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October
Mon 21: Gideon Tazelaar Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Mon 21: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 21: Gideon Tazelaar Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm.
Tue 22: Bywater Call @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). Americana/blues/soul excellence.
Wed 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 23: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 23: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 6:30pm. £12.00. (at the door, no advance sales).
Wed 23: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 24: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 24: John Garner & Tobias Sarra @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 24: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. ‘Desert Island Discs’.
Thu 24: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ Holy GrAle, Durham. 7:00pm. Free (donations).
Thu 24: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm.
Thu 24: Faye MacCalman + John Pope Quintet + Moonfish @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. Donations.
Thu 24: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 24: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. Guests: Kevin Eland (trumpet), Neil Brodie (trumpet), Dave Archbold (keys), Adrian Beadnell (bass), Mark Hawkins (drums). 8:30pm. Free.
Fri 25: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 25: Russ Morgan Quartet @ Gala Theatre, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 25: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 25: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 25: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 25: The Clare Teal Five @ Gala Theatre, Durham. 7:30pm. £25.00. All-star line-up.
Fri 25: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 26: Jason Isaacs @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 2:30-4:15pm. Free.
Sat 26: Donny McCaslin @ The Engine Room, Tanners’ Bank, North Shields. 3:30pm. £15.00. + bf. McCaslin ‘In Conversation’, focusing on his association with David Bowie. Kevin Armstrong (David Bowie) will read from his biography.
Sat 26: Donny McCaslin Quartet @ The 1856 Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm. £25.00. + bf. Standing gig with limited seating at the bar. McCaslin with his American quartet in North Shields!
Sat 26: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £3.00. +bf.
Sat 26: Jude Murphy & Dan Stanley @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 27: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 27: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 27: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ Queen’s Hall (Library), Hexham. 3:00pm.
Sun 27: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free. Rescheduled to Sunday 3rd November.
Sun 27: Paul Skerritt @ The Black Candle, Dean Road, Westoe, South Shields. From 5:30pm. To reserve a table call 07724 234449. ‘Jazz by Candlelight’.
Sun 27: Jazz Jam Sandwich! @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 27: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn Community Theatre. 7:30pm. £12.00., £10.00.
Sun 27: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Reviewers wanted
Monday, October 21, 2024
The Gideon Tazelaar Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth - Oct 21
Sunday night @ the Globe: The Magpies of Swing - Oct. 20
© Russell |
The swing dancers were out in force - man can they do the Lindy Hop - I was exhausted just watching them! Still, with a band like this who couldn't/wouldn't want to dance? Peppered with soloists and singers, the hits and near-misses of the '20s, '30s and '40s were given the hottest work out since the Palomar Ballroom in L.A. burnt down.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Album review: Perfect Stranger - Unfinished Business (Spark)
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Album review: The Joymakers - Down Where the Bluebonnets Grow (Turtle Bay Records)
Pete Tanton's Chet Set @ Sunderland's Old Black Cat Jazz Club - Oct. 18
Friday, October 18, 2024
Press release: Clare Teal Five @ Gala Theatre, Durham - Oct. 25
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Press release from the Saltburn Big Band
The Olivia Cuttill Quintet @ King's Hall, Newcastle University - Oct. 17
Anonymous |
When I took my seat in the King's Hall Recital Room in Newcastle University for a 45 minute lunchtime concert little did I think I was about to witness one of the 'Gig of the Year' contenders. After all, there's some mega names in the running already - and the opening number, Isabella, did nothing to change things. Don't get me wrong, it was fine, Cuttill displaying a big round sound on an interesting composition but the (musical) Earth didn't move for me.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Album review: Al Jarreau & NDR Bigband - Ellington (ACT)
I've heard Ellington performed in every which way including loose but never quite like this! Some purists might class it as sacrilege - I almost did. However, the trick I found is to forget every bar of Ellingtonia you've ever heard and treat it like you're hearing it for the very first time. Judging by the applause I guess that's what the enthusiastic audience did.......and so did I!
The Black Swan jam session - Oct. 15
R.I.P. Malcolm Armstrong.
Over the years, Malcolm played with many local bands including the River City Jazzmen, the Maine St. Jazzmen and Rendezvous Jazz.
He was also accompanist for Ponteland Ladies Choir.
I remember him well from the Breda Jazz Festival back in the 1980s where he was part of the award winning River City Jazzmen (see photo).
