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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

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).

Fri 16: Giles Strong Quartet @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 16: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 16: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 16: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 16: Darlington Big Band @ The Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 16: Leeds City Stompers @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.

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

Thursday, November 30, 2023

A Jazzy Christmas is a coming!

It's become something of a tradition. A Jazzy Christmas is an annual treat. Bah humbug! Is that you? If it is, make an exception and book your seats for Paul Edis' all-star Christmas show. Joining the award-winning, Santa hat-wearing, MD and pianist Paul, will be the award-winning Jo Harrop (vocals and Santa hat), Matt Anderson (saxophones and Santa hat), Emma Fisk (violin and Santa hat), Graham Hardy (trumpet, flugelhorn and Santa hat), Jason Holcomb (trombone and Santa hat), Faye Thompson (alto sax, clarinet and Santa hat), Megan Robinson (flute, piccolo and Santa hat), Michael Dunlop (double bass and Santa hat) and Matt MacKellar (drums and Santa hat).

This year, the run of 'up north' performances has increased to five, yes five, shows. The first of them at St Cuthbert's Centre, Crook (Friday 15th December) has already sold out! The following day (Saturday 16th) at the Glasshouse (formerly Sage Gateshead) there will be two performances, one at two o'clock and one at eight o'clock. Tickets are scarce, book now or risk missing out, call 0191 443 4661. Sunday 17th sees the show move on up the Tyne Valley to Queen's Hall, Hexham. It's a 7:30pm start, call the box office now on 01434 652477. And finally, at Sunderland's Fire Station (that's the fabulous venue on High Street West, just along from the Empire), don't delay, it looks like it's going to be a sell out - call 0191 570 0007. Bah humbug? Go on, book now! Russell
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