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Bebop Spoken There

Kurt Elling: ''There's something to learn from every musician you play with''. (DownBeat, December 2024).

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

17630 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 904 of them this year alone and, so far, 49 this month (Dec. 20).

From This Moment On ...

December

Wed 25: Wot? No jazz!

Thu 26: The Boneshakers @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. The 17th annual Boneshakers’ Shindig.

Fri 27: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free. Business as usual!.
Fri 27: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 27: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Country blues guitar & vocals.

Sat 28: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 11:30am. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 28: Fri 20: Castillo Nuevo @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 28: Jude Murphy, Rich Herdman & Giles Strong @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 28: Ray Stubbs R & B All-Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Stepney Bank, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.

Sun 29: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 29: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 30: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 30: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Exchange Sq., Middlesbrough. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.

Tue 31: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 12 noon-2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Tue 31: Lapwing Trio @ Wallington (National Trust), Cambo, Morpeth NE61 4AR. 12 noon & 2:00pm. Admission to site £19.00.
Tue 31: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Tue 31: Archie Brown & Friends @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00-8:00pm. Free.

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

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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