A fine pianist who will be sadly missed. Lance
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Shellac (M2): Jimmy McPartland & his Orchestra - Daughter of Sister Kate/In a Mist (Harmony)
Press release: Trailer Released For The Record Store Project Documentary: Exploring The Cultural Impact Of The Uk Record Store & Black Music
“A lot of us (DJs) kind of started at the same time and we all kind of grew together. Some I would just see in the record shops fighting over records or whatever. Hustling to try and get the latest import - actually, we don't have that anymore. I miss that. We don't have that kind of community where you just hang out and chill. Like I could spend hours in the record shop just chilling - there was a certain happiness, like a joviality to just being in as a punter and seeing certain regulars coming in again. I'd never thought of it like that before, but they were actually really good meeting hubs.” WAYNE C MCDONALD Newcastle
Monday, October 14, 2024
Album review: Nick Tomalin Quintet - Shades of Shearing
Sunday night @ the Globe - Dulcie May Moreno - Oct. 13
© Patti/Sylvia |
Across the road in the aircraft hanger known as the Utilita Arena, Becky Hill was feeding the 10,700. In the Globe Dulcie May Moreno was preaching to a lesser congregation. In a perfect world the situation would have been reversed. At least nobody in the Globe needed medical attention.
Dulcie is a regular visitor to the area (she was born here) and never fails to captivate an audience as was proved last night.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Tonite! (Sunday Oct. 13) Dulcie sings at the Globe!
Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (repeated Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm)
https://www.ayclifferadio.co.uk/listen
Playlist 13/10/24 (repeated Tuesday 15/10/24)
Requests: George Melly with John Chilton's
Feetwarmers.
From Darlington NOJC - Sarah Spencer's Transatlantic Band: Eli
Newberger & the Hot 6 featuring Jimmy Mazzy; The King of Swing Orchestra;
Coleman Hawkins; Sir Charles Thompson; Louis Armstrong; Luis Russell and His
Orchestra 'Jersey Lightning'; Kid Thomas Valentine's Creole Jazz Band.
New Releases: Gaz Hughes.
Memories: Art Blakey + Terence Blanchard, Thelonious Monk.
NE Jazz: Alligator Gumbo, Nicola Farnon.
Memories: Art Tatum, Buddy Rich Big Band with Terry Gibbs,
JATP Swing Set.
Aycliffe Radio is available on DAB in County Durham & the Darlington Area.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Shellac (M): Gille Mellé Sextet - Four Moons/The Gears (Blue Note)
Album review: Louis Stewart, Martin Taylor - Acoustic Guitar Duets (Livia Records)
Friday, October 11, 2024
Francis Tulip makes JRR!
© Ken Drew |
John Carstairs Hallam on Vintage Chart Toppers.
Indigo Jazz Voices w. the Little Big Band @ the Globe - Oct. 10
© Patti (singer Jen Errington) |
Indigo Jazz Voices began life as Blue Jazz Voices, at what was then Sage Gateshead, under the tutelage of Lindsay Hannon. With the move to the Globe and a change of colour they began what was to become an ongoing ten year, bi-monthly, residency.
Last night the five singers strutted their stuff before an enthusiastic crowd with a varied choice of songs.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Album review: T.K. Blue - Planet Bluu (Jaja Rexords)
Preview: Indigo Jazz Voices + Little Big Band @ The Globe - Thursday October 10 - tonight!
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Album review: Terry Gibbs Dream Band - Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound)
Album review: Brian Lynch - 7x7by7 (Hollistic MusicWorks)
Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Tommy Weatherley funeral update.
Donations to Cancer UK can be made at the crem.
Afterwards, friends and fellow musicians are invited back to remember Tommy at Cullercoats Crescent Club circa 11:30am. Lance
Shellac (L): Humphrey Lyttelton with the Melody Maker All Stars - Mainly Traditional/Oh! Dad (Parlophone)
There's a story behind this recording. In 1954 the Melody Maker, at the time the 'Musician's Bible' decided to run a poll asking their readers to come up with their ideal traditional jazz group. The winners were Ron Onions and Robert Earl who liked the idea of a mainly traditional front line with a modern (for the time) rhythm section resulting in the above line-up (Wally Fawkes dropped out of the Oh! Dad side and Mickey Ashman replaced Joe Muddel on bass).
Monday, October 07, 2024
The '58 Jazz Collective @ Dorman's Jazz Club, Middlesbrough - October 4
Led by Kevin Eland and with a changed line-up, this month's guest band gave us an entertaining night of jazz. Several of the numbers were recently arranged by Dave Archbold, and given a fine and polished performance that was much appreciated by a good sized audience.
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2024 @ the Globe. Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat, Catriona Bourne Quartet, Heather Ferrier - Oct. 6
© Ken Drew |
Sunday, October 06, 2024
The Musicians' Company Young Jazz Musician Competition 2024 - Tina May J...
