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Bebop Spoken There

Branford Marsalis: "As ignorance often forces us to do, you make a generalisation about a musician based on one specific record or one moment in time." - (Jazzwise June 2023).

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!"

Postage

15491 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 512 of them this year alone and, so far, 133 this month (May 31).

From This Moment On ...

Mon 05: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Tue 06: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 06: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Stu Collingwood (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Sid White (drums).

Wed 07: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 07: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 07: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 07: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 08: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED! BACK ON JUNE 15.
Thu 08: Easington Colliery Brass Band @ The Lubetkin Theatre, Peterlee. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 08: Faye MacCalman + Blue Dust Archive @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Dilutey Juice + Ceramic @ The Ampitheatre, Sea Road, South Shields. 7:00pm. Free. A South Tyneside Festival event.
Thu 08: Lara Jones w. Vigilance State @ Lubber Fiend, Blandford Square, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Michael Littlefield @ the Harbour View, Roker, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Country blues.
Thu 08: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 09: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 09: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: Castillo Nuevo @ Revolución de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30-8:30pm.
Fri 09: Emma Rawicz @ Sage Gateshead. 8:00pm.

Sat 10: Miners' Picnic @ Woodhorn, Ashington. Music inc. Northern Monkey Brass Band (3:00-3:50pm); New York Brass Band (4:00-4:55pm).
Sat 10: Front Porch Three @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. Americana, blues, jazz etc.
Sat 10: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

Sun 11: WORKSHOP: Tim Richards' Jazz Piano Workshop @ JG Windows, Newcastle. Time TBC. Further details tel. 0191 232 1356.
Sun 11: Jeremy McMurray's Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Ropner Park, Stockton TS18 4EF. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 11: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 11: Groovetrain @ Innisfree Sports & Social Club, Longbenton NE12 8TY. Doors 6:30pm. £15.00 (£7.00. under 16).
Sun 11: Jeffrey Hewer Collective @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 12: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Monday, November 05, 2012

Jeremy McMurray Ensemble @ The Cherry Tree

Jeremy McMurray (pno); James Birkett (gtr); Peter Ayton (bs); Paul Smith (dms).
All around me weapons  of mass destruction were exploding, missiles were being launched, the skies were a sea of cascading flames - the start of WW3 or just another Guy Fawkes night? This was in the famous TV town of Hebburn. By the time I got to Jesmond, things were a little quieter and, judging by the crowds heading along Osborne Rd., I guess there was a more organised gunpowder plot  down the road apiece. .
I settled for the musical fireworks at the Cherry Tree.
Even here it at first appeared it might be a damp squib owing to some malfunction of Peter Ayton's bass guitar. 
Troupers that they are, Birkett and McMurray tackled Autumn Leaves whilst Smith and Ayton worked on curing the ailing bass. As for me, I was starting with Smoked Ham Hock Terrine, Fried Quail's Egg, Pease Pudding and Garden Leaf.
The bass mended, the quartet got going with Johnny Green's Out of Nowhere. Guitar and piano don't always work well together but they did in this setting. Both guys soloed brilliantly and, somehow, managed to avoid any chordal clashes.
Black Orpheus, with it's bossa rhythm and tricky changes accompanied my Beef Flank Pie with Suet Crust Pastry and Buttered Vegetables. Well, if you think the Black Orpheus changes are tricky try negotiating the aforementioned dish!
I must confess I have an aversion to pies served in a separate dish and I should have asked beforehand if this was the case. I didn't so I can hardly complain.
Scrapple From The Apple took my mind off pie crusts and Peter, Paul and - where was Mary? - had their say during a round of fours with the front men.
When Sunny Get's Blue - one of those ballads to die for - had the two Jays digging deep into an emotive vein and I swear my own eyes got grey and cloudy. Mint! A rollicking Take The A Train and then the set finished, as I finished my White Chocolate & Nut Blondie, Vanilla Mascarpone, with Doxy - Sonny Rollin's re-working of Ja-Da (or as the River City Jazzmen renamed it - Albert, Albert - driving in his Sunbeam Talbot).
The Cherry Tree continues to present the best in jazz and food - what more do you want? You eat, you listen to jazz - seems a no-brainer not to show your face!
Lance.

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