Bebop Spoken There

Christian McBride: ''We knew back in the day that Emmet [Cohen] had it.'' (DownBeat July, 2026)

The Things They Say!

This is a good opportunity to say thanks to BSH for their support of the jazz scene in the North East (and beyond) - it's no exaggeration to say that if it wasn't for them many, many fine musicians, bands and projects across a huge cross section of jazz wouldn't be getting reviewed at all, because we're in the "desolate"(!) North. (M & SSBB on F/book 23/12/24)

Postage

18721 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 585 of them this year alone and, so far this month (July 18) 49

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

From This Moment On

July

Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited: Big Band Blast @ West Hartlepool RFC. 1:00-3:00pm . Free.
Sun 26: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Table reservations (0191 261 8000). Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Sun 26: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, North Shields. 3:00pm. Free. CANCELLED!
Sun 26: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: Bright Street Big Band @ Sandhaven Amphitheatre, South Shields. 3.30-5.30pm.
Sun 26: Jo Harrop & Jamie McCredie @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £14.00., £12.00., £7.00.
Sun 26: King Bees @ Luckies, Jesmond, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. Chicago blues.

Mon 27: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 28: Liam & Shayo @ Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. Free. Liam Oliver (guitar), Shayo Oshodi (vocals).

Wed 29: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 29: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 29: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ Music Dept., Durham University. 9:15pm. A Durham Fringe Festival event

Thu 30: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 30: Castillo Nuevo Orquesta @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £6.50.
Thu 30: Paul Skerritt @ Angels' Share, St George's Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle NE2 2SX. 8:00pm. Free. Booking advised (0191 200 1975). Skerritt w. backing tapes. .

Fri 31: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 31: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 31: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 31: Red Kites Jazz @ Land of Oak & Iron, Winlaton. 6:00-9:00pm. Free.
Fri 31: Milne Glendinning Band @ Repas 7 by Night, Berwick. 8:00-9:00pm. £6.00. A Berwick Fringe Festival event. £6.00 (£6.00 wristband access to all Fringe events).

August

Sat 01: Jazz Weekend workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 9:30am. £95.00. Tutors: Nel Begley & Paul Edis: Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop. Day 1/2.
Sat 01: Jim Wright’s Rhythm Deluxe @ St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00. Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club.
Sat 01: Tees Bay Swing Band @ Saltburn Bandstand. 2:30-4:30pm. Free.
Sat 01: Milne Glendinning Band @ Leonard’s Coffee House, Durham. 6:20pm. £7.00. A Durham Fringe Festival. 1/2.
Sat 01: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 01: The Swing Commanders @ The Amphitheatre, Stockton. 9:00-10:30pm. Free. Stockton International Riverside Festival.

Friday, March 05, 2021

Manny's proprietor dies at 88

After 74 years in business Manny's Music in Manhattan closed in 2009. In a long career Henry Goldrich sold high end musical instruments to a who's who of the music world. The business, started by his father, became a mecca for musicians living in or visiting the Big Apple. 

Famous rock names will forever be associated with the West 48th Street premises, purposely sited close to 52nd St, Broadway, recording studios and the Brill Building. 

Goldrich introduced Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix to the wah-wah, David Bowie and Mick Jagger were ushered out because their presence caused a commotion, holding up business! And the savvy Goldrich sold a Fender Stratocaster to one Gordon Sumner who would later play it when writing and performing Message in a Bottle and other worldwide hits. Sting later donated the instrument to the Smithsonian Institution. One can only imagine those who dropped by at the height of the bebop era. One such was Ella Fitzgerald who acted as babysitter to Mr Goldrich when his parents went out to lunch! 

A New York Times obituary (www.nytimes.com) noted Henry Goldrich's self-effacing reply when asked about his musical ability: I play cash register. Mr Goldrich died on February16. He was 88.  
Russell
PS: Photo from The New York Times.
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2 comments :

Lance said...

Re the last sentence. Back in the day when I worked in Newcastle's equivalent of "Manny's" I was at a seminar at Boosey and Hawkes' factory in Edgware in the company of Ivor Saville who owned Saville Bros. who had shops in South Shields and Sunderland. When I asked Ivor which instrument he played, he too replied "The cash register". I wonder who said it first?

Friday, March 05, 2021 5:05:00 pm
Mike Farmer said...

In 1972 on my last day of a 3 week visit to New York I popped into Manny's and bought an Otto Link soprano mouthpiece at a cost of $ 12. Unfortunately it didn't give me the sound I was looking for so when I returned to the UK I gave it to musician friend. Wonder what they cost these days! I also bought on a later visit a box of Rico Royal tenor reeds from a store close by called Sam Ash which was larger than Manny's and had lots of vintage saxophones hanging on the wall.--Cheers- Mike

Saturday, March 06, 2021 3:45:00 pm

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