Bebop Spoken There

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)

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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

Saturday, June 03, 2023

Album review: 3'Ain - Sea of Stories

Yamen Martini (trumpet, flugel); Piet Maris (accordion); Otto Kint (bass)

After spending most of my adult life listening to jazz of all persuasions, there comes a time when you say that enough is enough. You've heard them all from Armstrong, Basie, Coltrane, Davis and Ellington through to Xenopoulos, Young and Zito (Jimmy Zito played a beautiful solo on Les Brown's I've Got my Love to Keep me Warm) what more is there to come?

Should you change horses in midstream? Maybe immerse yourself in Debussy, or Elvis, or take up learning a language such as English where at least you have a head start?

Then suddenly, as if out of an orange colored sky (a nuclear disaster) an album comes along and blows your mind - suddenly, you're back in the game!

This isn't such an album. Lance 

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