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Bebop Spoken There

Abbie Finn: "Even though there's a lot of great work being done to promote women in jazz, I still come up against some attitudes! I pulled up at a recording session with my drums in the car and the studio owner said, 'I'm sorry, this space is reserved for the drummer!'" - (Jazzwise April 2023).

The Things They Say!

Hudson Music: Lance's "Bebop Spoken Here" is one of the heaviest and most influential jazz blogs in the UK.

Rupert Burley (Dynamic Agency): "BSH just goes from strength to strength".

'606' Club: "A toast to Lance Liddle of the terrific jazz blog 'Bebop Spoken Here'"

The Strictly Smokin' Big Band included Be Bop Spoken Here (sic) in their 5 Favourite Jazz Blogs.

Ann Braithwaite (Braithwaite & Katz Communications) You’re the BEST!

Holly Cooper, Mouthpiece Music: "Lance writes pull quotes like no one else!"

Postage

15229 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 248 of them this year alone and, so far, 61 this month (March 20).

From This Moment On ...

March

Fri 24: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 24: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: FILM: Mo' Better Blues @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 7:00pm.
Fri 24: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Scarth Hall, Staindrop, Co. Durham. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Fri 24: Archipelago + Bulbils @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.

Sat 25: Vermont Big Band @ Walker Community Centre, Walker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Fundraiser for Benfield Juniours Football Club. Hot food available, BYOB.
Sat 25: John Logan & Friends @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Rat Pack, Motown etc. 8:00pm. Free (donations).

Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm.
Sun 26: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 26: Outlines @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE promotion (upstairs).

Mon 27: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Tue 28: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 28: Sanaz Lavasani Trio @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 8:00pm. £12.00 (£10.00. adv).

Wed 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 30: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library. 2:30-4:30pm. £2.00. All welcome.
Thu 30: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. Back to 1:00pm stomp off. Free.
Thu 30: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 30: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm.
Thu 30: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Saturday, August 14, 2021

Newcastle Jazz Festival @ Flat Caps Coffee - August 13

It was time to put the frustrations, not to mention heartbreak, of lockdown behind us. Months of inactivity for many musicians is gradually coming to an end and the long-awaited, reshuffled Newcastle Jazz Festival finally got under way at Flat Caps Coffee in Carliol Square. A double bill of scratch pairings - Ruth Lambert and Ian Paterson and Pete Tanton working with Lloyd Wright - entertained both the hardcore jazz fan and Flat Cap Coffee's regular patrons. 

Ruth Lambert (guitar, vocals); Ian Paterson (bass guitar)
I'm Old Fashioned sang Ruth...all was well with the world! Skylark brought a tear to the eye with bassist Ian providing subtle accompaniment to our vocalist's beautifully crafted lyrics. Helen Humes' dirty blues You Played on My Piano could have shocked some, fortified by little more than an Americano or English Breakfast Tea, it appeared no one covered their ears! To close this Friday afternoon session at this year's Newcastle Jazz Festival, Ruth and Ian went out on Oscar Brown's Northern Soul hit The Snake. NJF 2021 is up and running!         
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Pete Tanton (trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals); Lloyd Wright (guitar)
A common denominator of the afternoon's session was the musicians' not unexpected revelations that this was their first gig in eighteen months. Earlier, the Tanton-Wright partnership opened and closed proceedings with an ornithological theme. 
A blackbird inspired Tanton original and Paul McCartney's Blackbird bookended some forty five minutes of largely original material. Amiable trumpeter Pete, equally adept on flugelhorn, sang several numbers in beguiling manner - Tell Me When it's Safe to Open My Eyes a highlight - and the similarly amiable Lloyd, fleet of finger on the fretboard judiciously deploying the use of a loop pedal, made for an entertaining set.             

As Newcastle Jazz Festival goers left Flat Caps Coffee thoughts turned to the evening's set piece occasion up on Barras Bridge - Alice singing Ella F with the Strictly Smokin Big Band. Russell   

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