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MATT FORD with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
FRIDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2023 HALL 2, SAGE GATESGEAD It doesn't get much better than this. Top singer (actually two top singers) and a big...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Oct 22, 2022
- 2 min
DAVE O'HIGGINS celebrating 20 YEARS of Strictly Smokin' Big Band
SUNDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2022 HOOCHIE COOCHIE This was, to quote from Larry Hart's lyric in Thou Swell, "a sweet lollapalooza" or as Cole...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Feb 26, 2022
- 2 min
PETE LONG with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
SATURDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 2022 HALL 2, SAGE GATESGEAD I'd heard Pete Long's Ellington/Strayhorn inspired suite based around Gustav Holst's...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Feb 29, 2020
- 2 min
MIKE LOVATT with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
SATURDAY 29TH FEBRUARY 2020 HALL 2, SAGE GATESHEAD Some cats can some cats can’t. Mike Lovatt can! Mike Lovatt can do what? Mike Lovatt...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Oct 19, 2019
- 2 min
CLAIRE MARTIN OBE with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
SUNDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2019 HOOCHIE COOCHIE I’ve stopped using plaudits like ‘Gig of the Month’, ‘Gig of the Year’ etc. There are just too...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Feb 23, 2019
- 4 min
MARK NIGHTINGALE with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
Saturday 23rd February 2019 Hall 2, Sage Gateshead Michael Lamb and the SSBB think big when they book a guest artist. Over the last few...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Sep 15, 2018
- 2 min
POLLY GIBBONS with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
Sunday 16th September 2018 Hoochie Coochie When Hoochie's head honcho Warren says that Polly Gibbons is in the top ten acts he's heard...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Aug 25, 2018
- 2 min
ALAN BARNES with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
Saturday 26th August 2018 Ushaw Jazz Festival It wouldn't be Ushaw without Punch (A.K.A Alan Barnes). The much-travelled sax/clarinet ace...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Feb 17, 2018
- 4 min
PUAL BOOTH with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
Saturday 18th February 2018 Alphabetti Theatre The Alphabetti Theatre was sardine-can full - standing room only. They couldn't have had a...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Oct 14, 2017
- 4 min
JOE STILGOE with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
Sunday 15h October 2017 Hoochie Coochie The Strictly Smokin’ Big Band at Hoochie Coochie is a guarantee of top quality entertainment. Add...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Sep 15, 2017
- 2 min
BRUCE ADAMS with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
Saturday 18th September 2017 The Globe | Jazz.Coop This was a near-perfect Jazz Coop gig. How could it not be with the UK's number one...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Sep 17, 2016
- 2 min
HAILEY TUCK with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
Sunday 18th September 2016 Hoochie Coochie You wait for ages then two come along at once! No, I'm not talking about buses, I'm talking...
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Bebop Spoken Here
- Sep 19, 2015
- 2 min
ANTHONY STRONG with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
Sunday 20th September 2015 Hoochie Coochie What a weekend of singers! Alice Grace, in the audience tonight, basking in the glory of her...
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