JSngry Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSSJBMPKb2M...feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) Normal. Totally normal. This was still his R&B period, or at least he quickly revived it once more for that TV appearance. Just as great in its own right as everything else. BTW, if this is "exhibitionistic", then what are certain "free" saxophone noises of a a decade or two later? Cacophony? Or is it fine to wisely nod your head in inner amazement at how a "free" player "reveals the utter torture of his self" or "shrieks out the pains of this world" (or whatever other wise judgments there may be) whereas it is strictly a NO-NO if the energy outbursts of the honkers appeal straight to your inner guts for sheer exuberance, joy and excitement? :D Edited May 13, 2009 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Uh, dude...the phrase "somewhat exhibitionistic" was totally tongue in cheek. Trust me. What I'm wondering is what kind of show this was and who had it on TV in 1955. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) I know ... but I guess I did not put in enough smilies to make that clear. My answer was not so much directed at you but at those who still sneer at the sax "noises" made by the R&B honkers and shouters (because they feel it's much too lowly for their appreciation) but enthuse in their self-cultivated wisdom about the "sublimity" of the noises of a certain type of "free" jazz ;) Noise vs noise if you want ... Anyway, as for the TV show, no idea if the clip does not provide any details, but if you look at the R'n'R movies of about 1955-56 where a lot of black backing bands composed of R&Bers and jazzers (cf. the Alan Freed movies) are present, there still must have been a market for that in the mid-50s. Maybe among white listeners/watches who'd only just then caught up to it whereas the heyday among the black audience had been a bit earlier in the 50s? That Willis Jackson clip would not have been totally out of place in those movies. Edited May 13, 2009 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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