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Just found a fantastic video of Flying Home, as played in 1979 in The Netherlands at the North Sea Jazz Festival during a tenor-battle with Budd Johnson, Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb and Buddy Tate. I was there as a 17 year old non playing jazz lover and it turned me to start playing tenor a few years later.
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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtbzCXbLv6Q
Two other great video's of the same tenor-battle, featuring Arnett Cobb and Buddy Tate, are also on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka4qujkzcSA (I have posted that link before here on SOTW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THXENfWaSoI
Enjoy!!!
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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtbzCXbLv6Q
Two other great video's of the same tenor-battle, featuring Arnett Cobb and Buddy Tate, are also on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka4qujkzcSA (I have posted that link before here on SOTW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THXENfWaSoI
Enjoy!!!