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Bebop Spoken There

"I hear great new musicians all over the world. There has been a globalization of jazz. You can't look just to the U.S. for jazz anymore" - Randy Brecker ( Downbeat January 2010)
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“When I listen to a band like the BBC Big Band, and all the fine young musicians in it – my God. I have ties older than they are!" - Phil Woods ( Jazz Journal 2008.)
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TODAY THURSDAY MAY 23.

LUCIEN BAN & MAT MANERI - Recital Room, Newcastle Uni, Armstrong Building, Queen Victoria Rd., Newcastle NE1 7RU. 0191 2228463. 8pm. £10/£8/£5.
A JNE On The Outside presentation.
BUDTONES - Hexham Jazz Club, Exchange Café, Queen's Hall, Hexham. 8pm. £3.
Bebop, Blues and Ballads -what more do you want? Worth the trip.
VIEUX CARRE JAZZMEN - The Mill Stone, Haddricks Mill Rd., South Gosforth, NE3 1QL. 1:00pm. 0191 2853429. FREE.
New Orleans in nice pub with 4 real ales, good food and a banjo!
JAMES HARRISON/DANNY ALLAN -Hoochie Coochie, 54 Pilgrim St., Newcastle NE1 6SF. 8:00pm.No wheelchair access.
Great young pianist who ticks all the boxes with an exciting young band and a Monster sax player!
THE TEES HOT CLUB - Dormans, Oxford Rd., Linthorpe, Middlesborough, TS5 5DT. 01642 823813
Gypsy jazz with guests.
MAINE STREET JAZZMEN - Marquis of Granby, Streetgate, Sunniside, NE16 5ES (on A692) 0191 4880954. Free. 8:45pm.
Long established Dixieland band.
BUSKER'S NIGHT w. RUTH LAMBERT (not jazz) - Bell and Bucket, North Shields. 9pm. Free.
Fun night with a cast of trillions.
JED GRIMES' ACOUSTIC ROOM - Low Lights Tavern, Brewhouse Bank, North Shields, NE30 1LL. 9PM. £4.50. 0191 2576038.
Folksy.
JACK HAMILTON (solo keyboard plus vocalist) - La Bodega Tapas bar, 84 Newgate St., Morpeth, NE61 1BU. 01670 516055.
Sophisticated sounds and vocals.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

The Matt Anderson Quartet @ The Bridge First Set.


Matt Anderson (ten); Aubin Vanns (gtr); John Marley (bs); Sam Gardner (dms).
This was another WTFWY? gig at The Bridge. The Anderson Quartet play it with a Frigidaire coolness that belies the fire burning at the heart of their compositions and they deserved to be heard by more than the scant few who tackled the stairs to the upper room of this historic pub.
Blues for Wayne (Shorter) got things rolling before kicking in with a couple of pieces from Anderson's specially commissioned Songs of the Ridings - first heard (by me) at last year's Scarborough Jazz Festival - Cold Spell and The Hermitage.
I'd liked to have hung around for the second set but circumstances decreed otherwise. However, co-pilot Russell did and his report follows soon.
Photos.
Lance.
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Bebop Spoken Here -- Here, being the north-east of England -- centred in the blues heartland of Newcastle and reaching down to the Tees Delta and looking upwards to the Land of the Kilt.
Not a very original title, I know; not even an accurate one as my taste, whilst centred around the music of Bird and Diz, extends in many directions and I listen to everything from King Oliver to Chick Corea and beyond. Not forgetting the Great American Songbook the contents of which has provided the inspiration for much great jazz and quality popular singing for round about a century.
The idea of this blog is for you to share your thoughts and pass on your comments on discs, gigs, jazz - music in general. If you've been to a gig/concert or heard a CD that knocked you sideways please share your views with us. Tell us about your favourites, your memories, your dislikes.
Lance (Who wishes it to be known that he is not responsible for postings other than his own and that he's not always responsible for them.)
Contact: lanceliddle@gmail.com I look forward to hearing from you.

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