Bebop Spoken There

Ron Carter quoting Sonny Rollins: ''What we call jazz - that's keeping the world in equilibrium. I don't care what kind of music you like out here today. It all comes from jazz.'' (DownBeat August, 2026)

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

18818 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 682 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Aug. 20) 51.

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

From This Moment On

August

Mon 24: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Wed 26: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 26: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 26: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 27: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 27: Castillo Nuevo Orquesta @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. £6.50. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 27: Paul Skerritt @ Angels' Share, St George's Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle NE2 2SX. 8:00pm. Free. Booking advised (0191 200 1975). Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Thu 27: 58 Jazz Collective @ The Blacksmith’s Arms, Stranton, Hartlepool. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 27: Shalala @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.00.

Fri 28: Graham Hardy Quartet @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 28: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 28: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 28: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.

Sat 29: Brian Jackson @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 8:30pm (doors). £32.00.

Sun 30: Musicians Unlimited @ West Hartlepool RFC. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 30: Tango Jazz Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Tuesday, November 08, 2016

CD Review: Ken Schaphorst - How to Say Goodbye


(Review by Lance).
Schaphorst, a hotshot at New England Conservatory's Jazz Studies Dept., pays tribute to some of his most profound influences.
These include Herb Pomeroy. Like Schaphorst, one of the great jazz educationalists and a fine trumpet player, is remembered in the Ellingtonian feel of Blues For Herb with tenorist Donny McCaslin indicating why he's in everyone's black gig book.
Bob Brookmeyer is remembered in  Take Back the Country which was  inspired by Brookmeyer's controversial views on the 2000 presidential election although, looking back, today's pier six brawl makes that look like a pillow fight!
There is more, much more. A tribute to Schaphorst's grandmother who died at the age of 90 - Amnesia - was also inspired by Argentinian tango master Astor Piazzolla.
For a taster, check out: 
https://soundcloud.com/bk-music-pr/how-to-say-goodbye-ken-schaphorst. 
Due out on December 2 via JCA Recordings.
Lance
Ken Schaphorst (tpt/Rhodes); Michael Thomas (alt/sop/clt); Jeremy Udden (alt); Donny McCaslin, Chris Cheek (ten); Brian Landrus (bar/bs clt); Tony Kadlek, Dave Ballou, John Carlson, Ralph Alessi (tpt/flug); Luis Bonilla, Jason Jackson, Curtis Hasselbring (tmb); Jennifer Wharton (bs tmb); Uri Caine (pno); Brad Shepik (gtr); Jay Anderson (bs); Matt Wilson (dms); Jerry Leake (perc).Lance.

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