Bebop Spoken There
Ron Carter quoting Sonny Rollins: ''What we call jazz - that's keeping the world in equilibrium. I don't care what kind of music you like out here today. It all comes from jazz.'' (DownBeat August, 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
18799 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 663 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Aug. 12) 32.
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
August
Sat 15: Tees Bay Swing Band @ Blacksmith’s Arms, Hartlepool. 1:30pm. Free. Open rehearsal.
Sat 15: Jake Leg Jug Band @ The White Room, Stanley. 7:45pm. £16.26.
Sun 16: Vintage Explosion @ Cliffe Park, Roker, Sunderland SR6 8DB. 5:00-10:30pm. £44.00 (inc. bf).
Mon 17: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 18: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Joe Steels, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.
Wed 19: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 19: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 20: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 20: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00.
Thu 20: Edson Angus Quartet @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 20: Paul Skerritt @ Angels' Share, St George's Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle NE2 2SX. 8:00pm. Free. Booking advised (0191 200 1975). Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Fri 21: Andrzej Baranek Trio @ The Lit & Phil. 1:00pm. £8.00. Andrzej Baranek (piano); Josh Cavanagh-Brierley (double bass); Dave Walsh (drums). SOLD OUT!
Fri 21: David Gray Flextet @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm. Old Black Cat Jazz Club.
Fri 21: Errol Linton & His Band + Michael Littlefield & Scott Taylor @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. Excellent blues double bill.
The BBC's jazz output contines into 2020 with an edition of Corey Mwamba's Freeness (Radio 3, midnight Saturday) featuring music from Barry Guy's 70th birthday concert. On Sunday afternoon it's Jazz Record Requests (Radio 3) presented, as usual, by Alyn Shipton and in the evening at 9:00pm multi instrumentalist James Morrison presents Top Brass (1/4) looking at the best of modern brass band music. The Swing and Big Band Show with Clare Teal follows at ten o'clock and at eleven Jools Holland includes an appearance by YolanDa Brown (all Radio 2).
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In between all this from Auntie, be sure to go into the left hand column and click on to the late night show from Chicago presented by the super cool, laid-back Denny Farrell. This week, he's playing Phineas Newborn, I Can't Get Started; Charlie Byrd, While We're Young; Kay Starr, When a Woman Loves a Man; Ruby Braff, Easy Living; Barbara Carroll, Satin Doll; Buck Clayton/Frankie Laine, That Old Feeling (complete w. verse); Gerry Mulligan Quartet, The Song is You; Frank Sinatra/Tommy Dorsey/Dick Haymes, The Song is You; Scott Hamilton, Easy to Love; Art Pepper, Powder Puff; Sarah Vaughan, After Hours and Always; Steve Allen, I Thought About You.
Who needs Spotify Playlists when you can hear such quality stuff as this? Thank you, Denny Farrell.
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