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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)

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18383 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 247 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 17 ), 57

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

Mon 30: Gerry Richardson Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm.
Mon 30: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

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.

Monday, August 23, 2021

Adrian Cox's Sunday Service with Dave Archer - August 22

Adrian Cox (clarinet, vocals); Dave Archer (guitar) 

A busy man is Adrian Cox. A Saturday night gig with Buster Bloodvessel in Manchester, an early Sunday morning flight to London, taking to the Sunday Service pulpit at one o'clock to preach the N'Awlins' gospel (the subject of this review) with a rehearsal to follow ahead of a sold out gig at Ronnie Scott's this evening. 

Joining Adrian today, none other than guitarist Dave Archer, fresh from his Art Tatum gigs up north with Joe Webb and Will Sach. Our duo kicked off with Dinah (with a Beatles' Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! refrain thrown in for good measure!). Adrian's vocals are never less than heart-felt and Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? proved the point. Our man referred to his busy schedule saying: Who needs sleep? It's overrated. 

A couple of contrasting numbers - Riverboat Shuffle and Adrian's co-written tune with Kansas Smitty's Giacomo Smith, Take Me Home, followed by It's a Sin to Tell a Lie and Just One of Those Things,  concluded another uplifting Sunday Service. Amen! Russell

Set list: Dinah; When I Grow Too Old to Dream; Indiana; Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?; Riverboat Shuffle; Take Me Home; It's a Sin to Tell a Lie; Just One of Those Things  

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1 comment :

Patti said...

Yeah Yeah Yeah! This was an amazing Sunday Service - and talking of sleep, I recall Warren Zevon's song about sleeping all you want when you're dead!

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