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Bebop Spoken There

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Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.

Postage

17630 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 904 of them this year alone and, so far, 49 this month (Dec. 20).

From This Moment On ...

December

Mon 23: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Wheatsheaf, Benton Sq., Whitley Road, Palmersville NE12 9SU. Tel: 0191 266 8137. 1:00pm. Free. CANCELLED!
Mon 23: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 4:00pm. Free.
Mon 23: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 4:00-6:00pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Mon 23: Milne-Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.

Tue 24: Lindsay Hannon & Mark Williams @ Ernest, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 11:00am-1:00pm. Free.
Tue 24: Paul Skerritt @ Mambo Wine & Dine, South Shields. 1:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.

Wed 25: Wot? No jazz!

Thu 26: The Boneshakers @ Tyne Bar, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free. The 17th annual Boneshakers’ Shindig.

Fri 27: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 27: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free. Business as usual!.
Fri 27: Jason Isaacs @ Seaburn STACK, Seaburn. 3:30-5:30pm. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Fri 27: Michael Woods @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Country blues guitar & vocals.

Sat 28: Jason Isaacs @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 11:30am. Free. Vocalist Isaacs working with backing tapes.
Sat 28: Fri 20: Castillo Nuevo @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Sat 28: Jude Murphy, Rich Herdman & Giles Strong @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 28: Ray Stubbs R & B All-Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Stepney Bank, Newcastle. 9:00pm. Free.

Sun 29: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Vocalist Skerritt working with backing tapes.
Sun 29: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

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

Sunday, December 18, 2022

Paul Edis & Friends: A Jazzy Christmas @ Sage Gateshead - Dec. 17

Paul Edis (MD, piano); Jo Harrop (vocals); Emma Fisk (violin); Matt Anderson (tenor sax, soprano sax); Faye Thompson (alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet); Graham Hardy (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jason Holcomb (trombone); Megan Robinson (flute, piccolo); Andy Champion (double bass); Matt MacKellar (drums)

In a review of the first night of the Strictly Smokin' Big Band's sold out Christmas shows at Gosforth Civic Theatre, your correspondent sought to draw a parallel with Lindisfarne's now legendary run of sold out nights at this time of year at Newcastle City Hall. Last night at Sage Gateshead the same thought occurred, Paul Edis' magical A Jazzy Christmas has similarly become part of the seasonal landscape. All three tiers in Sage Two were teaming with those taken by the festive spirit. Whatever real world problems are out there, for a couple of hours we were in a Winter Wonderland

Edis' on-stage 'Friends', numbering nine in total, are some of the best in the business. Vocalist Jo Harrop's star is in the ascendant, her duo album collaboration with Edis (When Winter Turns to Spring) has received widespread acclaim, not to mention much radio airplay, and here she was, for the most part, the focal point of the evening. Edis' brilliant arrangements combined the seasonal with the jazz, of which there was plenty. Edis thought it right to include in the set list Carol of the Bells, it's composer...Ukrainian Mykola Leontovych. 

An ensemble of top flight soloists, all had their moment in the spotlight: Emma Fisk sublime, Faye Thompson, Megan Robinson (piccolo) absolutely brilliant, Andy Champion impossibly good, Matt MacKellar, on a flying visit home from Boston, USA, immense. A Basie-esque Splanky intro brought in Santa Baby (one for the diehard jazz fans), and a Paul Edis-Kate Edis original composition, Perfect Winter's Day summed up what was a perfect winter's evening. Year after year A Jazzy Christmas at Sage Gateshead is a sell out. This year, not one but two performances, a sold out show at St Cuthbert's Centre in Crook and tomorrow (Monday) there is a final opportunity to catch Edis and Friends in the region at Sunderland's marvellous Fire Station venue. To book your tickets see: www.sunderlandculture.org.ukRussell

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