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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

Sunday, April 23, 2023

Preview: Cleo, Nina, Louis & Miles - Sky Arts (Sunday 23)

On the day of the 2023 London Marathon, this evening Sky Arts presents a marathon of its own. Starting at eight o'clock there is Cleo Laine: the Unseen Home Movies (it's not the first time it's been screened but well worth watching again). At 9:00pm there is a documentary about a previously unknown album by Nina Simone in Nina Simone: the Lost Album, followed at half past ten by concert footage of Louis Armstrong at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival in Louis Armstrong: Good Evening Ev'rybody. And as the jazz marathon enters its final kilometre (at a quarter to midnight) there is Miles Davis' all-star band in concert at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival - Miles Davis - a Different Kind of Blue. Russell  

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