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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

15867 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 874 of them this year alone and, so far, 72 this month (Sept. 25).

From This Moment On ...

September

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.

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Alice Grace Quartet @ King's Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm. All welcome.
Thu 28: Faye MacCalman + Snape/Sankey @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 28: Zoe Rahman @ Jesmond United Reformed Church, Jesmond, Newcastle. 7:30pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Thu 28: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm.
Thu 28: Speakeasy @ Queen's Hall, Hexham. 7:30pm. £15.00. A Southpaw Dance Company presentation. Dance, audio-visuals, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, swing dancers etc.
Thu 28: Mick Cantwell Band @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Ace blues band.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.

Sat 30: John Pope Quintet + Late Girl + Shapeshifters @ Bobik's, Jesmond, Newcastle.
Sat 30: Papa G's Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.

OCTOBER

Sun 01: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm.
Sun 01: Dulcie May Moreno sings Portrait of Sheila @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00. Moreno sings Sheila Jordan with Giles Strong, Mick Shoulder & John Bradford.
Sun 01: Middlesbrough Jazz & Blues Orchestra @ Saltburn Community Hall. 2:00pm.
Sun 01: The Easy Rollers @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £13.70., £11.55.
Sun 01: Brand/Roberts/Champion/Sanders @ Blank Studios, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Sun 01: Papa G's Troves @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 02: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 02: FILM: Wattstax; 50th Anniversary @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 8:00pm.

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Strictly Smokin' Lockdown Live #2 from Prohibition Bar - Nov. 15

Alice Grace   (vocals);   Steve Summers  (tenor/sop sax); Graham Don (keys); Michael Whent (bass guitar)

If last week's session was less than perfect then this week's was, if it were not a contradiction, more than perfect! The in house piano had been kicked into touch and Graham Don opted for his Yamaha keyboard. Motor bikes, saxophones, keyboards - Yammies are the business as Graham proved, not that I'm suggesting he arrived on a motor bike. 

I don't know if Steve Summers' latest acquisition - a curved soprano sax - came from the far east but it certainly sounded good. Or it may have just been the player. As in everything, what comes out is what you put in, sometimes unfortunately, but not in Steve's case. He was on form blowing either sop or tenor.

Michael Whent, the quiet man of the SSBB, just sits back and lets the big hitters out front have their moments of glory. Glory that would be vastly diminished if he wasn't there laying down a solid foundation as a launchpad. Today, despite the reduced numbers, he continued in that role keeping it all together.

Needless to say, Alice, unencumbered by last weeks out of tune piano, was at her peak and her singing was just what we have come to expect from her - class!

Some great songs; Devil May Care; Social Call - I remember the first time I heard it. I was sitting in the Spice of Life and Paul Pace spun the Jon Hendricks' version over the PA system. I bought it the next day only to find out when I got home that I already had it on a Cannonball Adderley CD! Since then it's been one of my favourite numbers and Alice's version does it no harm at all!

'Round Midnight saw Steve bring the sop into play and he blew it again on No More Blues. Alice's final number was Cheek to Cheek which was merely superb.

As well as the vocals, there were instrumentals; Solar; The Jody Grind and another favourite - Nica's Dream.

Next week Alice, Graham and Steve step down and hand over to saxman Jamie Thoms, Michael Whent and Pav on guitar.

Lance

PS: Forgot to mention Have You Met Miss Jones? Great vocal, swinging tenor.

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