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Bebop Spoken There

Trevor Mires: ''My mum is a Dean Martin fan: I'm not, so I would grab my skateboard and get out of the house whenever I heard "Everybody Loves Somebody, Sometime." ". (Jazzwise, April 2025).

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

17957 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 278 of them this year alone and, so far, 34 this month (April 14).

From This Moment On ...

April 2025.

Thu 17: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: Only Six Standards.
Thu 17: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Fri 18: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 18: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 18: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 18: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 1:00-2:45pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 18: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.

Fri 18: Alexia Gardner @ Fika Gallery, Oldgate, Morpeth NE61 1LT. 7:00pm. Trio (Gardner, Alan Law, Jude Murphy).RESCHEDULED FOR JUNE 13

Fri 18: Sarah Jane Morris & Tony Remy: The Sisterhood @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. CANCELLED! 7:30pm (doors). £25.00.

Sat 19: Jason Isaacs @ STACK, Exchange Sq., Middlesbrough. 1:00-3:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 19: Joseph Carville Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 19: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 20: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 20: Salty Dog @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 20: Spilt Milk @ STACK, Exchange Sq., Middlesbrough. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. Nolan Brothers (vocal harmonies).
Sun 20: Tweed River Jazz Band @ The Barrels Ale House, Berwick-upon-Tweed. 7:00pm. Free.
Sun 20: C.A.L.I.E @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 21: Newcastle Record Fair @ Copthorne Hotel, Newcastle. 10:00am. Going in search of the Buddy Bolden cylinder…
Mon 21: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 22: Abbie Finn Trio @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. Coquetdale Jazz.

Wed 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 23: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 23: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. CANCELLED!

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

Monday, April 18, 2022

Gaz Hughes Trio @ the Railway, Stockport - April 17

(© Jeff Pritchard)
Gaz Hughes (drums); Andrzej  Baranek (keys); Ed Harrison (bass).

On April 7 I reviewed Gaz Hughes’s latest album entitled Beboperation which was also the name of the opening track.  I referred to the tune as a Fats Navarro composition but I was incorrect as in fact it is an original number by Andrzej Baranek who Gaz chose to feature on the first number of tonight's session.  Talking to Gaz before the gig started he told me he was looking forward to taking this group on an extensive tour of the UK and Europe commencing March next year.  He has already secured fifteen dates and is hoping to fix a total of sixty engagements.

As a departure from his usual playing position, on the left side of the room, Andrzej placed his keyboard on the bandstand close to the drums with the bass to his left. He cranked up the volume somewhat to match the powerful sound that Gaz gets from his drum kit. By nine pm the room had filled up nicely and the trio kicked off with Beboperation with Baranek firing on all cylinders. Nice bass work, as always, from Ed Harrison.


It’s not often you see a drummer playing the melody but this is what happened when the trio did great things on Oscar Pettiford’s Blues in the Closet. Gaz has listened a lot to Art Blakey and has realised that all the best drummers do more than just keep time.      


Another number that I particularly liked was Wes Montgomery’s  Twisted Blues which Derrick Harris featured when he was here recently. Andrzej really excelled on this - his fingers a blur. To sum up the evening, it was great to hear a trio of this calibre and I am looking forward to hearing them again before too long.

Next jazz night at the Railway is Tuesday April 19 with the Mike Farmer Quartet  - Mike Farmer   

 

Beboperation; Have You Met Miss Jones?; I Mean You; Blues in the Closet; Seven Steps to Heaven; Body and Soul. Love You Madly; Oleo; Send in the Clowns, Twisted Blues; Stompin' at the Savoy; Prelude to a Kiss; Softly as in a Morning Sunrise.

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