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Bebop Spoken There

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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!"

Postage

15848 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 855 of them this year alone and, so far, 53 this month (Sept. 18).

From This Moment On ...

September

Sat 23: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Tanfield Railway, Gateshead. 2:00-4:00pm. Free. A '1940s Weekend' event.
Sat 23: Jason Isaacs @ Stack, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free.
Sat 23: Andrew Porritt & Keith Barrett @ Cullercoats Watch House, Front St., Cullercoats NE30 4QB. 7:00pm.
Sat 23: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A 'Jar on the Bar' gig. Country blues.

Sun 24: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 24: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.

Mon 25: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 7:00pm.

Tue 26: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.

Wed 27: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 27: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 27: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 28: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 28: Alice Grace Quartet @ King's Hall, Newcastle University. 1:15pm. Free.
Thu 28: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead. 2:30pm. All welcome.
Thu 28: Faye MacCalman + Snape/Sankey @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 28: Zoe Rahman @ Jesmond United Reformed Church, Jesmond, Newcastle. 7:30pm. A Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music event.
Thu 28: '58 Jazz Collective @ Hops & Cheese, Hartlepool. 7:30pm.
Thu 28: Speakeasy @ Queen's Hall, Hexham. 7:30pm. £15.00. A Southpaw Dance Company presentation. Dance, audio-visuals, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, swing dancers etc.
Thu 28: Mick Cantwell Band @ Harbour View, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Ace blues band.
Thu 28: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.

Monday, May 30, 2022

Dean Masser Quartet @ the Railway, Stockport - May 29

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

The room was full of jazz fans looking forward to the long awaited return of the hugely popular Dean Masser who has been absent through illness but has bounced back and seems to have made a full recovery. Dean has always had a big sound on tenor sax but tonight it seemed even bigger than usual especially in the lower register.


Dean has played many gigs with the rhythm section of Hughes, Baranek, and Harrison and I’m sure he was well pleased with the backing they provided. They did a first class job and tonight it got me back to thinking back to nights at the Montmartre in  Copenhagen listening to Dexter Gordon with the Kenny Drew Trio.


Like myself, Dean is a big fan of Dexter and he did a great version of Gordon's Fried Bananas which went down well with the audience. I liked all of the numbers and none less than when Dean slowed  things down a bit with Lover Man and In a Sentimental Mood. The latter, a tune that is getting a lot of plays lately, found Dean’s rendition to be a good one  He also introduced  three of his own compositions tonight: Well Red; Sticks and Stones; and Back Chat.


Gaz Hughes was on fire tonight and I find I am running out of superlatives to describe the bass playing of Ed Harrison who, like Dean, is based in the Wigan area. Regarding Andrzej Baranek; a guitarist friend said to me that he gets better every time he hears him and I didn't argue!


The next jazz night at the Railway is on May 31 with The West Coast Jazz Octet -
Mike Farmer

 

On Green Dolphin Street; Well Red; Loverman; Billie’s Bounce; Sticks and Stones; I Thought About You; Fried Bananas; The Jamfs Are Coming; In a Sentimental Mood; Back Chat.

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