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For the last ten 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.
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18h ago
On Sunday (March 31) Sid Jacobs and Tom Remon will be dropping by Prohibition Bar. The guitar duo's UK tour is coming to an end and this Newcastle concert will be your last opportunity to hear American virtuoso Jacobs before he flies home next week. London based Remon is no stranger to the Pink Lane venue and he'll be back again next month working alongside Laurence Harrison. At the ..read more
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20h ago
Michael Sutton (vocals); Rob Barron (piano); Jeremy Brown (bass); Mark Taylor (drums) + Quentin Collins (trumpet - solos on tks 1, 6, & 9); Claire Martin OBE (producer/vocal on tk 5)This could be the vocal album of the year and, even if it's not it will certainly be 'in the frame'. How could it not be produced as it is by Claire Martin OBE? Claire also adds her dulcet tones to Van ..read more
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20h ago
A friend recently gave me this photo of the Tyne Valley Stompers taken sometime in the 1990s.The band in the photo comprises of Eric Pollard (tenor sax); Harry Blakey (banjo); Fred Rowe (cornet); Ray Brown (drums/leader) and Lance Cousins (trombone).They were a popular band on the local trad scene playing all over the north east which leads to this question - Can anyone identify the ..read more
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23h ago
(© Jeff Pritchard)John Hulme (flugel); Paul Hartley (guitar); Peter Hartley (split bass); Eryl Roberts (drums). On a weather-beaten Manchester night John Hulme played flugelhorn on both sets of this well-supported gig. Whilst he played several tunes composed by trumpet players, my personal favourites were My Ship and My Funny Valentine neither of which were ..read more
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3d ago
(© Jeff Pritchard)Tom Remon (guitar); Sid Jacobs (guitar); James Owston (bass); Jim Bashford (drums).As expected, this Sunday night gig turned out to be a room filler and I’m pretty certain there were many fans of modern jazz guitar amongst the audience. Tom Remon has played this venue on at least two occasions but Sid Jacobs was unknown to me and after checking the internet for information ..read more
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4d ago
Chet Baker (trumpet, vocal); Jack Sheldon (trumpet, vocal); Dave Frishberg (piano); Jack Marshall (guitar); Joe Mondragon (bass); Nick Ceroli (drums)Another Record Store Day release uncovered by Elemental Music's Jazz Detective Zev Feldman and, I'm sorry to say that this one doesn't quite work for me although there are moments.Baker and Sheldon may have been big buddies off stage but in the ..read more
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4d ago
Steve Andrews (MC, baritone sax, clarinet); Martin Litton (piano); Ed Cross (violin); Alistair Lord (trumpet, cornet); Dave Hignett (trumpet); Neville Hartley (trombone); Jim McBriarty (reeds, vocals); Alan Marshall (reeds); Gavin Lee (reeds); Keith Stephen (guitar, banjo); Phil Rutherford (tuba); Paul Smith (drums); Caroline Irwin (vocals) + Olivia (xylophone); Benjamin (alto sax)The New ..read more
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4d ago
If you're in striking distance of Hexham there is only one place to be this afternoon. At precisely three o'clock alto saxophonist Luis Verde will take to the stage in the library at Queen's Hall. Following a period of something like twelve months, during which Luis Verde frequently sat in at the Black Swan jam session in Newcastle Arts Centre, this time last week Luis finally ..read more
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4d ago
https://www.ayclifferadio.co.uk/listen.Aycliffe Radio is now available on DAB in County Durham & the Darlington area. Playlist 24/03/24 (repeated Tuesday 26/03/24) Requests: Chris Barber, Cab Calloway. Memories: Sarah Vaughan/Clifford Brown, Buck Clayton/Ruby Braff. Seasonal Requests: Pee Wee Russell, Charles Mingus, MJQ, Mahalia Jackson/Louis Armstrong, Tim Boniface, Ella ..read more
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5d ago
The Costa Book Awards would each year, honour the best fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children’s books and first novels. One category they always missed was the best Bog and Bedside book; those volumes that are structured so you can read as much or as little as time allows and pick it up again anywhere in the book next time. Everybody has one. It was rumoured that Her late lamented Majesty had a ..read more