Comments on: Oh Little Label of Bethlehem

By: Earl

Earl — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 01:53:42 +0000

it is true that J & K releases do not create a great deal of interest recently (as do not Oscar Peterson, Errol garner, Brubeck, and JJ himself) – however you have to be careful about equating popularity with quality – for example, not all artists on Blue Note deserve the prices realized, largely based on the popularity of the label and not necessariy the quality of the artist in question

By: Al

Al — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:05:58 +0000

I like the J and K on Impulse with Bill Evans.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:13:02 +0000

Earl: I am afraid so. I offered the Bethlehem J + K a while ago for a low entry price. No bidders!
But, frankly, these cooked-up sounds (two bones, two altos, tenors and what have you) are boring in the end. 2 Trumpets on Prestige is saved by the presence of a third horn.
I heard J + K live in 1958, what thrilled me most was the bass playing of Oscar Pettiford.
The best J + K is Savoy thanks to the presence of Mingus.

By: Earl

Earl — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 02:46:18 +0000

are JJ & K frowned on now?
Still love there early stuff on Bethlehem (“It’s All Right With Me” got to be a classic)

By: Clifford

Clifford — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 22:54:15 +0000

My Bethlehems are Japanese.

The Waldron is excellent, as are the Bookers (Little and Ervin). I have the Mariano, Nichols and Mingii on CD – excellent as well.

By: gandi

gandi — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:32:03 +0000

I like all Mingus records on Bethlehem, East coasting being my favorite

By: maarten kools

maarten kools — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 21:39:23 +0000

i don’t own any betlehem, or it should be someting from John Zorn 😉

But i do have Left Alone Revisited: Waldron with archie Shepp. 2005. Beautifull!!

http://www.allmusic.com/album/left-alone-revisited-a-tribute-to-billie-holiday-mw0000141190

By: ROB L

ROB L — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:15:17 +0000

Joining the Betlehem deprivation club. The label always seemed to offer less scope and excitement than some others but still has quite a few intriguing items I’d like to find out about. From the ones I do know I’d add these to Dexter Gordon and Mingus East Coasting: Herbie Nichols: Love, gloom, cash, love (although a notch below his Blue Note output) – Red Mitchell: Jam for you bread – Dick Whetmore (10 inch), because of the unusual Bob Zieff compositions recorded later by Chet Baker and Dick Twardzik.

By: DaveS

DaveS — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:54:22 +0000

Blakey: Hard Drive
Mingus: Jazz Experiments of
Mingus: Modern Jazz Symposium
Connor Chris: This Is Chris
McGhee Howard: Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
Winding Kai: K + J.J.
Simone Nina: Little Girl Blue
Pettiford Oscar Sextet
Kirk Roland: 3rd Dimension
Salvador Sal: Shades of
Sims Zoot: Down Home
Australian Jazz Quartet

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:26:42 +0000

I have the same problem. I only own 4 Bethlehem :
Frank Rosolino, “I Play Trombone”
Hal Mc Kusick, “East Coast Jazz”
Howard Mc Ghee,”The return of h McG”
and Bob Hardaway, “Lou’s Blue” (a 10 inches

The only which really caught my hears is Bob Hardaway. Great music The other one are sleeping in their vaults. Tomorrow i will give them a spin.