Are you ready In this setting Illinois Jacquet, Dexter Gordon , Arnett Cobb , Buddy Tate and Budd Johnson . Hank Jones Piano Gene Ramey Bass Gus Johnson Drums Enjoy it .
Budd Johnson is such an amazing player ... listen to him as a young 20-something upstart in the Louis Armstrong Orchestra in 1933, then listen to this. Imagine a career that long, through so many eras of jazz, and not sounding a bit dated. Just awesome. And what a great "old timer" rhythm section, with two of the best Kansas City musicians from the era, Gene Ramey and Gus Johnson. Love it! Love it Love it!
Fantastic video, thanks for posting! I was there as a 17 year old jazz lover. Nicest moment for me is when Dexter starts his solo: he plays a part of the famous solo as played by Illinois Jacquet back in 1942. Look at the face of Illinois at 2:42 and Dexter's gesture at 2:50 (and the face of Arnett Cobb in the back), fantastic!!! Remember that Dexter and Illinois both played tenor in the Hampton band when Jacquet recorded this solo.
As many visiting American Jazz-muso’s said to me; “We’ve got the juice, the chops, and you’ve got the ears”! These brilliant Jazz-Artist got really appreciated in Europe and Japan, for their Art! Between the mid-50’s till about the 1980’s Europe got many of these guys “settling” in (mainly Northern) Europe. I miss these very exiting times and pure magic/incredible music! They were the (good) times, my friends. Enjoy & Cheers!
Parts 1, 2 & 3. What's to say? They've said it all. The adjectives "deep and muscular tone" usually applied to Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster shouldn't have missed out on these swingers that define the spirit of Jazz.........in the opinion of this, humble, 82-year old fan! Kudos.
The Tenor Sax is the only instrument that says "JAZZ" from the first note to the last. The Lady Killer! So great to harken back to those wild days! Thank you
What are you even talking about. Tenor sax is not more jazzy than the bass, trombone, or any other instrument for that matter. What counts is the player.
Now even Hamp couldn’t have made that more exciting. I don’t know about Dex being the biggest sound. I think the cobbler is the loudest and biggest. Sadly we didn’t hear more of this underrated artist I enjoyed his gutsy down in your boots honking which only the cobbler can do ,he is the one horn band. Then we had the barroom brawling scream of coattails blowing us away with his raspy speakeasy sound ,what a treat that was . Thank you to whoever posted it Alastair
Coattails - I was not hip to that nicvkname for Mr Jacquet. Among these Dexter is the intellect, by far the most modern, the one who made it into hard bop era uninimidated - remained a killer bluesman (actually did not do much here) - Dex is the best long-form soloist I have ever heard in bebop (EG Stepped Out Of A Dream Hague 74). Dexter was also an able composer, in hard bop; a mellow bossa and Afro-fusion player, besides. But Arnett is the funkiest ever - and so early on, seems to me his licks could, should be imitated on all instruments in blues. I wonder is Little w2later wasn't mimitating Cobbler, with the harp. When I at last heard Mr Cobb in MTL 1988 he was still working those outrageous, crowd-pleasing note-bends; but slide trombone antics of Dixieland, it wasn't. It was just nasty phrase-making from the moment he whipped on arm under the crutch. First lick he played was set so far on the back beat, I laughed out loud.
@thejazzsingers That chord at the end - like landing in the Himalayas with the throat-singers.. like be-bop breaking down into SUN Ra, all in the one jam - what an insane thing to find on YT
all jazz listeners take note, this is why jazz is great!.........this is our shit! no one else can take it , push it aside , or claim it thiers! greatness from supposed 3/5 humans!.......use it, play it but, always give thanks!........na!
Absoulutely fcking incredible!! Thanks a million for uploading it so we can enjoy the real thing in music. These guys were phenomenal. That's around 300 years of collective sax playing experience performing up there which is why it's so awesome. Then we have to put up with the so called music of infants like Justin Beaver dominating the media with their noise pollution.
Tenor sax - how it's missed! It was on or never far from center stage for a gritty, glorious, uproarious era, and the fact that it's not, anymore, leaves a gaping hole in Music's soul these days.. (just an opinion, of course....just sayin'... )
@saxophile1 It IS the microphone setting, the tech ( ?) can't find the right channel to get Dexter up in the mix for half a minute and then still fails to do him right. Probably due to the fact that his tone and sound is so big that it it fills the room acoustically ( even without the microphone,) but that doesn't translate well to the recording..
4jazzcme Great point. This happens with most artists. Take those painters. The price of their pantings went up after they died! Sad but very true! Great jazz this track this! Enjoy & Cheers!
The Great Bud Johnson on tenor, one of the first tenor men who adapted Lester's sound to BeBop.Trick question what do all these tenor sax players have in comon besides playing the same horn? Answer their own sound.Very Saxy.All the players pay homage too Illinois almost any arrangement of Flying Home has part of Illinois famous solo included it.
kinda bad? he is great, may be not as technical as used to be in 60-s, still here he walks the new paths in contradistinction to others on stage who seem to be playin` same stuff as always.
It's in Bb for tenor, and they're playing Rhythm changes, not blues. It goes without saying that these guys are comfortable in any key you can find on the horn.
I work at a meat factory, terrible sanitary conditions, 14 hours a day, stinks like a mf. Everyday after I get home, I just want to lay down on the couch and go to sleep in the disgusting overalls. Now the question, me and the bass player here, whose job is shittier and more depressing?
