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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.

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

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15260 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 279 of them this year alone and, so far, 92 this month (March 29).

From This Moment On ...

April

Sun 02: Smokin' Spitfires @ The Cluny. 12:45pm.
Sun 02: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.

Mon 03: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Tue 04: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 04: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Bradley Johnston (guitar); Paul Grainger (double bass); Abbie Finn (drums).

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

Thu 06: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 06: Thursday Night Prayer Meeting @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Donations. Feat. John Pope, Marie Shreer, John Garner.
Thu 06: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibtion Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Thu 06: Darlington Big Band @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Note earlier start time.

Fri 07: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 07: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 07: Gaz Hughes Trio @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Fri 07: Mark Toomey Quartet @ Traveller's Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 07: Finntet + Zoë Gilby & Andy Champion @ Bobik's, Punch Bowl, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.
Fri 07: TBA @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig. Blind Pig Blues Club.

Sat 08: Me Lost Me + Ceitidh Mac + Heather Ferrier @ Bobik's, Punch Bowl, Newcastle. 7:30pm. JNE.
Sat 08: Joseph Carville Trio @ The Vault, Darlington Covered Market, Darlington DL1 5PN. 6:00pm. New venue, live jazz!
Sat 08: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00. RESCHEDULED from last week (Sat 01).
Sat 08: Robbie Reay @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Acoustic blues. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig.
Sat 08: Anth Purdy @ Mr Tighe's, Bebside, Northumberland. 8:30pm.

Friday, November 05, 2021

Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club - Nov. 5

Olive Rudd (vocals); Alan Marshall (alto/soprano saxes); Tommy Moran (tenor sax); Neville Hartley (trombone/vocals); Jeremy McMurray (keys); Alan Rudd (bass); Tommy Graham (drums).

This was my lucky day! No, I didn't win the raffle but, the Metro didn't break down at Monkseaton as it usually does when I'm heading for the coast and Olive did sing - beautifully - You're a Lucky Guy so, two out of three isn't bad!

I've often wondered about the lyrics to that song and, as Olive sang the line that goes "You're just beginning to have your innings..." it dawned on me that this isn't a conventional love song but a parent singing to a new-born child! Correct me if I'm wrong.

Prior to this the band, apart from looking immaculate - no jeans or trainers - in black trousers and white shirts with a Classic Swing logo, opened up with their theme song, Tommy Moran's Classic Swing. The three horns got a great sound with a sympathetic rhythm section booting them along.

Tommy, incidentally was blowing a Hanson Monarch tenor sax that was actually made in Huddersfield. Great to know that instruments are still being made in the UK - check them out.

It was a good session Tommy blowing the aforementioned tenor, Alan Marshall dazzling on  both alto and soprano with Neville, not only blowing trombone but also obliging with a couple of vocals - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter and Everywhere You Go.

Jeremy chipped in with a pulsating Latin original - Samba For Tommy [Moran] and Tommy, himself composed Minor Mood.

In the engine room, Alan Rudd and Tommy Graham kept things turning over and Olive, as ever, had a choice selection of songs: Blue Skies; All of Me; You're a Lucky Guy; Bye Bye Blackbird; Singin' the Blues; Out of Nowhere and The Best Things in Life Are Free and maybe they are if this session is anything to go by!

Instrumentals included: All the Things You Are and On Green Dolphin St
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