Bebop Spoken There

Melissa Aldana: ''Having to play a ballads album, which is something very revealing for a saxophone player, would help me to question some new aspects of how to go deeper into sound." (DownBeat May, 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

18585 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 449 of them this year alone and, so far this month (May 31) 103

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

June

Mon 01: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Saltburn Big Band @ Saltburn House Hotel. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Mon 01: CW Stoneking @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). Blues, Americana.

Tue 02: Mark Williams Trio @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. £11.00.
Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Alan Law, Paul Grainger, John Hirst.
Tue 02: Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, Ferryhill. 7:30pm. Free.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ 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: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Postmodern Jukebox @ Glasshouse, Gateshead. 7:30pm.
Thu 04: Webster’s Ragtime Trio @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 7:30pm. £17.00. Trio from Texas, USA.
Thu 04: King Bees @ The Harbour View, Roker, Sunderland. 8:00pm. Free. Chicago blues excellence!
Thu 04: Paul Skerritt @ Angels' Share, St George's Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle NE2 2SX. 8:00pm. Free. Booking advised (0191 200 1975). Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

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-Thu 11: FILM: Köln 75 @ Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. Dir. Ido Fluk. Drama based on the true story of Keith Jarrett’s 1975 concert in Cologne. Screenings TBC.
Fri 05: Pete Tanton & Alan Law @ Jesmond Library, Newcastle. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 05: House of the Black Gardenia: Summer Tyne Swing Festival @ Northumbria University Students’ Union, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £130.00; £95.00; £70.00; £50.00. Note: all day dance event (classes & socials). House of the Black Gardenia evening performance. Day 1/3.
Fri 05: Strictly Smokin’ Big Band + IKS Big Band @ Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £24.00. Big band double bill. IKS Big Band (Germany).
Fri 05: Jeremy McMurray’s Pocket Jazz Orchestra @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. £15.00

Sat 06: Struggle Buggy @ Billy Bootleggers, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free. Blues.
Sat 06: Teresa Watson Band @ Billy Bootleggers, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 6:00pm. Free. Blues.
Sat 06: Lindsay Hannon: Tom Waits for No Man @ Dry Water Arts, Amble. 7:00pm (6:30pm doors). £15.00.
Sat 06: IKS Big Band: Summer Tyne Swing Festival @ Northumbria University Students’ Union, Newcastle. 7:00pm. £130.00; £95.00; £70.00; £50.00. Note: all day dance event (classes & socials). IKS Big Band evening performance. Day 2/3.
Sat 06: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Northumbrian Revival, West Benridge Farm, nr. Morpeth NE61 3RZ. 7:30-9:30pm. £21.47 (£2.77. child). 82nd D-Day anniversary event.
Sat 06: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 06: FILM: The Magic City: Birmingham According to Sun Ra @ The Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle. 9:30pm. £7.00., £5.00. Dir. Guillaume Maupin & Pablo Guarise.

Sun 07: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm. £10.00.
Sun 07: Ian Bosworth Quintet @ Chapel, Middlesbrough. 1:00pm. Free. Feat. guest Steve Walker (trumpet).
Sun 07: Joe Steels: Celebrating Wes @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00. Trio: Joe Steels, Mick Shoulder, Abbie Finn.
Sun 07: Sax Choir @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Sun 07: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Table reservations (0191 261 8000). Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Sun 07: Eddie Gripper Trio @ Queen’s Hall, Hexham. 3:00pm. Gripper (piano); Clem Saynor (double bass); Patrick Barrett-Donlon (drums). Americana album tour.
Sun 07: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 07: Magpies of Swing: Summer Tyne Swing Festival @ Northumbria University Students’ Union, Newcastle. 4:00pm. £130.00; £95.00; £70.00; £50.00. Note: all day dance event (classes & socials). Magpies of Swing afternoon performance. Day 3/3.
Sun 07: Webster’s Ragtime Trio @ The Ship Inn, Low Newton. 7:00pm. £12.50. Trio from Texas, USA.
Sun 07: Salty Dog @ Alnwick Playhouse. 7:00pm. £5.00. Performance in the Studio venue.
Sun 07: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Riding Mill Village Hall. 7:30pm. £12.00.
Sun 07: Swing Manouche @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Feat. Steve McGarvie (clarinet).

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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