Bebop Spoken There

Gary Bartz: ''Music is nature's gift to man. It's the only religion. We're living in a terrible era, but what a beautiful thing music is. Look how it brings us together like religion is supposed to; and with no language barriers.'' (Jazzwise September, 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

18897 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 761 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Sept. 11.) 40.

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

September.

Mon 14: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 15: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Ben Lawrence, Paul Grainger, Bailey Rudd.

Wed 16: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 16: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 16: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 17: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 17: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00.
Thu 17: Front Porch Blues @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 17: Miles 100 @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £12.00., £10.00., £7.00. Jack Courtney (trumpet); Sue Ferris (tenor sax); Tom Atkinson (guitar); Alan Law (piano); Deon Krishnan (bass); Jeff Armstrong (drums). A night of Miles Davis.
Thu 17: Amphitrio @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £7.00. Andrei Petrache (piano); Mike Alex (double bass); Philip Goron (drums).

Fri 18: Danny Lownes’ Hot Club @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 18: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 18: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 18: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 18: Mark Williams Trio @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm. Old Black Cat Jazz Club.
Fri 18: Emma Fisk’s Hot Club du Nord @ St Cuthbert’s Centre, Crook. 7:30pm. £10.00., £5.00. student.
Fri 18: Rivkala + Beccy Sloan @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £10.00.

Sat 19: Tees Bay Swing Band @ The Blacksmith’s Arms, Hartlepool. 1:30pm. Free. Open rehearsal. All welcome.
Sat 19: Sing Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00-5:00pm. £27.50. Tutor: Alexia Gardner: Nina Simone. Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 19: Ray Stubbs’ R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootleggers, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free.

Sat 19: Tees Bay Swing Band @ The Blacksmith’s Arms, Hartlepool. 1:30pm. Free. Open rehearsal. All welcome.

Sun 20: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 20: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 20: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Album review: Sinne Eeg & Thomas Fonnesbæk - Staying in Touch

Sinne Eeg and Thomas Fonnesbæk keep in touch. Collaborators across a number of projects, their voice and bass duo is one of them. BSH's reviewers have waxed lyrical about several of Ms Eeg's albums (duo with Fonnesbæk, small group and big band recordings). Is Staying in Touch deserving of similar, fulsome praise? 

Sinne Eeg's lower register vocals are seemingly pitch perfect. Whatever the material, from standards to original compositions, the Dane's command of a lyric and the English language cannot be faulted. 

Listen, and listen again, what you hear is perfection. Eleven tracks, from the opening Spring Waltz (Thomas Fonnesbæk/Helle Hansen) to Lennon and McCartney's The Long and Winding Road to How Deep is the Ocean? (Irving Berlin) and Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter), Ms Egg is a joy to listen to. Thomas Fonnesbæk is, perhaps, the greatest bassist - Danish or any other nationality - since Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. In possession of flawless technique, endless harmonic invention and a warm, rounded tone, Fonnesbæk is the perfect foil to Eeg.

On three tracks Eeg and Fonnesbæk are joined by a string section: Orphans (Fonnesbæk/Hansen), Sinne Eeg's composition The Streets of Berlin and Those Who Were (Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen/Lisa Freeman). Staying in Touch is jazz singing and double bass playing at its finest. Highly recommended.
Russell
     
Sinne Eeg (vocals); Thomas Fonnesbæk (bass) with strings on three tracks: Andrea Gyarfas Brahe (violin); Karen Johanne Pedersen (violin); Deanna Said (viola); Live Johansson (cello); Jesper Riis (string arrangements)

Staying in Touch by Sinne Eeg and Thomas Fonesbæk is available now from Stunt Records (STUCD 21072). 
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