Gerry Richardson Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. .

Mon 17: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 17: Matt Forster Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00. at the door; £8.20. (inc £0.20 bf) online, in advance.
Mon 17: Russ Morgan Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.

Tue 18: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Alan Law, Paul Grainger, John Hirst.

Wed 19: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 19: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 19: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 20: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, Holystone. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 20: James Birkett & Emma Fisk @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 20: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Jazz Milestones - 1975.
Thu 20: Renegade Brass Band @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 20: Orange Claw Hammer + Peony @ The Globe, Newcastle.7:30pm. Orange Claw Hammer play Captain Beefheart.
Thu 20: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm. Featuring special guest Zoë Gilby.

Fri 21: JazzMain @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 21: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 21: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 21: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 21: Joe Steels Trio @ The Pele, Corbridge. 7:00pm. £10.00. TBC.
Fri 21: Emma Rawicz w. Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.

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, June 26, 2023

Jazz North announces bursary scheme for promoters to programme emerging northern jazz artists

(Press release): Jazz North announces its latest support scheme, New Northern, and invites northern promoters to apply for bursaries up to £500

The bursaries will support fees and costs for grassroots emerging artists and support acts

After the success of two schemes which awarded £10,000 to promoters, educators and artists across the North of England, Jazz North has relaunched its promoter bursary support under a new heading, New Northern

The new scheme, which will award 10 promoters bursaries of up to £500, is designed to support live performance of emerging talent in the North of England. 

As a direct impact of COVID and the Cost of Living crisis, Jazz North has seen promoters and artists have their budgets squeezed at both ends. Quite often, the result of this is no support acts or no fees for these artists. 

Jazz North’s Programme Manager, Heather Spencer, says: 

“Jazz North wants to see a thriving scene where artists are paid fairly for their work and are given those vital early career opportunities to hone their live performance skills. 

“Promoters are essential to developing grassroots scenes and these cash injections will support them as they continue to make an essential contribution to northern clubs and venues.” 

All programmers are eligible to apply for the bursaries whether they be voluntary or professional, small clubs, festivals or venues. The funds can be spent on programming and any related costs for artist fees, travel, accommodation, production costs or marketing to help promoters develop emerging jazz artists as part of their ongoing work.

Lubi Jovanovic, Promoter of Jazzland Sessions at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club, received £500 to support his work in 2021. He says:

“The funding helped me get my business back up and running, helped me get local musicians back to work and all this without hitting people coming to the show too hard in the pocket. Win-win-win situation. 

“Two years on, I've promoted well over one hundred shows giving work to several hundred musicians as well as sound engineers, box office people, graphic designers, piano tuners, show reps and photographers. 

“Proof that funding grass roots music, even if it's small sums of money, can and does work.”

Past recipients of the promoter bursary scheme include ParrJazz, TUSK, Ouroboros @ The Cresent Community Venue, Scarborough Jazz, Lancaster Jazz Festival, NQ Jazz, Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival, The Globe & The Milton Rooms at Malton. 

In addition to the bursaries awarded to promoters, artists who are programmed through the support scheme will be given access to Jazz North’s Emerging Artists’ Toolkit and invited to join a dedicated Emerging Artists’ Online Forum in March 2024 where they will receive business and networking advice from the Jazz North team. Promoters are free to programme whichever band they choose within Jazz North’s recommended criteria. 

On the launch of the scheme, Jazz North CEO, Chris Bye, commented:

“Promoters are the absolute backbone of the northern jazz ecology and Jazz North has a long history of strong support for this essential aspect of our ecology. As we all know, the pandemic had a catastrophic impact on the live music sector and the cost of living crisis continues to represent a significant challenge for those putting on the shows we love. Building on the popularity and success of our previous bursaries, the Jazz North team are proud to announce this new round of support.”

Applications are open from 11am on Monday 26th June and close at 12 noon on Monday 24th July. 

For more information and to apply now, visit: 

www.jazznorth.org/new-northern

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