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Bebop Spoken There

Steve Coleman: ''If you don't keep learning, your mind slows down. Use it or lose it''. (DownBeat, January 2025).

The Things They Say!

This is a good opportunity to say thanks to BSH for their support of the jazz scene in the North East (and beyond) - it's no exaggeration to say that if it wasn't for them many, many fine musicians, bands and projects across a huge cross section of jazz wouldn't be getting reviewed at all, because we're in the "desolate"(!) North. (M & SSBB on F/book 23/12/24)

Postage

17733 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 53 of them this year alone and, so far, 53 this month (Jan. 20).

From This Moment On ...

January 2025

Thu 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, Holystone. 1:00pm. Free. Fortnightly.
Thu 23: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Obituaries 2024.
Thu 23: Jason Isaacs @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 4:30-6:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Thu 23: Pedal Point Trio @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Fri 24: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 24: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 24: Creakin’ Bones & the Sunday Dinners @ Lindisfarne Social Club, Wallsend. 9:00pm. Admission: TBC. Jazz, blues , jump jive, rock ‘n’ roll.

Sat 25: Boys of Brass @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 3:30-5:30pm. Free.
Sat 25: New '58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson's Wharf, Hartlepool. 6:30pm (doors). Free. A Burns' Night event. Jazz, swing, funk, soul, blues etc.
Sat 25: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 25: Red Kites Jazz @ Parish Hall, St Barnabas’ Church, Rowlands Gill. 7:30pm. £10.00. BYOB (tea & coffee available), raffle. Proceeds to St Barnabas’ Church. Performance feat. Shayo (vocals).
Sat 25: Jack & Jay’s Songbook @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Graham Hardy Eclectic Quartet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm.
Sun 26: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Jazz Jam Sandwich! @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 26: Tweed River Jazz Band @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick-upon-Tweed. 7:30pm. Free.
Sun 26: Gratkowski, Tramontana, Beresford, Affifi @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.00. JNE.
Sun 26: Jazz Jam @ Fabio’s, Saddler St., Durham. 8:00pm. Free. A Durham University Jazz Society promotion. All welcome.

Mon 27: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 28: ???

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

Thu 30: Matters Unknown (aka Jonathan Enser, Nubiyan Twist) + support TBA @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm (7:00pm doors). £12.22 (gig & food); £9:04 (gig only).
Thu 30: Soznak @ The Mill Tavern, Hebburn. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 30: Struggle Buggy @ Harbour View, Roker, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Rhythm & blues.

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

Saturday, October 03, 2015

Folk Meets Jazz @ The Globe: October 1

Minnie Fraser (vocals); Carrie McCullock (vocals, guitar); Sheila Herrick (vocals); George Anyfantis (Piano); Ian Forbes (vocals, drums); Michael Woods (vocals, Guitar); Ann Alex (vocals)
(Review by Ann Alex)
Once again, we had a good, friendly, informal time at our monthly coming together of Folk and Jazz.  In fact there were only 2 people who weren’t performers, and I suspect that they were hiding their talents for the present. John Taylor, one of the ‘listeners’, told us that in Spanish music shops that he’d visited, the CD’s are arranged according to which rhythm they represent, rather than artist or genre.  Food for thought – certainly something that tells us about different musical attitudes.
I began with a couple of unaccompanied folk songs.  One was Sally Free And Easy, written by the late Cyril Tawney, a song with the same theme as St James Infirmary Blues, so then we needed cheering up, so along came a trio, Minnie, George and Ian, with a jazzy All Of Me, with skilled improvisation from Minnie on the second chorus; She then taught us all a round, very ably sung by the whole company in 4 parts, just like that!  
Sheila sang songs which were very cleverly connected, both about skylarks, and as you’ve guessed one was the jazz song of that name.  Carrie did 2 of her own quietly reflective songs with guitar, George followed with 2 contrasting tunes, the second a sad but dramatic Greek tune, as I had demanded that he played something from his native land!  Ian treated us to a rather naughty song about boy scouts having to be prepared, and his wonderfully lively version of It Don’t Mean A Thing. By now Michael and ‘listener’ Susan had appeared, so he treated us to Harlem Rag and a song about a highwayman who robbed only rich people.
The second set found me doing an unaccompanied blues with Ian on drums, Minnie sang about her funny Valentine, and a girl band appeared, when Sheila and Carrie joined forces on Moonlight In Vermont.  George brought back memories with Those Were the Days, and Michael was beginning something good as I left for the Metro.  Watch for Michael’s next appearance at the Lit and Phil.
Minnie is in charge for the next session on November 5, Fireworks Day, as I’m away on a blues singing holiday in Yorkshire.  Thanks to everyone who supports this evening, and lots more of you will be welcome next time.  
Ann Alex

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