Frank's the treat and Carl the bonus, great stuff from a bunch of musicians at the top of their game, thanks to the Duke for giving us this lovely tune.
frank and carl are 1 and 1A in no order. apples and bananas- equally phenomenal and uniquely identifiable. frank hit a home run statement w his 1st 4 notes of his solo. yes, the horn backgrounds during frank's solo were beyond annoying and played waaay too loud. they should have been just standing there, captivated by what he played on the trombone with their jaw hanging down to the stage floor going whaaaa??? the background they played for bobby bryant was much more fitting for frank's solo.. when bobby was thrashing around up high, that 1st loud B/G background would have been better. then carl played a uniqely special entrance to his unbelievable solo- very carlish. i had the opportunity to play with CF a few times when i lived in las vegas, along with carl saunders. i also played with frank 7 days before his passing. the experience was with the chubby and duffy jackson big band at the swiss chalet in miami w vinnie tanno,arnett cobb, danny turner (lead alto w basie), jay corre, phil gilbert and john georgini. thanks for the great memories. i blindfolded one of my 11th grade "jazz" students with a clip of frank blazing with both guns, and he said "who is thaaattt?" i said you have not been doing your listening homework!
Bobby Bryant...Moving! Similar sound, but better in some ways, to some of our current modern trumpeters! Wonderful! Carl melts your soul with those note choices and pure control!
Very relaxed session. Not everything needs to be @300 bpm! I think the band riffing behind Rosolino was a rude imposition on his ideas! Ditto for Fontana's solo. [Carl is Frank with the "crusts" sliced off]. ;)
+Gerald Nichols yeah 2 bad i was to high in volume. man i came here for some rosolino but dang what a player that Pete Christlieb. is this really 1968?
+Chad Carden It's in Db on the recording that we are hearing but it's typical that the keys change depending on if it is actually playing back slower or faster than the original recording. It's originally in C, so a 1/2 step off makes sense.
