Bebop Spoken There

Gary Bartz: ''Music is nature's gift to man. It's the only religion. We're living in a terrible era, but what a beautiful thing music is. Look how it brings us together like religion is supposed to; and with no language barriers.'' (Jazzwise September, 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

18918 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 782 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Sept. 18.) 61.

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

September.

Mon 21: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 21: Lewis Watson Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. Coltrane centenary.

Tue 22: ???

Wed 23: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 23: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 23: Lewis Watson Quartet @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 7:30pm. A John Coltrane Centenary Concert (b. 23. 09. 1926). SOLD OUT!
Wed 23: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 24: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 24: Castillo Nuevo Orquesta @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. £6.50. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 24: Arun Ghosh @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 8:00pm (7:30pm doors). £21.05. (£22.00. on the door). A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Thu 24: Shalala @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.00.

Fri 25: Mark Williams Trio @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Fri 25: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 25: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 25: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 25: Get the Blessing + Dilettante @ The Cluny (Cluny 2), Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £18.00. + bf. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Fri 25: Jazz Sabbath @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.

Sat 26: Adam Fairhall & Johnny Hunter: Play Mary Lou Williams @ The Cumberland Arms, Byker, Newcastle. 6:00pm. Free. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sat 26: John Pope Quintet + Urvashi @ The Cumberland Arms, Byker, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £15.40. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.

Sun 27: Salty Dog @ The Cluny. 12:30pm (doors). Free (donations).
Sun 27: Musicians Unlimited @ West Hartlepool RFC. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 27: Zach Sewell-Lara Hopper Quintet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. £12.00., £10.00.
Sun 27: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free. Ruth Lambert (vocals); Giles Strong (guitar); Paul Grainger (double bass).
Sun 27: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 27: Alex Hitchcock Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £16.00., £14.00. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.

Friday, April 06, 2018

CD Review: Paul Moran - Smokin' B3. Volume 2 - Still Smokin'

Tracks 1-4,7,9,11: Paul Moran (B3, trumpet, flugel); Nigel Price (guitar); Laurence Cottle (bass guitar); Mez Clough (drums); Michael Osbourne (perc.).
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Tracks 5,6,8,10: Paul Moran (B3, bass pedal); Jim Mullen (guitar); Adam Roman (drums); Jeff Scantlebury (perc.).
(Review by Lance).
Twenty years on from Paul Moran's debut album - Smokin' B3 - up comes volume 2 - Still Smokin'.
After hearing volume 1, Jimmy McGriff called Paul "The Real Deal". This follow-up would do nothing to change his opinion! If anything, it would have had the late legend searching for even greater superlatives.
A program of '60s pop hits, Moran originals and a couple of standards make for a varied selection all of which fall easily into the hands of our smokin' gun who makes them his own which, in actual fact, four of them already are!
Think McDuff, McGriff, Groove Holmes, Jimmy Smith and you'll find Paul Moran being ranked alongside them. Add guitarists Price or Mullen, close your eyes and you're in a bar on the south side and I don't mean South Shields where Paul's talent first showed and where his father, Tommy Moran, is still a highly respected organist/sax/clarinet player. Paul also plays trumpet and flugel and I think it is on the latter instrument that he can be heard on his own Scallywag. Trumpet can be heard tightly muted on another one of his own pieces - Fried Chicken. This is perhaps the track of the album. The one where he goes for the knockout and gets it with two tracks to spare!
As well as doing his own thing, he is also MD for Van Morrison touring wherever the music takes them so, get along to the 606, Paul may be gone for awhile...
The album is launched at the 606 in London on April 18.
1:  Come Together, 2: Scallywag, 3: Moments, 4: One Note Samba, 5: Have You Seen Her? 6: Work Song, 7: Ruby Blues, 8: Blueberry Hill, 9: Fried Chicken, 10: Working in a Coal Mine, :11 Where or When.
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