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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.

Tuesday, September 03, 2013

CD Review: Nicky Schrire - Space And Time: Songs For Voice and Piano

Nicky Schrire (voice and arrangements) ; Fabian Almazan, Gerald Clayton, Gil Goldstein (piano, various tracks)
(Review by Ann Alex.)
Lance handed this CD to me and said ‘This is jazz Lieder’, and he couldn't have been more right.  These well-sung songs with beautiful piano accompaniment are as skilled as any song cycle from Schubert or Mahler.  Ms Schrire performs with a youthful, unaffected tone, tender yet strong, with subtle improvisation and an unusual type of vocalese on some tracks, which wanders far from the tune but always returns to base.

There are 4 original songs: A Song For A Simple Time (a cheerful celebration of song with the piano doing a fairground type of tune, round and round, and lyrics such as ‘collect all the notes and then set them free’.): And So I Sing (the singer compares herself to a bird and the piano soars upwards): When You Go (a sad love song, sung pleadingly) Space & Time, the final track, which has a spiritual feel.  Add to that 4 standards, You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You; I Wish You Love; Someone To Watch Over Me; and Say It Isn't So and 4 general rock-type songs Teardrop; Bless The Telephone; Seliyana and George Harrison’s  Here Comes The Sun, and you have a well-balanced collection. For example, Someone To Watch Over Me has the verse sung a capella, discreet piano and pleasing wandering vocalese. Seliyana has an African sound, (wish I knew more about this song) and Bless The Telephone sings the praises of the part played by that piece of equipment in love affairs!
I’ll be extremely pleased to add this CD to my collection.
Nicky Schrire - Space And Time is released on September 10 on Magenta Records.
Ann Alex


1 comment :

Nicky Schrire (on F/b) said...

"Lance handed this CD to me and said ‘This is jazz Lieder’, and he couldn't have been more right. These well-sung songs with beautiful piano accompaniment are as skilled as any song cycle from Schubert or Mahler."

Thanks to Ann Alex (and Lance Liddle!) at Bebop Spoken Here for this nice review! I love the above quote. I'll take it.

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