Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2013 is almost upon us! Here's a real guitar great, live in Hall Two...

Biréli Lagrène Quartet
plus Kevin Mackenzie & Steve Hamilton
Saturday 6th April
Hall Two, 8pm

Biréli Lagrène was covering the repertoire of Django Reinhardt by the age of eight. By his late teens he was mixing with greats such as Stéphane Grappelli and Benny Goodman, and exploring jazz fusion with Jaco Pastorius.

Whilst still a master of the Reinhardt legacy, his current band is a free-wheeling quartet reminiscent of 1960s Blue Note, with saxophonist Franck Wolf, Hammond organist Jean-Yves Jung and drummer Jean Marc Robin.

“…like watching an expert juggler throw more china in the air….while the audience gasps and grins with pleasure”. Guardian

Tickets: £16.50

With a post-concert talk - free to ticket holders.
Save with the ‘Jazz Pass’
Buy two or more tickets for either the Hall One or Hall Two Gateshead International Jazz Festival concerts (or a combination of both) and save money. Visit the website for more details.

 

Afternoon Jazz
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th April
Concourse, 1.30pm - 7pm

Featuring great bands from across The Sage Gateshead’s Join In programme, including our BMus Jazz, Popular and Commercial Music programme and Young Musicians Programme, as well as other ensembles from across the region. Two afternoons of free music which can be enjoyed by everyone.

For Saturday lineup click here

For Sunday lineup click here

 

Late Night Jazz, Funk and Soul
Friday 5th - Sunday 7th April
Hoochie Coochie, 11pm-late

Hoochie Coochie Club in central Newcastle (10-15 minutes walk from The Sage Gateshead) will provide a late night venue Friday to Sunday night (subject to capacity) for festival audiences. With a mix of guest jazz musicians and DJs. For more details visit Hoochie Coochie's website.

Tickets: £5 for Friday and Saturday (available from Hoochie Coochie on the night)

Free entry on Sunday

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

Hard rock becomes late night chamber jazz! Jens Thomas and Verneri Pohjola- Speed of Grace – a tribute to AC/DC.
Masterful bass-driven piano trio : Phronesis plus Iain Ballamy & Stian Carstensen (The Little Radio) Double Bill
Northern Spirits: Music from two of the UK’s most distinctively original jazz composers – Tim Garland and Ian Carr. With Northern Sinfonia, Tim Garland, Asaf Serkis, Gwilym Simcock, Henry Lowther, Tim Whitehead and Andy Champion.
A Saturday morning jazz workout for musicians aged 13-19 (Grade 5+ performance), with NYJO members and their music director Mark Armstrong.