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Bebop Spoken There

Art Blakey: "You [Bobby Watson] don't want to play too long, because you don't know they're clapping because they're glad you finished!" - (JazzTimes, Nov. 2019)..

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

15848 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 855 of them this year alone and, so far, 53 this month (Sept. 18).

From This Moment On ...

September

Thu 21: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 21: La Malbec Orchestra @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Thu 21: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 21: Linsday Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 21: Ray Stubbs R & B All Stars @ The Schooner, Gateshead. 8:30pm. Free.
Thu 21: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 22: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 22: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 22: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 22: Brief Encounter @ Bardon Mill Village Hall, Northumberland. 7:00pm. Tickets: £10.00. adv from 07885 303166; £12.00. on the door. Chris & Veronica Perrin improvising to a screening of the 1929 'Jazz Age' silent film Piccadilly (Dir. Ewald André Dupont).
Fri 22: Paul Edis & Graeme Wilson + Three Tsuru Origami @ Jesmond United Reformed Church, Newcastle. 7:30pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Fri 22: Crooners @ Tyne Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Fri 22: Abbie Finn's Finntet @ Traveller's Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.

Sat 23: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Tanfield Railway, Gateshead. 2:00-4:00pm. Free. A '1940s Weekend' event.
Sat 23: Jason Isaacs @ Stack, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free.
Sat 23: Andrew Porritt & Keith Barrett @ Cullercoats Watch House, Front St., Cullercoats NE30 4QB. 7:00pm.
Sat 23: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig. Country blues.

Sun 24: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.

Mon 25: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 7:00pm.

Tue 26: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.

Wed 27: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 27: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 27: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Friday, November 13, 2020

Kansas Smitty's play Django - Nov. 12

Giacomo Smith (clarinet); Kourosh Kanani (guitar); Harry Diplock (guitar); Ferg Ireland (double bass).

(Photos courtesy of Ken Drew). 

Kansas Smitty's is live streaming gigs five nights a week from its north London base. Free to access with the option to make a contribution if so desired, the one constant is the sheer quality of performance. Giacomo Smith is invariably involved as he was on this session devoted to Django Reinhardt. Two guitars, bass and clarinet - Allez! Allez!
The all-seated, socially distanced quartet (bassist Ferg Ireland perched on a high stool) performed as if in a Parisian cellar club, pulling up a chair, more or less 'in the round'. BSH knew of Kourosh Kanani's astonishing talent, whereas fellow guitarist Harry Diplock had gone under the radar...until now! Django made it look easy, likewise Kourosh and Harry, both of them members of the London Django Collective. Clarinetist Giacomo made the introductions and when he wasn't dazzling with his liquorice stick he sat listening, no doubt appreciative of two great guitarists. 

Giacomo, suited and booted yet suitably casual, pointed to the set list, tonight's concert would focus upon some lesser known numbers associated with Django. Fleche D'orBrazil - Harry taking the kead, Kourosh supplying the rhythm. A nod, a smile, the boys were in their element. Bassist Ferg Ireland works across the spectrum, more contemporary material is well within his compass, yet here he was, playing the classic anchor roll, although when let off the leash - notably on the set closing It's Just One of Those Things - his enviable technique shone through. 

For once Kansas Smitty's camera crew didn't quite get it right. As Harry and Kourosh were in full flight there were few close ups showing their masterful playing. Nevertheless, the music was great, Si Tu Savais a highlight, then, at last, Kourosh leading on Viper's Dream. Très bien!     
Russell.

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