Bebop Spoken There

Donovan Haffner ('Best Newcomer' 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Awards): ''I got into jazz the first time I picked up a saxophone!" - Jazzwise Dec 25/Jan 26

The Things They Say!

This is a good opportunity to say thanks to BSH for their support of the jazz scene in the North East (and beyond) - it's no exaggeration to say that if it wasn't for them many, many fine musicians, bands and projects across a huge cross section of jazz wouldn't be getting reviewed at all, because we're in the "desolate"(!) North. (M & SSBB on F/book 23/12/24)

Postage

18122 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 1086 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Dec. 31), 100

From This Moment On ...

JANUARY 2026

Wed 07: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 07: FILM: Blue Moon @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Dir. Richard Linklater’s biopic of Lorenz Hart.
Wed 07: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 07: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 08: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00. Subject: Jazz Milestones of 1976.

Fri 09: The House Trio @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Fri 09: Nauta @ Jesmond Library, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £5.00. Trio: Jacob Egglestone, Jamie Watkins, Bailey Rudd.
Fri 09: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 09: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 09: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 09: Warren James & the Lonesome Travellers @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. £15.00.
Fri 09: The Blue Kings @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00. (£8.00. adv.). All-star band.

Sat 10: Mark Toomey Quintet @ St Peter’s Church, Stockton-on-Tees. 7:30pm. £12.00. (inc. pie & peas). Tickets from: 07749 255038.

Sun 11: New ’58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Eva Fox & the Sound Hounds @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 12: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 12: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn House Hotel. 7:00-9:00pm. Free.

Tue 13: Milne Glendinning Band @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. £11.00. Coquetdale Jazz.
Tue 13: Jazz Jam Sandwich @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Live from Emmet's Place with Lucy Yeghiazaryan - March 28

Lucy Yeghiazarayan (vocals); Emmet Cohen (piano); Mark Lewandowski (double bass); Joe Farnsworth (drums) + Benny Benack III (trumpet)

Wow! Wow! Wow! Emmet Cohen's latest stream from Emmet's Place presented vocalist Lucy Yeghiazaryan. Pianist Cohen's regular bass and drums - Russell Hall and Kyle Poole - were given the night off as our host was joined by Nottingham-born, NYC-resident Mark Lewandowski and first call drummer Joe Farnsworth. The trio would play a couple of numbers before being joined by Ms Yeghiazaryan.

Over the next hour and a half or so the Armenian-born, NYC-resident vocalist would win herself a whole load more online fans. An impeccable set list, Yeghiazaryan is an amazing talent - phrasing, timing, commanding, echoes of the great vocalists, how can anybody be this good?! From This Moment On, Perdido, Easy Street, The Girl from Ipanema sung in Portuguese, Young at Heart, Ms Yeghiazaryan is destined for stardom.

What's more, Mr Benny Benack III was in the house! Our trumpet playing vocalist joined the party for a few numbers, his trumpet playing on the closing number, the blues Your Red Wagon, couldn't be bettered. It's a fair bet Lucy Yeghiazaryan will appear in London (Ronnie's?). As and when she does, don't hesitate.  Russell  

Set list: That Old Feeling; My Favorite Things; Can't we be Friends?; From This Moment On; The Very Thought of You; Perdido; Easy Street; The Girl from Ipanema; People Will Say We're in Love; Young at Heart; This Can't be Love; What's New?; They Say It's Spring; Your Red Wagon.eae
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