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Bebop Spoken There

Steve Coleman: ''If you don't keep learning, your mind slows down. Use it or lose it''. (DownBeat, January 2025).

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

17680 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 23 of them this year alone and, so far, 23 this month (Jan. 9).

From This Moment On ...

January 2025

Mon 13: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 13: Raymond MacDonald & Andy Champion @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00.

Tue 14: Zoë Gilby Quintet @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm.

Wed 15: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 15: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 15: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 15: Hot Club of Heaton @ Elder Beer, Heaton, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘third Wednesday in the month’ session. TBC.

Thu 16: Pete Tanton & the Cuban Heels @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Fri 17: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 17: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 17: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 17: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 17: Joe Steels Trio @ The Pele, Corbridge. 7:00pm. £TBC.
Fri 17: Russ Morgan Quartet @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 17: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 18: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 18: Alter Ego + Jamie Toms/Graham Don Duo @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 7:30pm. £15.00. at the door; £14.35. (inc £0.35 bf) online, in advance.
Sat 18: Delta Prophets @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

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

Saturday, August 07, 2021

Album review: Adam Fairhall - Revival Room

Adam Fairhall (Hammond B3); Mark Hanslip (tenor sax) Johnny Hunter (drums).

These three musicians have worked together in various bands over the years and I was eager to hear the results of their take on the classic organ trio. 

Johnny Hunter is the kind of drummer who likes to involve himself in many different projects and has played at most of the jazz venues throughout the UK. Just recently he was backing vocalist Nisha Smith at the Globe, Newcastle.        

Mark Hanslip spent his early career gigging in the Birmingham area before moving to London where he played and recorded with the Michael Garrick Big Band, Hans Koller Ensemble, Steve Lacy and many other musicians. At the moment he resides in Manchester.    

Adam Fairhall who I recently saw playing with Johnny Hunter’s Quartet, gets a great variety of sounds on the Hammond B3 Organ and he has avoided the Jimmy Smith or Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes style, but he made me think of Larry Young or even Wild Bill Davis at times.

Four of the nine tunes were composed by Fairhall, two by Hanslip, two by Hunter and the last track was written by Carla Bley.              

In conclusion, Mark Hanslip is a thoughtful sax player with a sound similar to Mark Turner who sometimes appears at Smalls.  The recording quality of the CD is first-rate and I can recommend this to anyone who likes something different played by creative musicians such as these. Mike Farmer          

You Funnin’Me Son?; Red Room; Monobrow; Day of Rest; To and Frodo;  April; Pines;  Slippy;  Ida Lupino

Recorded on August 1 & 2 in Hull and was released July 31 on the EFPT label.  

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