For the past sixteen years we've been updating the world about jazz in the north east of England and updating the north east of England about jazz in the world. WINNER of the Jazz Media Category in the 2018 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Contact lanceliddle@gmail.com
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From This Moment On ...
March
Fri 15: The Vieux Carré Jazzmen - mayoral naming ceremony @ the new North Shields Transport Hub, Railway Terrace, North Shields NE29 6RS. Showtime 9.45 - 11.30am.
Fri 15: Mark Williams Trio @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 15: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 15: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 15: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 15: Durham University Jazz Orchestra @ Concert Room, Music Dept., Palace Green, Durham University. 7:00pm. £7.00.; £6.00. concs; £5.00. DSM. ‘A Night in New York’.
Fri 15: Swing Manouche @ Seventeen Nineteen, Hendon, Sunderland. 7:30pm.
Fri 15: Jive Aces @ Customs House, South Shields. 7:30pm.
Fri 15: Funkkastle @ Bily Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free.
Fri 15: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Blues & Bourbon, Nelson St., Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.
Sat 16: Hot Club du Nord @ Warkworth Memorial Hall. 7:00pm.
Sat 16: Tony Hadley: The Big Swing Tour 2024 @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 7:30pm.
Sat 16: Side Café Orkestar @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 16: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Chopwell Community Centre, Chopwell NE17 7HS. 8:00pm.
Sat 16: Hot Club du Nord @ Warkworth Memorial Hall. 7:00pm.
Sun 17: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 17: Tweed River Jazz Band @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 7:00pm.
Sun 17: Luis Verde @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Verde, John Pope & Abbie Finn. Alto sax brilliance!
Mon 18: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 18: James Birkett & Bradley Johnston @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £8.00. at the door. Guitar virtuosi!
Tue 19: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Michael Young, Paul Grainger, Tim Johnston.
Wed 20: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 20: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 20: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 21: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 21: Castillo Neuvo Trio + Conor Emery & His ‘Bones Band @ The Grove, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). £10.00. (£7.00. student).
Thu 21: Remi Banklyn + Chris Corcoran Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.50. Chicago blues. An International Guitar Foundation promotion.
Thu 21: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Ragtime piano.
Thu 21: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
McCoy Tyner Trio Plus Joe Lovano At The Sage - A Gig Of Two Halves
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Main Street Jazzmen at the Iona Club
All in all well worth the visit.
The Hipster Says ...
Stamps For Swinging Lovers
Nothing Like A Dame
There were moments when I forgave her; her "Shakespeare And All That Jazz" recorded in 1964 was, probably still is, the defining mix of jazz and the written/spoken word. Something few would dare to deny. However, one swallow doesn't make a supper and I heard little else to enjoy.
As recently as this merry month of May, with a hey and a ho and a hey nonny no I opted to drive to Darlington to catch Scott Hamilton and Steve Fishwick rather than go up the road to the Sage and listen to Lord and Lady Dankworth of Wavendon.
Then I heard "Quality Time".
A good friend and contributor to this site raved about Cleo singing "Quality Time". I shrugged it off; I knew "Quality Time" as a clever Dave Frishberg song that Susannah McCorkle had recorded but couldn't quite equate it with the sentiments Liz was attributing to it so, as I had picked up Cleo's CD of same somewhere along the way, I decided to listen to it - don't ask me why I hadn't done so before; built in conceptions guess.
Let me tell you this is one helluva CD. Gone are the mannerisms to be replaced by a feeling of sensuality akin to a Julie London or a Jeri Southern. "Quality Time", the song, is not the Frishberg fol de rol but a beatutiful piece written by tenor saxist Duncan Lamont and drummer, the late Allan Ganley. Apart from the originals (Cleo and Sir John also penned some) there are several well chosen standards and, in particular, a goose pimpling version of "Wee Small Hours" that gets within sight of the Sinatra version.
It was recorded in 2002 which would make her 75 at the time...
Monday, May 26, 2008
Ruth Lambert Quintet at the Side Café
Jazz Legacy
Sunday, May 25, 2008
RIP Brian Fisher
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Jazz At The Fell
Ja-Da - Bob Wilber Soprano Sax
More Colin Aitchison, Bob Wilber and the China Coast Jazzmen. Other items can be seen on You Tube. Search for China Coast Jazzmen.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Jason Moran presents In My Mind: Monk At Town Hall
Monday, May 19, 2008
Stu Collingwood Trio at The Side Café
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Their Army Knives Aren't Bad Either
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Alan Glen Trio
Frank Sparrow - THE MAN - by John Taylor. UPDATED.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Extreme Measures
Fever
Sunday, May 11, 2008
John Taylor - "Great Photos"
Jimmy Giuffre
Friday, May 09, 2008
Michael Garrick Sextet at Caedman Hall
Thursday, May 08, 2008
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Red Hot Chilli Arms
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis Trio at The Side Café
Sunday, May 04, 2008
The Song Is Ended But...
Saturday, May 03, 2008
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Friday, May 02, 2008
Gwyneth at The Gala
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Killer Shrimp at Corner House
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- The Hipster Says ...
- Stamps For Swinging Lovers
- Nothing Like A Dame
- Ruth Lambert Quintet at the Side Café
- Jazz Legacy
- RIP Brian Fisher
- Quote
- Jazz At The Fell
- Ja-Da - Bob Wilber Soprano Sax
- Jason Moran presents In My Mind: Monk At Town Hall
- Stu Collingwood Trio at The Side Café
- Their Army Knives Aren't Bad Either
- Alan Glen Trio
- Frank Sparrow - THE MAN - by John Taylor. UPDATED.
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- Extreme Measures
- Fever
- John Taylor - "Great Photos"
- Jimmy Giuffre "Train and the River"
- Jimmy Giuffre
- Michael Garrick Sextet at Caedman Hall
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- Red Hot Chilli Arms
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- Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis Trio at The Side Café
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