Bebop Spoken There

David Bailey (photographer): ''When I was 16 I wanted to look like Chet Baker. He was my idol - him and James Dean.'' (Talking Pictures documentary : Four beats to the bar and no cheating April, 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

18445 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 309 of them this year alone and, so far this month (April 20 ) 43,

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

April

Thu 23: FILM: Big Mama Thornton: I Can’t Be Anyone But Me @ Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. 6:15pm. Dir. Robert Clem (2025).
Thu 23: Castillo Nuevo Orquesta @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. £6.50. 7:30pm (doors).
Thu 23: Eva Fox & the Sound Hounds @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 23: Jeremy McMurray’s Pocket Jazz Orchestra & Musicians Unlimited @ ARC, Stockton. 8:00pm. £19.00. inc. bf.

Fri 24: Noel Dennis Trio @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. Dennis, Mark Willams, Andy Champion. SOLD OUT!
Fri 24: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 24: Trio Grand @ Land of Oak & Iron, Winlaton. 6:00-9:00pm. Free.
Fri 24: Ben Vince + The Exu @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £14.33., £11.16, £8.00. A ‘jazz adjacent’ gig!
Fri 24: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ The Ship Isis, Sunderland. 7:30pm. £13.20 (inc. bf).
Sat 25: Giles Strong Quartet @ Hindmarsh Hall, Alnmouth. 7:30pm. CANCELLED!
Sat 25: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ The Old Cinema Launderette, Durham. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). £13.20 (inc. bf).
Sat 25: ‘Portrait in Evans’: Noa Levy & Alan Barnes w. Paul Edis Trio @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm. £24.00. Sage Two. ‘Portrait in Evans’. Levy, Barnes, Edis, Andy Champion & Steve Hanley.

Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited: Big Band Blast @ West Hartlepool RFC. 1:00-3:00pm . Free.
Sun 26: Daniel John Martin w. Swing Manouche @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 26: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Ni Maxine + Nauta @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £17.51., £14.33., £11.16.
Sun 26: Joe Steels @ The Pele, Corbridge. 7:00pm. Free (donations direct to the musicians). Joe Steels & Friends.
Sun 26: C.A.L.I.E @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £16.00., £14.00., £7.00.

Mon 27: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 27: House of Blues @ the Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £7.00., £5.00. advance. A student-led jazz session. ‘House of Blues’ is, perhaps, a misnomer.
Mon 27: Littlewood Trio @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £10.00 + bf, £7.00. + bf.

Tue 28: Long/Remon/Zilker @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Tom Remon plays Irish folk!

Wed 29: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: Long/Remon/Zilker @ The Ship Isis, Sunderland. 7:00pm. £10.00. + £1.00. bf. Tom Remon plays Irish folk!
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 29: Hackney Colliery Band @ Alnwick Playhouse. 7:30pm. £25.00.

Wednesday, October 08, 2025

Review: Livestream from Emmet's Place Finale - Oct. 6

Emmet Cohen (piano); Russell Hall (double bass, vocals); Joe Farnsworth (drums) + Patrick Bartley (alto sax, soprano sax); Tivon Pennicott (tenor sax); Benny Benack III (trumpet); Bruce Harris (trumpet); Joey Ranieri (double bass); Joe Saylor (drums); Mar Vilaseca (vocals); John Splithoff (vocals) + Kelvin Grant (vocals, livestream sound); Alex Weitz (tenor sax, livestream video design)

Livestreaming from Emmet's Place, one more time. Since pandemic times, Emmet Cohen has been streaming from his NYC apartment. Taking a leap into the unknown, pianist Cohen began with his iPhone propped up against a stack of books, inviting the lockdown world into his home. 

As Cohen's Monday evening sessions gained more and more online viewers - hundreds, then thousands - the technology improved to the point that his apartment took on the look of a professional studio. As Covid restrictions eased, Cohen invited some of his favourite musicians to join him. From week to week there was a never-ending list of A-list New Yorkers visiting his fifth floor apartment. Eventually, the world began to return to something like normal and Emmet Cohen hit the road. From lockdown isolation to performing at some of the biggest, most famous venues on the planet - Birdland, Newport Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott's - Cohen had hit the big time. 


This evening's livestream would be the last. The party began at 7:00pm New York time, 12 midnight BST. In excess of 2000 logged-on worldwide to listen to/watch an array of talent one last time. Bassist Russell Hall had been there from day one, all of five and half years ago. The brilliant drummer Joe Farnsworth completed the house trio for the evening. From here on in, Cohen invited some of his many friends to join him: the sensational alto saxophonist Patrick Bartley, Tivon Pennicott (tenor sax), the wonderful trumpeter/vocalist Benny Benack III, trumpeter Bruce Harris (Louis Armstrong House program director) and many more, including two behind the scenes characters - Live from Emmet's Place livestream sound engineer and vocalist Kelvin Grant and livestream video designer and tenor saxophonist Alex Weitz. It was their moment in the spotlight. A nice touch.  

It was a joyful occasion, the participants almost demob happy. Handshakes, hugs, fist pumps, smiles and brilliant musicianship, one sensed this one last livestream could go way beyond the usual allotted time. And so it did. Here in the UK, starting at midnight, Emmet Cohen and friends played and played and played. The curtain came down one final time at 2:52am (BST). 

Live from Emmet's Place has introduced countless fabulous musician to the world, some legendary, some of the new generation of superstars: Sheila Jordan, Samara Joy, Lucy Yeghiazaryan, Benny Benack III, Anat Cohen, Warren Vache, Kurt Elling, Majedi Owuso, Theo Croker, Stella Cole and many more. Thanks Emmet, it's been a blast. Russell      
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