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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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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.

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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.

Monday, March 09, 2015

CD Review: Eberhard Weber – Encore

Eberhard Weber (electric double bass; keyboards); Ack von Rooyen  (flugelhorn)
(Review by Hugh).
Eberhard Weber played electric bass in the Jan Garberek Group in the 1990s and most of the noughties.  For this album, which is a follow on to his 2012 album Résumé, Weber has isolated the bass solos from recordings made at a host of European venues, each of which provides the track title on the CD:  Frankfurt, Konstanz, Cambridge, Rankwell, Langenhagen, Granada, Sevilla, London, Klagenfurt, Bradford, Edinburgh, Hannover, Pamplona. 
Weber has meticulously edited, rearranged and modified the solos with additional keyboard parts which he plays himself.  He is joined on flugelhorn by his old friend, the Dutchman Ack van Rooyen who appeared on Weber's first album Colours of Chloe, 42 years ago.
The original solos were six to ten minutes long and provided transitions between two large blocks of sound in the original concerts.  Weber (now 75) is no longer able to play bass due to a stroke in 2007 and added the keyboard sounds using his one good hand.
The thirteen tracks on this album vary between 2:47 and 4:30.  The album will probably appeal to bass enthusiasts, although Weber played neither double bass nor electric bass, but a “Spezialbass” that was developed by Weber in conjunction with a violin maker.  This was essentially a double bass, but without a sound box.
The result is a melodic continuum and it is difficult to separate the tracks one from another without actually looking at the CD player display.  It is certainly a pleasant sound, particularly with the fine flugelhorn playing of Ack van Rooyen.  Does the CD provide a major new addition to the jazz canon? – well probably not.  This does not detract from the impact that Weber has had on European jazz.  This was celebrated in two concerts in Stuttgart, Weber's home town, on the occasion of his 75th birthday which boasted a stellar line-up including Jan Garbarek, Gary Burton and Pat Metheny and were, by all accounts a night to remember.
The CD was released in the UK on 23 February by ECM (Catalogue Number 4712051.)
Hugh.

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