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Bebop Spoken There

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

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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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The Strictly Smokin' Big Band included Be Bop Spoken Here (sic) in their 5 Favourite Jazz Blogs.

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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

Friday, December 08, 2023

Album review: Lauren Bush - Tide Rises

Lauren Bush (voice); Liam Dunachie (piano/Rhodes); Dave Manington (bass on 4 tks); Conor Chaplin (bass on 5 tks); Nick Costley-White (guitar on 4 tks); David Ingamells (drums) + Martin Shaw  (trumpet on tk 7) 

Canadian born, London based, Bush, a finalist in the 2016 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, is no stranger to these pages. Apart from having the personal pleasure of reviewing her previous albums, one of which, Dream Away, made our top ten vocal albums of 2021. This one, although a late entry, is a shoo-in to make this years list. I was also delighted when Lauren put in a shift as a BSH reviewer back in 2020.* 


There's a magnetism about her interpretation of the varied material on offer. From the swinging opener Joy Spring with its amazing scat choruses to some of the more introspective moments such as Joni's Circle Game or the intro to Oh What a Beautiful Morning. The Oklahoma tune ups sticks when Ingamells hits the skins in the finale!

I thought that Cécile had laid down the definitive contemporary version of Nobody Else But me. However, the jury's now out on that one!

Happier on my Own has, apart from the singer, some fine trumpet from Martin Shaw. I think Lauren also did something with Larry Hart's lyric! It didn't do any harm.

This is Always: ballad singing at its best with Dunachie providing the cushion to a beautiful vocal that Ella or Billie would have loved - or maybe have wanted to scratch her eyes out!

A classy singer with some great musicians playing across the genres. 
Love it. Lance
Available on Mighty Quinn.


Joy Spring; Tide Rises; Madrugada; Circle Game; Easy Does it; Nobody Else But me; Happier on my Own; Oh What a Beautiful Morning; This is Always; Only You

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