Bebop Spoken There

David Bailey (photographer): ''When I was 16 I wanted to look like Chet Baker. He was my idol - him and James Dean.'' (Talking Pictures documentary : Four beats to the bar and no cheating April, 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

18469 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 333 of them this year alone and, so far this month (April 27 ) 67

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

April

Wed 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: Long/Remon/Zilker @ The Ship Isis, Sunderland. 7:00pm. £10.00. + £1.00. bf. Tom Remon plays Irish folk!
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 29: Hackney Colliery Band @ Alnwick Playhouse. 7:30pm. £25.00.

Thu 30: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00. Subject: International Jazz Day & JANE AGM.
Thu 30: Duke Junction @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00., £12.00., £7.00. Nadim Teimoori (tenor sax); Jeff Hewer (guitar); Martin Longhawn (organ); Steve Hanley (drums). An International Jazz Day event & the 12th anniversary of Newcastle Jazz Co-op acquiring the Globe!

May

Fri 01: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 01: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 01: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 01: Castillo Nuevo Trio @ Hotel Gotham, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Fri 01: Bede Wind Band + East Coast Swing Band @ Cullercoats Methodist Church. 7:30pm. £10.00. Tickets from: www.ticketsource.com, members of Bede Wind Band & at the door. Memorial concert for Anne-Marie Purvis, who was a member of both ensembles. All proceeds to Tiny Lives Trust.
Fri 01: Louis Louis Louis @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. £15.00.

Sat 02: Midnite Follies Orchestra @ St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £20.00. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club. All-star line-up.
Sat 02: Knats Masterclass & Jam II @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 1:00-3:00pm. £15.00.
Sat 02: Shannon Pearl + John Pope & John Garner @ Langley Tracks, Langley on Tyne NE47 5LA. 5:30pm (doors). £15.00. + £1.50. bf. ‘Witch-pop’ + Pope & Garner.
Sat 02: Knats + Nauta @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £17.51., £14.33., £11.16.
Sat 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.

Sun 03: Chilcott Jazz Mass @ St George’s Church, Jesmond, Newcastle. 9:30am. Free. Sung communion with Parish Choir (featuring Bob Chilcott’s music). A Jesmond Community Festival event.
Sun 03: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm. £10.00.
Sun 03: Ian Bosworth Quintet @ Chapel, Middlesbrough. 1:00pm. Free. Feat. guest Mark Toomey (alto sax).
Sun 03: Sax Choir @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 03: Tom Waits for No Man @ Oxygenic, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm (2:30pm doors). Neckties and Boxing Gloves album launch. £14.00 (gig & a CD); £8.00 (gig only).
Sun 03: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 03: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £3.76.
Sun 03: John Pope & John Garner @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.00., £10.00.

Mon 04: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 04: Pete Tanton’s Cuban Heels @ The Library, South Parade, Whitley Bay. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Mon 04: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn House Hotel. 7:00-9:00pm. Free.

Tue 05: Leah Kirk (voice): Final Year Music Recital @ The Band Room, Music Studios, Assembly Lane, Newcastle University. 2:30pm. Free, open to the public.
Tue 05: Jenny Baker (voice): Final Year Music Recital @ The Band Room, Music Studios, Assembly Lane, Newcastle University. 4:20pm. Free, open to the public.
Tue 05: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Stu Collingwood (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Tim Johnston (drums).
Tue 05: Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, Ferryhill. 7:30pm. Free.

Monday, January 01, 2024

Preview: 2024 (part 1)

That was a very good year for jazz, wasn't it? 2023 that is. Packed houses, sold out notices, a 'one in, one out'  system in operation at a jam session (honestly!), who said: Jazz is dead?!  At BSH HQ (that's Hebburn, South Tyneside) it's time look forward to this year, 2024. And what a year it promises to be! On the local scene (broadly Tyneside, up north to Berwick, down to the Tees Delta and west to Hexham and sundry Tyne Valley outposts) there are many great gigs to look forward to. And there is 'local' interest further afield, both nationally and internationally...

The award-winning Globe (Newcastle Jazz Co-op's community owned venue) has some very tasty looking gigs lined up, Jeremy McMurray's bi-monthly concert presentation at Arc, Stockton is invariably a sellout and Sunderland is on the up. That's a revitalised Wearside jazz scene and SAFC! The Fire Station (adjacent to the Empire) is one of several jewels in Sunderland's much-touted 'Cultural Quarter' and then there is a no-expense-spared new venue, step forward Seventeen Nineteen (see photo). Dating from 1719 (hence the name), the renovated Georgian church in Hendon is to present a monthly jazz concert, the first one featuring Mick Shoulder's Swing Manouche (the date for your diary - Friday 15 March). First the Fire Station, now Seventeen Nineteen. Wearsiders unite, support your local jazz venues! 

Monthly lunchtime sessions in Bishop Auckland, Durham and Newcastle go from strength to strength, this year presenting some of the very best musicians based right here on BSH's doorstep alongside several high profile national names and one or two international guests. Similarly, lunchtime Dixieland/New Orleans residencies continue to thrive (Cullercoats, Holywell, Monkseaton, Stockton).

There's more, much more. Jazz North East will be presenting a slew of gigs across Newcastle and at the Glasshouse (formerly Sage Gateshead), 2024 marks Blaydon Jazz Club's 40th anniversary year. BJC's first concert of the year presents the brilliant jazz guitar duo of James Birkett and Bradley Johnston (Monday 18 March at the Black Bull on Bridge Street). Jam sessions abound - the Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre (first and third Tuesdays in the month), the Globe's various sessions (Sundays and Wednesdays) and over in Gateshead a first Sunday evening in the month session at the Schooner on South Shore Road. 

The New Century Ragtime Orchestra will embark upon a mammoth tour comprising all of two concert dates. Two gigs in a calendar year for the NCRO constitutes a tour! Dorman's (Darlington), Claypath Deli (Durham), Hops and Cheese (Hartlepool), Gosforth Civic Theatre (Newcastle), King's Hall (Newcastle, Thursday lunchtime, term time), Prohibition Bar (Newcastle), they'll all be chipping in throughout the year. Part two tomorrow...Russell
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