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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.

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Adeus Ivan “Mamão” Conti

Hoochie Coochie has presented a whole lot of outstanding jazz/soul acts such as Chaka Khan, Gregory Porter, and Incognito to mention but a few. One of the greatest of them all was/is Azymuth who played the venue at least a couple of times in 2013 and 2015. Their funky Brazilian groove transported dancers and listeners back to Rio.

That pulsating Brazilian beat was, in the main, due to percussionist  Ivan “Mamão” Conti who, sadly, died just two days ago (April 17) aged 76.

He thrilled the Hoochie crowd just as he did audiences all over the world for which we should feel privileged to have been a part of. I'm sure that Warren and all the Hoochie patrons who heard the band on those occasions will join me in mourning his passing.

R.I.P. Lance

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1 comment :

Steve T said...

I saw them the first time they played Hoochie. Many of my Jazz-Funk friends rated them very highly and I've been through almost all of their albums at one time or another.
So pleased Jamie Cullum didn't play the dreadful Jazz Carnival but their other club hit Dear Limmertz on his radio show last night, though I think I'd have got more adventurous.

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 10:55:00 pm

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