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Bebop Spoken There

Simon Spillett: “ Bebop and hard bop came naturally to him [Tubby Hayes]". Morning Star, March 28, 2024.

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!"

Simon Spillett: A lovely review from the dean of jazz bloggers, Lance Liddle...

Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.

Postage

16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Tuesday, April 04, 2017

GIJF Day 2: Miles Mosley @ Sage Gateshead - April 1

Miles Mosley (Bass/vocals); Dontae Winslow (trumpet); Ryan Porter (trombone); Cameron Graves (keys); Tony Austin (drums).
(Review by Steve T).
Hot-footed it from Dundee via North Bitchburn to get to this and I'm sticking to my guns that it was the real coup of the festival. When Kamasi's in Sage One and Kendrick, Lotus and Thundercat are at Metro Radio Arena, we'll be saying we saw the bass player at Northern Rock Foundation.
I half expected to see faces from a former life, George Clintons P Funk Mob being the nearest comparison I can make, though Kamasi cites Earth Wind and Fire as the major funk influence. The Jazz content is pretty much comparable for each.
I've been doing this long enough and often enough to know that expectations can lead to pleasant surprises but also disappointment and I attended this knowing it might not be all I hoped for.
It wasn't the breakthrough of my highest expectations but was a funky, fine way to finish off a Saturday night. The songs were good if unremarkable, mostly from his new album and it was great to be able to buy the CD, though some people seemed to know all the words to all the songs already, and why were they £15 when the people collecting the money are the same people who claim nobody wants them anymore?
The musicianship was strong throughout the small band of drums, piano and just two horns and, significantly, they were tight, as you'd expect from a band of brothers, figuratively speaking. I was stood in front of one of the amps which was comfortable when he wasn't playing his upright, loud when he was and exploded when he attacked it with his bow, often through a cry-baby, and I can't wait to hear how that sounds on the album.
The pianist played the funkiest acoustic piano I've ever heard and I found myself looking for a clavinet player, and the drummer may not have been the best in the world, as one audience member suggested and Miles agreed, but it's quite possible he's been dipped in the Tyne.
The audience included many who appeared to arrive specially, or were a hangover from GoGo etc,. and responded to calls of West Coast with the response Get Down, though only tentatively put the words into action, which may have been a blessing.
Tyneside may not have moved as much as the faithful may have liked, but I still think a fusion with hip hop is most likely to be the next big thing in Jazz, which will be great for young people to have something of their own. Three CDs of Kamasi’s Epic was probably too soon, Glasper going R+B a mistake, and Thundercat pulling in a famous popstar to gain radio airplay, not the way we'd like things to go. 
With Europe going for an even freer approach and Britain edging toward a smooth, prog, Jazz, funk, rock revival, based on the original American model before a visionary Yorkshireman spotted the error of their ways, the West Coast Get Down need to get on with it.
Steve T

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