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Bebop Spoken There

Art Blakey: "You [Bobby Watson] don't want to play too long, because you don't know they're clapping because they're glad you finished!" - (JazzTimes, Nov. 2019)..

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

15867 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 874 of them this year alone and, so far, 72 this month (Sept. 25).

From This Moment On ...

September

Wed 27: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 27: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 27: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Alice Grace Quartet @ King's Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm. All welcome.
Thu 28: Faye MacCalman + Snape/Sankey @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 28: Zoe Rahman @ Jesmond United Reformed Church, Jesmond, Newcastle. 7:30pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Thu 28: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm.
Thu 28: Speakeasy @ Queen's Hall, Hexham. 7:30pm. £15.00. A Southpaw Dance Company presentation. Dance, audio-visuals, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, swing dancers etc.
Thu 28: Mick Cantwell Band @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Ace blues band.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.

Sat 30: John Pope Quintet + Late Girl + Shapeshifters @ Bobik's, Jesmond, Newcastle.
Sat 30: Papa G's Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

OCTOBER

Sun 01: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm.
Sun 01: Dulcie May Moreno sings Portrait of Sheila @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00. Moreno sings Sheila Jordan with Giles Strong, Mick Shoulder & John Bradford.
Sun 01: Middlesbrough Jazz & Blues Orchestra @ Saltburn Community Hall. 2:00pm.
Sun 01: The Easy Rollers @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £13.70., £11.55.
Sun 01: Brand/Roberts/Champion/Sanders @ Blank Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sun 01: Papa G's Troves @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 02: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 02: FILM: Wattstax; 50th Anniversary @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 8:00pm.

Tue 03: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 03: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. House trio: Michael Young (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Paul Wight (drums).

Thursday, April 16, 2020

CD Review: Juliet Wood - Sconsolato

Juliet Wood (vocal); John Crawford (piano); Andres Lafone (bass); Andres Ticino (drums).

Juliet Wood, a new name to me, is a little bit different to most jazz singers inasmuch as her diction is near perfect whilst still retaining the jazz feeling.

A mix of the familiar and not so familiar, Juliet makes each song tells a story. 

Manhattan in the Rain, one of two Duncan Lamont songs, begins with our singer colliding with a man whilst running for a cab. They share the cab but does romance blossom?


Midnight Sun, the classic Johnny Mercer lyric where he manages a triple rhyme with red and ruby chalice, alabaster palace and Aurora Borealis!

Kirsty MacColl's In These Shoes has a Latin feel and the lyric is rather raunchy.

Jimmy Woode's Sconsolato is described by Ian Shaw as "beautifully arranged and beautifully sung". Well Ian knows a thing or two about these things and I'm not going to disagree. Sconsolato in Italian means sad and disconsolate (in case you're wondering).

Strayhorn's Chelsea Bridge is a wordless virtuoso performance worthy of Covent Garden (The Royal Opera House not the market).

Voice and bass bring in Fascinating Rhythm in reflective mode before breaking out into a brief  Latin shake it shuffle.

Kenny Barron's Journey Within (Voyage) enables our girl  to manipulate the tricky theme and change of rhythm with seeming ease.

A Slow Hot Wind by Mancini is another probing, melancholic song.

Hoagy's Lyin' To Myself is not too well known but it should be.

Hoagy and Mercer combine for I Walk With Music. Another hidden gem that brings out the best in Juliet - and vice versa,

Just as she started the lady finishes with another Duncan Lamont song. A tribute sung by a lady singer about another lady singer - Lady Day - Billie Holiday.

I know know I've concentrated on the songs and the singer but the album wouldn't mean a thing without the splendid support from the accompanying trio.

Well worth checking out and if she's on a gig (remember them?) or streams onto your smart phone or PC (remember them?) then seize the moment. If not, by the CD (remember them?)
Lance

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