Bebop Spoken There

Ron Carter quoting Sonny Rollins: ''What we call jazz - that's keeping the world in equilibrium. I don't care what kind of music you like out here today. It all comes from jazz.'' (DownBeat August, 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

18818 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 682 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Aug. 20) 51.

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

From This Moment On

August

Sun 23: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Royal Quays Marina, North Shields. 2:00-4:00pm. Free.
Sun 23: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free..
Sun 23: Blue Note Quintet @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. £12.00., £10.00..
Sun 23: Timmy Allan Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 24: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 25: Michael Young Trio @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Wed 26: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 26: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 26: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 27: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 27: Castillo Nuevo Orquesta @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. £6.50. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 27: Paul Skerritt @ Angels' Share, St George's Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle NE2 2SX. 8:00pm. Free. Booking advised (0191 200 1975). Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Thu 27: 58 Jazz Collective @ The Blacksmith’s Arms, Stranton, Hartlepool. 8:00pm. Free.
Thu 27: Shalala @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £7.00.

Fri 28: Graham Hardy Quartet @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 28: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 28: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 28: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.

Sat 29: Brian Jackson @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 8:30pm (doors). £32.00.

Friday, May 03, 2024

Press release: Etude: A Study In You And Me | Rehearsal Session @ Brixton Hill Studios


Yesterday was the last rehearsal with the ISQ boys before our gig at the iconic Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho this coming Wednesday the 8th and we were sounding hawt if I may say so myself! I’ve been putting the finishing touches on the writing for the next album  and brought in some new material that we played through yesterday. Really excited about how the new songs are shaping up, featuring some of the most honest writing I’ve ever done.


Book your tickets here:   https://bit.ly/ISQ-PizzaExpressLive-24


New dates in the Autumn and next year will be announced soon to tie in with the release of new music but for now I wanted to do a little throwback to one of the most popular tunes on the first album, - ISQ.

The tune is called “Etude : A Study in You and Me” and was a co-write between myself and brilliant drummer/composer and all-round good guy, Chris Nickolls. It’s one of my favourite ISQ tunes to perform and will definitely be featured in Wednesdays gig. It’s a story about the end of love affair when your lover leaves you for someone else only to try and come back (secretly of course?!) a while later. “Try” being the operative word here as the anger and betrayal is set to music during the epic outro! Ire


And if you’re a lyric nerd like me, here are the words :


Etude: A Study In You And Me

Whispers that slowly came to be what you gave to me
Pondering all the odds of our impossibility
Shadows that chill my heart is one thing you can’t see
Despite the many warning signs I can’t let you be

Take me back to, back to this
Troubled track that I cross,
Won’t take me back, back to this
Troubled track that I cross

Reasons you give and take apart I don’t understand
So I’ll let you walk way from this, I’ll let you be a man
Maybe someday you’ll see we could have had it all
Filled with cold impassivity you watch me as I fall

Take me back to, back to this
Troubled track that I cross,
Won’t take me back, back to this
Troubled track that I cross

Outro :

And so you’re back so secretly
These troubled sighs that I perceive
So I’ll let you go, finish the deed
I hope she’s all the things you need

I know things are tough for lots of people at the moment, and I hope my music can fill your soul just a little bit 💛

Keep it jazzy 🎶

Ire 

 


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