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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!"

Simon Spillett: A lovely review from the dean of jazz bloggers, Lance Liddle...

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, May 24, 2010

Splinter @ The Bridge - The Geordie Approach & Andy Champion

The remit of Splinter @ The Bridge is to present jazz & improvised music and last night's offering was very much at the non-jazz end of the spectrum. On a sweltering Sunday evening on Costa del Tyneside Andy Champion (electric bass & electronics) opened proceedings with a short set of solo bass improvisations.
Champion, seated, written parts at hand, made use of pedalboard loops to create a multi layered soundscape. Technique to spare, Splinter's MC visited the territory of electric bass pioneers Stanley Clarke, Jaco, Bootsy, Marcus Miller & co... On occasion a blues rock riff suggested a place could be on offer in Rory Gallagher's band - had the genial Irishman still been around. In turn, sounds were shaped from Champion's double bass repertoire. This was a considered performance resisting temptation to switch to freakout mode. A work in progress.
The Geordie Approach: Petter Frost Fadnes (alto saxophone & electronics), Chris Sharkey (guitar & electronics) & Stale Birkeland (drums & electronics). The Geordie Approach, a three piece, sees Gateshead's Chris Sharkey linking up with two Norwegians by way of LIMA (Yorkshire not Peru) to produce, in their own words, ''uncompromising...loose improvisational structures'' with ''ideas sometimes getting lost''. Petter Frost Fadnes cites his influences as ''nobody but everyone''.
The Geordie Approach sound like nobody but everyone. Pedalboards clutter the stage and a bewildering devil's brew of a sound emanates forth. Guitarist Sharkey is well known to north east audiences (On the Outside Festival, Spelk and trio VD) and he delivered yet again. Hidden behind cool shades, magician Sharkey conjured tricks at every turn; dissonance, noise, lascerating fusion, wonderful. Alto saxophonist Petter Frost Fadnes sat on a chair but this was no New Orleans old timer. He was biding his time, constructing haunting, sometimes harsh, calling signals. Rising from his seat to join the fray, the trio produced the most thrilling cacophony - alto and guitar were as one (an express train on the East Coast main line hurtled by adding to the glorious din in the upstairs room of the Bridge). Drummer Dr.Stale Birkeland, a top class player and equal contributor to the collective, utilised yet another pedalboard. The dynamic, full-on trio excursions were high points in an intriguing performance. For those with an interest in the on stage equipment this was a masterclass in the use of the pedalboard.
Russell

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