tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post9092605508368789768..comments2024-03-18T20:12:49.629+00:00Comments on John Medd: Getz SetJohn Meddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-57847543682171473752017-07-29T22:22:29.449+01:002017-07-29T22:22:29.449+01:00John, I think I may have fixed the problem. Have a...John, I think I may have fixed the problem. Have another go, if you will. Cheers.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-42114693302959498982017-07-29T22:13:26.784+01:002017-07-29T22:13:26.784+01:00Just picked it up, John. I've no idea why comm...Just picked it up, John. I've no idea why comments disappear like that. Do keep trying. It's always good to know there's someone trying the door.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-85538952336648150422017-07-29T12:44:20.969+01:002017-07-29T12:44:20.969+01:00Nice one Martin. Did you get the note I left for y...Nice one Martin. Did you get the note I left for you over at C's place this morning?John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-34318816019093546022017-07-29T12:43:12.685+01:002017-07-29T12:43:12.685+01:00He did indeed. And he always surrounded himself wi...He did indeed. And he always surrounded himself with musicians who fired him up.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-29393886186101417992017-07-29T11:10:43.684+01:002017-07-29T11:10:43.684+01:00Thanks for the heads up, John. I'm heading ove...Thanks for the heads up, John. I'm heading over, now.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-36801869481074546662017-07-29T09:35:57.517+01:002017-07-29T09:35:57.517+01:00Getz embraced change. Witness his fantastic 1974 f...Getz embraced change. Witness his fantastic 1974 fusion LP 'Captain Marvel', where his band consisted of Miles Davis/Return to Forever alumni Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Airto Moreira and Tony Williams. The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-64533275473857894142017-07-29T08:35:45.220+01:002017-07-29T08:35:45.220+01:00And like so many jazz musicians from that era, a t...And like so many jazz musicians from that era, a troubled soul. Zoom Sims once said of him 'A nice bunch of fellas' referring to his many personalities - not all good.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-87279318357841109432017-07-29T08:15:02.513+01:002017-07-29T08:15:02.513+01:00What a lovely clip to start to a Saturday morning ...What a lovely clip to start to a Saturday morning with - I only found out about Stan Getz (properly) last year when doing a bit of research for Brazilian songs for an Olympics post. I also discovered that Bossa Nova translated is New Wave (but a very different kind from ours!).<br /><br />When I first read that he'd worked with EBTG I thought to myself he must have been a fair age at that point, then quickly computed that he was only 63, and dead a year later! It suddenly doesn't sound very old at all which is incredibly scary. Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.com