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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!"

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

16408 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 288 of them this year alone and, so far, 85 this month (April 30).

From This Moment On ...

May

Thu 09: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 09: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 09: Lewis Watson Quartet + Langdale Youth Jazz Ensemble @ Laurel’s Theatre, Whitley Bay. 7:30pm. £10.00.
Thu 09: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Josh Bentham (sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Dave Archbold (keys); Ron Smith (bass).

Fri 10: Michael Woods @ Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free. Country blues guitar & vocals. SOLD OUT!
Fri 10: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 10: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 10: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 10: Citrus @ The Head of Steam, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £11.25.
Fri 10: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ St Cuthbert’s, Crook. 7:30pm. £10.00.

Sat 11: Jeffrey Hewer Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 11: Alligator Gumbo @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 7:30pm.
Sat 11: Milne-Glendinning Band @ Yarm Parish Church. 7:30pm.
Sat 11: Tom Remon & Laurence Harrison @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 12: GoGo Penguin @ Wylam Brewery, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). All standing gig.
Sun 12: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Downstairs. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 12: Satin Beige @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.50 + bf. Upstairs. R&B cello & vocals
Sun 12: Fergus McCreadie Trio @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. £19.80.
Sun 12: Schmid/Wheatley/Prévost + Signe Emmeluth @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.

Mon 13: Emma Fisk & James Birkett @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £8.00.

Tue 14: ???

Wed 15: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 15: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 15: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Monday, June 15, 2020

Jazz Coop Livestream: Liane Carroll - June 14

Liane Carroll (vocals, keyboard)

Yes, the singing and playing was enjoyable, but what made this event really good for me was Liane's lovely personality, friendly, chatty and approachable, if you can say that about an online performance. Many others enjoyed the evening too, 66 were waiting on YouTube before the start and the comments box displayed people's eagerness. Numbers built up to 102 maximum, so imagine the Jazz Coop trying to fit all those into the Globe!

Liane treated us to no less than 11 songs in the hour, plus a medley and an encore, along with anecdotes about her life and comments about the songs. And of course her skilled keys playing was full of enthusiasm and aplomb. No messing around and time-wasting, so I'd better do the same, and simply list the set.

Almost Like Being In Love: the second chorus was sung as scat with no accompaniment, clever stuff, a very lively version.

You Don't Know Me: a very impassioned second chorus on this one

Bring Me Sunshine: from the Seaside album, reminding Liane of happy childhood memories of watching comedy on TV

Autumn Leaves; Falling In Love With Love and St Louis Blues (as per Bessie Smith)

My Baby Just Cares For Me (with the well-known Nina Simone piano intro and outro) which morphed into Sinner Man

Here's To Life; I Get Along Without You Very Well - two ballads sung with feeling, and connected with her mother as she was dying

Untitled, I think Liane forgot to tell us, but something about walking through raindrops,
No Moon At All done as a tango, great fun

Ever Since I Put Your Picture in a Frame (Tom Waits)

The medley included Liane's own song Dublin Morning; Suzanne (Leonard Cohen); Summertime (sung to a tinkling piano that even Lance would have enjoyed); My Favorite Things and also a song about dying which was cheery, which morphed into something lively about California Shoeshine Boys (Laura Nyo), which sounded like fun.

The evening was beautifully rounded off with a song for Black Lives Matter, Harvest For The World. Then Liane wished us 'Peace and Love' and was then, unfortunately, gone.

Soon to return I hope, sometime, some place.
Ann Alex
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