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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).

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

15491 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 512 of them this year alone and, so far, 133 this month (May 31).

From This Moment On ...

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).

Wed 07: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 07: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 07: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 07: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 08: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED! BACK ON JUNE 15.
Thu 08: Easington Colliery Brass Band @ The Lubetkin Theatre, Peterlee. 7:00pm. £10.00.
Thu 08: Faye MacCalman + Blue Dust Archive @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Dilutey Juice + Ceramic @ The Ampitheatre, Sea Road, South Shields. 7:00pm. Free. A South Tyneside Festival event.
Thu 08: Lara Jones w. Vigilance State @ Lubber Fiend, Blandford Square, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 08: Michael Littlefield @ the Harbour View, Roker, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Country blues.
Thu 08: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 09: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 09: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 09: Castillo Nuevo @ Revolución de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30-8:30pm.
Fri 09: Emma Rawicz @ Sage Gateshead. 8:00pm.

Sat 10: Miners' Picnic @ Woodhorn, Ashington. Music inc. Northern Monkey Brass Band (3:00-3:50pm); New York Brass Band (4:00-4:55pm).
Sat 10: Front Porch Three @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. Americana, blues, jazz etc.
Sat 10: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

Sun 11: WORKSHOP: Tim Richards' Jazz Piano Workshop @ JG Windows, Newcastle. Time TBC. Further details tel. 0191 232 1356.
Sun 11: Jeremy McMurray's Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Ropner Park, Stockton TS18 4EF. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 11: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 11: Groovetrain @ Innisfree Sports & Social Club, Longbenton NE12 8TY. Doors 6:30pm. £15.00 (£7.00. under 16).
Sun 11: Jeffrey Hewer Collective @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 12: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Friday, March 10, 2017

Riviera Quartet @ The Globe Jazz Bar - March 9

Pete Tanton (trumpet, flugelhorn); Mark Williams (guitar); John Pope (bass); Russ Morgan (drums)
(Review by Ann Alex/Photos Lance)
They were billed as a band doing bebop, blues and bossa, but I didn’t realise how stunningly well they performed those genres and that most of the tunes were originals. I should have guessed as I’ve seen these musicians in other bands, so the combination was superb. The flugelhorn gave a strong start to Tanton’s Barbados and the guitar quickly showed what he could do. There, There, There (Williams) followed, a rhythm changes based tune, in a tricky bebop style, with muted trumpet. And of course the drums and bass were no slouches either, right ‘on the money’ (I’m writing like Russell now), lively multi-handed drums and well-grounded bass, and 4 bar exchanges already, this early in the set. The bass alone began You Don’t Smile Anymore, the others eased in gently, the flugel playing the title phrase which could have been set to words, and the tune ended with a bass fade out. Flugel and guitar echoed each other during part of the next number, and the first set culminated in a bebop blast with short lines and intriguing gaps between them, as well as skilled guitar and drum solos.
The second set opened with To Heaven Overnight, which Pete dedicated to Lance as it was his birthday. Mention of heaven must surely have resonated with Lance, as he informed me that if Mark looked like Jesus, then Russ must surely be the devil incarnate by the way he was drumming, John was the Pope, of course, and Saint Peter was on flugel. Birthdays have a strange effect on people!
A landscape was the picture that sprung to mind from Mark Williams’ guitar introduction to whatever the next piece was called - ie with a wide spreading tone which reminded me of the countryside, a beautiful slow tune.
A Latin number followed, then a tune with flugel and guitar in call and response mode. The next item ended with bass and cymbals only, cut across by a few subtle guitar chords, very unusual. The Cat’s Reply, a newly arranged item, that involved lots of hand drumming, great stuff, and The Question Mark Blues, rounded off a great evening of music.  
If there is music like this on ‘The Riviera’. I’m booking my flight tomorrow! But, then again, no need to – they’re at the Caff on March 18!
Photos.
Ann Alex

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