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

Fri 14: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 14: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 14: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 14: John Settle Quartet @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church. 1:00pm. £9.00. John Settle (vibes); Rick Laughlin (piano); Mick Shoulder (double bass); Tim Johnston (drums).
Fri 14: Bold Big Band @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £8.00 + bf.

Sat 15: Tees Bay Swing Band @ Blacksmith’s Arms, Hartlepool. 1:30pm. Free. Open rehearsal.
Sat 15: Jake Leg Jug Band @ The White Room, Stanley. 7:45pm. £16.26.

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.

Sunday, May 02, 2021

Sarah Moule & Simon Wallace livestream - May 2

(Screenshot by Lance)
Sarah Moule (vocals); Simon Wallace (piano)

A Sunday night without my livestream fix from The Globe made for a Gloomy Sunday, to quote a song title. I'd stuck my head around the [virtual] door at a couple of venues but, to quote another song title I had to shake my head and say, But Not For Me.

Out of town were the people I knew, what to do, what to do, what to do? The outlook was decidedly blue. But the age of miracles hadn't passed and, suddenly, I heard her there and, on 'good old' Facebook, the sun was shining everywhere!

Yes, Sarah Moule and husband Simon Wallace were doing, what I gather is a weekly livestream on this, the eve of the digital release of her album Stormy Emotions of which I've waxed without waning in previous posts.

The album, as I'm sure all our readers are now well aware of, features Sarah singing the lyrics of the late Fran Landesman to music composed by Simon.

Four of those pieces were played tonight: Nothing is Mine Now; Playing for Keeps; After the Fall and Fool's Gold.

Sarah, who knows a good lyricist when she finds one, also threw in a couple of Johnny Mercer's - That Old Black Magic and Midnight Sun. That lyric! Nobody, not even Fran, could have ever thought of rhyming alabaster palace with Aurora Borealis but Johnny Mercer! The other number in a splendid set that was not without the occasional Facebook hiccup was Vernon Duke's Taking a Chance on Love. These two sure can pick 'em! Lance

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