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Bebop Spoken There

Marcella Puppini (in concert with the Puppini Sisters at Sunderland Fire Station, November 27, 2024): ''We've never played there, but we've looked it up, and it looks amazing.''. (The Northern Echo, November 21, 2024).

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!"

Simon Spillett: A lovely review from the dean of jazz bloggers, Lance Liddle...

Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.

Postage

17562 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 836 of them this year alone and, so far, 74 this month (Nov. 22).

From This Moment On ...

November

Mon 25: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 25: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 26: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). £12.00.; £10.00. advance.

Wed 27: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 27: Jason Isaacs @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 5:00-7:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Wed 27: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 27: Puppini Sisters @ The Fire Station, Sunderland. 7:30pm.
Wed 27: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Paul Skerritt @ Ashington High Street. 5:45pm. Xmas lights switch-on.
Thu 28: Mick Cantwell Band @ The Harbour View, Roker, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Superb blues singer!
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Free. Guests: Richie Emmerson (tenor sax); Dan Johnson (alto sax); Graham Thompson (keys); Adrian Beadnell (bass)

Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED! Back Dec. 6
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Jamie Cullum @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 7:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 29: Jive Aces @ Alnwick Playhouse. 7:30pm.
Fri 29: Living in Shadows (Zoë Gilby Quintet) + OUTRI @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 8:00pm. £10.00. + bf. Tickets: www.wegottickets.com. Zoe & Andy + Ian Paterson’s OUTRI solo bass project.
Fri 29: Jude Murphy & Dan Stanley @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 30: Jason Isaacs @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 12 noon-2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 30: Castillo Nuevo Trio @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 30: House of the Black Gardenia @ Swing Tyne & NUSS Winter Ball, John Marley Centre, Benwell, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £15.00. Swing dancing, DJs & live music from House of the Black Gardenia!
Sat 30: Brass Fiesta @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 10:00pm. Free.

December

Sun 01: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:15pm (12 noon doors). £7.50. Note earlier start.
Sun 01: Sax Choir @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 01: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 01: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 01: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 01: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Laurels, Whitley Road, Whitley Bay. 4:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 01: Martin Fletcher Band @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. Blues.
Sun 01: Mark Williams Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Album launch gig.

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

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Jazz Café Dates for the Diary.

Jazz Café    0191 2615618 open late 11am-1am Fridays and Saturday  …. admission free up to 9.30pm.
admission for most events £4.50 on the door, except New Year's Eve
Live Music Nights
Fri 13th Dec. £4.50. 10.00pm Paul Edis Trio
Contemporary straight -ahead jazz from one of the UKs finest piano trios
"brilliant young pianist " The Guardian.
Sat 14th Dec. 10.00pm Paul Gowland Allstars ……… £4.50
One of Tyneside's top tenors: swings like crazy with a tone fit to blister paint.
Fri 20th Dec.  10.00pm Mo Scott Quartet (Rob Walker/ Neil Harland/Stu Collingwood)
Tyneside's first lady of blues and her star jazz trio
Sat 21st Dec.  10.00pm   Don Forbes Quartet ……………£4.50
from Miles and Horace Silver to Tynesides own Emcee Five a Jazz Cafe favourite
Fri 27th Dec.   10.00pm Pink Lane Jazz Co-op ……..£4.50
Sat 28th Dec.   10.00pm TBC
New Year's Eve Tues 31st Dec. £6/£5 (Tickets in advance)
New Year's Eve - Pink Lane Jazz Co-op Special Event
Tickets in advance from Newcastle Arts Centre  CraftShop
Fri 3rd Jan. 10.00pm  Mark Toomey Quartet £4.50
The North's leading exponent of bebop alto remembers Charlie
Parker www.marktoomey.co.uk
Sat. 4th January 10.00pm Zoe Gilby Trio…………..£4.50
One of Britain's leading young jazz vocalists. A third CD just out. China, Ukraine and Finland among recent venues. www.zoegilby.co.uk
Sat 11 January – Mark Williams Trio  ………..£4.50
Mark Williams guitar; Paul Susans bass; Richard Brown drums
Original, contemporary, guitar-led jazz. Unmissable!
Fri 31 Jan – Pink Lane Jazz Co-op presents a new monthly event,
Final Friday.This month, The Lindsay Hannon Plus
Lindsay Hannon vocals;James Harrison piano; John Pope double bass; Tom Chapman drums
From raucous barrel house blues and tight swing to sensitive spacious ballads capturing
the mood of the great torch singers.   www.lhplus.co.uk
Sat 1 February – Djangologie
Emma Fisk violin; James Birkett & Giles Strong guitars; Mick Shoulder double bass
Rooted firmly in the Hot Club sound of the swing era but with a growing book of excellent originals. Probably the North East’s premier instrumental jazz group and with a growing national reputation.www.djangologie.com/ Presented in partnership with Jazz North.
Jazz Cafe, 25-27 Pink Lane, ( near the Central Station ) NE1 5DW . 0191 2615618
Normal hours for the Café Tues -Thursday - 11am - 11pm
Fridays and Saturdays 11am - 1 am
Kitchen service 11am - 7pm
Keep up to date with the Latest listings on Newcastle Arts Centre website
www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk .          email:- venue@newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk


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