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Bebop Spoken There

Steve Coleman: ''If you don't keep learning, your mind slows down. Use it or lose it''. (DownBeat, January 2025).

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

17719 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 39 of them this year alone and, so far, 39 this month (Jan. 15).

From This Moment On ...

January 2025

Wed 15: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 15: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 15: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 15: Hot Club of Heaton @ Elder Beer, Heaton, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘third Wednesday in the month’ session. TBC.

Thu 16: Pete Tanton & the Cuban Heels @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Fri 17: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 17: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 17: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 17: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 17: Joe Steels Trio w. Graham Hardy @ The Pele, Corbridge. 7:00pm. £10.00. (inc. a welcome drink & table reservation). Book at: www.drinks@thepele.co.uk. A ‘Jazz at the Pele’ promotion.
Fri 17: Russ Morgan Quartet @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 17: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 18: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 18: Alter Ego + Jamie Toms/Graham Don Duo @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 7:30pm. £15.00. at the door; £14.35. (inc £0.35 bf) online, in advance.
Sat 18: Tweed River Jazz Band @ Repas 7 by Night, West St., Berwick TD15 1AS. 7:30pm. Free. Album launch gig.
Sat 18: Delta Prophets @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 19: Glenn Miller Orchestra UK @ Glasshouse, Gateshead. 3:00pm. ‘Glenn Miller & the Rat Pack Era’.
Sun 19: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 19: Spilt Milk @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 5:15-7:00pm. Free. Nolan Brothers (vocal harmonies).
Sun 19: Tenement Jazz Band @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 19: Nick Ross Orchestra @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 7:30pm.
Sun 19: Freight Train (Tobin/Noble/Clarvis) @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 20: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 21: ???

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

Monday, April 23, 2018

Teduloca @ The Globe - April 22

Sam Dunn (guitar); Nadim Teimoori (tenor); Martin Longhawn (organ); Tim Carter (drums).
(Review by Lance)
I wasn't sure what to expect. A youngish band, Leeds graduates, a boring evening of 'originals'? The name gave no clues, it could have meant anything. As it turned out, it was the first 2 letters of their surname stuck together.
Still, what's in a name? In for a penny, in for a pound, or to be more precise - £10.
It was worth it! Four excellent musicians laying down a groove that may have had its origins in hard-bop but was now in the 21st century.
Tenor player Teimoori graduated with a First from the Royal Academy of Music which didn't appear to have done him any harm at all judging by the storm he blew up on the opener - a piece by drummer Carter titled Tain. After the tenor solo, I was sure I had misheard and it was called Trane. Wow! and this was the first number. Not that it was a one-man show. Dunn's suggestion of a kiss curl forelock likened him to old photos of Bill Haley. Fortunately, his playing owed nothing to Bill Haley! He dug in deep playing licks and chords that Haley never dreamt existed. Carter drove them on and Longhawn proved that it is possible to be subtle on organ - no forearm smashes from Martin.
The program varied with Monk's Four in One, a beautiful version of Darn That Dream with a rhapsodic intro from Dunn and an emotive solo from Teimoori. The set closed with a Sam Dunn composition titled (I think) Kill More Trout.
Sam was also responsible for a contrafact which in this case laid a new melody on the chord sequence of I Should Care which he called I Don't Care!
Tim Carter provided another original, a moody piece he named In the Quiet.
The quiet didn't last long! Next number was - wait for it - Tico Tico. An incredible version that was fast even by samba standards. Carter set it off only slightly slower than the speed of light before tenor and guitar played the head in unison. The speed and the precision of the two horns (guitar was a horn for this chorus) made it sound like a bop tune such as Anthropology!
Bertie's Boot, named after a dog in a recording studio in Leeds (shades of Nipper the old HMV dog), saw Martin Longhawn lose his reserve for a memorable blast.
And then it was over with my adrenaline levels at a high! The inevitable encore brought them down a bit. A somewhat sedate, almost tongue in cheek, rendition of I'll be Seeing You which sort of grew upon you - very nice guitar intro.
A great gig but, in an age when every band just happens to have a CD for sale (of which we are usually reminded every 32 bars) tonight, on the one night when you really wanted one there wasn't any!
Gig of the Month? In the running...
Well done Jazz Coop and Happy Anniversary next Monday - Four-year-old on International Jazz Day
Lance.

1 comment :

Sam Dunn (on F/b) said...

CD to be made later in the year, after catching up on a few months of sleep!

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