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JULY 2025
Thu 03: Sarah Meek with the Dave Cottle Trio: The Louis & Ella Music Show @ The White Room, Stanley. 7:45-10:30pm.
Thu 03: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s, Middlesbrough. Guest band night with Just Friends: Ian Bosworth (guitar); Richie Emmerson (tenor sax); Dave Archbold (keys); Ron Smith (bass); Mark Hawkins (drums). 8:30pm. Free.
Fri 04: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 04: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 04: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 04: Alexia Gardner Trio @ FIKA Art Gallery, Oldgate, Morpeth. 6:00pm. £30.00.
Fri 04: Phantom Bagman + From Lagos to Longbenton @ Little Buildings, Stepney Bank, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £7.50. + £1.00. bf.
Fri 04: Sarah Meek with the Dave Cottle Trio: The Louis & Ella Music Show @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 04: Laurence Harrison, Tom Remon, Paul Grainger & Mark Robertson @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 05: New Century Syncopated Seven @ St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00.
Sat 07: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. £25.00. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. ’Round Midnight (the ballad: ‘Round Midnight & Body & Soul). Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 05: Michael Woods @ The Cycle Hub, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 1:30-2:30pm & 3:00-4:00pm. Country blues guitar & vocals. An Ouseburn Festival event.
Sat 05: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 05: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm.
Sun 06: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm. £7.50.
Sun 06: Ian Bosworth Quintet @ Chapel, Middlesbrough. 1:00pm. Free. Quintet with guest Josh Bentham.
Sun 06: Michael Woods @ The Cycle Hub, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 1:30-2:30pm & 3:00-4:00pm. Country blues guitar & vocals. An Ouseburn Festival event.
Sun 06: Swing Manouche @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 06: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 06: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Platform 2 Craft Ale Bar, Tynemouth Metro Station. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Outside on the concourse. Limited seating, bring your own chair!
Sun 06: Hardy/Dixon/Champion/Karlsen @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.
Mon 07: David Gray’s Flextet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00. at the door; £8.20. (inc £0.20 bf) online, in advance.
Mon 07: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club (1:00pm). Free.
Mon 07: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30pm. Free.
Tue 08: ???
Wed 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 09: Jam session @ The Tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: The Hopper-Watson Quintet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 8:00pm (7:30pm doors). £10.00. + £1.00. bf.
Wed 09: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
7 comments :
Thanks Gene for this sad news. Didn't he later work on the railways? Ronnie, Johnny D, Tony, Denis, Joe, Bernie, Lennie, Tommy, Harry, Laurie, Hank and now Johnny Rogers - the last of the great forefathers of British Bebop. May Johnny Rogers, like his departed soulmates RIP.
At least, I would guess that, Johnny outlived the 'rozzers' who busted the joint that night at the Club Eleven back then!
Quite a good obit in yesterday's Torygraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12106018/Johnny-Rogers-saxophonist-obituary.html
Confirms that he worked as a signal-man. I've searched Youtube for the BBC Club Eleven programme (which I vaguely remember seeing at the time), but to no avail.
Hi Jim. My name is Paul Rogers and I am Johnny’s son. I may be able to help you on the Club 11 reunion gig. I had a copy on VHS which in later years I had converted to DVD. Just recently I uploaded the whole thing to YouTube. The YouTube is an hour and 45 mins and contains the gig at Ronnie Scott’s, followed by a program called ‘The Street’, where they sit and reminisce while watching old B&W cine film. The last few minutes is a clip from a news magazine program called ‘Pick of the Week’ where my Dad was invited up to a studio in Leeds because they found his story to be interesting. When he got there he was surprised because Ronnie Scott had made the trip from London just to play a couple of numbers with my Dad. That was the last time he played. To find all this go onto YouTube and search for Club Eleven 25th and it should be the first hit. If you would like a copy of the DVD then email me at pjorogers@tiscali.co.uk and I will send you one.
Thanks Paul: I'll check out Club Eleven 25th and if that fails, get back to you. Thanks so much. Your dad was a great man.
Jim, link now added to post - great program. Not just the music but the banter between the guys!
Found it: fabulous!
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