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Postage

17586 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 860 of them this year alone and, so far, 5 this month (Dec. 2).

From This Moment On ...

December

Tue 03: Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, North St., Ferryhill DL17 8HX. 7:00pm. Free.
Tue 03: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, John Hirst.
Tue 03: Bold Big Band @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Wed 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 04: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 2:30-4:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Wed 04: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 8:00pm. Concert. Free. .
Wed 04: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 04: Kat Eaton @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 8:15pm. Soulful vocals, excellent band.

Thu 05: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 05: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. ‘George - named musicians, vocalists & composers (Chisholm, Duke, Lewis, Shearing, Benson, Melly, Gershwin et al)’.
Thu 05: Jools Holland’s R & B Orchestra @ Newcastle City Hall. 7:30pm.
Thu 05: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. Free.
Thu 05: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. Guest band special with the Middlesbrough Jazz and Blues Orchestra 8pm. Free.

Fri 06: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 06: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 06: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 06: Sue Ferris Quintet @ The Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.

Sat 07: New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 07: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. £25.00. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 07: Hot Club du Nord @ St. Cuthbert’s Church, Shadforth DH6 1LB. Tel: 01429 823400. 7:30pm. £15.00. (inc. refreshments).
Sat 07: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 07: Bellavana @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 7:45-9:45pm. Free.
Sat 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.

Sun 08: The New ’58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free. A ‘second Sunday in the month’ residency.
Sun 08: Learning & Participation Showcase @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Free. Multi-genre event followed by a jam session. All welcome.
Sun 08: Zoë Gilby Quintet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 08: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 08: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 08: Jason Isaacs @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 5:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Sun 08: Paul Skerritt @ The Black Candle, South Shields. 6:30pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 08: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 08: Durham University Big Band + Durham University Jazz Orchestra: Jazzy Christmas @ Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, North Bailey, Durham DH1 3ET. 7:30-9:30pm. £7.00., £6.00. concs., £5.00. Durham Student Music member. Durham University Jazz Ensembles’ annual charity event.
Sun 08: Jools Holland’s R & B Orchestra @ The Globe, Stockton. 7:30pm.
Sun 08: Mick Beck, Dominic Lash, Paul Hession @ the Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm (doors 7:30pm) JNE. £10.

Mon 09: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 09: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30-8:30pm. Free.
Mon 09: James Birkett Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.

Tue 10: ???

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 21, 2024

Preview: Jalen, Joe & the the winner is...

This weekend - Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 November - the BBC comes up trumps with two unmissable programmes*. On Saturday evening Later...with Jools Holland features two of the finest young talents on the jazz scene, that's the international jazz scene. Jalen Ngonda first came to the attention of BSH thanks to Kansas Smitty's lockdown livestreams. Singing Junior Wells' Hoodoo Man Blues, Ngonda announced himself as a shining new talent during the dark days of lockdown. Some three years later, Jalen played to a sold out crowd at Newcastle University Students' Union. A magical, memorable performance. 

Also joining Mr Holland at 10:30pm on BBC 2 is the brilliant Joe Webb! Kansas Smitty's similarly propelled pianist Webb to stardom. A standing ovation at Newcastle's Lit & Phil, sold out appearances at Ronnie Scott's, to sharing a concert stage with none other than Wynton Marsalis, affable Joe is one of the finest pianists of his generation. That's Saturday night sorted.

Less than twenty four hours later, over on BBC 4, it's this year's BBC Young Jazz Musician: the Final. Tune in at nine o'clock to check out four musicians hoping to impress the judges and take the 2024 title. 

YolanDa Brown and Huw Stevens are the presenters and the judging panel is comprised of Nikki Yeoh, Soweto Kinch, Laura Jurd, Jasper Høiby and Zara McFarlane. 

The televised event is part of the EFG London Jazz Festival and the four contestants are saxophonist George Johnson, bassist Ursula Harrison, pianist Nils Kavanagh, and trumpeter Klara Devlin and they'll be backed by Zoe Rahman, Alec Dankworth and Sophie Alloway. Let battle commence!              

* If you're out at a gig or gigs this weekend, you could either record the programme(s) or catch up on iPlayer. Russell 
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4 comments :

Chris Kilsby said...

You may like to note that young George is the tenor player with Knats. A very fine player and a lovely guy to boot. The BBC filmed him and the boys on Sunday when they played at Lafayette as part of London Jazz Festival. I'll be rooting for him!

Thursday, November 21, 2024 11:10:00 pm
NeilC said...

Watched Jools Jalen was excellent and Joe out Jooled Jools phenomenal playing, I still think his gig at the Lit and Phil was one of the best things I have seen in a long time

Sunday, November 24, 2024 9:20:00 am
Russell said...

Neil, I couldn't agree more!

Sunday, November 24, 2024 12:05:00 pm
Anonymous said...

I must admit I have long given up watching 'Jools Holland....Later' having tired of his self-satisfied persona, the in-the-round format and his toe-curlingly bad 'interviews'. However when BSH's Radio Times-reading correspondent gave advance notice that pianist Joe Webb would be on, that was different.
Skipping MOTD I had the TV on while washing up and noticed that JH was as smug as ever, the circular format was the same and if anything his interviews were even worse (he asked the singer St Vincent about doing DIY).
The bands' outfits varied from the distinctive and colourful to, in the case of one band member, what could only be described as skimpy.

Jalen Ngonda's voice was exceptional but I would prefer to hear him in a small venue like NUSU. This could also be said of a couple of the other bands playing.

Joe Webb was the last guest and he kept his end up in the fashion stakes by wearing a bright red leather jacket.
Then he just smashed it!
Playing a combination of his own composition 'CollBlanc' and Fats Wallers' 'Squeeze Me', his ferociously good technique, musicality and pleasure in playing meant this was five minutes of pure joy.

I forgive you everything, Jools, for having him on (but thank the Lord you didn't try and play a duet with him!).

JC

Sunday, November 24, 2024 2:12:00 pm

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