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Bebop Spoken There

Stan Woodward: ''We're part of the British jazz scene, but we don't play London jazz. We play Newcastle jazz. The Knats album represents many things, but most importantly that Newcastle isn't overlooked". (DownBeat, April 2025).

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

17945 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 266 of them this year alone and, so far, 22 this month (April 8).

From This Moment On ...

April 2025.

Wed 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 09: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 09: Tannery jam session @ The Tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm.
Wed 09: Anatole Muster Trio @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £17.50., £12.50. concs.
Wed 09: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. CANCELLED?

Thu 10: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:45pm. £5.00.CANCELLED!
Thu 10: Magpies of Swing @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.00., £10.00., £7.00. A Globe fundraiser (all proceeds to the venue).
Thu 10: Exhaust: Camila Nebbia/Kit Downes/Andrew Lisle @ Jesmond URC, Newcastle. 8:00pm (7:30pm doors). £13.20., £11.00. JNE.
Thu 10: Jeremy McMurray & the Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm. Feat. guests Ray Dales & Jackie Summers.

Fri 11: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 11: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 11: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 11: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 11: John Rowland Trio: The Music of Ben Webster @ Jesmond Library, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £5.00. Rowland (tenor sax); Alan Law (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass).
Fri 11: Imelda May @ The Fire Station, Sunderland. 7:30pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 11: Shunyata Improvisation Group @ Cullercoats Watch House. 7:30-9:00pm. Free (donations).

Sat 12: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 12: Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra + House of the Black Gardenia + King Bees @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 6:30pm (doors). £18.00.
Sat 12: Bright Street Big Band @ Washington Arts Centre. 6:30pm. £12.00. Event includes swing dance taster session, DJ dance session. Bright Street Big Band on stage 7:30-8:15pm & 8:45-9:30pm. SOLD OUT!
Sat 12: Milne Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 12: Imelda May @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 7:30pm. £42.20. SOLD OUT!
Sat 12: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 13: Daniel John Martin with Swing Manouche @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 13: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 13: Hejira: A Celebration of Joni Mitchell @ Wylam Brewery, Newcastle. 8:00pm (7:00pm doors). £22.50.
Sun 13: Wilkinson/Edwards/Noble + Chojnacki @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £13.20., £11.00. JNE.

Mon 14: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 14: Zoë Gilby Quintet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.

Tue 15: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Michael Young, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

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

Friday, April 17, 2020

Paul Edis: Lockdown Live Number Five!

Paul Edis (piano/vocal)

Lockdown number 5 saw our man once again in good form with a choice selection of tunes. Great standards, jazz classics, a couple of originals, and a few vocals to boot.

September in the Rain (vocal) and Cole Porter's I Love You got the show off to a good start. Monk's Mood brought to mind bassist Ray Brown's observation that he loved Monk's tunes played by Hank Jones. If he'd still been with us, Brown could have added "...and by Paul Edis".

Honeysuckle Rose was different - enjoyably different I hasten to add. At one point it was as if Fats Waller was playing the left hand and Bud Powell the right hand. A killer combination!


Up Jumped Spring, Freddie Hubbard's jazz waltz is arguably the best of the 3/4 ventures into the idiom and Paul did nothing to dispel that notion.

 A couple of originals: Muddle Through (was ever a title more apt?) and Madeira reminded us that composer is just one of the many strings to the Edis bow and, for all we know, he may even also play the violin!

McCoy Tyner's You Taught my Heart to Sing is a beautiful number and Paul concurred. Given the title, are there any lyrics to it?

It's Only a Paper Moon was requested by one of our roving reporters and was cue for another vocal. Paul's comping behind singers is the tops.

Take Five. A tribute to Dave B. Pleased that Paul acknowledged the man's greatness as so many didn't. Brubeck committed the sin of making money out of jazz and not spending it on certain substances proving that clean living doesn't deter you from being a great improviser.

Monk's Ask Me Now was asked for by me and I was delighted for it to be included. At the end of the programme Paul mooted the idea that he was thinking of doing a couple of streams with one dedicated to Monk and one to Bill Evans - thumbs up here on East (52nd) St.!

To finish off we had a vocal on I Could Have Danced All Night - we held our breath - is he going to make that high note? We breathed a sigh of relief before the show closed with On Green Dolphin Street.

Tune in again next week, same time, same station as the guys (never gals) on the old radio shows used to say.
Lance

2 comments :

JERRY said...

You missed a great "Someone to Watch Over Me" at the end.
Great show again - and I'd agree about the tempting prospect of either Monk or Bill Evans for a future show!
Cheers from Saigon!
JERRY

Lance said...

No I didn't miss it Jerry - I agree it was beautiful. Unfortunately, I forgot to turn the page of my notes!

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