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I was just alerted to this video by Ethan Iverson's newsletter. It is making my day!
Gene Ammons performing on PBS Chicago show Just Jazz now on YouTube
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Great treasure to have this video, but thanks to audio quality, the varitone, or whatever, his vaunted sound sure can't be appreciated on this clip. Looks like George Freeman on guitar.
They've also got a Don Byas clip from the same series:
Their link mentions that this is the series that taped Coleman Hawkins just weeks before his death in 1969, but I'm not seeing that one on youtube.
They've also got a Don Byas clip from the same series:
Their link mentions that this is the series that taped Coleman Hawkins just weeks before his death in 1969, but I'm not seeing that one on youtube.
Great footage of Don Byas. Hopefully he may upload the Coleman Hawkins footage?
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Might be more sad than anything because Hawkins was not in good shape at the time. Chilton's biography Song of the Hawk has Dan Morganstern, the producer of the show, recounting the details.
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I really enjoyed the Byas clip. Hard to make out what was on his octave pip on that one. Although I really dig Gene Ammons, the Varitone just doesn't do it for me.
Thanks for the Gene Ammons link.
I remember seeing the Don Byas show when it was on PBS. Love it.
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