Many have complained about the work of the photographer in this video. Let me explain what you are seeing.
THIS IS WHAT A RAW UNEDITED TV NEWS FIELD TAPE LOOKS LIKE. IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE SEEN AS A WHOLE. AS THE REPORTER, I LIFTED IMAGES AND SOUND FROM THE 14 MINUTES OF THIS RECORDING AND ADDED A VOICE TRACK FOR A 2-MINUTE STORY FOR THE EVENING NEWS. A STORY ABOUT A WORLD-FAMOUS MUSICIAN WHO CAME TO TOWN AND THE UNCOMMONLY TALENTED YOUNG KID WHO SAT IN WITH HIM. I HAD NO INTENTION OF USING MY QUESTIONS AND THE CONTINUOUS CAMERA MOVEMENT THAT LOOKS SO JARRING IS STANDARD PROCEDURE WHEN SHOOTING A FEATURE PIECE. IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO CAPTURE A COMPLETE MUSIC TRACK AND VIDEO OF THE SUBJECTS PERFORMING THAT MUSIC. Back at the station, it would all be edited down into the final story that would air in the news.
The photographer, by the way, later was hired by CBS Network News. So he knows what he's doing.
These outtakes came from an impromptu performance and an interview I did in the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans for WVUE-TV channel 8 in 1981. At this time everyone knew the name Harry Connick Sr. - the District Attorney of Orleans Parrish. He was always telling me about Jr., his "amazing" jazz-playing son. I dismissed it as nothing more than the inflated boasting of a proud father. This was the first time I actually heard the kid play. And who could have guessed what the future held for him as he would grow to be as famous as the man sitting at the other piano. The 12-bar blues tune they play is Bag's Groove. It was written in the mid 50's by vibraphonist Milt "Bags" Jackson of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Shearing also plays a snippet of his own 1952 composition, Lullaby of Birdland which would become an oft-quoted and performed standard.
28 сен 2024
