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Bebop Spoken There

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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 ...

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.

Tue 13: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 13: Infusion Trio @ Forum Music Centre, Darlington. 7:30pm.
Tue 13: Alice Grace & Pawel Jedrzejewski @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 8:00pm. £12.00 (£10.00. adv.).

Sunday, October 01, 2017

CD Review: Entropi - Moment Frozen

Dee Byrne: alto/compositions; André Cannière: trumpet; Rebecca Nash: piano; Olie Brice: double bass; Matt Fisher: drums.
(Review by Steve H). 
I have seen Entropi a couple of times and enjoyed both gigs immensely so I was very excited when their second CD, Moment Frozen, dropped through the letter box. I am pleased to say that my high expectations were confirmed in full. 
According to the liner notes the compositions are inspired ‘galactic and chronometric’ themes. The concept of the album is that life is a series of snapshots, “If we hold each of them up to the light, are we happy with these frozen moments, which, make up the sum of our existence?”  Thought provoking stuff and the album certainly has a stimulating and stellar like quality.
Things get off to a cracking start with the fairly straight ahead Stelliferous Era (one of the 5 stages of the life of the universe). Coincidently, all members of the quintet get to show off what they are about with André Cannière playing in a Miles-like fashion..
Fish Whisperer, after a tentative start, has an explosive saxophone solo in the middle before returning to a whispery finale. 
There’s quite a disjointed feel to Interloper; it bursts into life with all manner of instruments playing off against each other - as disturbing as an intruder may be, although I thoroughly enjoyed the incursion.
The title track, Moment Frozen, is described as “recreating the circular motion of this (see Elst Pizarro) comet/asteroid in the asteroid belt...” and certainly has a cinematic cosmic feel to it.
It’s Time highlights a wonderful solo from Rebecca Nash on Rhodes, underpinned by great double bass work from Olie Brice and Matt Fisher on drums before Dee Byrne and Andre Canniere combine to great effect. 
A stark double bass intro to In the Cold Light of Day, melancholy trumpet takes over, then the piece explodes as Byrne hits us with a spellbinding alto solo, until a far more tranquil section takes over. 
Elst Pizarro is inspired by a body found in space which displays characteristics of both a comet and asteroid - a bit like some people I know, actually.  
Leap of Faith provides a languid and peaceful conclusion to a genuinely fine album from one of the UK’s great crop of young contemporary jazz bands.  
Steve H.
Entropi - Moment Frozen - Available on Whirlwind.

1 comment :

Christoph said...

just listened to Dee Byrne and her excellent quintet for the second time and I enjoyed it.
One of the best albums 2017 !
Greetings to the UK from Berlin, Germany.
(Love the title of your blog: "Bebop Spoken Here" , simply ingenious..)

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