Beverly Getz

I tested the waters with singing for a while... but it wasn't for me. Hated the business and and life! Didn't enjoy performing. I'm more of a behind the scenes person.

Ohhhhh! OOOPPSIE!! MY BAD! Silly me!

BUT!! Did he.... insert smack, laced suppositories in babies behinds AND.... demand flights on the Concord before it was in existence??!! (hehe!)

Just checked the Verve site for it. It's listed, but the demo tracks are all Billie Holiday. (I'm not complaining... could have been Mr. G! ) J-U-S-T K-I-D-D-I-N-G! (Don't think he's on Verve!) http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/rele...61&aid=2856

Forgot about The Peacocks as well. Jimmy's vocals are WONDERFUL! Plus, with Buster Williams and Elvin Jones... can't go wrong... in my book!

I have those too and there is a staggering amount of great music that didn't get to the official release. Would make a superb boxed set. Can't we get Mosaic on the case? Working on it!

I thought I had included the boxed set... but maybe not! Sure... I like them. To me though... they don't really reflect what Stan's playing was about. They were certainly a part of him, but not predominantly. Of course, they did afford him quite of bit of exposure. Admittedly... I may have a slight "tude" regarding those albums as he was labeled as "selling out" and going "commercial". That wasn't the case. He simply thought the Bossa Nova music was beautiful 'folk' music and wanted to play it the way he heard it. Then it was time to move on! He used to say... "Don't let grass grow under your feet". He wasn't one to stay in one place, musically. Was always looking forward. Yes, Communications '72! I didn't add it as I was asked for my top 5 or 10. I put down way more! Didn't want to be obnoxious!

Forgot about Diz & Getz, too! Love it!

Totally forgot about Voyage! That def should have been on my list! Thanks for reminding me Mr. Jazz!

I knew what you meant JSngry.. and didn't assume you were necessarily referring to me - but even if you were, I can understand why I could be viewed that way. After all... I did pretty much bull moose my way in here all locked and loaded. But seriously.. I don't want to be the SG Rumor Police! I would just like to believe that folks might consider what they put in writing as people can and do get scalded. And I might add, It really isn't my 'job' to live down his reputation! But some stories just cross the line. I'm considering having a tube of Crazy Glue next to my PC to glue my hands together behind me for the next time I see something, somewhere! He played beautiful, that's why he's being discussed. How 'nice' was Beethoven? Bird? Picasso? Can we grow up? Next........ If the discussion had been about "how beautiful his playing was" (or even not beautiful for that matter), this thread wouldn't exist, would it?! Nothing to do with "growing up".

Dude, the "jazz business" these days is "weirder" than it's ever been. Gigs are few and competition is fierce. Power, real power, business power, the kind that can make your life "comfortable" is highly, highly concentrated. "Hurt feelings" of the wrong person can indeed have an adverse effect on bookings & other opportunities, since the power brokers are more aware than ever that they hold all the power. The beauty of the internet is that it greatly democratizes the "ground floor", the getting in the game (and god, I've heard "get back in the game" so much lately on so many different commercials that it's making me ill...), but the reality is that once you want to break out of that "indie" scene, you gotta deal with reality - and that means "political correctness", or at least the jazz version of it. It's a game that most of us here either aren't aware of or have chosen not to play. But if Jim has decided that he needs to work that area in order to best provide for his family, I'll be the first to encourage him to go for it, even if it means changing/losing/whatever the board. A man's family always comes first, and as much as I've enjoyed the "keeping it real" vibe around here, it's a luxury I can easily live without (some perceptions to the contrary, I have a very satisfying life away from the computer ) if it means that the Alfredson, Gloss, & Marsh peoples get to take it to the next level career-wise. Or at least get to try to take it to the next level. Lots of hoops, but... Thanks, Jim. That makes a lot of sense. it just goes to show that, no matter how ugly those of us outside of the jazz business imagine that it might be, those on the inside know that it is uglier still. "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." ~ Hunter S. Thompson

I knew what you meant JSngry.. and didn't assume you were necessarily referring to me - but even if you were, I can understand why I could be viewed that way. After all... I did pretty much bull moose my way in here all locked and loaded. But seriously.. I don't want to be the SG Rumor Police! I would just like to believe that folks might consider what they put in writing as people can and do get scalded. And I might add, It really isn't my 'job' to live down his reputation! But some stories just cross the line. I'm considering having a tube of Crazy Glue next to my PC to glue my hands together behind me for the next time I see something, somewhere!

Well.. there ya go! Put those hands to work! Nothing like a good massage from the hubby!

Tell me about it!! Presently skin care products need to take a back seat... as right about now.. what I really need is a good neck and shoulder massage since my shoulders have been sitting up by my earlobes for the past few days! LOL!

No! Not me! Nice looking products though! Thanks for the tip!

