[mrpeebee]

Just found this 48 minutes registration of an alto summit jam session, recorded live at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Netherlands at Saturday 12 July 1986. I think I've seen it, but don't have much memories of it anymore (tenor player here!).

It has on alto saxophone Bob Wilber, Marshall Royal, Piet Noordijk, Lee Konitz, Sonny Fortune, Julius Hemphil, Carlos Ward, Richie Cole and Paquito D'Rivera, accompanied by Hank Jones on piano, Jimmy Woode on bass and Clyde Lucas (not the listed Bobby Durham) on drums.

Songs played are 'Yardbird Suite' (Charlie Parker), 'Things Ain't What They Used To Be' (Duke Ellington, at 15:00) and 'Just Friends' (John Klenner, at 35:00).

Enjoy!

 

[Saxydude]

Very cool video. Bob Wilber really captures Hodges on "Things Ain't." Nice to hear Marshall Royal live and in a different setting. Lee is always so thoroughly unique and refreshing. Richie Cole did the Richie Cole thing. Paquito plays with such swagger - really exciting (using a metal Selmer mouthpiece!). Seersucker was obviously popular.

But man oh man, why is it that every jazz video from the '80s is mixed so poorly? I've got plenty of bass and cymbals, but Hank Jones is almost entirely absent!

BTW - Is Lee playing a Mark VII here? Check out the LH pinky table and neck angle around 20:06.

 

[mrpeebee]

Very cool video. Bob Wilber really captures Hodges on "Things Ain't." Nice to hear Marshall Royal live and in a different setting. Lee is always so thoroughly unique and refreshing. Richie Cole did the Richie Cole thing. Paquito plays with such swagger - really exciting (using a metal Selmer mouthpiece!). Seersucker was obviously popular.

Yes, Bob did a great job to capture Hodges. I actually liked all solo's in 'Things', 'Just Friends wasn't bad either.

But man oh man, why is it that every jazz video from the '80s is mixed so poorly? I've got plenty of bass and cymbals, but Hank Jones is almost entirely absent!

That's indeed a pity. I've seen many of those jam session during many North Sea Jazz Festivals and the start of those concerts was almost always chaotic because they never did a proper soundcheck like with a real band. I think it improved a bit during the concert, but overall the sound quality is not good and it's a shame that the great Hank Jones can't be heard properly.

BTW - Is Lee playing a Mark VII here? Check out the LH pinky table and neck angle around 20:06.

I don't know enough about alto's, but maybe someone else will react on this.