Bebop Spoken There

Joe Alterman: ''All I wanted to do growing up was to sound like Erroll Garner playing "Poor Butterfly." I thought that was the coolest sound I'd ever heard.'' (DownBeat November, 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

19,061 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 925 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Oct. 30) 104.

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

October.

Sat 31: Saltburn Big Band + Durham Alumni Big Band @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm.
Sat 31: East Coast Swing Band @ Cramlington Village Club, Park View, Cramlington NE23 6QJ. 7:30pm. £10.00. (from venue).

November

Sun 01: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm. £10.00.
Sun 01: Ian Bosworth Quintet @ Chapel, Middlesbrough. 1:00pm. Free. Quintet w. special guest Donna Hewitt (tenor sax, clarinet)
Sun 01: Sax Choir @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 01: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 01: Sarah Heneghan Trio @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 02: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 02: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn House Hotel. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).

Tue 03: Alan Law @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 2:00pm. Free. Alan Law (piano) w. guest tba
Tue 03: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Stu Collingwood, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.
Tue 03: Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, Ferryhill. 7:30pm. Free.

Wed 04: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 04: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 04: An Evening of Erykah Badu @ Holy GrAle, Durham. 7:30pm. £3.00.; £2.50. A Durham University Jazz Society event.
Wed 04: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 05: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 05: Hejira - Celebrating Joni Mitchell @ Alnwick Playhouse. 7:30pm.
Thu 05: Cut Capers @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors).
Thu 05: Northern Reaches @ Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. Free (donations). Pete Tanton, Joe Steels, Laurence Blackadder, John Hirst.
Thu 05: Fergus McCreadie @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 8:00pm.

Fri 06: Mike Durham’s International Classic Jazz Party @ Village Hotel, West Allotment. 12 noon. Day 1/3.
Fri 06: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 06: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 06: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 06: Jazz Night: Bridget Metcalfe @ Saltburn House Hotel. From 6:00pm. Tickets: £40.00 (inc. a two-course meal & glass of Prosecco). Tel: 01287 658977.

Saturday, October 10, 2026

<- Miles Davis at Newport -> 1955-1975. The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Sony Music)

CD1: Miles (trumpet); Zoot Sims (tenor sax); Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax); Thelonious Monk (piano); Percy Heath (bass); Connie Kay (drums)
Spoken intro by Duke Ellington & Gerry Mulligan; Hackensack; 'Round Midnight; Now's the Time. July 17, 1955.

Miles (trumpet); Cannonball Adderley (alto sax); John Coltrane (tenor sax); Bill Evans (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums)
Spoken intro by Willis Conover; Ah-Leu-Cha; Straight no Chaser; Fran-Dance; Two Bass Hit; Bye,Bye, Blackbird; The Theme. July 3, 1958.
                                    ------------------
CD2: Miles (trumpet); Wayne Shorter (tenor sax); Herbie Hancock (piano); Ron Carter (bass); Tony Williams (drums)
Gingerbread Boy; All Blues; Stella by Starlight; RJ; Seven Steps to Heaven; The Theme; Closing announcement by Leonard Feather. July 4, 1966.

Miles (trumpet); Wayne Shorter (tenor sax); Herbie Hancock (piano); Ron Carter (bass); Tony Williams (drums)
Spoken intro by Del Shields; Gingerbread Boy; Footprints; 'Round Midnight; So What; The Theme; Closing announcement by Del Shields. July 2, 1967.
                                  -------------------
CD3: Miles (trumpet); Chick Corea (electric piano); Dave Holland (bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums)
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down; Sanctuary; It's About That Time; The Theme. July 5, 1969.

Newport Jazz Festival in Europe (Berlin).
Miles (trumpet, organ); Dave Liebman (soprano/tenor sax, flute); Pete Cosey (guitar, perc.); Reggie Lucas (guitar); Michael Henderson (electric bass); Al Foster (drums); James Mtume Forman (perc.)
Spoken intro by Ronnie Scott; Turnaroundphrase; Tune in 5; Ife; Untitled original; Tune in 5; Closing announcement by Ronnie Scott. Nov. 1, 1973.

Newport Jazz Festival - New York
Sam Morrison (tenor sax) replaces Dave Liebman
Mtume. July 1, 1975.
                                    ---------------
CD4: Newport Jazz Festival in Europe (Switzerland)
Miles (trumpet); Gary Bartz (soprano/alto sax); Keith Jarrett (electric piano, organ); Michael Henderson (electric bass); Ndugu Leon Chancier (drums); James Mtume Forman (perc.)
Directions; What I Say; Sanctuary; It's About That Time; Bitches Brew; Funky Tonk; Sanctuary. Oct. 22, 1971.
                                    --------------
You don't need me to pass comment on some of the greatest modern/contemporary
live jazz ever recorded in the music's history. The above personnels say it all channeling an ever-evolving Miles over a twenty year period  in this four-disc-boxed CD set that I picked it up for £3.99 a couple of weeks back from a stall in South Shields' Market.

Four CDs, a twenty page glossy booklet of photos with text by George Wein and a poster of Miles - what a bargain! Lance
at

No comments :

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments ( Atom )

Blog Archive