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

18361 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 215 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 8 ), 25

From This Moment On ...

March

Thu 12: Boomslang @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Fri 13: Paul Skerritt Quartet @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church. 1:00pm . £9.00.
Fri 13: The SH#RP Collective @ Jesmond Library, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Soothsayers + Rookie Numbers @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £17.51., £14.33., £11.16.

Sat 14: The Too Bad Jims @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00pm (6:30pm doors). £13.20., £11.00. R&B.
Sat 14: NUJO @ Venue, Newcastle University Students’ Union. Time TBC. £15.00. supporter; £10.00. standard; £5.00. student. Seated event.

Sun 15: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 15: The Too Bad Jims @ The Georgian Theatre, Stockton. 3:00pm. £12.00. R&B.
Sun 15: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: Rebecca Poole @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00., £12.00., £7.00. Poole w. Dean Stockdale & Ken Marley. CANCELLED!

Mon 16: Milne Glendinning Band @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm.
Mon 16: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 16: Russ Morgan Quartet @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.

Tue 17: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Alan Law (piano); Paul Grainger (double bass); Scotty Adair (drums).

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

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Live streaming from Jack's Place #3: A Taste of New Orleans - Feb. 10

Jamie Brownfield (trumpet); Andrzej Baranek (keyboards); Ed Harrison (double bass); Jack Cotterill (drums) 

Week three of Jack Cotterill's Wednesday evening live streams focused on the cradle of jazz, New Orleans, Louisiana. For starters, Emmet Cohen's Harlem Shuffle as on Herlin Riley's New Direction album. Riley...Blakey...Wynton...LCJO...Riley, it's all about connections. And on to Jazz Me Blues, played at just about every Dixieland session up and down the land.  We're going to make you more miserable now announced Jack Cotterill...St James' Infirmary (Jamie Brownfield plungering way down in the morgue). Our host being quick to add that he actually enjoys a blues, they're not at all miserable, they're uplifting (or words to that effect). Agreed! 

A tune for duo - Brownfield, trumpet, Cotterill, drums, In the Court of King Oliver composed by W. Marsalis (on the album the late Ellis Marsalis plays piano). At the Darktown Strutters' Ball  introduced Andrzej Baranek, piano and bassist Ed Harrison, each soloing effectively before Brownfield grabbed a solo replete with numerous fleeting quotes for good measure. 

Jamie Brownfield spoke of his first visit to N'Awlins. How about this for a gig? Our trumpeter was in a band as part of the in-flight entertainment at 30,000 feet over the Atlantic on the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner scheduled service to NOLA. The perk? Four days in the Big Easy!       
     
Time to attend a New Orleans' funeral. Just a Greater Walk With Thee into a joyous second line Trombone Joe (comp. H. Riley). Time for two more, first a sprightly High Society finishing up with a swinging When the Saints go Marching In. Next week (Wednesday 17) at eight, it's a Louis Armstrong special.         
Russell
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