Bebop Spoken There

Christian McBride: ''We knew back in the day that Emmet [Cohen] had it.'' (DownBeat July, 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

18767 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 631 of them this year alone and, so far this month (July 31) 95.

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

Mon 03: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 03: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn House Hotel. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).

Tue 04: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Wed 05: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 05: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 05: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 06: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 06: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00.
Thu 06: Wild Women of Wylam @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 06: Jeremy McMurray’s Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Arc, Stockton. 8:00pm. Feat. guest Zoë Gilby.
Thu 06: Paul Skerritt @ Angels' Share, St George's Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle NE2 2SX. 8:00pm. Free. Booking advised (0191 200 1975). Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Thu 06: Bridget Metcalfe Sextet @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Fri 07: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 07: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.

Sat 08: ???

Sun 09: 58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00-3:00pm. Free.
Sun 09: Tees Bay Swing Band @ Ropner Park, Stockton. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 09: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 09: The Gambling Janes @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Sunday, June 27, 2021

The Sunday Service marching to New Orleans - June 27

Adrian Cox (clarinet; vocals); Jack Cotterill (drums)

New Orleans by way of Bulgaria and soon to be moving on to Denmark, Adrian Cox continues his virtual (and not so virtual) globetrotting lifestyle. Today's Sunday Service saw Cox joined by none other than Jack Cotterill. What's Cotterill doing out in Bulgaria? you ask. 'Working' seems to be the answer. 'Nice work' etc....

Given the source material some of today's tunes dated from the 18th century, the American Civil War and all that.* A couple of clarinet numbers to start followed by a first vocal of the day - The Second Line. Cox's clarinet-vocal numbers never fail to hit the spot, energised, not to mention virtuosic. Some forty minutes in, Jack Cotterill appeared front of camera, just in time to accompany Cox on It Feels So Good as our man sang once again. Finally, to see out today's Sunday Service, Moose March, as played by the Crane River Jazz Band and many others. Interestingly, Cox first played several of today's numbers as a young lad, turning pro - would you believe? - at fifteen! Next Sunday (July 4), join Adrian Cox at one o'clock when our man will be in Denmark. Nice work etc....
         
* For those with a keen interest in New Orleans' brass bands, Richard H. Knowles' Fallen Heroes a History of New Orleans Brass Bands, published in 1996 by Jazzology Press (ISBN: 0-9638890-3-6), is an invaluable resource. Russell

Set list: Gettysburg March; Bugle Boy March; The Second Line; Blue Bells Goodbye; Maryland, My Maryland; It Feels So Good; 1919 March; Marching Through Georgia; Moose March.          
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