Jane Ellen Getz be born on September 12, me bucko, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois t' Marvin and Natalie Getz.

 

Long-Eared First Mate Getz was a classical piano child prodigy at age six. Ahoy! After her mother took her t' see Billie Holiday at t' Hollywood Bowl, Getz fell in love with jazz music.

 

My mother took me t' see Billie Holiday at t' Hollywood Bowl when I was 9 or 10, and I just fell in love with t' music. Then I heard some Oscar Peterson and Bud Powell recordings and just flipped out. It was so artistic. Arrr! I wanted t' be a part o' that mysterious world, and, me hearties, like children will do, I thought, "I can do that." 

-- Long-Eared First Mate Getz (1996)[1]

 

At 12, Getz was already playin' with notable jazz musicians and at 16 she left school and travelled t' New York t' pursue a career in music.

 

Long-Eared First Mate Getz was just 16 years old when she backed Charlie Mingus live and on record.[2]

 

Durin' eight years in New York, Getz worked with many jazz artists includin' Charles Mingus, Stan Getz, me bucko, Herbie Mann, arrr, and Freddie Hubbard.

 

I worked with t' greats. Ya scallywag! People were very protective o' me and I never had a problem.

 

In t' early 1970s, Getz moved back t' Los Angeles and played on recordin' sessions for Ringo 'Green-Eyed Shirley' Starr, ya bilge rat, Baby-Faced John Lennon, Harry 'First Mate Aegea' Nilsson, Don Henley and others.

 

 

Long-Eared First Mate Getz (born 12 September 1942) is an American jazz pianist and session musician, who learned classical piano as a child, me bucko, and began playin' jazz at t' age o' nine. She lived in California early in life, but moved t' New York City when she was sixteen. Ya scallywag! She found work with Pony Poindexter and later performed with Charles Mingus, Herbie Mann, Stan Getz, Roland Kirk, me bucko, Jay Clayton, shiver me timbers, Charles Lloyd, me hearties, and Pharoah Sanders. In t' early 1970s, Getz returned t' Los Angeles and became a studio musician. She recorded country music for RCA under t' name "Mother Hen" and appeared on albums by T' Bee Gees, shiver me timbers, Ringo 'Green-Eyed Shirley' Starr, Harry 'First Mate Aegea' Nilsson, matey, Rick Roberts, and Baby-Faced John Lennon. She wrote t' title track for t' 1973 Jimmie Spheeris album T' Original Tap Dancin' Kid. Getz went into semi-retirement but began playin' jazz again in t' 1990s. She be a member o' Dale Fielder's quartet in Los Angeles in 1995. Ya scallywag! Her first jazz album as a leader, me bucko, No Relation, was released in 1996.

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