Bebop Spoken There

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.

Monday, April 04, 2022

Mike Hall Quartet @ the Railway, Stockport - April 3

(© Jeff Pritchard)
Mike Hall (tenor sax); Andrzej  Baranek (keys); Ed Harrison (bass); Jack Cotterill (drums).

 Mike started the show with a very fast version of Pennies From Heaven, his sound on tenor being louder than last time I heard him. His playing style is high-energy on the up-tempo numbers but he calmed things down on the second tune which was that great ballad You’ve Changed composed by Carl Fischer and Bill Carey.


It’s always a pleasure to see and hear Andrzej Baranek on a gig and if you are looking for someone who can handle those tricky be-bop tunes he is the guy to get. He really took off on the Horace Silver original Room 608  and I also liked what he did on another bop classic Dizzy Gillespie’s Groovin’ High.


Ed Harrison on bass and Jack Cotterill on drums did a great job in supporting Mike and also played some creative solos.


The next jazz night at the Railway is April 5 with the Steve Oakes Band featuring Freddie Garner. Mike Farmer

 

Pennies From Heaven; You’ve Changed; Room 608; Con Alma; Stardust; Speak Low; Sugar; Groove Merchant; Untitled Blues; Groovin’ High;
If You Could See Me Now; Shiny Stockings;  Secret Love.

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