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Bebop Spoken There

Kurt Elling: ''There's something to learn from every musician you play with''. (DownBeat, December 2024).

The Things They Say!

Hudson Music: Lance's "Bebop Spoken Here" is one of the heaviest and most influential jazz blogs in the UK.

Rupert Burley (Dynamic Agency): "BSH just goes from strength to strength".

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Holly Cooper, Mouthpiece Music: "Lance writes pull quotes like no one else!"

Simon Spillett: A lovely review from the dean of jazz bloggers, Lance Liddle...

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

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

The Classic Jazz Party @ The Village Hotel, North Tyneside - Nov. 5 (evening)

The final session of this year's Classic Jazz Party began with the second of two solo piano spots. This being Guy Fawkes it was fitting pianist Andrew Oliver was on hand to set sparks flying in a set comprising a few rarities from Willie 'The Lion' Smith, James P Johnson and others. Our man from Portland, Oregon well and truly lit the blue touch paper and it was over to Jazz Party debutant Jan Kaiser to keep the flame burning in a set directed by Claus Jacobi. Trumpeter Kaiser shared the stage with pianist A .Oliver, Michael McQuaid and Jacobi (reeds), Martin Wheatley (banjo and guitar) and Jazz Party favourite Malcolm Sked playing tuba.

Johnny Dodds on Chicago's South Side promised to swing like crazy and in a set lead by Matthias Seuffert it delivered big time. Sharing front line duties with Torstein Kubban (trumpet) and Alistair Allan (trombone) Seuffert swung it ably supported by Andrew Oliver, the Frenchmen Félix Hunot (banjo, guitar) and Henry Lemaire (string bass) and, cleaning up at the back, Nick Ward (washboard). 

When a little naughtiness is called for, call Spats LanghamListen to the 'Banned' entertained a full house, hanging on every word from Ukulele Ike, Harry Roy and others. Langham's naughty boys - Seuffert, Wheatley and Sked - left the stage to great applause. Funny old world, eh? 

And so to the grand finale...Sensation Stomp - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra. Something like twenty three musicians took to the stage to play the charts of Bill Challis and Ferde Grofé as written for Paul Whiteman. Set leader Claus Jacobi made good use of the late Keith Nichols' library to bring to life the music of one of the most famous of the era. Josh Duffee picked up the baton to direct the ensemble, suffice to say, the finale was a roaring success! 

And that was that, except for the little matter of another late night in the bar. Yes, the third and final jam session was a last chance for musicians and audience to blow, cheer and holler with demob-happy abandon. Two late nights done, we were still standing, one more to go. The hotel bar was packed, ties untied, jackets off, beers in hand, smiles, it had all the makings. Instruments were picked up and swopped - who knew he/she played that instrument?! It was all good fun, some seriously good playing and a surprise or two. 

A young man from these here parts had brought along his 'bone, hoping he might get the nod. After a while, the gracious Alistair Allan, trombone slung over his arm, wandered over: You've got your horn. You want to play? Our man, that's Showtime, didn't need to be asked twice! Up jumped David Gray and there he was, blowing with A. Allan of Classic Jazz Party fame. Fantastic! And then there was Félix Hunot, banjo virtuoso, leaping to his feet to take a vocal - how good was that?! 

Gone midnight out on the street the fireworks were petering out, here in the Village Hotel bar it was an altogether different matter. Jack Calloway (clarinet) attempted to blow the roof off, John Youngs of Tenement Jazz Band fame sat in, swapping banjo licks with Martin Wheatley and others, and then there was Nicolle Rochelle and many, many others. Yes, it was a star-studded farewell to the 2023 Classic Jazz Party. Same time, same place next year, that's Nov. 1 - 3, 2024. Russell (all photos from jam session.)           

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