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[Ian Thumwood]

I should think this Rattle / London Sinfonietta clip, of a number made famous in the 1920s by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, was worth watching for John Harle's also sax solo towards the end ... :) ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEyN4kgYrBo

;)

I have always loved this arrangement. No one ever seems to talk about Bill Challis these days. He is a name that is completely forgotten even if writers like Gene Lees were still in admiration of him in the 1980s. Challis always struck me as someone who other arrangers / writers admired even when the jazz listening public has moved on. Challis was instrumental in bridging the gap between jazz and classical music and i believe he was responsible for transcribing the Bix piano compositions which borrowed heavily from Impressionism. I have always wondered whether the writing for the feature by the trumpet section in this piece was actually a transcription of another Beiderbecke solo. "San" feels very much of it's era whilst also quite futuristic at the same time.

I think arrangers / composers such as Redman, Carter, Ellington and Henderson are rightly seen as core components in the evolution of jazz composition for larger ensembles but Bill Challis is now totally over-looked.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Nice interviews with Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Joe Henderson, Tony Williams (Super Star Quintet with Kenny Barron) at the North Sea festival 1982. Surprised how amiable everyone is, including Freddie who was not always always known for that.

http://youtu.be/lsnE4rNfDV0

[Jazzrook]

John Coltrane with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison & Elvin Jones playing 'Ascension', live in France, 1965:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=jDwqPCAw_7k

JR

[Joseph K]

John Coltrane with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison & Elvin Jones playing 'Ascension', live in France, 1965:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=jDwqPCAw_7k

JR

[Jazzrook]

Skip James playing 'Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues' in Cologne, 1967:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=mYALBzfY5QY

JR

[Jazzrook]

Jesse Stacken & Kirk Knuffke playing Mingus's 'Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk' in Brooklyn, 2009:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=0_C2wbzysnA

JR

[Joseph K]

Chick Corea, John Patitucci and Vinnie Colaiuta play Chick's 'Humpty Dumpty' in Tokyo 1992 -

[Jazzrook]

Cannonball Adderley Sextet with Charles Lloyd, Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones & Louis Hayes playing on Jazz 625, May 12, 1964:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=-gHV_nDTViM

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

Cannonball Adderley Sextet with Charles Lloyd, Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones & Louis Hayes playing on Jazz 625, May 12, 1964:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=-gHV_nDTViM

JR

Good innit? Charles Lloyd had really steeped himself in the Coltrane approach by that point.

[elmo]

[B]Horace Silver Sextet "Mo Joe"

Horace with J J Johnson, Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Bob Cranshaw, Roger Humphries from the album "Cape Verdean Blues (1965)

https://youtu.be/ukHn8H49SlQ

elmo

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Elvin Jones 4tet (with JUNIOR COOK), live at Music Inn, Rome. 1975. Hot and sweaty night it appears...

Not too crazy (one bit) about the guitarist, Roland Prince, but Junior...

http://youtu.be/MB4vyPKAeOg

[Jazzrook]

Elvin Jones 4tet (with JUNIOR COOK), live at Music Inn, Rome. 1975. Hot and sweaty night it appears...

Not too crazy (one bit) about the guitarist, Roland Prince, but Junior...
http://youtu.be/MB4vyPKAeOg

Many thanks, BN.
Junior Cook's in powerful form - agree about the guitarist. Wonder if Junior & Elvin ever recorded together?
That 'Jazz Video Guy' comes up with some amazing stuff!

JR

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Interesting comments re Junior's early influence on Joe Henderson, which does sound plausible. He was a superb tenor player, one I've grown to regard more and more. I used to think he was Hank Mobley-ish, but he had his own thing. I remember an interview with Freddie Hubbard, the usual bluster about how he was the one who pushed Junior to come out of his shell, I think JC was always aware and *there*.

[Jazzrook]

More Junior Cook with Bill Hardman, Walter Bishop Jr.; Paul Brown & Leroy Williams in 1987:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=sZi8ZgKtNKA

JR

[elmo]

More Junior Cook with Bill Hardman, Walter Bishop Jr.; Paul Brown & Leroy Williams in 1987:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=sZi8ZgKtNKA

JR

JR Nice to see Junior Cook getting some well earned attention. Excellent Junior on this video and a good reminder of the underrated trumpeter Bill Hardman a longtime frony line partner of Junior.

Here is Bill with Lou Donaldson playing Bill's best known composition "Politely" with Horace Parlan, Sam Jones, Al Harewood.

https://youtu.be/sGLyB11d11E

elmo