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Bebop Spoken There

Branford Marsalis: "As ignorance often forces us to do, you make a generalisation about a musician based on one specific record or one moment in time." - (Jazzwise June 2023).

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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!"

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15478 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 499 of them this year alone and, so far, 120 this month (May 27).

From This Moment On ...

May 2023

Wed 31: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 31: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 31: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 31: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

June
Thu 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 01: Thursday Night Prayer Meeting @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Donations.
Thu 01: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 01: Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Thu 01: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 02: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 02: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 02: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 02: Joseph Carville Trio @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 02: Claire Martin & Her Trio @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 7:30pm. £25.00., £20.00. Feat. Jim Mullen, Alex Garnett & Jeremy Brown.
Fri 02: Guy Davis + Michael Littlefield & Scott Taylor @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. Doors 7:30pm. Blues double bill.
Fri 02: Anders Ingram @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Blind Pig Blues Club. Country blues. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

Sat 03: Newcastle Record Fair @ Northumbria University, Newcastle NE8 8SB. 10:00am-3:00pm. Admission: £2.00.
Sat 03: Pedigree Jazz Band @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm.
Sat 03: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Sue Ferris. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 03: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free.
Sat 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 03: Papa G's Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

Sun 04: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm.
Sun 04: Central Bar Quintet @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00-4:00pm. £5.00. The Central Bar Quintet plays Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus. Featuring Lewis Watson.
Sun 04: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 04: Struggle Buggy + Michael Littlefield @ Tyne Bar, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. Acoustic blues.
Sun 04: Swinging at the Cotton Club: Harry Strutters' Hot Rhythm Orchestra @ The Fire Station, Sunderland. 7:30pm.
Sun 04: Richard Jones Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 05: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Tue 06: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 06: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Stu Collingwood (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Sid White (drums).

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

The Tyne Trio @ JRA Community Festival. May 16

Charlie Philp (guitar), Joe Reeve (tenor & alto saxophones) & Bev Morris (double bass) + Dominic Lodge (drums), Robbie Sherratt (violin), Courts Winfield (keyboards)
(Review by Russell).
The Tyne Trio, the Quayside Quartet, the Jesmond Sextet. An ailing, absent vocalist, the plot thickens. The core trio, formed in 2015, consisting of Newcastle University students Charlie Philp, guitar, Joe Reeve, saxophone and bassist Bev Morris, put together a sextet for this second evening of jazz at Jesmond Library during this year’s Jesmond Residents Community Association Festival. Alto saxophonist Dominic Lodge took the drum chair, thus the quartet, known as the Quayside Quartet, represented two-thirds of the musicians on the stand. The trio and quartet work the function circuit across Newcastle and for this public concert performance drafted in friends Robbie Sherratt, violin and keyboards man Courts Winfield to present two sets as a sextet to another sizeable festival gathering.
Vocalist Gina Devine was indisposed on the evening. In time-honoured fashion the show went ahead and Ms Devine will, no doubt, be heard singing at a later date. The printed set list (an indication of someone being organised!) read: STANDARDS/BALLADS (Possibly in order, who knows?). Coltrane’s Mr PC opened the programme. All Blues followed, an extended blow on Ain’t Misbehavin’ featured Joe Reeve on tenor and again on Take the A Train, the latter number heard Robbie Sherratt open up on violin.
A new name to BSH, Bev Morris, proved to be consistently good throughout the evening. Solid, no nonsense double bass playing, Morris is one to watch. His rhythm partner, Dom Lodge, known to BSH as a saxophonist, occupied the drum chair to good effect, handling variously bossas, calypsos, swing and blues. Courts Winfield (keyboards) read the charts, supported the frontline and took the occasional solo. So What and Night in Tunisia hit the jackpot; Morris at the right tempo, bandleader Charlie Philp fluent on guitar and Sherratt cutting loose on the former, Morris and Sherratt impressing once more on the latter.
It is clear that Charlie Philp put a lot of work into the two jazz nights at Jesmond Library,  hopefully, he’ll do it all again next year.
Russell.                                        

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