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Bebop Spoken There

Abbie Finn: "Even though there's a lot of great work being done to promote women in jazz, I still come up against some attitudes! I pulled up at a recording session with my drums in the car and the studio owner said, 'I'm sorry, this space is reserved for the drummer!'" - (Jazzwise April 2023).

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!"

Postage

15229 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 248 of them this year alone and, so far, 61 this month (March 20).

From This Moment On ...

March

Sat 25: Vermont Big Band @ Walker Community Centre, Walker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Fundraiser for Benfield Juniours Football Club. Hot food available, BYOB.
Sat 25: John Logan & Friends @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Rat Pack, Motown etc. 8:00pm. Free (donations).

Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm.
Sun 26: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Mar 26: Pop Jazz @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. 'Jazzified' tunes by the likes of Sylvester, Bowie, the Monkees etc., feat. Alan Law, David Gray, Richard Herdman & Jude Murphy.
Sun 26: Outlines @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE promotion (upstairs).

Mon 27: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Tue 28: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 28: Sanaz Lavasani Trio @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 8:00pm. £12.00 (£10.00. adv).

Wed 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 30: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library. 2:30-4:30pm. £2.00. All welcome.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. Back to 1:00pm stomp off. Free.
Thu 30: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 30: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm.
Thu 30: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 31: Lewis Watson Quartet @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 31: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 31: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 31: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm. CANCELLED! Back next week (April 7).
Fri 31: Jasmine Myra + Waclaw Zimpel @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Fri 31: The Revolutionaires @ The Shack, Boldon Colliery. 7:30pm. £10.00. The Revolutionaires' big band (horn section) line-up.
Fri 31: Andrew McCormack @ Maltings, Berwick. 8:00pm. £20.00.

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Jam session @ The Dun Cow - Nov 28

(Review by Russell)

Not one but two singing pianists, two guitarists, two bass players (yes, for once Mr PG got the opportunity to go to the bar!), four drummers (two of them Archies), a tenor player, a chromatic harmonica player and a partridge...oops, wrong story, and a chart-topping soul singer - just yer average jam session down at the Dun Cow.

The house trio got things underway with Paul Edis singing I'm Old Fashioned. Don't know about that, but Dr Edis is one hell of an old school (ie great) piano player. Time After TimeAll the Things You Are - the latter featuring Edis' stupendous piano playing - two-handed stuff, Bach-like things going on etc. Quite some start.
Occasional Dun Cow visitor Simon Probyn dropped by early and soon got the nod from MC Paul Grainger. Our tenor man overcame a few early squeaks and squawks due to a misbehaving dry reed to play a satisfying Days of Wine and Roses. Probyn stayed on to play Jerome Kern's Yesterdays accompanied by the ace house trio (Edis, bassist Grainger and drummer Rob Walker).

Blaydon Jazz Club's Roly Veitch, back to gigging on a more regular basis, returned to the Brandling Village jam session to sit in with the trio. Our guitarist called That Old Feeling, or so your correspondent thought. Beautifully played, one wouldn't expect anything else from a GASbook devotee, it was later in the evening that RV enlightened your correspondent...the tune in question was Soon, written by the Gershwins. Alone Together (one of the great titles!) followed, the quartet joined by the returning Probyn to make it a quintet.

From time to time Andrea Harrison gets along to the Dun Cow to sing a couple of soulful numbers alongside guitar-playing sculptor Lisa Delarny. They like to work with Rob Walker, and after a powerful rendition of Nature Boy, RW switched to bass guitar as Archie Brown - yes, Young Buck Archie Brown! - got behind the traps as Harrison belted out What a Difference a Day Makes

One fine pianist - Dr Edis - went to the bar as another fine pianist, Edinburgh-based Martin Waugh, gave him a spell. Nice and Easy did it alright, top stuff. Better still, Waugh, this time supported by another drumming Archie (Newcastle University's Archie Williamson making good use of brushes), sang a marvellous version of You Go to My Head. Jam sessions can be a hit and miss affair, this evening's hit the bull's eye. 

Newcastle University student, guitarist James Cuxson, joined the party, as did jam session debutant Patrick, on drums, to play Ladybird with tenor man Probyn adding his two-penneth. Cuxson and Veitch complimented one another on Out of Nowhere as circling harmonica man Ray Burns jumped in. Tenderly took us up to the bell and as the ailing Paul Grainger blew his nose, Edis' spontaneous call for C Jam Blues ensured a rousing finale.               
Russell

Paul Edis (piano, vocals); Paul Grainger (double bass); Rob Walker (drums, bass guitar) + Simon Probyn (tenor saxophone); Roly Veitch (guitar); Andrea Harrison (vocals); Lisa Delarny (guitar); Archie Brown (drums); Martin Waugh (piano, vocals); Archie Williamson (drums); James Cuxson (guitar); Patrick ? (drums); Ray Burns (harmonica) 

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