Bebop Spoken There

Ethan Hawke (starring as Lorenz Hart in Blue Moon): ''Larry [Lorenz] Hart would be so happy that his music and his words and his poetry are still alive.'' - The Northern Echo 27 November 2025

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

18000 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 17 years ago. 964 of them this year alone and, so far, 73 this month (Nov. 24).

From This Moment On ...

DECEMBER 2025

Fri 05: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 05: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 05: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 05: Jazzy Xmas @ Redhills, Durham. 7:30-10:00pm. £10.00., £9.00., £8.00. Miners’ Hall, Flass St., Durham. Feat. Durham University Big Band & Durham University Jazz Orchestra.
Fri 05: Castillo Nuevo Trio @ Hotel Gotham, Newcastle. 5:30pm. Free.
Fri 05: Alligator Gumbo @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. £16.96. Saltburn Jazz Xmas Party.

Sat 06: Sarah Spencer’s Transatlantic Band @ St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00.
Sat 06: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. £27.50. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. Minor Swing. Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 06: Jeff Hewer Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 06: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £3.76 (inc. bf).
Sat 06: Kaberry Big Band @ The Seahorse, Whitley Bay. 7:30pm (7:00pm doors). £15.00. (inc. hot buffet). ‘Christmas 1945’. Kaberry Big Band, formerly Vermont Big Band.
Sat 06: Smokin’ Spitfires @ Platform 1, Bedlington. 7:30pm. £6.00. Rhythm & blues.
Sat 06: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00. Xmas Party with buffet.
Sat 06: The Jive Aces @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 8:00pm. £22.00., £20.00.
Sat 06: Brass Fiesta @ Revoluçion de Cuba, Newcastle. 10:30pm. Free.

Sun 07: Ian Bosworth Quintet @ Chapel, Middlesbrough. 1:00pm. Free. Feat. special guest Donna Hewitt (sax, clarinet).
Sun 07: Finn-Keeble Group @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 07: Sax Choir @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 07: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Sun 07: Michael Young Trio @ The Engine Room, Sunderland. 2:30pm. Free. Trio + Ruth Lambert.
Sun 07: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 07: Jason Isaacs Big Band @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 5:15pm (4:00pm doors). £21.50 (inc. bf).
Sun 07: Paul Skerritt @ 3 Stories, High St. West, Sunderland. 6:30pm. Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Sun 07: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Support set from Play More Jazz! course participants. Note earlier start.

Mon 08: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.

Tue 09: Jazz Jam Sandwich @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm

Wed 10: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 10: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 10: Jam Session @ The Tannery, Hexham. 7:00pm. Free.
Wed 10: Mike Lindup Jazz Trio @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £26.50 (inc. bf). Lindup, Yolanda Charles (bass), John Sam (drums).
Wed 10: Bold Big Band @ Cluny 2, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £12.00.

Thu 11: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: West Coast (cool ) / Wordsearch (cool) Cool Jazz or ‘Cold’, ‘Cool’, ‘Hot’, ‘Warm’ in the title or lyrics.
Thu 11: George Robinson @ Prohibition Bar, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2RU. 7:00pm (doors). £5.42 (inc. bf). Vienna’s Voice charity evening featuring ’15 year old singing sensation the ‘Redcar Crooner’ George Robinson’. Over 35s only.
Thu 11: Paul Skerritt @ Chakh Dhoom, Jesmond, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Indian restaurant. Skerritt w. back tapes.
Thu 11: Ransom Van @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Thu 11: Down for the Count Swing Orchestra @ Middlesbrough Town Hall. 7:30pm. £37.70 (inc. bf). ‘Swing into Xmas’.

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

Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Stan Getz EPography

Over the years, back in the day when records were records, I accumulated many extended play (EP) 45rpm 7" discs, Usually two tracks per side they were handy tasters before forking out big bucks for a ten inch or twelve inch long player (LP).
Amongst the many were eleven (13 if you count a couple of duplicates) by Stan Getz that are still, 70/80 years later, the epitome of tenor saxophone ballad playing.

