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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.

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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

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm.
Thu 28: Richard Herdman Quartet @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Guests: Josh Bentham (alto sax); Alan Marshall (tenor sax); Neil Brodie (trumpet); Adrian Beadnell (bass); Graham Thompson (keys); Steve Hunter (drums).

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.

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.

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.

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Album review: Brev Sullivan & Blue Road Records Band - IRA The Tribute Album

Brev Sullivan, Leo Quintero (lead guitars); Miriam Stone  (acoustic & electric rhythm guitar); Javier Espinoza (bass); Yainer Horta (keys & soprano sax); Kevin Abanto (drums).

The late Ira Sullivan (he died in 2020 aged 89) was a jazz legend not always given the recognition he deserved. Equally outstanding on both sax and trumpet, performing with such luminaries as Charlie Parker, Art Blakey and Roland Kirk and mentoring future greats including Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorius he somehow slipped off a lot of people's radar.

Nevertheless, he was revered by the cognoscenti and justifiably so.

His son, Brev Sullivan, fortunately ensures that his father's legacy is not forgotten with this tribute album. Brev is himself an excellent guitarist as is his fellow lead guitarist Quintero. To be honest, I'm not sure which guitarist is which but, despite, or possibly because of, their differing styles, they both contribute effectively. Horta is superb on both keyboard and soprano sax whilst Abanto is an absolute powerhouse behind the kit. He  certainly provides the kicks on the uptempo Cole Porter classic that opens the album.

The soprano is particularly frantic on Nineveh which Sullivan describes as being "almost like a rock song written by John Coltrane"!

Things cool down with the guitars swinging merrily away on Tadd Dameron's Our Delight.

Villa Lobos' Little Train of Caipira opens with a chorus of classical guitar before picking up speed over a Latin rhythm. Bass and sax also keep the wheels turning.

Brev's Espresso Bueno  continues with another, faster, Latin groove before signing off with Amazing Grace which was how Ira always finished his live performances.

An emotional end to a heartfelt tribute - Lance

Available Feb. 25 on Blue Road Records.

I Get a Kick Out of You; Monday's Dance; Circumstantial; Multimedia; Icarus; Nineveh; Our Delight; Little Train of Caipira; Espresso Bueno; Amazing Grace.

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