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)

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

Monday, April 01, 2024

Sunday night @ the Globe: Bellavana - March 31

This was one of those 'spin a coin' evenings - two tempting gigs within staggering distance of each other meant I had to miss out on one of them and, unfortunately the coin landed on the wrong side so this was the one I missed out on.

However, all wasn't entirely lost as Sheila Herrick was there to send me a photo and a succinct review. Thank you Sheila. Lance

(© Sheila Herrick)
Belinda Voshtina (vocals); Alan Law (piano); Paul Grainger (bass); ? (congas)

Lovely gig, great version of Bésame Mucho. Sheila

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