Getz (tenor); Hank Jones (piano); Curley Russell (bass); Max Roach (drums). July 31, 1946.
    And the Angels Swing            Bravo 358
    Don't Worry About me.                "
Frank Beach, Chuck Peterson, Charlie Shavers (trumpets); Syd Harris, Charles Maxon, Sy Zentner (trombones); Clint Neagley, Ed Rosa (altos); Getz, Lucky Thompson (tenors); Butch Stone (baritone); Jimmy Rowles (piano); Tony Rizzi (guitar); Arnold Fishkin (bass); Don Lamond (drums). May 20, 1947
    Blue Rhythm Jam                                       Bravo 358 
    Blue Rhythm Blues (Getz plays alto)               "
                                                                               
Getz (tenor); Al Haig (piano); Jimmy Raney (guitar); Clyde Lombardi (bass); Charlie Perry (drums). October 1948
    Interlude in Be-Bop                Vogue EPV 1016
    As I Live and I Bop                              "
    Diaper Pin                                             "
    Pardon my Bop                                    "

Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Brew Moore (tenors); Walter Bishop (piano); Gene Ramey (bass); Charlie Perry (drums). April 8, 1948
    Five Brothers                            Esquire EP 134
    Battle of the Saxes                            "
    Four and one Moore                        "
    Battleground                                     "

Getz (tenor); Al Haig (piano); Gene Ramey (bass); Stan Levey (drums). June 21, 1949

    Long Island Sound                    Esquire EP 173
    Indian Summer                                   "
    Marcia                                                   "
    Crazy Chords                                       "

Getz (tenor); Al Haig (piano); Tommy Potter (bass); Roy Haynes (drums). January 6, 1950.
    There's a Small Hotel                Esquire EP 133
    I've Got You Under my Skin               "    
    Too Marvellous for Words                  "    
    What's New?                                           "

Getz (tenor); Tony Aless (piano); Percy Heath (bass); Don Lamond (drums). April 14, 1950. 
    You Stepped Out of a Dream      Esquire EP 16 
    My Old Flame                                      "
    The Lady in Red                                  "
    Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams      "

Getz (tenor); Bengt Hallberg (piano); Gunnar Johnson (bass); Jack Noren (drums). March 23, 1951.
    'S Cool Boy                                  Esquire EP 48
    Ack, Varmeland du Skona                    "
    I Only Have Eyes For You                    "

Getz (tenor); Bengt Hallberg (piano); Gunnar Johnson (bass); Kenneth Fagerlund (drums). March 24, 1951.
    Night and Day                              Esquire EP 48

Getz (tenor); Jimmy Raney (guitar); Duke Jordan (piano); Bill Crow (bass); Frank Isola (drums). December 12, 1952.
    Stars Fell on Alabama                   Columbia SEB 10034
    The Way You Look Tonight                             "
    'Tis Autumn                                                         "
    Lover Come Back to me                                    "
    You Turned the Tables on me         Columbia SEB 10063
    Stella by Starlight                                              "
    Time on my Hands                                            "
    Body and Soul                                                     "

Getz (tenor); Jimmy Raney (guitar); Duke Jordan (piano); Bill Crow (bass); Frank Isola (drums). December 29, 1952.
    These Foolish Things                     Columbia SEB 10001
    How Deep is the Ocean?                                     "
    Thanks for the Memory                                      "
    Hymn to the Orient                                              "   

Getz (tenor); Lou Levy (piano); Leroy Vinnegar (bass); Shelly Manne (drums). August 1, 1955.
    Of Thee I Sing                                 Columbia SEB 10089
    A Handful of Stars                                              "
    Love is Here to Stay                                            " 
    Serenade in Blue                                                  "

The above are, of course, just the ones I proudly possess. Getz made many more which 'graduated' to LP, CD and now are no doubt accessible on YouTube, Spotify and the rest of the gang that killed the record industry. Lance
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