Bebop Spoken There

Ludovic Beier (Django Festival Allstars): ''Manouche means 'free man,' and gypsies have been travelers since they migrated west from India to Europe.'' (DownBeat March, 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

18361 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 215 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 8 ), 25

From This Moment On ...

March

Thu 12: Boomslang @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Fri 13: Paul Skerritt Quartet @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church. 1:00pm . £9.00.
Fri 13: The SH#RP Collective @ Jesmond Library, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Soothsayers + Rookie Numbers @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £17.51., £14.33., £11.16.

Sat 14: The Too Bad Jims @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00pm (6:30pm doors). £13.20., £11.00. R&B.
Sat 14: NUJO @ Venue, Newcastle University Students’ Union. Time TBC. £15.00. supporter; £10.00. standard; £5.00. student. Seated event.

Sun 15: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 15: The Too Bad Jims @ The Georgian Theatre, Stockton. 3:00pm. £12.00. R&B.
Sun 15: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: Rebecca Poole @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00., £12.00., £7.00. Poole w. Dean Stockdale & Ken Marley. CANCELLED!

Mon 16: Milne Glendinning Band @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm.
Mon 16: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 16: Russ Morgan Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.

Tue 17: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Alan Law (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Scotty Adair (drums).

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

Tuesday, October 01, 2024

October highlights...

October is a month of non-stop goodies. The Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music continues across the first week of the month, running up against two unmissable gigs, the first of them on Saturday evening, the second on Sunday afternoon. On Saturday, doors at 7:00pm (Oct. 5), tenor saxophonist Lewis Watson pops up in Wylam with his acclaimed quartet and at two o'clock on Sunday (Oct. 6) alto saxophonist Luis Verde appears at Gateshead's Central Bar (see the BSH listings). What a start to the month!

Dulcie May Moreno makes a quick return to the region to play two gigs, the first of them at Auckland Castle (1:00pm, Fri. 11), the second at Newcastle's award-winning Globe (8pm, Sun.13). In between, Saturday sees the debut of the Lapwing Jazz Trio. The Ship in Low Newton, Northumberland is the place to hear the trio - Paula Whitty, Jude Murphy and Richard Herdman. 

Mid-month, Newcastle University's weekly Thursday lunchtime concert series presents the Olivia Cuttill Quintet. The date for your diary - Oct. 17 for a 1:15pm start (free admission). The Chet Set (that's Pete Tanton tip-of-the-hat to Mr. C. Baker) can be heard at Sunderland's excellent 1719 venue and on the same night (Oct. 18) down at Opus 4 Jazz Club in Darlington, it's the Ben Crosland Quartet. 

Gideon Tazelaar is on tour! Catch the Dutch tenor saxophonist with an ace quartet (Joe Steels, guitar, Arnie Somogyi, double bass, John Hirst, drums) at Blyth's Yamaha Music School (1:00pm) and Blaydon Jazz Club (8:00pm), both Monday 21st. Fresh from touring Australia, the violin virtuoso Daniel John Martin will be playing five concerts in five days with his good friends Swing Manouche. Here are the dates...Wed 23 (Auckland Castle), Thurs. 24 (Holy GrAle, Durham), Fri. 25 (Newcastle's Lit & Phil, SOLD OUT!), Sun 25 (Queen's Hall, Hexham, afternoon, and the Globe, Newcastle, evening). And last, but by no means least, North Shield's 1856 Exchange has pulled off something of a coup. On Saturday 26th, all the way from the States with his all-American quartet, believe it or not, it's none other than saxophonist Donny McCaslin! Russell 
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