Von Freeman Corner

[king ubu]

So who's the singer on the fascinating youtube-track mentioned above?

[paul secor]

For Von Freeman completists:

I was listening to Jimmy Witherspoon's Vee-Jay recording of "K.C. Loving" from 1959 the other day and wondered who the tenor sax soloist was. I checked a discography and the listing said Von Freeman. I took another listen and it does have his sound, though the solo is a relatively short one. Anyone else who has the recording is welcome to offer an opinion.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Is that the track that was on the VJ LP 'The blues'? I seem to remember it was called 'Kansas City' on that LP.

MG

[JSngry]

If this is the cut, I would have guessed Red Holloway before I would Von!

 

[Michael Weiss]

This is the shit right here:

Von Freeman, Pat Patrick, Andrew Hill, Malachi Favors and Wilbur Campbell.

Edited November 20, 2015 by Michael Weiss

[Larry Kart]

1 hour ago, Michael Weiss said:

This is the shit right here:

Von Freeman, Pat Patrick, Andrew Hill, Malachi Favors and Wilbur Campbell.

[Chuck Nessa]

The other side is a Freeman feature on Von's After Dark.

[AllenLowe]

ever tell you guys about the night Patrick and Wilbur Ware doubled-teamed me to try and borrow some money? Geez, I was only 16.

sorry, off topic, but this made me think of that.

 

Edited November 21, 2015 by AllenLowe

[Chuck Nessa]

Hope you paid up.

[paul secor]

18 hours ago, JSngry said:

If this is the cut, I would have guessed Red Holloway before I would Von!

 

That's the one. To me, the tenor player's sound is a little less "juicy" than Red Holloway's, but who knows? Red Holloway certainly did a lot of studio work on r&b and blues sessions at that time. Discographies can be wrong, so it's not written in stone.

[Michael Weiss]

18 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

The other side is a Freeman feature on Von's After Dark.

What a sound.