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Bebop Spoken There

Kelly Sill: "Just because everyone is playing through the changes in the same time doesn't mean they're actually playing together" - (JazzTimes March/April 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

15260 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 279 of them this year alone and, so far, 92 this month (March 29).

From This Moment On ...

April
Sat 01: The Big Easy @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm.
Sat 01: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Steve Glendinning - In a Minor Key. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 01: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington Covered Market, Darlington DL1 5PN. 6:00pm. New venue, live jazz!
Sat 01: Jambone @ Sage Gateshead. 7:00pm. Free (book online). A YMP! event in the Northern Rock Foundation Hall.
Sat 01: Jude Murphy & Dan Stanley @ Prohibtion Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Sat 01: Boys of Brass @ Stack, Seaburn. 7:00-9:00pm.
Sat 01: Hot Club du Nord @ Pleased to Meet You, Bridge St., Morpeth. 8:00pm. £79.00. A charity fundraising event.
Sat 01: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00. RESCHEDULED to next week (Sat 08).

Sun 02: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny. 12:45pm.
Sun 02: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.

Mon 03: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Tue 04: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 04: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Bradley Johnston (guitar); Paul Grainger (double bass); Abbie Finn (drums).

Wed 05: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 05: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 05: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 05: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 06: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 06: Thursday Night Prayer Meeting @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Donations. Feat. John Pope, Marie Shreer, John Garner.
Thu 06: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibtion Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 06: Darlington Big Band @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Note earlier start time.

Fri 07: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 07: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 07: Gaz Hughes Trio @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 07: Mark Toomey Quartet @ Traveller's Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 07: Finntet + Zoë Gilby & Andy Champion @ Bobik's, Punch Bowl, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.
Fri 07: TBA @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig. Blind Pig Blues Club.

Saturday, March 07, 2015

The Lindsay Hannon Plus @ Ashington Jazz Club March 4

Lindsay Hannon (vocals); John Pope (bass); James Harrison (keyboard), Russ Morgan (percussion).
(Review by Peter S.)
An expectant audience took their seats for the return of Lindsay Hannon for the first of three Northern Jazz divas engaged at the AJC over the next three months. However, our vocalist this evening experienced transportation problems fortunately resolved by bassist John. Arriving a few minutes late, harassed and out of breath, they recovered their composure to swing into their program with passion. 
James contributed the most wonderful keyboard accompaniment with youthful zest and energy while a new face, drummer Russ Morgan, drove the quartet forward. To describe Russ as a drummer is to undervalue his ability as a percussionist which was demonstrated skillfully all evening on the array of kit around him.  
Lindsay presented a variable collection of ballads in her unique style – a cool blend of familiar great lyrics and others sourced from her extensive repertoire which she delivered with emotion and empathy. The three guys behind intuitively played an enormous part in the presentations, each seizing the moment to engage creatively in a complete artistic process, working in close partnership. Our members responded with deserving applause on a very exciting musical evening. There are many superlatives that I could use to describe this quartet but I simply wish to say WOW, what a night! They are just that good.
PROGRAMME: There Will Never be Another You; Bye Bye Blackbird; Nature Boy; Old Fashioned Hat; Love me or Leave me; Hissing of the Summer Lawns; Why Try to Change me Now? What if I Don’t Want TO? Don’t Get Around Much Anymore; What a Little Moonlight Can Do; Strasburg St. David (trio); Stompin’ at the Savoy, All I Do; Cheek to Cheek; Where Has all the Time Gone? So Long Big Time (blues); Jazz Voice ? Improvisation, Everybody Knows, Blues Monk…. With apologies to Lindsay if I didn’t catch it all.
APRIL EVENT…..WEDNESDAY April 1. Katherine Simpson Quartet at the ELEPHANT 8.00 p.m.
MAY EVENT…….Wednesday. May 6. Zoe Gilby.
We’d love to see you there.
Peter S.       

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