this is just great bob.great to see a stage full of giants some here some gone bless em all.right up my street this is brings back memories galore right back to the early 50s and it goes to show our home grown musicians could always hold there own anywhere.great post many thanks.
Came for Harris Group, but found Griff blowing a real flag-waver. Obviously a ‘showcase’ feature that is just a tad indulgent. And this from a big band groupie, and sax-man, to boot. Melody gets strained beyond recognition as de rigeur bebop stem-winder, as Griff finds and loses the thread often. Harris, on other hand, ‘takes it out’ but the shape of tune never lost. Aloha...
Even for Frank Wess knew Johnny Griffin a hard to follow. Both are giants. Johnny exhausted every bit right down to the keys. Roy Hayes, poly rolling around the drums like the master drummer of the last great stand.
ONCE again a total abuse of the rhythm section. Johnny takes 7 choruses and says NOTHING. The great Gene Harris is missed. Martin, Jim, Andrew, Frank and Gene are a classy as their Tux'es.
@@darrylschultz9395 yes, I turned them off shortly after making my comment. Thank God that kind of noise can simply be turned off quickly. Feel sorry for whoever was forced to sit through it.
@georgeallan6550 Hard man to please-Griffin's sax playing is one of the best jazz solos I've seen on RU-vid. People considered by many music lovers to be at or near the top of their field probably aren't doing "noise".,
@@darrylschultz9395 To me it's just a bunch of scrambled masterbation. jazz guys eventually get carried away and just masterbate and the artistic pardign they adopt encourages it. The more scrambled and random the better they think it is.
