Saddened to read that Tony Coe has died.
Wonderful tenor and clarinet player.
Used to enjoy his playing with Humph,Jimmy Skid and Joe Temperly all those years ago.
I have all his Brian Lemon Yellow Zodiac cds.
The Qobuz start page has nearly four hour selection from the Bethlehem catalogue.
In the day as popular as Riverside and BlueNote.
Main men appear at the start of their recording careers. Vocal heavy, but this was how labels made money to support the jazz content.
Covers often by Bert Goldblat with a nice selection at birkajazz.se/Bethlehem. But the NDX does show Minnie versions.
I find it especially enjoyable with a bottle of good Australian shiraz,proper bacon sarnies and a bag of crisps.
What more can life offer the ancient man.
I never stray from my comfort zone. Filed by Q under Curtis Fuller’s name ( but their mistakes turn up some good music) I wondered how and if he was still performing…
A fine pick up of Denver unknowns (but certainly not untalented) recorded by Capri and marshalled by a somewhat older looking Curtis than those images on the Blue Train cd.
A tribute to Chet by some of the finest British talent.
Kerr sings with warmth and clear articulation.
Chet is Richard (sometimes known as D*ck) Pierce. Gerry is covered by Derek Nash.
Steve Melling and Seb de Krom couldn’t be bettered.
We best mention Trudy’s old man Geof Gascoyne whose important bass part is beautifully recorded.
Georgie Fame pops in for a couple of tracks.