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Bebop Spoken There

Steve Coleman: ''If you don't keep learning, your mind slows down. Use it or lose it''. (DownBeat, January 2025).

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

17680 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 23 of them this year alone and, so far, 23 this month (Jan. 9).

From This Moment On ...

January 2025

Tue 14: Zoë Gilby Quintet @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm.

Wed 15: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 15: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 15: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 15: Hot Club of Heaton @ Elder Beer, Heaton, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘third Wednesday in the month’ session. TBC.

Thu 16: Pete Tanton & the Cuban Heels @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Fri 17: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 17: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 17: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 17: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 17: Joe Steels Trio w. Graham Hardy @ The Pele, Corbridge. 7:00pm. £10.00. (inc. a welcome drink & table reservation). Book at: www.drinks@thepele.co.uk. A ‘Jazz at the Pele’ promotion.
Fri 17: Russ Morgan Quartet @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. Opus 4 Jazz Club.
Fri 17: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sat 18: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 18: Alter Ego + Jamie Toms/Graham Don Duo @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 7:30pm. £15.00. at the door; £14.35. (inc £0.35 bf) online, in advance.
Sat 18: Delta Prophets @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.

Sun 19: Glenn Miller Orchestra UK @ Glasshouse, Gateshead. 3:00pm. ‘Glenn Miller & the Rat Pack Era’.
Sun 19: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 19: Spilt Milk @ St James’ STACK, Newcastle. 5:15-7:00pm. Free. Nolan Brothers (vocal harmonies).
Sun 19: Tenement Jazz Band @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 19: Nick Ross Orchestra @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 7:30pm.
Sun 19: Freight Train (Tobin/Noble/Clarvis) @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 20: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 21: ???

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

Sunday, August 18, 2024

Laurence Harrison and Ferg Kilsby @ the Prohibition Bar, Newcastle - August 18

© Lance
 Laurence Harrison (guitar); Ferg Kilsby (trumpet)

A gig that was definitely of the 'on the fly' variety and none the worse for that. Gigs of this nature can be a disaster or a triumph. Tonight was certainly in the latter category.

Full credit to both musicians for finding a common ground. Young Kilsby has, in the space of the last few years developed from being a promising student to an outstanding talent capable of slugging it out with the best. Not that there were any musical fisticuffs tonight the two participants were too much attuned to what the other was doing to indulge in such frippery.

Kilsby has an incredible ear. Even tunes he was possibly unfamiliar with seemed to fall naturally for him. If he didn't catch it the first time (and he usually did) he nailed it the next time around and, by and large, without any electronic 'cheat sheets'. Although currently more associated with the very modern, contemporary jazz rock mix as favoured by KNATS, the band he first attracted attention with, on this duo gig  he blew with the technique and the tone of the early Ian Carr, perhaps even better!  Quite amazing. 
© Patti

On guitar, Harrison was the epitome of taste providing the perfect foil for Ferg as well as delighting everyone with ears with his solos.

After tonight they'll move off to follow their own paths maybe never to play together again. This would be a shame as I'd like to hear them again. However, would the spontaneity of that first meeting be lost or would it form the basis of a journey to even greater heights? Time alone will tell. Lance

They Can't Take That Away From Me (solo guitar); Someday my Prince Will Come; On Green Dolphin Street; Stella by Starlight; Moonlight in Vermont (solo guitar); There Will Never be Another You; Mr. P.C.; All the Things You Are; Just Friends; Have You Met Miss Jones?; The Girl From Ipanema; Embraceable You (solo guitar); Body and Soul

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