Bebop Spoken There

Joe Alterman: ''All I wanted to do growing up was to sound like Erroll Garner playing "Poor Butterfly." I thought that was the coolest sound I'd ever heard.'' (DownBeat November, 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

19,105 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 969 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Nov. 14) 39.

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

November

Sun 15: Lianne Carroll: Jazz Vocal Weekend Workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 9:30am-5:00pm. Day 2/2. SOLD OUT!
Sun 15: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 2:30pm. Free.
Sun 15: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: James Birkett & Emma Fisk @ The Waiting Room, Eaglescliffe. 7:00pm. £48.18 (to include dinner); £17.43 (concert only).
Sun 15: Sarah Gillespie & Chris Montague @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £18.00.
Sun 15: Liane Carroll @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00., £12.00., £7.00. Solo performance. SOLD OUT!

Mon 16: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 17: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Jacob Egglestone, Paul Grainger, Joe Deans.
Tue 17: Grammy Season (Laubrock/Seabrook/Lovato/Rainey) @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 8:00pm. JNE.

Wed 18: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 18: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 18: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 19: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 19: Papa G’s Troves @ Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. Free (donations).
Thu 19: Marina Josephina @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. £10.60; £10.60.; £8.50 Early Bird.

Fri 20: Zoë Gilby & Andy Champion: The Music of Duke Ellington @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 20: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 20: Customs House Big Band @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm.

Sat 21: Pete Tanton Duo @ Awesome Frank’s, West Jesmond Metro Station, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £8.00.
Sat 21: Paul Skerritt Big Band @ The Westovian Theatre, South Shields. 7:30pm. £18.00.

Monday, June 13, 2022

Glen Cartledge Quartet @ the Railway, Stockport - June 12

(© Jeff Pritchard)
Glen Cartledge (guitar); Andy Hunt (tenor/alto sax); Tom Hill (bass); Andrew Wood (drums).

 Glen Cartledge brought his A team to the Railway tonight and one of the things I liked about this line-up was that they had no problem in tackling some challenging tunes and also keeping the tempos together some of which were ultra-fast as in Freddie Hubbard’s Byrdlike. 


The band started the gig with a medium tempo version of Jimmy Heath’s  A Sight For Sore Ears  and the thought occurred to me that Heath wrote some great tunes and not enough people play them. It was good to see Tom Hill again on bass as he is one of the best bass players we have seen at this venue, his solos always being first rate.

Andy Hunt played tenor sax during the first set and for the second set he played alto sax. His sound on alto was very modern and I liked the way he played on his feature I Want To Talk About You - a tune  Coltrane recorded many times.The total number of tunes played tonight was nine which was below average but this meant we got to hear some extended solos from all members of this excellent outfit.


I was very impressed with the drummer Andrew Wood, who is based in Nottingham and is a former graduate of the Leeds College of Music. He has a high energy style and this was demonstrated in the Victor Feldman composition made famous by Miles Davis - Seven Steps To Heaven. I also enjoyed his work on the Dizzy Gillespie number Manteca - a tune that I have always liked to hear ever since I first heard it on a 10 inch LP many years ago.


The next jazz night at the Railway is on Tuesday (June 14) with the Paul Hartley Quartet featuring John Hallam. Mike Farmer

 

A Sound For Sore Ears; Seven Steps To Heaven; The Look Of Love;Who Can I Turn To?; Byrdlike; Ugetzu; I Want To Talk About You; Manteca; Anthropology.

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