Luis Verde Quartet @ Central Bar, Gateshead - Oct. 6
Luis Verde (alto sax); Joe Steels (guitar); John Pope (double bass); John Hirst (drums)
Lewis Watson Quartet @ Wylam Institute - Oct. 5
Saturday, October 05, 2024
Album review: Vanisha Gould - She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth (Cellar Music)
Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (repeated Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm)
https://www.ayclifferadio.co.uk/listen
Playlist 06/10/24 (repeated Tuesday 08/10/24)
Requests: Henry Mancini
James Birkett talks jazz & makes his picks: Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian,
Joe Pass/Ella Fitzgerald, John McLaughlin & Shaki, Pat Metheny.
New Release: John Donegan.
Memories: Papa Jo Jones (drum solo), Harry
'Sweets' Edison/MJQ, Kenny Garrett.
Aycliffe Radio is available on DAB in County Durham & Darlington Area.
Friday, October 04, 2024
Joel Frahm Trio/Saul Duff's Dufftet @ Seven Arts, Leeds - Oct. 3
© Patti |
Thursday, October 03, 2024
Album review: Samara Joy - Portrait (Verve)
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
The Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, Ferryhill - Oct. 1
The Black Swan jam session - Oct. 1
R.I.P. Tommy Weatherley
R.I.P. John Cram
Tuesday, October 01, 2024
Album review: Zaccai Curtis - Cubop Lives! (Truth Revolution Recording Collective)
Zaccai Curtis is deeply immersed in both bebop and Afro-Cuban jazz which makes any recording by him a shoo-in for BSH. As the pianist points out, bebop and Cuban jazz were one of the earliest forms of fusion and, in my own opinion, probably the most natural.
Here he pays homage to the early greats of both genres, delving into works by: Monk, Ray Bryant, Dizzy, Hilton Ruiz, Noro Morales (x 4), Kenny Drew, Kenny Durham and Charlie Parker. He even takes Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag down to Havana, gives a Latin touch to When I Fall in Love and Someday my Prince Will Come and plays Moose the Mooche as a cha cha cha. On top of all that cubop he's also contributed three of his originals that tick all the boxes.
October highlights...
Preview: Classic Jazz Party 2024
Shellac (K): Gene Krupa - Leave Us Leap/That Drummer's Band
K presented me with the unenviable task of having to choose between Stan
Kenton, the John Kirby Sextet, Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy or Gene Krupa
and his Orchestra. All front runners and packed with great soloists, singers
and arrangers. A difficult choice and, in the end, I opted for Krupa and Leave
Us Leap (YouTube).
Ed Finkel's composition and arrangement is outstanding and, along with solos from Don Fagerquist (trumpet), Charlie Ventura (tenor sax), Tommy Pederson (trombone), Teddy Napoleon (piano) and, of course, the leader himself, it's just about as swinging as it could get in 1945. That one bar of silence in the out chorus always sends shivers down my spine!
Monday, September 30, 2024
Lapwing nesting @ Low Newton-by-the-Sea
Preview: John Horler - Ronnie Scott's & Radio 3
Shellac (J): Harry James - I'm Beginning to See the Light/Carnival (Parlophone DPE 126)
Album review: Micah Thomas - Mountains (Artwork Records)
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- R.I.P. Malcolm Armstrong.
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- Press release: Trailer Released For The Record Sto...
- Album review: Nick Tomalin Quintet - Shades of She...
- Sunday night @ the Globe - Dulcie May Moreno - Oct...
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- Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (re...
- Shellac (M): Gille Mellé Sextet - Four Moons/The G...
- Album review: Louis Stewart, Martin Taylor - Acous...
- Francis Tulip makes JRR!
- John Carstairs Hallam on Vintage Chart Toppers.
- Indigo Jazz Voices w. the Little Big Band @ the Gl...
- Album review: T.K. Blue - Planet Bluu (Jaja Rexords)
- Preview: Indigo Jazz Voices + Little Big Band @ Th...
- Album review: Terry Gibbs Dream Band - Vol. 7: The...
- Album review: Brian Lynch - 7x7by7 (Hollistic Musi...
- Tommy Weatherley funeral update.
- Shellac (L): Humphrey Lyttelton with the Melody Ma...
- The '58 Jazz Collective @ Dorman's Jazz Club, Midd...
- Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 20...
- The Musicians' Company Young Jazz Musician Competi...
- Luis Verde Quartet @ Central Bar, Gateshead - Oct. 6
- Lewis Watson Quartet @ Wylam Institute - Oct. 5
- Album review: Vanisha Gould - She's Not Shiny, Sh...
- Jazz Time Aycliffe Radio - Sundays 6.30-8.00pm (re...
- Joel Frahm Trio/Saul Duff's Dufftet @ Seven Arts, ...
- Album review: Samara Joy - Portrait (Verve)
- The Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, Fer...
- The Black Swan jam session - Oct. 1
- R.I.P. Tommy Weatherley
- R.I.P. John Cram
- Album review: Zaccai Curtis - Cubop Lives! (Truth ...
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- Preview: Classic Jazz Party 2024
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