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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!"

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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

Thu 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 4:00-6:00pm. Free.
Thu 23: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Bar Loco, Newcasatle. From 6:30pm 'til late. Free. Newcastle University Jazz Orchestra jam session. All welcome (students & non-students).
Thu 23: Kerrin Tatman + John Garner & John Pope @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 23: Sunna Gunnlaugs & Julia Hülsmann @ Sage Gateshead. 8:00pm. A two-piano gig. A Sage Gateshead-JNE promotion.
Thu 23: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano.
Thu 23: Sleep Suppressor @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00., £8.00. adv. Upstairs.
Thu 23: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

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.

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Calum Gourlay Big Band live streaming from the Vortex - Jan 12

Two one hour sets, actually two separate houses, available to the online armchair viewer for the princely sum of £5.35., Calum Gourlay reconvened his Vortex big band to play a mix of new material and tried and tested charts. The bassist's ensemble comprising household names across the sections suggested we were in for a treat. 

Kicking off with a new Gourlay composition, Don't You Dare featured alto sax and trombone solos (respectively Alice Leggett and Kieran McLeod). Hinting at a take-no-prisoners approach, this first set was shaping up nicely. Trevor Mires blew a fiendishly difficult sounding trombone solo on New Ears (it's been in the pad a while as a quartet number), as good as you'll hear anywhere. Baritone sax specialist James Allsopp took to his feet to blow a corruscating solo on another new tune titled RT, the rhythm section - Rick Simpson, Gourlay and James Maddren - sketching an impressionistic backdrop before leaving it to trumpeter Charlotte Keeffe and tenor saxophonist Xhosa Cole to resolve their differences in a thrilling, free form duet. 

Bear in a Flat set about scaring the horses, neighbours, and anyone and anything in earshot featuring tremendous solos by Simpson, Allsopp and Keeffe. Junction 14 rounded off a terrific first set. And what a way to sign off: Xhosa Cole ripping it up on tenor, the main man, Calum Gourlay, with Mingus-like authority, alongside Maddren's impressive big band drumming and Ryan Quigley letting everyone know he was in the building having the final say. Russell

Charlotte Keeffe; Ryan Quigley; Sean Gibbs (trumpets); Kieran McLeod; Trevor Mires; Richard Henry (trombones); Alice Leggett (alto sax); Michael Chillingworth (alto sax); Xhosa Cole (tenor sax); Helena Kay (tenor sax); James Allsopp (baritone sax); Rick Simpson (piano); Calum Gourlay (MD, double bass); James Maddren (drums)

First set (first house): Don't You DareNew EarsRT; NaimaBear in a FlatJunction 14

Second set (second house): same as the first set and every bit as good! 

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