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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).

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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!"

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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

Thu 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 4:00-6:00pm. Free.
Thu 23: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Bar Loco, Newcasatle. From 6:30pm 'til late. Free. Newcastle University Jazz Orchestra jam session. All welcome (students & non-students).
Thu 23: Kerrin Tatman + John Garner & John Pope @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 23: Sunna Gunnlaugs & Julia Hülsmann @ Sage Gateshead. 8:00pm. A two-piano gig. A Sage Gateshead-JNE promotion.
Thu 23: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano.
Thu 23: Sleep Suppressor @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00., £8.00. adv. Upstairs.
Thu 23: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 24: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 24: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: FILM: Mo' Better Blues @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 7:00pm.
Fri 24: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Scarth Hall, Staindrop, Co. Durham. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Fri 24: Archipelago + Bulbils @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.

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.
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.

Wednesday, June 05, 2019

CD Review: Bennett Paster - Indivisible

Bennett Paster (keys/organ); Jeff Hanley (bass); Tony Mason (drums) + Al Street (guitar on 6 tks); Kenny Brooks (tenor sax on 5 tks); Samuel Torres, Todd Isler (perc. on 4 tks).
(Review by Lance).

Funky, groove-based, blues-tinged music that brings Ramsey Lewis to mind or, when guitar and tenor augment the trio, early Herbie when he was selling watermelons. It has the floating groove that personified much of 1960's Blue Note although Paster's lyrical insertions smooth the edges - even more so on the trio plus percussion tracks notwithstanding some Monkish chords that make me imagine the outcome if it had been Thelonious and not Andre Previn on the legendary Morecambe and Wise Show!

Paster composed all ten tunes, even Indian Summer - not to be confused with the tune of the same name that Victor Herbert composed 100 years ago, nor the different Indian Summers that the Stereophonics, the Manic Street Preachers and a Frenchman called Joe Dassin also came up with. There may be more. When in doubt, call your masterpiece Indian Summer. In fairness though, it must be said that Paster's tune is as good as, if not better than, any of the others.

Gritty Greens has Paster at the B3 stretching out over an infectious rhythm, tenor walking the bar and Street bringing Grant Green to mind. Murfreesboro Waltz is pure country as befits a song dedicated to a city in Tennessee even though that state already has its own waltz. All that's missing are some words of the 'my baby done gone and done me wrong' variety.

Salamander has a jazz-rock feel to it - the blurb suggests Brecker Brothers and that's pretty close - the Hammond adding a soulful feel, and the ever-changing tempos over the percussionists' groundwork keep it interesting.

Buxom Biali (no explanation) is an out and out dancer, in fact, I was bouncing up and down as I listened and typed - remember Tequila? same groove.

Not a disc to ponder thoughtfully over but if you want to shake your booty this is for you. If they ever visit the UK - maybe Hoochie Coochie?
Lance
Blues For Youse; (Givin' the People) What We Want; Indian Summer; Belgrade Booty Call; Gratitude; Gritty Greens; The Murfreesboro Waltz; A Beastly Beauty; Salamander; Buxom Biali.
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