DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1975 

Freddie Hubbard the man makes that trumpet sing.

The magic of youtube.. On a tuesday afternoon,you discover that this is out there.. All the giants..

In 1975, Watermelon Man by Cannonball Adderley had been someone our high school band teacher listened then wrote the music for our high school jazz band while never forgetting the marching band playing Watermelon Man in the center of a county fairground horse show oval mixing jazz with unbridled spirited cavalry especially within the Commonwealth of #Kentucky Greenup County Greenup Tigers, music is best here! thank you kindly for sharing this amazing session. 🐬

According to Rahsaan Roland Kirk's wikipedia page, in 1975 (same year as this show), _"Kirk suffered a major stroke which led to partial paralysis of one side of his body. He continued to perform and record, modifying his instruments to enable him to play with one arm.... He died from a second stroke in 1977, aged 42...."_ Lots of other interesting info on his wiki page, including the fact that Jay Leno used to open for him.

Massive talent 👏

Killer band! GENIUSES!!! 🤣🥰🤠

Roland Kirk,Tyner,White and Clarke!What!!! Forgot about this show…Giants!

These masters of their art are just my era of music. I was Nineteen at the time and was lucky enough to see every one of these gentleman at that time. Thank you for the rebroadcast

I remember when this show first aired. What a psych! Thanks for posting this.

The three who gave a thumbs down must be deaf...was lucky to see Weather Report twice also Sonny Rollins and McCoy Tyner this was truly a great show thank you for posting

Freddie and Airto can't be beat! Man I was stunned seeing this back then. Two great CTI artists, I remain a huge fan of both.

The tremendously great and extremely underrated Alphonso Johnson on fretless bass with Weather Report.

so few cats could ever make sonny rollins sound so mild.......

pure magic man...wow love it

This is an amazing, historic show. Thanks for this. I was not surprised that Chick Corea took top honors on electric piano, but I was surprised to hear Quincy say this was the first year they *had* an electric piano category. Wow. I imagine it was similar for electric bass, but I don't know what year they created that category. And this show started my obsession with Rahsaan Roland Kirk, as well. And my first introduction to Weather Report. Airto's amazing solo during Hubbard's tune. I mean -- truly a life-changing show for me.

Chick should have brought bubblegum enough for everybody…

Wow, Stanley was just a baby, lol, years later still kickin ass.

It doesn't get better than this....if it did I died and went to heaven.....

This is so crazy hot!

Fantastic video! I see Chick Corea chewing gum like a baseball player. RIP.

STUNNING !!!!

The gods of music are all here.

THANK YOU !

Thank you so much! Great to see Weather Report 75 version.

Rashaan is a bad man...

WoW! 🙏❤❤❤

Only looking at Sonny Rollins charge me as a Tesla battery.

3:00_3:02 the great sound

RIP Chick Corea Track Listing: 1:35 Work Song (Nat Adderley) Personnel: • Sonny Rollins - tenor sax • Rahsaan Roland Kirk - tenor sax • Freddie Hubbard - trumpet • Bill Watrous - trombone • Hubert Laws - flute • George Benson - guitar • McCoy Tyner - piano • Stanley Clarke - double bass • Airto Moreira - percussion • Lenny White - drums 8:32 Celestial Chant (McCoy Tyner) Personnel: • McCoy Tyner - piano • Stanley Clarke - double bass • Lenny White - drums 15:30 Spain (Chick Corea) Personnel: • Hubert Laws - flute • Bill Watrous - trombone • George Benson - guitar • Chick Corea - keyboards • Stanley Clarke - double bass • Lenny White - drums 24:32 Pedal Up (Rahsaan Roland Kirk) Personnel: • Rahsaan Roland Kirk - tenor sax, manzello, tambourine • McCoy Tyner - piano • Stanley Clarke - double bass • Lenny White - drums 29:53 In A Sentimental Mood (Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz) Personnel: • Sonny Rollins - tenor sax • McCoy Tyner - piano 36:32 Badia (Joe Zawinul) Weather Report Personnel: • Joe Zawinul - keyboards • Wayne Shorter - soprano sax, lyricon • Alphonso Johnson - fretless bass • Alex Acuna - percussion • Chester Thompson - drums 43:24 Straight Life (Freddie Hubbard) Personnel: • Freddie Hubbard - trumpet • Chick Corea - keyboards • Stanley Clarke - electric bass • Airto Moreira - percussion • Lenny White - drums 51:28 Take the A Train (Billy Strayhorn) Personnel: • Sonny Rollins - tenor sax • Rahsaan Roland Kirk - tenor sax, manzello • Bill Watrous - trombone • Freddie Hubbard - trumpet • Hubert Laws - flute • George Benson - guitar • Chick Corea - keyboards • McCoy Tyner - piano • Stanley Clarke - double bass • Airto Moreira - percussion • Lenny White - drums

A great show but someone should have made Chick spit out his gum before his cohosting duties began.

"THE ESSENCE OF EXCELLENCE" - IS QUINCY H7MSELF ....(the 7 that came was UNintentional ! ) ...

R. I.P. Chick corea 😔🙏

Zawinul dressed like a Bedouin is pretty funny.

51:03

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chick corea chewing gums

You know, if Jesus Christ had his second coming and appeared on TV to tell everyone about it but he happened to have gum in his mouth, people would be like, "my God, what an inconsiderate gross rapscallion"