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

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

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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.

Saturday, June 01, 2013

CD Review: Beat Funktion - Moon Town.

Carl Olandersson (tpt); Olle Thunstrom (ten); Daniel Lantz (keys); Johan Oijen (gtr); Pal Johnson (bs); Jon Erickssen (dms) + strings, Latin percussion.
(Review by Lance)
Swedish jazz funk. The concept is, telling the dark tale of a fictitious sci-fi city oozing with criminality, suspenseful action, drizzling rain and surreal inhabitants - sci-fi? sounds like Newcastle to me!
The solos are good and the rhythms infectious. A sort of jazzified Saturday Night Fever but with subtlety (here and there.)
Woman in Neon has a nice 3/4 theme although a heavenly choir edges it towards the Smooth Jazz genre. 125th Street and 7th Avenue brings us back to funkdom with Thunstrom's well constructed tenor blast and Lantz's punchy organ sound. Lantz has City Lights more or less to himself and the explorative acoustic piano solo is the moment to take off your dancing shoes and relax in some secluded alcove with the guy/girl you're making out with on the dance floor. Mastermind is Miles as heard through the ears of Olandersson with more impressive tenor from Thunstrom. These Swedish jazzmen had it back in the 50's and I guess the new generation still have - the original mastermind, Lars Gullin, would be proud of them. Thunstrom's Great Escape has us racing through the streets - perhaps her husband has turned up or maybe the gelignite didn't blow the safe! Moon Town is a good old rocker. Impressions turns the Coltrane classic into a slow funk. Sacrilege?  They've done much worse to Tschaikovsky over the years! I like it. The finale, Driver's Seat, brings the angelic voices back but Olandersson sends them packing with a fiery burst that tells them that he is in the driver's seat! They return, however, for the home straight and it helps round off an album I intended to dismiss in a couple of paragraphs but became more and more hooked
This isn't a CD to sit down and listen to too intently. It's a one to appreciate with your body. A disc to do the Turkey Trot to - or should that read the Funky Chicken? - or whatever fowl things they got up to in 70's discos.
Beat Funktion - Moon Town hit the streets on May 21.
Lance.

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