A Wonderful Day Like Today set the mood and who cared about the threat of Hurricane Dennis? This was a wonderful day despite the, hopefully not prophetic, title that followed - Nothing's Gonna be Alright. You've Changed was another sad song of a broken relationship but so beautifully sung.
For the past sixteen years we've been updating the world about jazz in the north east of England and updating the north east of England about jazz in the world. WINNER of the Jazz Media Category in the 2018 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Contact lanceliddle@gmail.com
Total Pageviews
Bebop Spoken There
The Things They Say!
Ann Braithwaite (Braithwaite & Katz Communications) You’re the BEST!
Holly Cooper, Mouthpiece Music: "Lance writes pull quotes like no one else!"
Simon Spillett: A lovely review from the dean of jazz bloggers, Lance Liddle...Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.
Postage
From This Moment On ...
May
Mon 20: Harmony Brass @ the Crescent Club, Cullercoats. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 20: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 6:00-8:00pm. Free.
Mon 20: Joe Steels-Ben Lawrence Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £8.00.
Tue 21: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Alan Law, Paul Grainger, John Bradford.
Wed 22: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 22: Alice Grace Vocal Masterclass @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 6:00pm. Free.
Wed 22: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 22: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 22: Daniel Erdmann’s Thérapie de Couple @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Thu 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 23: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 23: Castillo Nuevo Trio @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Thu 23: Immortal Onion + Rivkala @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 23: The Doris Day Story @ Phoenix Theatre, Blyth. 7:30pm.
Thu 23: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Jeremy McMurray (keys); Dan Johnson (tenor sax); Donna Hewitt (alto sax); Bill Watson (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass).
Fri 24: Hot Club du Nord @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 24: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 24: Swannek + support @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle. Time TBC.
Sat 25: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Bywell Hall, Stocksfield. 2:30pm.
Sat 25: Paul Edis Trio w. Bruce Adams & Alan Barnes @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 6:30pm. A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sat 25: Nubiyan Twist @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Sat 25: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 26: Tyne Valley Youth Big Band @ The Sele, Hexham. 12:30pm. Free. A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Alice Grace @ The Sele, Hexham. 1:30pm. Free. Alice Grace w. Joe Steels, Paul Susans & John Hirst.
Sun 26: Bryony Jarman-Pinto @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sun 26: Ruth Lambert Trio @ The Juke Shed, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Clark Tracey Quintet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 6:00pm. A Northumberland Jazz Festival event.
Sun 26: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Sun 26: Ruth Lambert Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Sun 26: SARÃB @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Clare Teal @ the Gala Theatre, Durham - Feb. 14
A Wonderful Day Like Today set the mood and who cared about the threat of Hurricane Dennis? This was a wonderful day despite the, hopefully not prophetic, title that followed - Nothing's Gonna be Alright. You've Changed was another sad song of a broken relationship but so beautifully sung.
Blog Archive
-
▼
2020
(
1421
)
-
▼
February
(
79
)
- Eric Burdon: Rock and Roll - Animal
- CD Review: Houben & Son - 7/7
- Dave Rae Funeral Details
- Great North Big Band Jazz Festival 2020: Musicians...
- Pasadena Roof Orchestra @ Alnwick Playhouse - Febr...
- Here a band, there a band, everywhere a big band!
- John Garner & Paul Edis: The Music of Bill Evans @...
- The Slim Bees @ The Hotspur, Newcastle - Feb 27
- Vieux Carre Jazzmen @ The Holystone, North Tynesid...
- What the Papers Say
- Preview: The Great North Big Band Jazz Festival (F...
- Jam session @ The Black Swan - Feb 25
- Hello Dolly Peel
- RIP Dave Rae - Death of a legend
- Strangers on a Train
- Vortex Conference
- Gypsy Jazz Festival coming up - in London!
- Preview: The Pasadena Roof Orchestra @ Whitley Bay...
- Daniel John Martin w Swing Manouche @ Core Music, ...
- CD Review: Henrik Jensen's Followed By Thirteen - ...
- Newcastle University Jazz @ Culture Lab, Newcastle...
- Who played at the Skiff Inn?
- The Savannah Syncopators by Steve Andrews
- CD Review: Gaz Hughes Sextet Plays Art Blakey
- Classic Swing @ Jesmond British Legion - February 21
- Daniel John Martin With Swing Manouche @ The Globe...
- Zoë Gilby & Mark Williams @ Jazz Café Mezzanine Se...
- Gaz Hughes Sextet @ Gosforth Civic Theatre - Feb. ...
