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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!"

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

17328 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 612 of them this year alone and, so far, 17 this month (Sept. 5).

From This Moment On ...

September

Sat 07: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. £25.00. Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 07: The Big Easy @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm.£10.00. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 07: Alligator Gumbo @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £15.00.
Sat 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.

Sun 08: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 08: Giles Strong Quartet @ BAA Fest, Brownrigg Lodges, Bellingham. 2:40pm.
Sun 08: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 08: Graham Hardy’s Eclectic Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 09: Mark Williams Trio @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Mon 09: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 10: ???

Wed 11: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 11: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 11: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. A ‘second Wednesday in the month’ jam session.
Wed 11: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 12: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 12: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:30pm. £4.00. ‘A Great Day in Harlem’.
Thu 12: The Cuban Heels @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Pete Tanton & co.
Thu 12: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Free. THC with guests Donna Hewitt, Bill Watson, Dave Archbold, Adrian Beadnell, Mark Hawkins.

Fri 13: Jeff Barnhart & Neville Dickie @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Two pianos, two pianists! SOLD OUT!
Fri 13: Noel Dennis Quartet @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 13: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Dilutey Juice @ Old Coal Yard, Byker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £11.00. adv..
Fri 13: Ray Stubbs R & B All-stars @ The Forum, Darlington. 7:30pm. Classic blues.

Friday, December 24, 2021

Live from Emmet's Place (Vol. 79) - Dec 20

Emmet Cohen (piano); Tyler Mitchell (double bass); Evan Sherman (drums); Vujo Sotashe (vocals); Grant Stewart (tenor sax)

Emmet Cohen continues to stream gigs from his New York City apartment despite resuming a touring schedule either side of the Atlantic. Monday evening chalked up volume 79 in the pianist's ongoing series. Joining Cohen this evening, bassist Tyler Mitchell (Sun Ra, Spike Wilner) and drummer Evan Sherman (established on the NYC scene and he's not yet thirty years of age). Two guests would join the trio - tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart, and vocalist Vujo Sotashe. 

Cohen's trio warmed up with two or three numbers, beginning with Dear Old Stockholm. As ever, sensational piano playing supported by two of the finest musicians around. It is difficult to overstate just how good these weekly steams are. A piano trio stream would have been just fine, the addition of a guest or two simply put the icing on the Christmas cake. Grant Stewart is a stalwart of the Big Apple jazz circuit: a technique as cast iron as any tenor player, delivering a considered reading of the material, a joy to listen to, both as a soloist and as an accompanist, on this occasion in support to a new name to BSH, Vujo Sotashe. 

South African born, NYC resident, Sotashe is a tenor voice with an amazing range, in classical music circles he would probably be described as a countertenor. Whatever the classification, Sotashe is an astonishing talent. Stardust, with Stewart's impeccable accompaniment, Ruby, My Dear to The Christmas Song, thoughts turned to when the man will be heard this side of the Pond. If he ain't comin over anytime soon, a trip to NYC to hear Sotashe sounds like a plan.                         
Check out Emmet Cohen's online gigs, they're readily accessible on YouTube. Choosing one in particular, Live from Emmet's Place, vol. 67 (23 August 2021) featuring Samara Joy would be a good introduction! Russell
 
Set list: Dear Old StockholmI'll Keep Loving YouStrollin'The End of a Love AffairI Can't Get StartedHave Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasDay by DayI Didn't Know What Time it WasRuby, My DearStardustMr A.T.UnitedAll God's Chillun Got RhythmThe Christmas SongGreen Door.

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