Bebop Spoken There

Melissa Aldana: ''Having to play a ballads album, which is something very revealing for a saxophone player, would help me to question some new aspects of how to go deeper into sound." (DownBeat May, 2026)

The Things They Say!

This is a good opportunity to say thanks to BSH for their support of the jazz scene in the North East (and beyond) - it's no exaggeration to say that if it wasn't for them many, many fine musicians, bands and projects across a huge cross section of jazz wouldn't be getting reviewed at all, because we're in the "desolate"(!) North. (M & SSBB on F/book 23/12/24)

Postage

18548 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 412 of them this year alone and, so far this month (May 19) 66

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

From This Moment On

May

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00. Subject: Miles Davis & His Favourite Musicians.
Thu 28: Castillo Nuevo Orquesta @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. £6.50. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 28: Bobby Rush @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £25.00. + bf. Veteran USA bluesman.
Thu 28: Squabble @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 28: Paul Skerritt @ Angels' Share, St George's Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle NE2 2SX. 8:00pm. Free. Booking advised (0191 200 1975). Skerritt w. backing tapes.

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: Castillo Nuevo Trio @ Hotel Gotham, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.

Sat 30: Giles Strong Quartet @ Langley Tracks, Langley on Tyne NE47 5LA. 5:30pm (doors). £15.00 + £1.50 bf.

Sun 31: Musicians Unlimited: Big Band Blast @ West Hartlepool RFC. 1:00-3:00pm . Free.
Sun 31: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Table reservations (0191 261 8000). Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Sun 31: Sinfonia of London: Tea Dance @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 3:00pm. Free. John Wilson ensemble performing on the concourse. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George & Ira Gershwin & more.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £3.76.
Sun 31: Joe Steels @ The Pele, Corbridge. 7:00pm. Free (donations direct to the musicians). Joe Steels & Friends.
Sun 31: Ben Haskins Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00., £12.00., £7.00.

June

Mon 01: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn House Hotel. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Mon 01: CW Stoneking @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). Blues, Americana.

Tue 02: Mark Williams Trio @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. £11.00.
Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Alan Law, Paul Grainger, John Hirst.
Tue 02: Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, Ferryhill. 7:30pm. Free.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ 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.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Stan Wilde's Wildcats in 1951 from Colin Aitchison

Hi Lance, I found this very interesting recording of Stan Wilde & The Wilde Cats plus a photo from a 1951 Northern Sound Studio session and decided to put a video together, the song is Lonesome Road and is quite a nice version, interesting no bass, but it works. A great bit of jazz history from the North East, in those wonderful days gone by... Cheers Colin Stan Wilde And The Wilde Cats 1951 Recording Of Lonesome Road Stan Wilde & The Wilde Cats 1951 Recording Of Lonesome Road, This band was a UK based band in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in the early 1950's, the band line up is:Stan Wilde (Piano - leader) Hughie Aitchison (Trumpet) Ronnie Maclean (Trombone) Brian Clark (Clarinet) Alan Shipley (Clarinet) Alan Brown (Guitar) Joe Ward (Drums) note there is no bass on the recording, and it was recorded on 25th, June, 1951, at the Northern Sound Studios, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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2 comments :

Anonymous said...

Ah what memories! I worked with Ronnie and Hughie (your dad) in Windows and Ronnie and yourself in Newcastle Big Band. Great times.
Brian Clark was a tragic figure after he'd been beaten up going home - such an awful thing to happen to such a gentle man.
I remember Alan Brown from the Panama Jazzmen and I recall the Stan Wilde Wildcats from possibly Nelson St or the Arcade.
Thanks for sharing this with us Colin.

Friday, January 16, 2009 2:34:00 pm
Anonymous said...

HI Lance,

Yes Windowns, I uesd to spend whole afternoons in the jazz department, when it was in the basement, waiting to go home with Dad, or Ronnie & Dad rushing off to play a gig somewhere. I must have been around 15 yrs of age, I can still picture My Dad, Ronnie & yourself, behind that long counter, that must have been in those days the best jazz record department in the whole of the North East, you were all like walking discographies learned so much about jazz down there, and was up to date on the latest releases.

Happy Times, wish I could turn the clock back...
Colin Aitchison

Sunday, January 18, 2009 3:05:00 am

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