Yes, it was his last recording. Recorded 3 months to the day before he died. He was quite sick when he and Kenny did this, but he was determined to do this one.

Focus Mickey One Serenity Anniversary People Time Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio Stan Getz & J.J. Johnson at the Opera House Getz Meets Mulligan Change of Scenes Sweet Rain West Coast Jazz Stan Getz at the Shrine Capatain Marvel Pure Getz Poetry Nobody Else But Me The Steamer My Foolish Heart - Live at the Left Bank Bob Brookmeyer and Friends The Roost Sessions Stan Getz The Bossa Nova Albums (boxed set) Oops! That's more than 5 or 10... just started typing. But these are my favorites. No time to comment on all...but at the top of my list would have to be: Focus (Moo! ) Mickey One Anniversary Serenity People Time

I feel like... It is what it is. The only real objection I have is on many of these CD's, the sound quality. Some are so bad, I can't listen to them.

I see there are some questions for me... Which I will be very happy to answer, but have to run out now. Later or tomorrow. Thanks!

That looks totally YUMMY! Agree with 1000% AMEN!

Word. Might be kind of cool to have Stan's daugther in the house on a regular basis. Now, what do we have to do to get Cathy Rich to make an appearance here? You are both very kind.. and I appreciate it much. As for getting Cathy to "play"? NEVER HAPPEN! She flatly refuses to even read the Buddy garbage. I think I need to take a lesson from Cath. Smart lady!

You have taken what I wrote out of context "Niko", and made it completely trite. When I mentioned (and this certainly wasn't the predominant point I was making) the "stories"... I was referring to ugly stories about the artists I had grown up around... my dad's peers, if you will. First hand ugliness, that I would never speak about. I was not talking about other disgusting Getz gossip. I suppose I'm the "invader" you refer to. Well, sorry if I cramped your (or anyone's) style or was the cause of the thread being deleted. But I do have just as much a right to come on here and speak my mind as the next person. As does my very close friend, Svima, who was treated shamefully and attacked for expressing her thoughts and not in a way that was any worse or insulting than what many other people wrote. This forum is open to all. Or... maybe not? Mr. Kart certainly did imply that "information" was "fact". Here is a quote. " I can't reveal the name of the person who told me the two drug-related Getz stories, but I have every reason to believe that he was a first-person witness to the first of them.". And so what.... If anyone needs to believe this kind of trash, there is nothing I can do or say to stop them. In that thread, I could have gone point for point and disputed and/or corrected most of those stories and given names of people who could back me up. But I really don't have a need to do that. I'm also well aware that if I start to dissect what people write, I'd leave myself open to the members that would enjoy carving me another a/h. I'm not a person who enjoys arguing for the sake of an argument. Not my idea of "good times". Honestly? I find this kind of blood lust need to rip someone apart completely repugnant. This garbage that is written, even in jest... is now in print for the ages. I'm not just talking about my father. Nor do I mean just here. I really wonder if these people were still amongst us, any of them who's personalities are always under attack, if these slanderous anecdotes would be written. Probably not, eh? As then people might actually be confronted by the person they were gossiping and lying about. I thought we had 'moved on'. Clearly not. But if you and others find that the other thread was so enjoyable and titillating I have no objection to it being brought back. I'll just make sure to turn a blind eye and steer clear. I'll leave you all with these immortal words often spoken by my D.O.D (dear old dad)... and always said in jest...(better add that lest it also gets taken out of context.) "Hey, f*%k 'em in the a** if they can't take a joke".

Uploaded this tonight on Daily Motion. Some of you may enjoy it. Both clips have been around for a while, but this is slightly better quality and much more in sync. Coltrane & Getz - Out Of Nowhere & Rifftide (hope the link shows up! having a bit of a struggle figuring all out - not too savvy on the ole' computer!)

It was his last concert. He went to Paris in March, '91 for one more, but had to cancel as he was too ill. As Denis said, he did do two recordings, 3 months before he died. One was with Abby Lincoln - "Ya Gotta Pay The Band" & the live at Montmartre - duo with Kenny Barron, "People Time". This one is really special, as it was his 'swan song'. I couldn't listen to it for years as you can hear that his breathing is a little labored because of his health. But now I really love it. The connection that he and Kenny had was quite something. They really 'spoke' to each other.

Never heard that one. Frankly, I'm not crazy about the movie, which is perhaps why it never occurred to me to get the soundtrack, but certainly a movie can be mediocre (or just uninteresting for whatever reason) and have a good soundtrack. Come to think of it, a good example of that is A Patch of Blue---the movie's not the greatest thing ever put on celluloid, but the Walt Dickerson album Impressions of A Patch of Blue is one of my favorite film-related jazz albums. It's certainly not for everyone. But I love Sauter's writing. The film is very out there. But the soundtrack is awesome. A lot of humor in it!