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Rewiews
HIGHLIGHTS:
BEBOP SPOKEN HERE
This was one of those, if I'm going to die let it be now moments
SSBB with Claire Martin
20/10/19
PAUL BREAM
Strictly Smokin' have developed
into one of the UK's most effortlessly fluent big bands
Jazz Alert
SIMPLY TALK JAZZ
when the band kicked in with a wall of sound that caught my breath I knew I was listening to a tight-knit group who knew how to play.
Newcastle Jazz Festival
2019
CHRIS WALDEN
You
guys
sound
great!
Capitol Studios, LA
BEBOP SPOKEN HERE
The sax section chorus was a masterclass in phrasing and intonation
SSBB with Mark Nightingale
23/02/19
LANCE LIDDLE
Stan Kenton bombastically claimed "this is an orchestra!" - Michael Lamb would be justified in doing the same!
Hoochie Coochie, June 2019
inNEWCASTLE
sharp, precise and a pleasure to watch and listen too.
SSBB with Pete Long
23/02/22
BE BOP SPOKEN HERE
The band were on form having, over the years, had much experience backing name singers and instrumentalists and nothing phases them.
SSBB with Mike Lovatt
29/02/20
NEWCASTLE CHRONICLE
Without doubt, the very best big band operating in the North of England.
Hoochie Coochie, 2018