- After Hours #4: The Music of Stéphane Grappelli @ ...
- Zoë Gilby & Mark Williams @ Jazz Café Mezzanine - ...
- The Abbie Finn Trio @ The Fox Inn, Hexham - Feb 18
- CD Review: Jason Palmer - The Concert, 12 Musings ...
- Get The Blessing + Ceitidh Mac @ Gosforth Civic Th...
- Tonight! Finn at the Fox (Feb 18)
- CD Review: Jeff Rupert & George Garzone - The Ripple.
- Danny Jonokuchi with Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ ...
- John Petters Remembers Louis Lince (1942 - 2020)
- Get the Blessing and Ceitidh Mac @ Gosforth Civic ...
- Clare Teal @ the Gala Theatre, Durham - Feb. 14
- What to Expect – Except Brilliant? Graeme Wilson a...
- CD Review: Pete Whittaker, Art Themen, George Doub...
- Review: The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin & Stan...
- CD Review: Noemi Nuti - Venus Eye
- Fats Waller plays Sunderland Empire!
- Jam Session @ The Black Swan - Feb. 11
- New online jazz radio station
- Launch of the world’s first dedicated audio-visual...
- Digital album review: Paul Edis & Graeme Wilson - ...
- Lyle Mays dies at 66
- Preview: Clare Teal @ Gala Theatre, Durham - Feb. 14
- Lickety Split @ Dormans Jazz Club Middlesbrough - ...
- Tyneside’s Jazz Vocalist of the Year is Belgium-bound
- Try Some Easy Living At The Globe
- Musicians Unlimited @ The Park Inn, Hartlepool - F...
- Frog and Henry @ Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club ...
- Preview: JNE present the Gaz Hughes Sextet playing...
- Paris Review: Elie Martin-Charriere Group @ Le Ba...
- Preview: The Return of Daniel John Martin
- Do you remember Colonel Crint?
- Valentine's Day in Berwick with the Tenement Jazz ...
- Award Winning Jazz Composer and Clarinettist Arun ...
- CD Review: Jure Pukl - Broken Circles
- Last Musicians Unlimited Set in The Park Inn for a...
- Alice Grace & Paul Edis @ Jazz Cafe Mezzanine - Feb 5
- Preview: The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and S...
- Preview: Alice & Paul on the Mezzanine
- CD Review: Issie Barratt’s Interchange – Donna’s ...
- Preview: Hard swinging jazz quartet from UK and No...
- Press Release - GET THE BLESSING + CEITIDH MAC
- CD Review: Mezcla – Shoot the Moon
- Support For Jimmy Cobb
- Ellington's Nutcracker Suite, the Aussie outback, ...
- Joe McPhee Trio @ Bridge Hotel, Newcastle - Feb. 2
- Denise Gordon @ Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club -...
- CD Review: Nigel Hitchcock - Hitchgnosis
- The Big Blind @ The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southban...
- What's in a name?
- Calvert & the Old Fools @ Number One Bar - Feb 1
- The Abbie Finn Trio to play Hexham Jazz Club!
-
▼
February
(
79
)
6 comments :
I was there in spirit Lance, so reminiscent of when she came to York last June. She consistently comes up with the goods. Her flirty presence on stage just adds to the mix, and her anecdotes are a delight.Here is a performer who gives 100%. Like you I appreciated the musicians, their backing on "Don't" was a joy. Long may she continue to tour!
Well at least one of you looks happy!
Mostly agree but I don't think the 'new' stuff stood up to the standards, which ranged from good to spectacular.
Had she wanted to demonstrate how pop songs were better in the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, the Paul McCartney song (presumably Linda not Lemon) would make a splendid example. Tainted Love and I Will Survive were exposed as rather naff novelty records, though her scatting and (presumably) Spanish almost saved the latter, and the Elvis, more or less on the axis between old and new - and with access to 'proper' songwriters - was a poor choice which didn't suit her voice.
Somebody said to me she talks too much, but I confessed that was a large part of the attraction for me, and somebody else questioned whether her canny Northern (well - Yorkshire) lass persona was a disguise with a diva hidden beneath. If so, all credit to her, she does it very well.
PS. During the show, she asked the band what the first record they bought was and confessed her own and I can't believe the current hegemony in this country has Sting and Macca cooler than Fred Astaire. When did that happen?
So great to see you Lance! Hugs from NYC!
Fellow Steve, she's quite a long lady and I think Lance was straining to get on to his tip-toes. Lance, everybody who contributes to and reads Bebop Spoken Here knows you're a giant.
Post a Comment