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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

18395 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 259 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 30 ), 69

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

March

Tue 31: Bede Trio @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Albert Hills Wright (alto sax); Finn Carter (piano); Michael Dunlop (double bass).

April

Wed 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 01: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 01: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 02: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00. Subject: Musicians playing classical & orchestral music.
Thu 02: The Noel Dennis Band @ Prohibition Bar, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2RU. 7:00pm (doors). £10.84. Quartet plus special guest Zoë Gilby. Over 21s only.
Thu 02: Renegade Brass Band @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 02: Shalala @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.00. adv..
Thu 02: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Fri 03: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 03: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 03: King Bees @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). Free. Chicago blues.

Friday, September 26, 2025

Preview: Scarborough Jazz Festival (Sept. 26-28)

This year's Scarborough Jazz Festival is packed with goodies. Starting at a quarter to twelve today (Friday 26), the long weekend winds down late on Sunday evening. Opening with Jamil Sheriff's 4 in 1, it's a non-stop parade of big hitters and emerging artists. 

From Emily Masser and Alex Clarke to Dean Stockdale's 100 Years of Oscar Peterson (it's an expanded eleven piece line-up) to Trish Clowes to the blazing bebop of the Gaz Hughes Trio and Alan Barnes' celebration of Art Pepper, it's all unmissable. And that's just Friday!

Saturday's entertainment ranges from John Settle tipping his hat to Cal Tjader, cellist Shirley Smart to Hot Club violinist Ben Holder, Emma Rawicz's immense Jazz Orchestra to the Jazz Dynamos and the day's closing set from the incendiary James Taylor Quartet.

Sunday, if you're still standing, opens with a familiar name on Bebop Spoken Here's patch - Alexia Gardner! Globe-trotting Alexia, now resident in Northumberland, is sure to make a big impression here at the Spa. Five-Way Split could be the show-stealing set of the weekend. Quentin Collins and Vasilis Xenopoulos front an all-star quintet. Not to be missed! Billy Marrows could prove to be a revelation, Joe Stilgoe and the Entertainers will do just that - entertain! And to bring down the curtain on a marvellous weekend of jazz, it's the brilliant Simon Spillett Big Band playing Tubby Hayes! Russell           
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