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

18897 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 761 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Sept. 11.) 40.

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 14: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 15: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Ben Lawrence, Paul Grainger, Bailey Rudd.

Wed 16: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 16: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 16: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 17: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 17: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00.
Thu 17: Front Porch Blues @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 17: Miles 100 @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.00., £10.00., £7.00. Jack Courtney (trumpet); Sue Ferris (tenor sax); Tom Atkinson (guitar); Alan Law (piano); Deon Krishnan (bass); Jeff Armstrong (drums). A night of Miles Davis.
Thu 17: Amphitrio @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £7.00. Andrei Petrache (piano); Mike Alex (double bass); Philip Goron (drums).

Fri 18: Danny Lownes’ Hot Club @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 18: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 18: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 18: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 18: Mark Williams Trio @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm. Old Black Cat Jazz Club.
Fri 18: Emma Fisk’s Hot Club du Nord @ St Cuthbert’s Centre, Crook. 7:30pm. £10.00., £5.00. student.
Fri 18: Rivkala + Beccy Sloan @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £10.00.

Sat 19: Tees Bay Swing Band @ The Blacksmith’s Arms, Hartlepool. 1:30pm. Free. Open rehearsal. All welcome.
Sat 19: Sing Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00-5:00pm. £27.50. Tutor: Alexia Gardner: Nina Simone. Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 19: Ray Stubbs’ R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free.

Sat 19: Tees Bay Swing Band @ The Blacksmith’s Arms, Hartlepool. 1:30pm. Free. Open rehearsal. All welcome.

Sun 20: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 20: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 20: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.

Saturday, September 01, 2018

CD Review: Lucia Jackson - You And The Night And The Music

Lucia Jackson (vocals); Ron Jackson (guitars, arrangements); Yago Vasquez (piano); Matt Clohesy (bass); Corey Rawls (drums) + Yaacov Mayman (ten sax track 5); Javier Sanchez (bandoneon track 6); Frederika Krier (violin track 6); Dan Garcia (guitars track 7); Samuel Torres (perc track 7).
(Review by Ann Alex).
We never rest at BSH. While some were enjoying themselves at Ushaw, I was at home reviewing CDs. To be truthful, I couldn’t face the journey by public transport, but I’ll walk from Durham City next year if I have to.*
To business.

Lucia Jackson, a native New Yorker who studied dance in Madrid, has also worked as a dancer and model. This, her debut CD, has arrangements by Ron Jackson (her father) of mainly GASbook material some with a Latin twist as well as The Beatles’ And I Love Him, and a number by Ms Jackson herself Feel The Love. Here is yet another fine woman singer with a more than capable band, and we should be glad.

Just One Of Those Things, begins Ms Jackson, clear-voiced vocals and the band are straight in with 4s, followed by a Latinesque Beautiful Love and a song, new to me, called Issues (Julie Michaels): ‘I got issues, you got them too, give them to me and I’ll give mine to you’, lyrically very up to date stuff. And I Love Him is a slow pensive ballad, sung just with guitar, fading out at the end. You and the Night and the Music features a swirling tenor sax, and I’m a Fool to Want you is a tango with a passionate violin and bandoneon (sounds like a smaller accordion) accompaniment. Feel the Love was written for Ms Jackson’s brother, and features flamenco guitar. The final track is When You’re Smiling, a song that our singer associates with her parents, and the only track on which she scats, which she does well. Other tracks are: Sophisticated Lady; No Regrets; Never Let Me Go; I Fall in Love Too Easily and Toda Una Vida.

The CD is released on the Roni Music label on September 14. It appears to be available on the usual online channels such as YouTube.  See www.luciajackson.com
Ann Alex  

*Lance has promised to squeeze me into the car next year!
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