Bebop Spoken There

Ron Carter quoting Sonny Rollins: ''What we call jazz - that's keeping the world in equilibrium. I don't care what kind of music you like out here today. It all comes from jazz.'' (DownBeat August, 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

18799 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 663 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Aug. 12) 32.

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

August

Sun 16: Vintage Explosion @ Cliffe Park, Roker, Sunderland SR6 8DB. 5:00-10:30pm. £44.00 (inc. bf).

Mon 17: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 18: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Joe Steels, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 19: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 19: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 20: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 20: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00.
Thu 20: Edson Angus Quartet @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 20: Paul Skerritt @ Angels' Share, St George's Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle NE2 2SX. 8:00pm. Free. Booking advised (0191 200 1975). Skerritt w. backing tapes.

Fri 21: Andrzej Baranek Trio @ The Lit & Phil. 1:00pm. £8.00. Andrzej Baranek (piano); Josh Cavanagh-Brierley (double bass); Dave Walsh (drums). SOLD OUT!
Fri 21: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 21: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 21: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 21: David Gray Flextet @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm. Old Black Cat Jazz Club.
Fri 21: Errol Linton & His Band + Michael Littlefield & Scott Taylor @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. Excellent blues double bill.

Sat 22: Durham Alumni Big Band + Durham Alumni All Stars + Swing Manouche @ Darlington Market Place. From 1:00pm. Free. The All Stars (1:00pm); The Alumni (2:00-4:00pm); Swing Manouche (4:15pm).

Monday, April 05, 2021

Ella Hohnen-Ford live streaming with Joe Webb. April 4

(Screenshot by Russell)
Ella Hohnen-Ford (vocals); Joe Webb (piano); Will Sach (double bass)  

Ella Hohnen-Ford made a big impression on Kansas Smitty's Thelonious Monk session. Less than twenty four hours later, Ms Hohnen-Ford popped up on YouTube working with Kansas Smitty's regular, pianist Joe Webb. On the evidence of these performances the recent Royal Academy of Music graduate is an exceptional talent. 

You're Sensational sang Hohnen-Ford. Wow! Hohnen-Ford couldn't be that good, could she? Let's listen to the next one...Some People (from Gypsy). Wow! Much of Ms Hohnen-Ford's set list would draw upon stage and screen musicals together with numbers written by the likes of Randy Newman and Tom Waits. 

Hohnen-Ford's vocal style is one part measured, one part dynamic, playful, risk-taking scat. All in all, quite remarkable. Having Joe Webb in your corner is a bonus, what a piano player! Their take on Undecided put it up there, a match for anyone who has interpreted the song. Make 'Em Laugh (Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain) offered yet more evidence that Hohnen-Ford is a star in the making. To close an eye-opening set, Will Sach, Kansas Smitty's ace bass player, joined Ella (what's in a name, eh?!) and Joe on Jerome Kern's In Love in Vain. Here's a prediction, Ella Hohnen-Ford is destined for the big time.     
Russell

Set list: You're Sensational; Some People; Losing You; Undecided; Once I Was Loved; Make 'Em Laugh; I'm Still Here; I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan; In Love in Vain.     
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