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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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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.

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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.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Customs House Big Band w. Ruth Lambert @ The Customs House, South Shields.

Kevin Eland, Mick Hill, Ken DeVere, Jay Smith tpts); Gareth Weaver, Chris Kurji-Smith, Keiron Parnaby, Peter Morgan (M.D.) (tmbs); Jill Brett, Elaine Willis (alt); Alan Marshall, Amber Reeve (ten); Chris Kaberry (bar); Bill Brittain (pno); Roy Willis (gtr); Alan Smith (bs); David Francis dms); Ruth Lambert (vcl).
What is there to say about this combination of band and singer? Pre-concert Ruth confessed to having a sore throat - Ruth, baby, make sure you have a sore throat every time you sing! You were superb. Loved your gowns. The first one reminded me of some curtains we once had - looked better on you than they did on our window! Cheek To Cheek was perfect.
The band too were in top form - Have You Met Miss Jones? bounced along nicely and Kevin Eland's flugel horn feature on Blue was much more colourful than the title - it was a positive kaleidoscope of variant hues.
Monkeysuckle Rose - a chart by the late Mike Gilby - has a theme that conjures up an image of what might have happened if Thelonious Monk and Les Dawson had got together to write a chart of Honeysuckle Rose whilst having a taste or a sniff! It is surreal - supposedly inspired by Walton's Facade. Perhaps Walton too was on a trip.
Having said all that, once Jill, Alan, Mick and Roy had their say and the rhythm section hit the right groove it swiung as indeed everything Mike wrote did - eventually! Love him, and his arrangements, madly -  RIP.
There was more, so much more like Ruth singing Let's Face The Music and Dance - now in a lamé gown - and I Get a Kick Out of You. Ruth, we got a kick out of you!
Hunting Wabbits - a fugue-like theme - was another delight as we watched and heard the Gordon Goodwin arrangement gradually develop from harmless frippery into a full blown lollapalooza!
Too much to mention in detail save that Kev blew great lead, Mick soloed well, Alan and Jill did the biz, the rhythm section would have saved The Titanic and Peter is a natural if they ever revived Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge (My grandfather told me about it!).
A great gig and you can catch the band again for free! On Tuesday April 3 at the New Crown Hotel, South Shields. 7:30pm. It's an open rehearsal followed by a concert.
April 3 also happens to be Doris Day's 88th birthday so maybe Ruth will pay tribute...
Photos.
Lance..

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