Bebop Spoken There

Ludovic Beier (Django Festival Allstars): ''Manouche means 'free man,' and gypsies have been travelers since they migrated west from India to Europe.'' (DownBeat March, 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

18383 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 247 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 17 ), 57

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

March

Mon 30: Gerry Richardson Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm.
Mon 30: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 31: Bede Trio @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Albert Hills Wright (alto sax); Finn Carter (piano); Michael Dunlop (double bass).

April

Wed 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 01: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 01: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 02: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00. Subject: Musicians playing classical & orchestral music.
Thu 02: The Noel Dennis Band @ Prohibition Bar, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2RU. 7:00pm (doors). £10.84. Quartet plus special guest Zoë Gilby. Over 21s only.
Thu 02: Renegade Brass Band @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 02: Shalala @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.00. adv..
Thu 02: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Thursday, December 26, 2019

CDs of the Year (UK) - Lance

BATL Quartet - Live.
Chris Ingham Quartet - Stan.
Kim Cypher - Love Kim x.
Leo Richardson Quartet - Move.
O'Higgins & Luft - Play Monk & Trane.
Paul Booth - Travel Sketches.
Quentin Collins Sextet - Road Warrior.
Stan Sulzmann/Nikki Iles - Lush Life.
Tommaso Starace Harmony Less Quartet -Narrow Escape (cover not in collage).
Vasilis Xenopoulos - Dexterity.

These are my top ten UK CDs and I could easily have found many more. The standard this year has been absolutely amazing and, taking into acccount the relative populations of the UK and the USA who is not to say that, like climate change, jazz's polarity is also changing?

Certainly, in my early years of jazz listening we had many great players such as Tubbs, Ronnie, Kenny Baker, Don Rendell, Eddie Thompson and others. Apart from the above, few could cut it Stateside whereas now, there are guys in just about every major UK city who can throw their hat into the ring with confidence - not least the bands/guys mentioned above.
Lance.
PS: I use the term guys as gender neutral.
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1 comment :

Kim Cypher (on F/b) said...

WOW, I am totally thrilled to be listed as one of the Top 10 CD's of the year by Bebop Spoken Here. I am in very good company alongside a rather impressive list of top musicians.

Monday, December 30, 2019 12:42:00 pm

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