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Abbie Finn: "Even though there's a lot of great work being done to promote women in jazz, I still come up against some attitudes! I pulled up at a recording session with my drums in the car and the studio owner said, 'I'm sorry, this space is reserved for the drummer!'" - (Jazzwise 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

15245 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 264 of them this year alone and, so far, 77 this month (March 25).

From This Moment On ...

March

Tue 28: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 28: Sanaz Lavasani Trio + Abbie Finn @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 8:00pm. £12.00 (£10.00. adv).

Wed 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 30: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library. 2:30-4:30pm. £2.00. All welcome.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. Back to 1:00pm stomp off. Free.
Thu 30: Castillo Nuevo @ Revolución de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30-8:30pm.
Thu 30: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 30: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm.
Thu 30: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 31: Lewis Watson Quartet @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 31: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 31: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 31: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm. CANCELLED! Back next week (April 7).
Fri 31: Castillo Nuevo @ Revolución de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30-8:30pm.
Fri 31: Jasmine Myra + Waclaw Zimpel @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Fri 31: The Revolutionaires @ The Shack, Boldon Colliery. 7:30pm. £10.00. The Revolutionaires' big band (horn section) line-up.
Fri 31: Andrew McCormack @ Maltings, Berwick. 8:00pm. £20.00.

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: 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.

Friday, September 11, 2015

Pilgrim St., Set @ Hoochie Coochie - Sept. 10

Richard Burns (tpt); Gary Turner (ten); Paul Edis (pno); Ian Paterson (bs gtr); Rob Walker (dms).
(Review by Lance).
In a previous review of the Pilgrim St. Set I suggested that Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers may have sounded like this band of pilgrims had they arrived on the scene 50 years later. Tonight, however, it was more like 30 years down the line. The reason for this not unwelcome, seemingly retro, step was, presumably, to accommodate dep bass guitarist Ian Paterson by playing a more familiar repertoire as opposed to the often complex originals they have been featuring recently. Needless to say that Ian handled the material with seeming ease soloing and supporting admirably. The rapport between bass and drums suggested an intuitive awareness.
Ian, A.K.A. "Dodge" and featured on the cover of this month's issue of The Crack, depped for Paul Susans who has gone to Ireland to get married. I don't know if this is an elopement, a quest to find a bride or just an exotic venue. Whatever, we wish him and his intended well.
Back to the music. Some cracking trumpet from Richard. Richard tends to nod his head, sometimes his whole upper body in time to the music unlike the Brits in the band who merely tap their feet. Perhaps it's to do with the different hemispheres (Richard is from 'down under').
Gary, as ever, encompassed the full gamut of his instrument going for gold and getting it every time.
Paul Edis has his fingers in so many pies it's a wonder he has any to spare - he had plenty tonight though, not a note was spared.
Paul, incidentally has recorded his second solo album - Just Like Me (the first was titled Not Like Me!) and shortly both discs will be available as a double album to be launched at the Lit and Phil on November 19.
Rob was the inevitable powerhouse. How can a drummer be so loud and yet so subtle and sensitive at the same time? I don't think anyone, other than Art Blakey himself, could drive the bus the way Rob does.
The material included: Edis' We Get Along; Dexter Gordon's Devilette; a piece by Wayne Shorter that had me saying "Follow that Wayne" after a blistering Turner torrent of notes; Silver's The Jody Grind, announced by Richard as The Geordie Grind; Mile's So What?; another Edis - Narrow Escape and, as an encore, more Silver with Nutville.
This band shouldn't be confined to one street, they should be out on the road touring the land.
Photos.
Lance.

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