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Bebop Spoken There

Simon Spillett: “ Bebop and hard bop came naturally to him [Tubby Hayes]". Morning Star, March 28, 2024.

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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!"

Simon Spillett: A lovely review from the dean of jazz bloggers, Lance Liddle...

Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.

Postage

16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Monday, November 08, 2021

The Cookers live streaming from Keystone Korner, Baltimore - Nov. 7

Billy Harper (tenor sax); Donald Harrison (alto sax); Eddie Henderson (trumpet); David Weiss (trumpet); George Cables (piano); Cecil McBee (double bass); Billy Hart (drums)

The Cookers were in the home straight, the third and final day of a residency at Keystone Korner in Baltimore. Three of six concert performances were streamed across the globe, this 5:00pm (EST) set the last opportunity to logon. The all-star seven piece ensemble has shared a stage with just about every significant name of the last half century, their  collective - as yet 'not out' - innings on Planet Earth totaling in excess of five hundred years! 

The set comprised of compositions almost exclusively from within the band, the line-up largely that which twice appeared at Sage Gateshead (Jaleel Shaw depping for Donald Harrison, Danny Grissett on one occasion for George Cables). MC David Weiss made the introductions, the man himself no mean trumpet player. Billy Harper's The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart pulsated with George Cables' McCoy Tyner-like voicings, aided and abetted by Billy Hart's nod to Elvin Jones in the very same legendary Coltrane outfit. Harper's Croquet Ballet, as played on Tyneside, verged on hard bop territory, although somewhat refined. McBee's Close to You Alone featured alto saxophonist Donald Harrison in a show-stealing performance, his extended coda a thing of beauty. To close out the set,  Freddie Hubbard's The Core (a Jazz Messengers' chart circa '65), Harper taking on Wayne Shorter's tenor sax part and featuring the eighty years young drum master Billy Hart. Russell               
    
Set list: The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart (comp. Billy Harper); Peacemaker (Cecil McBee); Croquet Ballet (comp. Billy Harper); Close to You Alone (comp. Cecil McBee); The Core (comp. Freddie Hubbard).     

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