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

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Rupert Burley (Dynamic Agency): "BSH just goes from strength to strength".

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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.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Scarborough Saturday

The day began with a killer sandwich in Sainsburys followed by Killer Shrimp at the Festival.
I knew the band from previous at the Corner House and they performed to the standard expected which was pretty high. Reminded me at times of an updated Mulligan Quartet with Damon Brown and Ed Jones waxing lyrical. Drummer, Luke Flowers looked and played like Phil Seaman which isn't a bad place to be..
Nicholas Meier Group varied from exciting virtuoso displays and excitng solos to bland floating, arboral themes that lost attention of this listener.
Andy Panayi Big Band. They played two sets. The first, in the afternoon, "The Greek God Suite" and the second "The British Jazz Story" both were absolutely tremendous the former surely a piece to rank alongside any extended jazz work. The fact that it was narrated with side-splitting humour by Alan Barnes made it even better.
I'm not going to even try and mention the highlights there were just too many. Paul Booth, Mark Nightingale, Barnesy, Sammy Mayne, Jim Hart (on drums) I could go on forever.
Damon Brown returned with Steve Grossman for a varied set. Lots of good solos but just a little untidiness. Not enough to spoil things.
However, good as the co-leaders were the revelation of the whole Festival came with Leon Greening's amazing piano playing. I didn't know him from Adam yet his brilliance shone in all directions from bravura runs to big fat block chords à la Milt Buckner with some modern day Garner thrown in. I'm not sure if he's an old-time modernist or a modern oldtimer but whatever, his playing was unique inasmuch as he inspired a standing ovation after one of his solos in the middle of the number. He kicked ass and how!
Trudy Kerr with Michael Garrick Trio. Trudy had a hard job following that and, to her credit, nobody left. A vocalese version of Coltrane's "A Moments Notice", and a blast on "Cloudburst" (remember Don Lang and the Frantic Five?) saw her keep the ball in play. She encored on "Lush Life" which perhaps wasn't the best choice to go out on.
Apologies if details are rather sparse but there was a lot to get through and Sunday is still to come.
Lance.

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