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Bebop Spoken There

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

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

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.

Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Lulo Reinhardt @ Sage Gateshead. September 30

Lulo Reinhardt (guitar), Christophe König (violin), Winfried Schuld (piano), Harald Becker (electric bass) & Uli Krämer-Ragusi (percussion)
(Review by Russell).
Babik Reinhardt played the Newcastle Jazz Festival in a band featuring the teenage Bireli Lagrene. Some three decades later Hot Club devotees, a cross section of music lovers and a birthday girl filled the ground floor in Hall Two at Sage Gateshead keen to give a warm Geordie welcome to Lulo Reinhardt, great nephew of Django.
Lulo, tall, pony-tailed, walked onto stage with his regular touring band, smiled, sat down and spoke engagingly in excellent English to an adoring crowd. Lulo described his music as ‘Latin Swing’, alerting Hot Clubbers to the fact the evening wouldn’t be a pastiche of the Django-Stêphane oeuvre. Lulo performed two sets (including an encore) in excess of two and a half hours, taking the audience on a world music tour stopping off in far-flung places. Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, France, Israel, Morocco, Spain, USA and Copeland, England were, variously, formative, influential and, simply, stamps in his well-travelled passport; the life of an itinerant musician.
To the disappointment of some, Lulo and band used amplification, at times unsparingly. Violinist Konig dazzled throughout with virtuoso playing, soloing as often as his bandleader. Percussionist Uli Krämer-Ragusi shone behind the kit and with an array of additional instruments including udu, beat box, gong and water-filled tupperware box. Lulo spoke little of Django; one story revealed a through-the-keyhole glimpse of the life – days in Montmartre and trips to Samois sur Seine. Hot Club swing surfaced from time to time, otherwise Lulo Reinhardt played it his way. A brilliant technician, breath-taking at times, a standing ovation across the hall affirmed Lulo’s musical vision. Hot Clubbers raised little objection, going with the flow. Their mission will be to seek out Lulo at the annual celebration of all things Django at Samois.                            
Russell.

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