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Bebop Spoken There

Abbie Finn: "Even though there's a lot of great work being done to promote women in jazz, I still come up against some attitudes! I pulled up at a recording session with my drums in the car and the studio owner said, 'I'm sorry, this space is reserved for the drummer!'" - (Jazzwise April 2023).

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

15245 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 264 of them this year alone and, so far, 77 this month (March 25).

From This Moment On ...

March

Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm.
Sun 26: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Mar 26: Pop Jazz @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. 'Jazzified' tunes by the likes of Sylvester, Bowie, the Monkees etc., feat. Alan Law, David Gray, Richard Herdman & Jude Murphy.
Sun 26: Outlines @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE promotion (upstairs).

Mon 27: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Tue 28: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 28: Sanaz Lavasani Trio @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 8:00pm. £12.00 (£10.00. adv).

Wed 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 30: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library. 2:30-4:30pm. £2.00. All welcome.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. Back to 1:00pm stomp off. Free.
Thu 30: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 30: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm.
Thu 30: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 31: Lewis Watson Quartet @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 31: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 31: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 31: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm. CANCELLED! Back next week (April 7).
Fri 31: Jasmine Myra + Waclaw Zimpel @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Fri 31: The Revolutionaires @ The Shack, Boldon Colliery. 7:30pm. £10.00. The Revolutionaires' big band (horn section) line-up.
Fri 31: Andrew McCormack @ Maltings, Berwick. 8:00pm. £20.00.

April
Sat 01: The Big Easy @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm.
Sat 01: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Steve Glendinning - In a Minor Key. £25.00. Enrol at: www.jazz.coop.
Sat 01: Hot Club du Nord @ Pleased to Meet You, Bridge St., Morpeth. 8:00pm. £79.00. A charity fundraising event.
Sat 01: Boys of Brass @ Stack, Seaburn. 7:00-9:00pm.
Sat 01: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00. RESCHEDULED to next week (Sat 08).

Saturday, May 16, 2020

CD Review: Kurt Rosenwinkel - Angels Around


Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar); Dario Deidda (bass guitar); Gregory Hutchinson (drums).

The last album of standards by a Kurt Rosenwinkel trio was Relections in 2009. It featured an A-list bass and drums team of Eric Revis and Eric Harland. Angels Around is on his own record label Heartcore Records and features another fantastic band which features bass guitarist Dario Deidda and Gregory Hutchinson on drums.

The album opens with the Thelonious Monk composition Ugly Beauty which grooves with a double time feel from the rhythm section. It’s immediately apparent why Kurt is the most important jazz guitarist of his generation, demonstrating his flawless technique, an endless flow of ideas and a singularly unique sound.

Track two ups the pace with a lesser known blues by legendary bass player Paul Chambers (Miles Davis, John Coltrane) called Ease it, which illustrates how the band can really swing. This is the real deal, ‘Hutch’ and Deidda in support of Kurt wherever he takes it. Kurt’s ferocious solo is followed by a bass solo with Deidda showing what a great changes player he is. At the climax, Kurt trades choruses with Hutch before they head out.

The next track, a well-known Charles Mingus ballad Self Portrait in Three Colors, features more great bass playing from Deidda, with support from Kurt’s always appropriate and sometimes ambient comping. The track builds wonderfully during Kurt’s solo.

Simple #2 is the first of two originals on the album, this one by Kurt, and illustrates his rock influence and shows what a great writer he is, as well as being an astonishing guitarist. The rock influence is emphatic in his composition, sound and playing style on this cut.

Next up is Punjab, a Joe Henderson composition from the album In 'n Out. Another chance to hear some great ensemble playing topped off with Hutch on top form during trades.

The penultimate track is the trio’s take on the Bill Evans classic Time Remembered and this is followed by the title track, written by Deidda. It reminds me of Hope from the Mahavishnu Orchestra album Birds of Fire, which may be deliberate as this was around the time McLaughlin and Devadip Carlos Santana were under the influence of a guru who claimed the constant presence of angels.

The digital album ends with Passarim by Antonio Carlos Jobim as an additional track, featuring more impossibly fast runs from Kurt, but without ever feeling like he’s simply showing off.

The accompanying notes sum the album up nicely: “Angels Around traverses new musical frontiers in the standard jazz idiom. While Rosenwinkel, Hutchinson and Deidda embody and emote the rich traditions of jazz at its purest form, make no mistake, the music is thoroughly contemporary, focused, and for the here and now.”

It’s a given that it should be of interest to any guitarists or guitar enthusiasts, including his use of delay, overdrive and reverb, but it should also appeal to anyone interested in current and future developments in jazz.

It’s available now on digital platforms with a CD and vinyl’s date of June 12. 
Steve T

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