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Bebop Spoken There

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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".

'606' Club: "A toast to Lance Liddle of the terrific jazz blog 'Bebop Spoken Here'"

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

Ann Braithwaite (Braithwaite & Katz Communications) You’re the BEST!

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

17328 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 612 of them this year alone and, so far, 17 this month (Sept. 5).

From This Moment On ...

September

Tue 10: ???

Wed 11: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 11: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 11: The Tannery Jam Session @ The Tannery, Gilesgate, Hexham. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. A ‘second Wednesday in the month’ jam session.
Wed 11: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 12: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 12: Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:30pm. £4.00. ‘A Great Day in Harlem’.
Thu 12: The Cuban Heels @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. Pete Tanton & co.
Thu 12: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesborough. 8:30pm. Free. THC with guests Donna Hewitt, Bill Watson, Dave Archbold, Adrian Beadnell, Mark Hawkins.

Fri 13: Jeff Barnhart & Neville Dickie @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Two pianos, two pianists! SOLD OUT!
Fri 13: Noel Dennis Quartet @ The Old Library, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland. 1:00pm. £8.00.
Fri 13: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 13: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 13: Dilutey Juice @ Old Coal Yard, Byker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £11.00. adv..
Fri 13: Ray Stubbs R & B All-stars @ The Forum, Darlington. 7:30pm. Classic blues.

Sat 14: Jeff Barnhart’s Silent Film Fest @ St Augustine's Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 14: Customs House Big Band w. Ruth Lambert @ St Paul’s Centre, St Paul’s Gardens, Spennymoor DL16 7LR. 7:00pm (6:45pm doors). Tickets £10.00. from the venue or tel: 01388 813404. A ‘BYOB’ event.
Sat 14: Emma Wilson @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00pm. £12.00. Acoustic blues.
Sat 14: Rat Pack - Swingin’ at the Sands @ Billingham Forum. 7:30pm.

Sun 15: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: Jude Murphy, Steve Chambers & Sid White @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 15: Tweed River Jazz Band @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick-upon-Tweed. 7:00pm. Free.
Sun 15: Panharmonia @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 16: Swing Manouche @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00.
Mon 16: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 16: John Hallam with the James Birkett Trio @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00. A Blaydon Jazz Club 40th anniversary concert!

Monday, August 05, 2024

Hot Club du Nord + Revolutionaires @ Seaham Food Festival - Aug. 4

A first visit to the Seaham Food Festival. The weather couldn't have been much better with a mill pond North Sea an impressive backdrop. The many food stalls couldn't have been busier, queues a mile long. Two minutes' walk from the food arena, the open air North Road Amphitheatre would stage the afternoon's entertainment. Picnic hampers, champers, kids rockpooling, it was just like being at the seaside...    

Hot Club du Nord: Emma Fisk (violin); James Birkett (guitar); Bruce Rollo (double bass)

Emma Fisk's Hot Club du Nord pitched up as a trio. Absentee guitarist Dave Harris had gone and booked himself a holiday, that's what you call poor diary management, Mr H! This Can't Be Love opened the programme, the sound excellent, hats off to the sound engineers. Across some forty five minutes Emma and the boys were never less than superb. Ain't Misbehavin'Minor Swing, solos all round, appreciated by a listening audience. 

An outdoor gig can prove to have many distractions, here on the coast at Seaham they were relatively flew, so few the more demanding, intimate numbers - Nuages and A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - worked a treat. Exactly Like You swung and the set-closing Sweet Georgia Brown rattled along. Emma Fisk, James Birkett and Bruce Rollo delivered the goods. We have come to expect nothing less.         

Revolutionaires: Ed Stephenson (guitar, harmonica; vocals); Al Bland (tenor sax, baritone sax); Rich Stephenson (bass guitar); Mark Matthews (drums) + James Duffy (guitar)

From Hot Club jazz to red hot rhythm and blues. The Revolutionaires have been around for many a year. Fronted by 'Fast Eddie', the Revs are hugely popular, invariably attracting a dancing crowd and it was no different here in Seaham. From Tequila to Fats Domino's Last Night to Blue Suede Shoes, if an all-action show is your thing, this was the place to be. Zoot suit 'n' braces, the Revs were winning themselves a whole new audience. Shake, Rattle and Roll, bootin' tenor from Al Bland, these guys knew exactly what they're doing. 

Guitarist James Duffy joined the band to play I'm Tore Down, trading licks with Ed 'Fast Eddie' Stephenson, the latter not remotely interested in trying to emulate the Freddie King falsetto. To close a hugely entertaining set, the Revs' piece de resistance, Eddie Boy's Jump. Wow! High-octane harmonica playing, for showmanship Little Richard would have been hard-pushed!  

Fine weather, food and drink, a top class double bill at North Road Amphitheatre, who could ask for anything more? Russell

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