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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

18395 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 259 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 30 ), 69

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

March

Tue 31: Bede Trio @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Albert Hills Wright (alto sax); Finn Carter (piano); Michael Dunlop (double bass).

April

Wed 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 01: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 01: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 02: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00. Subject: Musicians playing classical & orchestral music.
Thu 02: The Noel Dennis Band @ Prohibition Bar, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2RU. 7:00pm (doors). £10.84. Quartet plus special guest Zoë Gilby. Over 21s only.
Thu 02: Renegade Brass Band @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 02: Shalala @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.00. adv..
Thu 02: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Fri 03: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 03: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 03: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 03: King Bees @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). Free. Chicago blues.

Saturday, May 01, 2021

Joe Webb & Will Sach play Ellington - May 1

(Screenshot by Russell)
Joe Webb (piano); Will Sach (double bass)

Realising Thursday (April 29) marked the date of Duke Ellington's birth (1899) Joe and Will scrapped their intended set list in favour of a celebration of the music of Edward Kennedy Ellington. Live streaming from Joe's kitchen it was Duke all the way. Highlights? Everything about the hour. Choose one? Joe Webb's startling intro to Prelude to a Kiss. Choose another? Will's bass playing! Simply superb.     
Russell

Set list: In a Mellotone; Just Squeeze Me; Creole Love Call; Drop Me Off in Harlem; Prelude to a Kiss; Cottontail; Dual Highway; Limbo Jazz.     
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2 comments :

NeilC said...

I just watched this as missed the original broadcast he is just a great player for someone so young but he makes it look so simple . If you watch him play Cottontail its effortless but the improvisation is so complex . He deserves far more recognition than he will probably every get as he is a talent , a fact that I find galling when you see all these talentless people garner fame and achieve levels of notoriety they simply don't deserve.

Sunday, May 02, 2021 10:12:00 am
NeilC said...

I just watched this as I missed the original broadcast. He is just such a great player for someone so young but he makes it look so simple. If you watch him play Cottontail it's effortless but the improvisation is so complex. He deserves far more recognition than he will probably ever get as he is a talent, a fact that I find galling when you see all these talentless people garner fame and achieve levels of notoriety they simply don't deserve.

Sunday, May 02, 2021 10:18:00 am

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