Bebop Spoken There

Donovan Haffner ('Best Newcomer' 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Awards): ''I got into jazz the first time I picked up a saxophone!" - Jazzwise Dec 25/Jan 26

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

18146 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 24 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Jan. 7), 24

From This Moment On ...

JANUARY 2026

Fri 09: The House Trio @ Bishop Auckland Methodist Church. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Fri 09: Nauta @ Jesmond Library, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £5.00. Trio: Jacob Egglestone, Jamie Watkins, Bailey Rudd.
Fri 09: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 09: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 09: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 09: Warren James & the Lonesome Travellers @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. £15.00.
Fri 09: The Blue Kings @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00. (£8.00. adv.). All-star band.

Sat 10: Mark Toomey Quintet @ St Peter’s Church, Stockton-on-Tees. 7:30pm. £12.00. (inc. pie & peas). Tickets from: 07749 255038.

Sun 11: New ’58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 11: Eva Fox & the Sound Hounds @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 12: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 12: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn House Hotel. 7:00-9:00pm. Free.

Tue 13: Milne Glendinning Band @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. £11.00. Coquetdale Jazz.
Tue 13: Jazz Jam Sandwich @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Wed 14: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 14: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 14: Jam Session @ The Tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm. Free.
Wed 14: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 15: Mark Toomey Quartet @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Free. Quartet + guest Paul Donnelly (guitar).

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

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Steve Tulip's Rock Show for Music Lovers

Steve describes this as 'Some sensible rock and lots of jazzy sounds'. We shall see. Lance

LISTEN.

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4 comments :

Ann Alex said...

Steve, I thoroughly enjoyed the first 10 minutes of this but then had to leave off in order to write up a jazz cd review for Lance! It seems to me that rock music has a different function in society from jazz: rock is about memories and emotions and jazz concentrates more on musicianship for its own sake.
Ann Alex

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 3:08:00 pm
Lance said...

Sorry Ann but that is codswallop! All music, including your own beloved folk music, involves memories and emotions. Likewise, apart from your beloved folk music, all music requires musicianship, not for its own sake, but to connect with their audience. Otherwise, all of those hours, days, years of practice would be of no avail.

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 4:57:00 pm
Ann Alex said...

Lance, I don't think you quite get my meaning and I maybe should have explained it better. Of course all music requires musicianship, including the rich musicianship involved in folk music. All I was saying is that with much jazz the musicianship is emphasised above all else. This doesn't apply to all jazz but certainly to some, for example Brubeck's 'Take Five' or Miles Davis 'Kind of Blue'. I listen to these pieces for musical interest and stimulation but not for emotional satisfaction.

All decent music connects with the audience in some way.
Ann Alex

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 5:39:00 pm
Steve T said...

Thanks Ann. Hope you are well and hope you get to listen to the rest some time..

For anybody wondering, the guest sax player on the Grateful Dead track is Branford Marsallis.

Thursday, July 27, 2023 1:02:00 pm

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