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Bebop Spoken There

Art Blakey: "You [Bobby Watson] don't want to play too long, because you don't know they're clapping because they're glad you finished!" - (JazzTimes, Nov. 2019)..

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

15867 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 874 of them this year alone and, so far, 72 this month (Sept. 25).

From This Moment On ...

September

Wed 27: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 27: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 27: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Alice Grace Quartet @ King's Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm. All welcome.
Thu 28: Faye MacCalman + Snape/Sankey @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 28: Zoe Rahman @ Jesmond United Reformed Church, Jesmond, Newcastle. 7:30pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Thu 28: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm.
Thu 28: Speakeasy @ Queen's Hall, Hexham. 7:30pm. £15.00. A Southpaw Dance Company presentation. Dance, audio-visuals, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, swing dancers etc.
Thu 28: Mick Cantwell Band @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Ace blues band.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.

Sat 30: John Pope Quintet + Late Girl + Shapeshifters @ Bobik's, Jesmond, Newcastle.
Sat 30: Papa G's Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

OCTOBER

Sun 01: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm.
Sun 01: Dulcie May Moreno sings Portrait of Sheila @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00. Moreno sings Sheila Jordan with Giles Strong, Mick Shoulder & John Bradford.
Sun 01: Middlesbrough Jazz & Blues Orchestra @ Saltburn Community Hall. 2:00pm.
Sun 01: The Easy Rollers @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £13.70., £11.55.
Sun 01: Brand/Roberts/Champion/Sanders @ Blank Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sun 01: Papa G's Troves @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 02: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 02: FILM: Wattstax; 50th Anniversary @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 8:00pm.

Tue 03: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 03: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. House trio: Michael Young (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Paul Wight (drums).

Saturday, August 23, 2014

CD Review: Larry Fuller.

Larry Fuller (pno); Hassan Shakur (bs); Greg Hutchinson (dms).
(Review by Dave Brownlow).
Larry Fuller’s second piano trio album as a leader showcases his formidable technique in the mainstream tradition. Fuller, pianist in bassist Ray Brown’s last trio, also worked with Ernestine Anderson and John Pizzarelli among others. There is no doubt that Oscar Peterson is a huge influence on Larry’s style together with other forceful players like Gene Harris and Monty Alexander. The material is all very familiar – three songs from the GASbook, eight jazz classics plus a more contemporary item.
The first three tracks – Porter’s At Long Last Love, Ray Brown’s Parking Lot Blues and Clifford Brown’s Daahoud are uptempo blues-drenched pieces full of “Peterson-like” licks, devices and phrases.
Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now is a gently flowing version in which Fuller reveals much more originality – as he also does on track 5, a moving interpretation of John Lewis’s Django. Peterson’s Hymn To Freedom follows. Here the pianist suggests he has a “direct line” to OP with lots of “blue notes” and clichés.
Three items from Duke Ellington - a thoughtful Reflections In D/Prelude To A Kiss and a rumbustious C Jam Blues. A pensive Old Folks (Willard Robison) subtly changes the mood and is one of the more successful tracks. Burton Lane’s That Old Devil Moon is thoughtfully arranged with excellent support from bass and drums. Here, tension builds to a suitable release (in musical terms of course !)
Johnny Mandel’s Close Enough For Love gives us another example of Fuller’s good taste in handling a ballad – expressive harmonies decorate this fine song - with discreet accompaniment from bass and drums enhancing the performance. Finally, Powell’s Celia is taken at a tempo even Bud himself might balk at. Nonetheless, Larry Fuller’s prodigious technique carries this through with aplomb – clean note-articulation and two handed octave runs being quite striking.. Greg Hutchinson at the drums and Hassan Shakur on bass give excellent support overall.
The CD will be available from Sept. 16 go to caprirecords.com.
Dave B.

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