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16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

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.

Fri 22: Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 22: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 22: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 22: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 22: Nauta + Remy CB + Last Orders @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). Free.
Fri 22: Vasilis Xenopoulos-Paul Edis Quartet @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £15.00. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 22: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 23: Jambone @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 6:30pm. Free (ticketed). End of term performance in the Northern Rock Foundation Hall.
Sat 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 23: Red Kites Jazz @ Rowlands Gill Community Centre NE39 1JB. 7:00pm. Tickets: £12.00. (gibsidecommunityfarm@gmail.com). A ‘Build a Barn’ fundraiser. BYOB, tea/coffee available.
Sat 23: New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £20.00. + bf (book in person at venue - no booking fee!). Featuring pianist Martin Litton.
Sat 23: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 24: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 24: Luis Verde @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Verde (alto sax); Joe Steels (guitar); John Pope (double bass); John Hirst (drums). Alto sax brilliance!
Sun 24: Elsie Franklin @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. £10.00. Country blues. An International Guitar Foundation promotion.
Sun 24: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: Las Vegas Live with the Rat Pack @ The Forum, Billingham.
Sun 24: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Otterburn Memorial Hall. 7:30pm. £12.00.
Sun 24: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Note start time - 7:00pm.
Sun 24: Bold Big Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 25: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:30pm. Free.

Complete Discs To Die For To Date

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else<br>
Cannonball Adderley - Work Song<br>
Cannonball Adderley Quintet In San Francisco.<br>
Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens<br>
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C.Handy<br>
Chet Baker-Art Pepper - The Route<br>
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie.<br>
Bix Beiderbecke - the Singing the Blues/I'm Coming Virginia session.<br>
Tony Bennett/Bill Evans "Together Again"<br>
Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album [with Days of Wine and Roses etc]<br>
Art Blakey - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - '' Moanin' ''<br>
Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet.: Study In Brown.<br>
Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet - [the one with Joy Spring, Jordu etc]<br>
Clifford Brown Joy Spring.<br>
Donald Brown - Car Tunes
Don Byas/Paul Gonsalves/Ben Webster - The Three Tenors
Charlie Byrd: Blues For Night People
June Christy/Stan Kenton - Duet.
Buck Clayton Jam Session.
Ornette Coleman/Pat Metheny - Song X
John Coltrane - Africa Brass.
John Coltrane - Blue Trane
Chick Corea - Light as a Feather.
Miles Davis - The Complete Concert 1964
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Miles Davis - Miles Davis Live in Europe
Miles Davis - Nefertiti.
Blossom Dearie - Blossom time at Ronnie Scott's
Walt Dickerson - Tell Us Only The Beautiful Things
Harry Edison, Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You?
Duke Ellington - And His Mother Called Him Bill.
Duke Ellington: 'The Webster-Blanton Band' (3 CD set on Bluebird)
Duke Ellington – Ellington at Newport ‘56
Kurt Elling - Flirting With Twilight.
Bill Evans, Waltz for Debbie
Bill Evans - With Symphony Orchestra.
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings Cole Porter.
Ella Fitzgerald with Ellis Larkins - Songs in a Mellow Mood.
Jan Garbarek - Afric Pepperbird
Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet Kings at Montreux 1975.
Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Benny Goodman Sextet – with Cootie and Christian.
Dexter Gordon - Go!
The Great Jazz Trio - Someday My Prince Will Come
Jim Hall/Ron Carter - 'Alone Together'
Lionel Hampton/Charlie Shavers – “Just Jazz Concert”
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Barry Harris Trio - Live At The Jazz Workshop
Hampton Hawes Trio Volume 1
Coleman Hawkins - The Stanley Dance Sessions
Coleman Hawkins-The Hawk Relaxes.
Coleman Hawkins - How Deep Is the Ocean (1943)
The Hot Horn Happening(Mark Nightingale, Brian Kellock Ricky Woodard,Jeff Clayton) - Live in Paris
Abdullah Ibraham - The Mountain
Ahmed Jamal - The Awakenung
Keith Jarrett - The Melody At Night with You
Eddie Jefferson - Letter from Home
J.J.Johnson/Al Grey-Things Are Getting Better All The Time.
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis - Potpourri
Richie Kamuca/Mundell Lowe - 'Richie'
Brian Kellock, Live at Henry's
Stan Kenton - Artistry in Rhythm.
Carol Kidd - When I dream
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Kirkatron
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross! - The Hottest New Group in Jazz
Humphrey Lyttelton - Triple Exposure
Wynton Marsalis - Wynton Marsalis Quartet Live at Blues Alley
Tina May/Nikki Iles - Change of Sky.
Carmen McCrae - Carmen Sings Monk
Pat Methany - Secret Story.
Pat Metheny - Works
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet - Really the Blues
Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots
Charles Mingus - Ah Um (2)
Charles Mingus, 'The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady'
Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods.
MJQ - The Last Concert
Hank Mobley Quartet: Soul Station.
Thelonious Monk - Criss Cross.
Wes Montgomery/Johnny Griffin - 'Life at Zsubo's.
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder.
James Morrison/Ray Brown - Two the Max
Jelly Roll Morton Red Hot Peppers (1926 sessions - in many formats)
Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights
Gerry Mulligan-Presenting The Gerry Mulligan Sextet.
Gerry Mulligan - The Original Quartet & Tentette
David Murray, Morning Song
Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie: Live at Massey Hall.
William Parker Quartet with Leena Conquest, Raining on the Moon
Joe Pass - Live at Long Beach City College
Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section
Oscar Peterson - Night Train
Bobby Previte - Hue And Cry
Freddie Redd, the Connection
Joshua Redman - Elastic
Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli "Stars of the Hot Club".
Buddy Rich - Big Swing Face
Sonny Rollins, The Bridge
Charlie Rouse - Yeah!
Artie Shaw - The Swinging Big Bands (1938/1945)
Horace Silver - Song For My Father.
Frank Sinatra "In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning".
Muggsy Spanier – The Great 16.
Steps Ahead - Smokin in the Pit.
Tierney Sutton - Blue in Green.
Art Tatum/BenWebster Quartet - Gone with the Wind.
Bobby Timmons - Here Is Bobby Timmons.
Jim Tomlinson - The Lyric .
Mel Torme/George Shearing The Complete Concorde Sessions.
Stan Tracey - Genesis
Various - The Pannasie Sessions.
Weather Report - Black Market.
Ben Webster - The Quintet Sessions
Ben Webster - Soulville
Norma Winstone - Another Time Another Place.
Steve Andrews said...
If I had to choose just one "Disc to Die For" it would have to be Coleman Hawkins' 1943 recording of "How Deep is the Ocean?" - Wow! For me, this sums up the sound of the tenor.....

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