Richard Ransom's Comments

Hi Richard! Thanks for uploading so many wonderful tracks! I've never heard many of these!

That sounds like Chick on Crystal Silence... was this tune originally slated to be on Captain Marvel? The mix sounds very much like the rest of that album. Could you send me the mp3 of it? I would really love to have it! (-; If so... stangetzllc@optonline.net

Thanks also for the many pics! Wonderful! Happy you found us here and that you're a member!

Best,
Bev

Hi dear Rick.
THANK YOU for the most beautiful comment!!!! Made my day much brighter.
I've never heard of the singer you mentioned - have to check I would love to hear her sing.
About the piano, it's not me on piano it's Egil Kapstad, a wonderful pianist, composer and arranger.
Thank you again Rick for your words.
Talk to you again soon.
All the best in life
Hilde :-)

I worked sometimes with great Toots Thielemans in 90´s until 2005.
We have been those Scandinavian countries and Estonia, Azelbajan, Taiwan, Italy etc.
All the best,
Yasuhito Mori

Hi Richard, Glad to meet you here at the Getz Community. I'm sorry to hear your health has been failing you lately and hope music and some laughs might ease any disabling health problems you may have. I know it seems to help me when I'm feeling under the weather. I had a good laugh at the music-bar joke on the bottom of your page. Although, 10 years is a lot of time for a minor.lol I have one question for you. Who's your favorite Guitarist? Who had the most impact on your playing? Wishing you good health and all the best. - Lou

Hello Richard,

I hope you are fine today ! I am going to go working by night, like the standard "Night and day" !
Please send me your address, I would like to send you a postcard with the Stan getz's stamp I've made for Stan!
Like that, I could thank you to have put all the covers of Stan Getz tunes and records! Amazing, what you have done!
Your friend!
Gérard...You can have a look of what I am doing as a painter on my personal page!
Bye and Take care!

Hi Rick,

Glad to meet you here on this site. Thanks for all the informations you brought at our community.
As I write this message, I'm hearing F Run. What a beautiful performance!
Take care
Pascal

Herb Ellis - Stan Getz "Nothing But The Blues"
Every Herb Ellis follower should know this one, and should also knows that this album is easily one of his best in his lenghty career. But, did you know that it had also been released as "After Hours Session"? (See second cover).

"Guitarist Herb Ellis considers this is his favorite personal album and it is easy to see why. With trumpeter Roy Eldridge and tenor saxophonist Stan Getz contributing contrasting but equally rewarding solos and lots of inspired riffing while bassist Ray Brown and drummer Stan Levey joined Ellis in the pianoless rhythm section, these performances have plenty of color and drive. Herb Ellis does indeed stick to the blues during the original eight selections yet there is also a surprising amount of variety. This CD reissue has been augmented by four numbers from 1958 originally recorded for a European soundtrack. Getz, Eldridge, and Coleman Hawkins all have their features but Dizzy Gillespie fares best best od all."

Roy Eldridge trumpeter
Stan Getz tenor saxophonist
Ray Brown bassist
Stan Levey drummer
Coleman Hawkins
Dizzy Gillespie

Tracks 1-8 original LP issue.

1. Pap's Blues
2. Big Red's Boogie Woogie
3. Tin Roof Blues
4. Soft Winds
5. Royal Garden Blues
6. Patti Cake
7. Blues for Janet
8. Blues for Junior


Some trivia.

You have probably seen "Blues For Junior" on countless Herb Ellis recordings. The reason is simple. This is his all-time favorite blues tune. This is a Ray Brown tune, and Junior is his son.
"Big Red's Boogie Woogie". Red is Herb Ellis himself.
"Patti Cake". Patti is Herb's wife.
"Blues for Janet". Janet is Herb's niece.
Don't ask about Pap in "Pap's Blues"; not even Herb recalls his identity.

Amazing though it may sem, this album has been discontinued, and Amazon lists one copy at $91.45 that might not even be playable.

This rip comes from my 1958 copy album.

Tracks 1-8. recorded Oct. 11-12, 1956 in Hollywood.

Tracks 9-12 recorded May 1, 1958 in Paris.

The Lost Sessions 9-12
and that was not either 1958 albums!
Yes I have my ways to get some stuff like the sound tech at the Lost Sessions had a copy and I got it from his son.

9. Les Tricheurs (Roy Eldridge/Stan Getz) 3:15
10. Clo's Blues (Coleman Hawkins) 3:22
11. Phil's Tune (Roy Eldridge) 4:23
12. Mic's Jump (Dizzy Gillespie) 2:15

Personnel:
Herb Ellis (Guitar)
Roy Eldridge (Trumpet)
Ray Brown (Double Bass)
Stan Getz (Tenor Saxophone)
Stan Levey (Drums) - 1-8
Dizzy Gillespie (Trumpet) - 9-12
Coleman Hawkins (Tenor Saxophone) - 9-12
Oscar Peterson (Piano) - 9-12
Gus Johnson (Drums) - 9-12

Ricard hi... and thanks for the invitation! And here is perhaps something for you: a French site with a lot of jazzmusic: http://www.deezer.com/listen-3067921

Dear Richard,

Thank you very much to write this to me because I did'nt know if you were in life or not, It is a very sad news you give to me to know that your life is not longer !!!
I don't know what to said, it is very difficult for me, I am happy that you received the stamp but It would be better for me to have a solution to make you living more !!!

I hope you will have the most beautiful hours you could have with your parents!!!
I know life is always too short ...it is incredible, because I will organize a special event next summer to honorate Stan Getz near Monaco ...but life is very strange, so I want to tell you to try to be safe and in a good health for this event...sometimes, we 've got some good things may be you will be in life for this event!!!

Hope is necessary and I hope sincerely that you could join us...Be sure That I appreciate all you have done with your CD's and covers, be sure that it is a good, a very good job, you did!

I say you, believe in hope, we will see, if you want someting I can do, tell me, I'll do it, I know I am very far but I am with you, close from you as a friend!

I hope you can get and see the postcard !!! Hope for you a better health, please if you can ask your daughter of your family to tell me how you are !

I wish you many good things !!! I hope you are no suffer too much!

Excuse-me for my bad english, it is not so evident to speak about a possible death, I apologize about my words, I would like to help you and I don't know how to do it!

I am thinking about you !!

Take care as you can!

In god we trust!

Gérard ...your french friend!

Hi again Rick - and THANK YOU!
Wonderful.
Love and hugs
Hilde :-)

Hi Richard,
Thank you for your kind e-mail ! I am really happy that the post card is very special for you ! I saw what you have posted, all these very good jazz portraits and I hope I could use them for my work! Thank you very much !

I am very happy that you seems to be better, your health looks better and I am happy for that, I hope to meet you once !!
Who know's, we are really friends!

I will had my first video playing with good friends (Italians ones), I was making my first "jam session" playing "Angle eyes" you will see this video soon and I will also add many jazz portraits I've done!

Is that you, who have done the Jazz portraits you added?

Well done!

All my best wishes are with you, to have a better health!

Keep in touch my friend!

Gérard

You too Richard. Be safe and come back soon

Denis

Nice to see you established here. This is my first time to try and find my way around. I need a better organized approach.... Enjoy a lovely Sunday...I was going to record on cd's some of my old lp's today, but the weather is too nice to stay inside and do this...so, manana...perhaps.