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Bebop Spoken There

Simon Spillett: “ Bebop and hard bop came naturally to him [Tubby Hayes]". Morning Star, March 28, 2024.

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Hudson Music: Lance's "Bebop Spoken Here" is one of the heaviest and most influential jazz blogs in the UK.

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Holly Cooper, Mouthpiece Music: "Lance writes pull quotes like no one else!"

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Josh Weir: I love the writing on bebop spoken here... I think the work you are doing is amazing.

Postage

16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's

Olive Rudd (vcl), Ray Harley (tpt), Herbie Hudson (tmb/vcl), Jim McBriarty (clt/vcl), Malcolm Armstrong (pno), Alan Rudd (bs), Tommy Graham (dms).
Despite the demise of the River City Jazzmen - chronicled elsewhere - today it seemed as though they'd never been gone. On stage at Rosie's there were at least three former members from three different editions of the RCJ plus a couple of RCJ occasionals. There was even one of their former drummers in the audience.
Like the River City, the Maine Street Jazzmen are firm in their belief that good jazz should also be good entertainment and that's what today was all about.
As I passed through the portals of Rosie Malone's I was engulfed by a Kid Ory-like upward glissando on Savoy Blues - Herbie Hudson 'callin' the chillun home'.
For a moment I though it was 1954 and I was in the Beverly Cavern out in LA. But no, the music may have been caught in a timewarp, a most enjoyable timewarp I hasten to add, but this was definitely South Shields 2010 - the cigarette littered pavement told me that.
The musical timewarp ambience continued with Jim McBriarty's vocal on Nobody's Sweetheart; almost sacrilege to use a mic. it should have been a megaphone. I love the line "... painted lips, painted eyes, wearing a bird of paradise..." could the era be better typified?
Ballin' the Jack brought back memories of school dances and of buying a 78rpm version by Ory in a record shop in Hawick (Scotland) - still got it.
Olive strutted her familiar repertoire - Some of These Days, Swing That Music, Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland, I Double Dare You , winners all but it is a long time since I heard her sing I Thought About You (request for next week.)
Ray led the ensembles and soloed with his customary vigour and Jim, when not waxing lyrical over birds of paradise played his, as ever, flawless clarinet solo's. Rhythm section were solid Jackson with Malcolm making out like Bob Zurke of the old Bob Crosby Bobcats.
It was a good afternoon. You guys who haven't stowed away on the ferry don't know what your missing in sunny (ish) South Shields.
Lance.

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