Bebop Spoken There

Ludovic Beier (Django Festival Allstars): ''Manouche means 'free man,' and gypsies have been travelers since they migrated west from India to Europe.'' (DownBeat March, 2026)

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

18383 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 247 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 17 ), 57

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

From This Moment On

March

Mon 30: Gerry Richardson Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm.
Mon 30: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 31: Bede Trio @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Albert Hills Wright (alto sax); Finn Carter (piano); Michael Dunlop (double bass).

April

Wed 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 01: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 01: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 02: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00. Subject: Musicians playing classical & orchestral music.
Thu 02: The Noel Dennis Band @ Prohibition Bar, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2RU. 7:00pm (doors). £10.84. Quartet plus special guest Zoë Gilby. Over 21s only.
Thu 02: Renegade Brass Band @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 02: Shalala @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.00. adv..
Thu 02: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Album review: Jeff Cosgrove/John Medeski/Jeff Lederer - History Gets Ahead of the Story

Jeff Cosgrove (drums); John Medeski (organ); Jeff Lederer (saxophones, flute)

Drummer Jeff Cosgrove's new album is the realisation of a long held ambition to record the music of former collaborator William Parker. Seven of the CD's ten tracks were written by bassist Parker, three others are Cosgrove's compositions. Bandleader Cosgrove elected to work without a bass player, preferring the classic organ trio format and recruited organist John Medeski of Medeski, Martin and Wood fame and saxophonist Jeff Lederer to go into the studio over two days in 2018. 

William Parker is, perhaps, best known as a bassist on the free jazz scene but, for this project, it was the New Yorker's compositions which were of interest to Cosgrove. The music encompasses freeform sections and effortless swingtime groove; Cosgrove's creative, pulsating, rhythmic propulsion, Medeski's classic bass pedals organ sound, Lederer's incisive, insistent saxophone and flute. In some quarters 'free' and 'swing' could be seen as mutually exclusive terms but not as far as Cosgrove is concerned. Following the lead of Parker - and Charles Mingus from an earlier generation - bandleader Cosgrove pays scant regard to any such perceived divisions.  
Russell

History Gets Ahead of the Story by Jeff Cosgrove/John Medeski/Jeff Lederer is available from tomorrow (Friday, July 17) on Grizzley Music (www.jeffcosgrovemusic.com) 
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