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"Yet another SSBB triumph!" - Emma Smith with Strictly Smokin' Big Band
"...two top singers and a kickass big band..."
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Michael Lamb
May 104 min
UK JAZZ NEWS: Smokin’ Hot Big Band. New album ‘Strictly Smokin’ and Friends’
The Strictly Smokin’ Big Band, the only ensemble of its kind in the North East of England, will launch its latest album Strictly Smokin’ and
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Michael Lamb
May 31 min
NEW SINGLE: Daisy Mae - out now
Our second single featuring some wonderfully virtuosic flute playing from the amazing GARETH LOCKRANE is out now!
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Michael Lamb
Apr 281 min
SSBB on The Clare Teal Show on Jazz FM
SSBB featured on The Clare Teal Show on Jazz FM
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Michael Lamb
Apr 254 min
JAZZ VIEWS: Michael Lamb Take Five Q&A
One of the key messages for anyone taking an interest in this release is that we’re keen to show that great big band music can exist...
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Michael Lamb
Apr 122 min
SSBB featured on JAZZ LONDON LIVE
Strictly Smokin' featuring Anthony String with Devil May Care opening Alban Low's Jazz London Live Show this weekend... listen below:
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Bebop Spoken Here
Aug 4, 20232 min
'Ella & Ellington' Preview at Sunderland Fire station
Ella & Ellington, Strictly Smokin', full house. It's becoming a common occurrence, Strictly Smokin' Big Band playing to capacity audiences.
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Bebop Spoken Here
May 21, 20232 min
Harlem '58 - Queen's Hall, Hexham
As the house lights dimmed, the near full house heard the strains of Avenue C. The recorded music gave way to the SSBB's rhythm section seam
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Bebop Spoken Here
May 14, 20231 min
Harlem '58 - The Witham
FRIDAY 28th APRIL 2023 THE WITHAM, BARNARD CASTLE The Witham on Horse Market isn't a noted jazz venue but thanks to the popularity of the...
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Bebop Spoken Here
Feb 27, 20232 min
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
Dec 23, 20222 min
Hoochie Coochie Christmas
Friday 23rd December 2022 HOOCHIE COOCHIE The band moved, the dancers moved and one of the non-dancers was moved to remark that he...
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Bebop Spoken Here
Dec 16, 20222 min
Christmas at GCT 2022
Friday 16th & Saturday 17th December 2022 GOSFORTH CIVIC THEATRE If it's the week before Christmas there's is only one place to be and...
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Bebop Spoken Here
Oct 23, 20222 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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Michael Lamb
Sep 30, 20221 min
Smokin' Big Guest
The region's greatest big band - Strictly Smokin' Big Band - are celebrating 20 years in the biz with an extra special gig at Hoochie Coochi
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Bebop Spoken Here
Aug 18, 20221 min
Newcastle Jazz Festival 2022
I said it began with a BANG and I wasn't just referring to the power of the brass on Buddy's Big Swing Face! I was bemused as I tried to...
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Bebop Spoken Here
Feb 26, 20222 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
Aug 13, 20212 min
SSBB at Newcastle Jazz Festival 2021
Friday 13th August Newcastle Jazz Festival at Newcastle Civic Centre This promised much and delivered even more! Alice Grace singing Ella...
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Bebop Spoken Here
Apr 19, 20202 min
Premiere: Great Day In Harlem (Harlem '58)
Saturday 20th April 2020 Gosforth Civic Theatre This was quite an occasion, indeed a unique one, not to mention a historic one! A Great...
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Bebop Spoken Here
Feb 29, 20202 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 20, 20192 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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