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)

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18699 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 573 of them this year alone and, so far this month (July 11) 27

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 12: Jazz Stage: Mouth of the Tyne Festival (o/s Tynemouth Priory), Tynemouth. Free. Trilogy of Four (11:00am); River City Jazzmen (12:10pm); Delta Prophets (1:20pm); B.O.C.K.S. Set (2:30pm); Mouth of the Tyne All Stars (3:40pm). Day 2/2.
Sun 12: Phantom Bagman + OUTRI @ The Bandstand, The Sele, Hexham. 12 noon. Free.
Sun 12: 58 Jazz Collective @ Jackson’s Wharf, Hartlepool. 1:00-3:00pm. Free.
Sun 12: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Easington Social Welfare Centre. 2:00-4:00pm. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 12: Am Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 12: Paul Skerritt @ Hibou Blanc, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free. Table reservations (0191 261 8000). Skerritt w. backing tapes.
Sun 12: Guisborough Big Band @ Zetland Park Methodist Church, Redcar. 2:00-4:00pm. Free. Charity gig in aid of Parkinson’s Society.
Sun 12: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 12: The Bridge Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

Mon 13: Friends of Jazz @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 13: Shildon Little Brass Bash @ Locomotion, Shildon. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Durham Brass Festival. Multi-bill of street brass bands.
Mon 13: Quarrington Little Brass Bash @ Quarrington Community Centre. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Durham Brass Festival. Multi-bill of street brass bands.

Tue 14: Vieux Carre Hot 4 @ Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Delaval. 12:30pm. £15.00 (reservations: 0191 237 3697). ‘July Jazz Barbecue!’
Tue 14: Crook Little Brass Bash @ Crook Community Centre. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Durham Brass Festival. Multi-bill of street brass bands.
Tue 14: Barnard Castle Little Brass Bash @ The Witham, Barnard Castle. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Durham Brass Festival. Multi-bill of street brass bands.
Tue 14: Nomade Swing: Dos Guitars Trio @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm. £11.00. Tickets from Tully’s, Rothbury. Luco Allievi, Alessandro Brizio, Mariano Gallizio. ‘A Journey Through Swing, Gypsy Jazz, Soul & Pop’.
Tue 14: Jazz Jam Sandwich @ Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. Free.

Wed 15: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 15: Willington Big Brass Bash @ Town Park, Willington. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Durham Brass Festival. Multi-bill of street brass bands.
Wed 15: Nomade Swing: Dos Guitars Trio @ Café Needle’s Eye, Promenade, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea NE64 6XE. 6:00pm. Free. Luco Allievi, Alessandro Brizio, Mariano Gallizio. ‘A Journey Through Swing, Gypsy Jazz, Soul & Pop’.
Wed 15: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 15: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 15: Side Café Orkestar @ The Cumberland Arms, Byker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £15.00 (£11.00. adv.); £12.00 concs (£8.00. concs adv.).

Thu 16: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Millstone, Mill Rise, South Gosforth, Newcastle. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 16: Spennymoor Big Brash Bash @ Jubilee Park, Spennymoor. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Durham Brass Festival. Multi-bill of street brass bands.
Thu 16: Coxhoe Little Brass Bash @ Village Green (Pit Wheel). 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Durham Brass Festival. Multi-bill of street brass bands.
Thu 16: Nomade Swing: Dos Guitars Trio @ Lollo Rosso, Morpeth. 7:30pm. Free. Luco Allievi, Alessandro Brizio, Mariano Gallizio. ‘A Journey Through Swing, Gypsy Jazz, Soul & Pop’.
Thu 16: Stevie Jay Duo @ Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. Free. Julija Jacenaite & Steve Glendinning.
Thu 16: DK Harrell @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £20.00 + bf. USA blues.
Thu 16: 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 17: Mejedi Owusu w. Francis Tulip Trio @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 17: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 17: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 17: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 17: Seaham Big Brass Bash @ Terrace Green, Seaham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Durham Brass Festival. Multi-bill of street brass bands.
Fri 17: Newton Aycliffe Big Brass Bash @ Town Park, Newton Aycliffe. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Durham Brass Festival. Multi-bill of street brass bands.
Fri 17: Ray Stubbs R&B Allstars @ Billy Bootleggers, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free.
Fri 17: Mejedi Owusu w. Francis Tulip Trio @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm. Old Black Cat Jazz Club.
Fri 17: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ St Cuthbert’s Centre, Crook. 7:30pm.
Fri 17: Nomade Swing: Dos Guitars Trio @ Repas 7 by Night, Berwick. 8:00pm. Free. Lollo Rosso, Morpeth. 8:00pm. Luco Allievi, Alessandro Brizio, Mariano Gallizio. ‘A Journey Through Swing, Gypsy Jazz, Soul & Pop’.

Sat 18: Streets of Brass @ Market Place, Durham City. 10:00am-4:00pm. Free. Durham Brass Festival. Multi-bill of street brass bands.
Sat 18: Brass Boat Cruise @ Boathouse, Elvet Bridge Jetty, Durham City. Departures at 10:30am, 12 noon, 1:30pm, 3:00pm. £12.00., £10.00., £5.00 (all prices + bf). Durham Brass Festival. Various bands.
Sat 18: Party in the Park @ Wharton Park, Durham City. 5:00-9:00pm. Free. Durham Brass Festival. Multi-bill of street brass bands. Entrance o/s Durham Railway Station (Northbound platform).
Sat 18: Zoë Gilby & Dean Stockdale @ FIKA Art Gallery, Morpeth. 6:30pm.
Sat 18: Mejedi Owusu w. Francis Tulip Trio @ Claypath Deli, Durham. 7:00-9:00pm. £10.00.
Sat 18: Tyne Valley Big Band + Revolutionaires @ Pelton Community Centre. 7:00pm. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 18: Dale Storr @ The Straw Yard, The Barracks, Berwick. 7:30pm. £15.38. Solo piano.
Sat 18: Nomade Swing: Dos Guitars Trio @ Red Lion Inn, Alnmouth. 8:30pm. Free. Lollo Rosso, Morpeth. 8:00pm. Luco Allievi, Alessandro Brizio, Mariano Gallizio. ‘A Journey Through Swing, Gypsy Jazz, Soul & Pop’.

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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