Michael Weiss Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 West Coast Airlines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 (edited) I hope it's a West Coast band. one of the stewardesses looks like Dorothy Provine. Edited October 25, 2010 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be an East Coast group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 or a French band - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Definitely West Coasters, albeit with an East Coast vibe. Going just by sound, I would say either Victor Feldman or Mike Wofford on piano, Harold Land or Plas Johnson on tenor (or someone kind of in between those two -- dammit, I KNOW that guy's sound), maybe Buddy Collette on flute. Trombonist is tricky. If it's a valve trombonist (and I think it might be), sounds something like Bob Enevoldson. If it's not a valve trombonist, I'm stumped -- too many possibilities. Doesn't quite sound like Rosolino to me but could be him. Frank might be a good guess because he, Land, and Feldman made a nice record together, as Free For All can testify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 (edited) are you Larry Kart or The Amazing Kreskin? Edited October 25, 2010 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Definitely West Coasters, albeit with an East Coast vibe. Going just by sound, I would say either Victor Feldman or Mike Wofford on piano, Harold Land or Plas Johnson on tenor (or someone kind of in between those two -- dammit, I KNOW that guy's sound), maybe Buddy Collette on flute. Trombonist is tricky. If it's a valve trombonist (and I think it might be), sounds something like Bob Enevoldson. If it's not a valve trombonist, I'm stumped -- too many possibilities. Doesn't quite sound like Rosolino to me but could be him. Frank might be a good guess because he, Land, and Feldman made a nice record together, as Free For All can testify. Though I can't identify the musicians, I am positive the tenor player is NOT Harold Land. The tone and phrasing don't sound (to me) a bit like the way Land plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 are you Larry Kart or The Amazing Kreskin? Not Kreskin, but when you've been listening to shit for 56 years, part of your brain becomes a sonic filing cabinet. The same I'm sure is true for you. Just guesses above, though I would be astonished if those weren't West Coast guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Wilton Felder on tenor, definitely. Quite possibly The Jazz Crusaders as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Right -- it's Wilton Felder whose sound I was thinking of. And Wayne Henderson and Joe Sample certainly fit. But the flute player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Could be Wilton...don't know if he ever doubled on record, but a gig like this would be a good place to do it. Other than that...who fits that would have been running in The Crusaders' circle around this time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 If it is The Crusaders, that was a pretty hip airline and/or ad agency. But then Chuck and I both knew a lovely, very knowledgeable and devoted jazz lover named Richard Rand, sadly deceased, who worked at Leo Burnett on the Dewar's account and was responsible for getting Henry Threadgill in one of those Dewar's Profiles ads. IIRC, Threadgill was asked in an interview what he was paid for doing the ad and said something like, No money but lots of scotch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 The Crusaders were somwhat "connected", not in the Tommy Tedesco/Bud Shank/Carol Kaye "we know everybody and play every gig" sense, but as I understand it, the group did have a fair amount of SoCal "crossover" appeal by the mid/late 60s and the individual members had begun doing a variety of sessions. That any one of them made a connection that resulted in a scoring gig for what amounts to an "industrial" film wouldn't be too big a surprise. L.A. can be like that, ya' know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereojack Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 The Crusaders came to mind pretty quickly for me, too. I see that several others had the same idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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