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Ludovic Beier (Django Festival Allstars): ''Manouche means 'free man,' and gypsies have been travelers since they migrated west from India to Europe.'' (DownBeat March, 2026)

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

18383 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 247 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 17 ), 57

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

From This Moment On

March

Mon 30: Gerry Richardson Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm.
Mon 30: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 31: Bede Trio @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Albert Hills Wright (alto sax); Finn Carter (piano); Michael Dunlop (double bass).

April

Wed 01: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 01: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 01: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 02: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £5.00. Subject: Musicians playing classical & orchestral music.
Thu 02: The Noel Dennis Band @ Prohibition Bar, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2RU. 7:00pm (doors). £10.84. Quartet plus special guest Zoë Gilby. Over 21s only.
Thu 02: Renegade Brass Band @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 02: Shalala @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.00. adv..
Thu 02: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Sunday, April 03, 2022

Adrian Cox & Sky Murphy streaming from sunny Portugal - April 3

Adrian Cox (clarinet, vocals); Sky Murphy (guitar, vocals)

Adrian Cox and Sky Murphy go way back. TJ Johnson employed the pair of them before going their separate musical ways, Adrian the globetrotting troubadour, Sky slumming it in Portugal. Clarinet maestro Cox was visiting his old mate to celebrate Murphy's birthday (tomorrow, Monday). An early celebration on Saturday evening rendered birthday boy Murphy hoarse, tee-total Cox thankful he wasn't suffering the morning-after-the-night-before blues!    

I've lost the set list said Cox. There it is! said Murphy. The 'set list' resembled a supermarket till receipt, the pair's planning clearly something of an afterthought. A surfboard in the background, our duo opened with Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams. Troubles? Sun, sea, surf, it's a hard life! A gravel-voiced Murphy sang Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor, no doubt one of many tunes he played back in the day. 

Jim Reeves' hit He'll Have to Go worked well, similarly a choro number, the title of which escaped your correspondent. A desperately hoarse Murphy sang La Vie en Rose with a little help from Cox. As the hour was just about up, online supremo Cox thanked his audience, telling one and all to log on next week (Sunday 10 April, one o'clock) as he clocks up two years as a live-streamer. Our man hopes to be joined by Will Sach and possibly Dave Archer and/or Simon Picton and whoever else is up for it. Russell 

Set list: Wrap Your Troubles in DreamsMake Me a Pallet on Your Floor; I'll See You in My DreamsLester Leaps InEvery Time We Say GoodbyeHe'll Have to Go?; La Vie en RoseI'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You.

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