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Jackie Paris: "A singer's got to be able to tell a story. Frank Sinatra and Nat Cole are best at that; Mel Tormé too. I like to take a lyric that means something and sing it right to the person it was meant for." - (DownBeat October 11, 1962).

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Precarity John Akomfrah’s film (2017, 46 mins) about Buddy Bolden - Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead NE8 3BA. Tel: 0191 478 1810. Screenings at intervals during the day. Part of Akomfrah's exhibition Ballasts of Memory. Exhibition (daily) July 6 - October 27. 10:00am-6:00pm. Free.

Today Monday September 16

Afternoon

Jazz

Precarity John Akomfrah’s film (2017, 46 mins) about Buddy Bolden (see above).

Jazz in the Afternoon - Cullercoats Crescent Club, 1 Hudleston, Cullercoats NE30 4QS. Tel: 0191 253 0242. 1:00pm. Free admission.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

CD Review. Zoe Rahman - Kindred Spirits.

Zoe Rahman (pno/harmonium); Idris Rahman (clt/bs.clt); Oli Hayhurst (bs); Gene Calderazzo (dms); - on one track - Courtney Pine (alt.fl.).
Kindred Spirits is Zoe Rahman's latest project - the intent being to draw on music from differing folk traditions into one digestible whole. Hence we have elements of her Bengali, English and Irish heritage gelling together making for some intriguing compositions. Butlers of Glen Avenue comes across beautifully and could be subtitled The Wearing of the Green Sari. Idris Rahman's clarinet  captures the feel of an imaginary Asian Jazz Ceilidh! although Calderazzo's drums are far removed from Bodhrans and Tablas!
Outside In enables Zoe to explore, probe and delve into her esoteric side with rich chording, gentle mood swings - it is a statement - This is me! Imagination - a piece by Bengali writer, musician, artist and Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore - also delivers and allows Hayhurst to chip in with a bass solo.
Courtney Pine plays some nimble alto flute (try being nimble on an alto flute!) on Conversation With Nellie.
It's an interesting and at times compelling album that serves to remind us just what a fine player and composer Zoe Rahman is.
Zoe Rahman - Kindred Spirits. Manushi Records Ltd. MANUCD 005
Lance.
Zoe is in Courtney Pine: Europe which is part of the Gateshead International Jazz Festival Saturday March 24 - 7:30pm.
On Sunday March 25 She is part of a triple bill featuring Robert Mitchell 3io, Ambrose Akinmusire and her own quartet. The Quartet is as per the CD with Davide Mantovani replacing Oli Hayhurst on bass.
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Bebop Spoken Here -- Here, being the north-east of England -- centred in the blues heartland of Newcastle and reaching down to the Tees Delta and looking upwards to the Land of the Kilt.
Not a very original title, I know; not even an accurate one as my taste, whilst centred around the music of Bird and Diz, extends in many directions and I listen to everything from King Oliver to Chick Corea and beyond. Not forgetting the Great American Songbook the contents of which has provided the inspiration for much great jazz and quality popular singing for round about a century.
The idea of this blog is for you to share your thoughts and pass on your comments on discs, gigs, jazz - music in general. If you've been to a gig/concert or heard a CD that knocked you sideways please share your views with us. Tell us about your favourites, your memories, your dislikes.
Lance (Who wishes it to be known that he is not responsible for postings other than his own and that he's not always responsible for them.)
Contact: lanceliddle@gmail.com I look forward to hearing from you.

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Whilst we appreciate the many emails, texts, messages and other communications we receive requesting album/gig reviews on BSH, regrettably, we are unable to reply to all of them other than those we are able to answer with a positive response.
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Finally, bear in mind that this is a jazz-based site when submitting your album.
Lance