Bebop Spoken There

Gary Bartz: ''Music is nature's gift to man. It's the only religion. We're living in a terrible era, but what a beautiful thing music is. Look how it brings us together like religion is supposed to; and with no language barriers.'' (Jazzwise September, 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

18918 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 782 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Sept. 18.) 61.

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

September.

Mon 21: Lewis Watson Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. Coltrane centenary.

Tue 22: ???

Wed 23: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 23: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 23: Lewis Watson Quartet @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 7:30pm. A John Coltrane Centenary Concert (b. 23. 09. 1926). SOLD OUT!
Wed 23: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 24: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 24: Castillo Nuevo Orquesta @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. £6.50. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 24: Arun Ghosh @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 8:00pm (7:30pm doors). £21.05. (£22.00. on the door). A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Thu 24: Shalala @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.00.

Fri 25: Mark Williams Trio @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Fri 25: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 25: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 25: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 25: Get the Blessing + Dilettante @ The Cluny (Cluny 2), Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £18.00. + bf. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Fri 25: Jazz Sabbath @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.

Sat 26: Adam Fairhall & Johnny Hunter: Play Mary Lou Williams @ The Cumberland Arms, Byker, Newcastle. 6:00pm. Free. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sat 26: John Pope Quintet + Urvashi @ The Cumberland Arms, Byker, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £15.40. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.

Sun 27: Salty Dog @ The Cluny. 12:30pm (doors). Free (donations).
Sun 27: Musicians Unlimited @ West Hartlepool RFC. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 27: Zach Sewell-Lara Hopper Quintet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. £12.00., £10.00.
Sun 27: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free. Ruth Lambert (vocals); Giles Strong (guitar); Paul Grainger (double bass).
Sun 27: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 27: Alex Hitchcock Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £16.00., £14.00. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Mo The Magnificent @ The Chilli.

Mo Scott (vcl), Neil Harland (bs), Rod Sinclair (gtr).
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Dave Weisser (tpt/vcl), Jim Crinson (bs), Barrie Ascroft (pno), Eric Stutt (dms). + David Carnegie (pno), Harley Johnson (pno), Paul Gowland (ten).
The numbers were up on last week although not by quite as many as the Man U game on the bar's large screen TV.
Upstairs in 'The Jazz Room', the Mo Scott Trio turned in a scintillating performance that was in it's own Champion's League class.
Although Mo only sang one out and out blues, "Love Me Like a Man", each of the dozen or so standards that she sang were as impregnated with the blues as a stick of Memphis Rock.
From "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" through to "Route 66" via "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" and "I Got It Bad", Mo's blues background came screaming through. This was the real deal.
Amidst it all, there was the tenderness of "But Beautiful", "Imagination", "God Bless the Child" as well as the belter that is "Come Rain or Come Shine".
There were others - "Love Me or Leave Me", "Exactly Like You", "Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter" and a nice take on "There Will Never Be Another You". Let's change the title of the latter song to "...... Another Mo."
Not that our girl stood alone. Rod's mildly amplified accoustic provided solid chording and his solo's were masterpieces in their own right. Likewise Neil, comfortable in the background, he compensated for the lack of a drummer with steady, yet imaginative, basslines as well as throwing the odd 32 bars in here and there.
It was a grand night for swinging.
Earlier, the Take It To The Bridge guys set the mood with "Beautiful Love", "Love For Sale" and Turrentine's "Sugar".
In the truncated set that followed Mo's magnificence, Paul Gowland blew up his usual storm on "Killer Joe" - David Carnegie sat in on piano. David was replaced by Harley for "Solar" which saw the night out.
It truly was a Killer Joe of a night or should that read Killer Mo?
Lance.
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1 comment :

Hil said...

So sorry I missed this due to prior commitments. Just love Mo so much.

Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:47:00 pm

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