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Bebop Spoken There

Raymond Chandler: “ I was walking the floor and listening to Khatchaturian working in a tractor factory. He called it a violin concerto. I called it a loose fan belt and the hell with it ". The Long Goodbye, Penguin 1959.

The Things They Say!

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".

'606' Club: "A toast to Lance Liddle of the terrific jazz blog 'Bebop Spoken Here'"

The Strictly Smokin' Big Band included Be Bop Spoken Here (sic) in their 5 Favourite Jazz Blogs.

Ann Braithwaite (Braithwaite & Katz Communications) You’re the BEST!

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.

Postage

16350 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 230 of them this year alone and, so far, 27 this month (April 11).

From This Moment On ...

April

Tue 16: The Horne Section’s Hit Show @ Middlesbrough Town Hall. 7:30pm.
Tue 16: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Bradley Johnston, Paul Grainger, Bailey Rudd.

Wed 17: Bailey Rudd (Minor Recital) @ The Music Studios, Haymarket Lane, Newcastle University. 11:40am. Bailey Rudd (drums). Open to the public.
Wed 17: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 17: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 17: The Horne Section’s Hit Show @ The Gala, Durham. 7:30pm. SOLD OUT!
Wed 17: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 18: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 18: NONUNONU @ Elder Beer Café, Chillingham Road, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 18: Knats @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. 8:00pm (doors 7:30pm). £8.00. + bf. Support act TBC.
Thu 18: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Ragtime piano.
Thu 18: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guest band night with Just Friends: Ian Bosworth (guitar); Donna Hewitt (sax); Dave Archbold (keys); Ron Smith (bass); Mark Hawkins (drums).

Fri 19: Cia Tomasso @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. ‘Cia Tomasso sings Billie Holiday’. SOLD OUT!
Fri 19: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 19: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 19: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 19: Tweed River Jazz Band @ The Radio Rooms, Berwick. 7:00pm (doors). £5.00.
Fri 19: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Seventeen Nineteen, Hendon, Sunderland. 7:30pm.
Fri 19: Levitation Orchestra + Nauta @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £11.00.
Fri 19: Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 8:00pm. ‘Ella & Ellington’.

Sat 20: Record Store Day…at a store near you!
Sat 20: Bright Street Band @ Washington Arts Centre. 6:30pm. Swing dance taster session (6:30pm) followed by Bright Street Big Band (7:30pm). £12.00.
Sat 20: Michael Woods @ Victoria Tunnel, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Acoustic blues.
Sat 20: Rendezvous Jazz @ St Andrew’s Church, Monkseaton. 7:30pm. £10.00. (inc. a drink on arrival).

Sun 21: Jamie Toms Quartet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm.
Sun 21: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 21: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Holy Grale, Durham. 5:00pm.
Sun 21: The Jazz Defenders @ Cluny 2. Doors 6:00pm. £15.00.
Sun 21: Edgar Rubenis @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Blues & ragtime guitar.
Sun 21: Tweed River Jazz Band @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 7:00pm. Free.
Sun 21: Art Themen with the Dean Stockdale Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00. +bf. JNE. SOLD OUT!

Mon 22: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Jazz Café Dates for the Diary.

Jazz Café    0191 2615618 open late 11am-1am Fridays and Saturday  …. admission free up to 9.30pm.
admission for most events £4.50 on the door, except New Year's Eve
Live Music Nights
Fri 13th Dec. £4.50. 10.00pm Paul Edis Trio
Contemporary straight -ahead jazz from one of the UKs finest piano trios
"brilliant young pianist " The Guardian.
Sat 14th Dec. 10.00pm Paul Gowland Allstars ……… £4.50
One of Tyneside's top tenors: swings like crazy with a tone fit to blister paint.
Fri 20th Dec.  10.00pm Mo Scott Quartet (Rob Walker/ Neil Harland/Stu Collingwood)
Tyneside's first lady of blues and her star jazz trio
Sat 21st Dec.  10.00pm   Don Forbes Quartet ……………£4.50
from Miles and Horace Silver to Tynesides own Emcee Five a Jazz Cafe favourite
Fri 27th Dec.   10.00pm Pink Lane Jazz Co-op ……..£4.50
Sat 28th Dec.   10.00pm TBC
New Year's Eve Tues 31st Dec. £6/£5 (Tickets in advance)
New Year's Eve - Pink Lane Jazz Co-op Special Event
Tickets in advance from Newcastle Arts Centre  CraftShop
Fri 3rd Jan. 10.00pm  Mark Toomey Quartet £4.50
The North's leading exponent of bebop alto remembers Charlie
Parker www.marktoomey.co.uk
Sat. 4th January 10.00pm Zoe Gilby Trio…………..£4.50
One of Britain's leading young jazz vocalists. A third CD just out. China, Ukraine and Finland among recent venues. www.zoegilby.co.uk
Sat 11 January – Mark Williams Trio  ………..£4.50
Mark Williams guitar; Paul Susans bass; Richard Brown drums
Original, contemporary, guitar-led jazz. Unmissable!
Fri 31 Jan – Pink Lane Jazz Co-op presents a new monthly event,
Final Friday.This month, The Lindsay Hannon Plus
Lindsay Hannon vocals;James Harrison piano; John Pope double bass; Tom Chapman drums
From raucous barrel house blues and tight swing to sensitive spacious ballads capturing
the mood of the great torch singers.   www.lhplus.co.uk
Sat 1 February – Djangologie
Emma Fisk violin; James Birkett & Giles Strong guitars; Mick Shoulder double bass
Rooted firmly in the Hot Club sound of the swing era but with a growing book of excellent originals. Probably the North East’s premier instrumental jazz group and with a growing national reputation.www.djangologie.com/ Presented in partnership with Jazz North.
Jazz Cafe, 25-27 Pink Lane, ( near the Central Station ) NE1 5DW . 0191 2615618
Normal hours for the Café Tues -Thursday - 11am - 11pm
Fridays and Saturdays 11am - 1 am
Kitchen service 11am - 7pm
Keep up to date with the Latest listings on Newcastle Arts Centre website
www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk .          email:- venue@newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk


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