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16561 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 454 of them this year alone and, so far, 76 this month (June 30).

From This Moment On ...

July

Sun 07: Summer Streets @ Cliffe Park, Roker, Sunderland SR6 9NS. 12:30-6:30pm. Free. Line-up inc. Dilutey Juice.
Sun 07: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm. £7.50.
Sun 07: Giles Strong Quartet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 07: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm.
Sun 07: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 07: Russ Morgan Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 08: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 09: ???

Wed 10: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 10: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 10: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. A ‘second Wednesday in the month’ jam session.
Wed 10: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 11: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 11: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. Ragtime piano. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 11: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Garry Hadfield (keys); Bill Watson (tpt); Dan Johnson (sax); Ron Smith (bass).

Fri 12: The Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The White Swan, Main Road, Ovingham NE42 6AG. 12:30pm. Free.
Fri 12: John Settle @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00. Settle (vibes) w. Dean Stockdale, Mick Shoulder & Tim Johnston.
Fri 12: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 12: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 12: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.

Sat 13: Jazz Stage @ Mouth of the Tyne Festival. Free. Vieux Carré Jazzmen (12 noon); Trilogy of Four (1:35pm); Classic Swing (3:10pm); Archipelago (4:40pm).
Sat 13: East Coast Swing Band @ Tynemouth Metro Station. 1:00pm. Free. A Mouth of the Tyne Festival event.
Sat 13: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Prudhoe Riverside Park. 12:55-1:40pm. Free.
Sat 13: Michael Woods @ Cycle Hub, Ouseburn, Newcastle NE6 1BU. 1:30-2:30pm & 3:00-4:00pm. Country blues. An Ouseburn Festival event.
Sat 13: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Beehive, Hartley Lane, Whitley Bay NE25 0SZ. 5:30pm. Free. Gig in the Secret Garden.
Sat 13: Anth Purdy @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. ‘Swing Jazz Guitar’. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Thursday, July 04, 2024

Preview: Russ Morgan Quartet @ the Globe on Sunday, July 7.

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It was, I think, about ten years ago when Russ Morgan arrived in Newcastle having already made a name for himself in London and East Anglia. After sitting in at the old Jazz Café (now the Prohibition Bar) on Pink Lane he quickly, and deservedly so, became the first call drummer on the local scene.

Unfortunately, health problems caused him to curtail his activities for a number of years much to the dismay of fans and fellow musicians.

However, Russ is gradually easing himself back and his recent gig at the Globe with Andrea Vicari and Andy Champion showed the magic is still there.

This coming Sunday (July 7) he is back at the Globe in a JNE promotion leading his own quartet comprising Andy Champion on bass, rising star Harry Keeble on tenor, Mark Williams on guitar and, of course, Russ on drums. Truly a super-group and I don't use the term lightly.

It's a not-to-be-missed gig.

Doors at 7:00pm, music at 8:00pm. See poster in right-hand column for further details. Lance 

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