tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post7245803038866346120..comments2024-03-27T22:41:44.357+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: New Year New Artists @Sage Gateshead. January 29 Saturday Afternoon SessionLancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-65029422171876994672017-01-31T11:45:50.026+00:002017-01-31T11:45:50.026+00:00Kate Mossman. I'm not clever enough to google ...Kate Mossman. I'm not clever enough to google a name without losing the screen I'm on. She writes for - I think - the Spectator. Not just John McLaughlin but Zappa, Genesis and Coliseum. I can almost forgive her for Queen.Steve Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-92217690441966632342017-01-31T11:12:28.044+00:002017-01-31T11:12:28.044+00:00Concertina, accordion, banjo, kazoo. The speed of ...Concertina, accordion, banjo, kazoo. The speed of finger was very impressive, but I will continue to avoid albums or concerts featuring a concertina or accordion.<br />Sadly I missed Tamsin but saw Maiam do Bach, not a composer who interests me. Zappa used to call classical musicians 'robots' and many Jazz musicians point out that they can't generally improvise. She was certainly steve Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-91613812883953066582017-01-30T15:57:49.339+00:002017-01-30T15:57:49.339+00:00Erm...Talisk weren't playing an accordion, it ...Erm...Talisk weren't playing an accordion, it was a concertina, of local lad Alistair Anderson fame........<br />But as a jazz fan who went mainly for Elliot Galvin, having sat alongside Laura Jurd and seen him at Foyle's Bookshop in the 2015 LJF, I was actually converted to classical music by the staggeringly expressive virtuosity of Mariam Batsashvili and Tamsin Waley-Cohen.<br />All inStewartdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10891420731357589436noreply@blogger.com