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Bebop Spoken There

Simon Spillett: “ Bebop and hard bop came naturally to him [Tubby Hayes]". Morning Star, March 28, 2024.

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Hudson Music: Lance's "Bebop Spoken Here" is one of the heaviest and most influential jazz blogs in the UK.

Rupert Burley (Dynamic Agency): "BSH just goes from strength to strength".

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Holly Cooper, Mouthpiece Music: "Lance writes pull quotes like no one else!"

Simon Spillett: A lovely review from the dean of jazz bloggers, Lance Liddle...

Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.

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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

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Sunday, April 06, 2014

GIJF – Day One Late Night Club @ the Jazz Café. April 4/5

(Review by Russell)
Gone midnight. The walk from Sage Gateshead across the Swing Bridge, up Side, along the ‘Diamond Strip’ (lacking in diamonds only) to Pink Lane is to see life in all its forms – the beggar, the party animal, the Balkan street musician, the inebriated, ‘exit/entry technicians’ (bouncers), boom box boy racers, fast food outlets, pigeons up for a feast. The Gateshead International Jazz Festival’s late night venue has moved around in recent years, this year the recently re-opened Jazz Café welcomed the nighthawks. 
A familiar face on the door, a familiar face at the bar, few people in. Hmm. Rivet Catcher out of stock, at our barman’s suggestion, Mordue’s Workie Ticket the dep. The Alan Law Trio (aka ALT) – Law (piano), John Pope (double bass) and drummer Jonathan Marriott – worked as the house trio taking a spell from time to time allowing others to sit in. And no shortage of sitters in. Pete Gilligan knocked seven bells out of the upright, Eric Stutt waited his turn and did a sterling job as did his fellow sticks man Jeff Armstrong. Bassist Pope excelled on Nature Boy (Pope the only one to work the entire session – extra rations for the man!) and upon the arrival of Sarah Travena (soprano) Law called for a blues in F. The applause for Ms T could be heard three blocks away. This is the stuff of jam  sessions! And more…Kath Lowdon, sitting near the fire exit, took the mic, remained seated and improvised a soulful vocal along the lines of …’I’m not gonna fight it’. Fantastic! An ‘I was there’ moment. 
The excitement-o-meter went off the scale as trombone dynamo David Gray got up. The bone man’s drummer friend – a new face – sat in. The name? Michael Mather. The guys went round and round on Sunny, jam session style. Gone two o’clock up stepped Lindsay Hannon. In a Sentimental Mood, Hannon style – class (glass in hand!). Travena seated at a table, chords displayed on her mobile phone in place of sheet music, played some more soprano, Gray’s slide slowed, careful not to deal a knockout blow to the seated punters. More, more! Hannon stayed on, what to play? Mercy, Mercy, Mercy. A plea from Pope to ‘play it properly’ (switching to five-string electric). So they did, solos all. Gone two thirty, lights up, time to go. The late night session at the Jazz Café resumes Saturday night into Sunday morning.       
Russell.      

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