Bebop Spoken There

Joe Alterman: ''All I wanted to do growing up was to sound like Erroll Garner playing "Poor Butterfly." I thought that was the coolest sound I'd ever heard.'' (DownBeat November, 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

19,105 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 969 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Nov. 14) 39.

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

November

Sun 15: Lianne Carroll: Jazz Vocal Weekend Workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 9:30am-5:00pm. Day 2/2. SOLD OUT!
Sun 15: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 15: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: James Birkett & Emma Fisk @ The Waiting Room, Eaglescliffe. 7:00pm. £48.18 (to include dinner); £17.43 (concert only).
Sun 15: Sarah Gillespie & Chris Montague @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £18.00.
Sun 15: Liane Carroll @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00., £12.00., £7.00. Solo performance. SOLD OUT!

Mon 16: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 17: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Jacob Egglestone, Paul Grainger, Joe Deans.
Tue 17: Grammy Season (Laubrock/Seabrook/Lovato/Rainey) @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 8:00pm. JNE.

Wed 18: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 18: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 18: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 19: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 19: Papa G’s Troves @ Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. Free (donations).
Thu 19: Marina Josephina @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. £10.60; £10.60.; £8.50 Early Bird.

Fri 20: Zoë Gilby & Andy Champion: The Music of Duke Ellington @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 20: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 20: Customs House Big Band @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm.

Sat 21: Pete Tanton Duo @ Awesome Frank’s, West Jesmond Metro Station, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £8.00.
Sat 21: Paul Skerritt Big Band @ The Westovian Theatre, South Shields. 7:30pm. £18.00.

Sunday, November 08, 2020

Adrian Cox's Sunday Service with Joe Webb - Nov. 8

Adrian Cox (clarinet, vocals); Joe Webb (piano) 

Another Sunday Service from Toulouse Lautrec featuring Adrian and Joe. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan for starters with pianist Joe Webb ever so slightly out of shot. Online chat soon resolved the matter as Adrian noted the message and made the necessary adjustment to the camera set-up before taking his seat once more to sing a chorus. Joe now in shot, our duo launched into a second request - it would be an hour of requests - with a super-swift Swing That Music. 
To say Adrian Cox is fleet of finger doesn't quite convey the extent of his mastery of his instrument, the clarinet. The first of three Jelly Roll Morton numbers - Dead Man Blues - reaffirmed the opinion of Adrian's talents. A couple of years ago Adrian's quartet undertook an extensive tour to promote hii Profoundly Blue album. Introducing Edmond Hall's Rose in Her Window, Adrian recalled the band's NYC gig but, inexplicably, forgot to mention a hugely successful date in Berwick upon Tweed!  JRM number two - Why - with a second marvellous vocal from Adrian accompanied by Joe's left hand honky-tonk piano playing. Excellent!  

The Pearls completed the trio of JRM numbers requested by a regular supporter, then George Lewis' St Philip Street Breakdown, again, tremendous. Noting one hundred and ten people were watching, Adrian joked: Haven't you anything better to do?! And to close, All I Do the Whole Night Through is Dream of You. Next week, same time, one o'clock. Unmissable.  
Russell

Set list: I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan; Swing That Music; Dead Man Blues; Rose in Her Garden; Dawn on the Desert; I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good;  Why; New Orleans Hula; The Pearls; St Philip Street Breakdown; Upper St. Serenade; All I Do the Whole Night Through is Dream of You.   
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