fasstrack Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZbt-tL6xw&feature=related If only the man had great ears and could swing And check out Basie's reaction shots. A great 2 minutes and change of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 I can't get YouTube at work, but if that's from a TV broadcast of an all-star concert I have it on DVD. http://www.amazon.com/Count-Basie-at-Carnegie-Hall/dp/B000094Q1L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted August 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 I can't get YouTube at work, but if that's from a TV broadcast of an all-star concert I have it on DVD. http://www.amazon.com/Count-Basie-at-Carnegie-Hall/dp/B000094Q1L I'm trying to find that PBS broadcast w/Benny Goodman, where George plays 7 Come 11. Can't so far. I can't get YouTube at work, but if that's from a TV broadcast of an all-star concert I have it on DVD. http://www.amazon.com/Count-Basie-at-Carnegie-Hall/dp/B000094Q1L I'm trying to find that PBS broadcast w/Benny Goodman, where George plays 7 Come 11. Can't so far. And get back to work!! Damn slacker... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMP Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Forgot about that Goodman/Benson PBS broadcast! But, now that you remind me, can still see the look on Benny's face... Thanks for bringing it up, and keep looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 I think there's something wrong with my sound card - there's a bad hum that seems to go along with the guitar solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Anyone recognize any of the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I think I saw Basie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Kenny Hing on tenor, definitely (the guy at the end of the section), maybe Eric Dixon too(?). I think Bobby Plater on lead alto (that's older than I've ever seen him if it is). Cleveland Eaton on bass, I think.. Butch Miles on drums, definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) Anyone recognize any of the band. Most of the personnel probably matches this gig: http://bigbandsonly.blogspot.com/2010/08/count-basie-his-orchestra-1981.html Jim, are you sure that's Butch Miles? I thought his hair was lighter. Edited August 29, 2012 by Pete C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I'm thinking Gregg Field on drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Yeah, that's Greg Fields. Bobby Platter and Danny Turner on altos. Cleveland Eaton on bass. It was kinda lame though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted August 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 1: Kenny Hing=MF. Big-time. is he still in the ghost band? He'd be getting on. Best Basie tenor since Frank Foster. 2: Screw Benny and 'the ray'. George played his ASS off! I also found a Downbeat Awards PBS show from '75. (Someone please post. I won't be near a PC for a bit). The clip was Chick Corea leading Spain. I have good news and bad news: The good news is that George smokes everybody. The bad news is that... George smokes everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) Forgot about that Goodman/Benson PBS broadcast! But, now that you remind me, can still see the look on Benny's face... Thanks for bringing it up, and keep looking! That was a tribute to John Hammond special. Goddard Lieberson hosted. Benson was great on "Seven Come Eleven". Dylan also showed up. The details are in the link above. Edited August 29, 2012 by marcello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Anyone recognize any of the band. Most of the personnel probably matches this gig: http://bigbandsonly....estra-1981.html Jim, are you sure that's Butch Miles? I thought his hair was lighter. Didn't have my glasses on and just saw the teeth. My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 1: Kenny Hing=MF. Big-time. is he still in the ghost band? No, he left about a decade ago. When I saw the Basie band in 2005, it had two Dougs on tenor, Doug Miller and Doug Lawrence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Forgot about that Goodman/Benson PBS broadcast! But, now that you remind me, can still see the look on Benny's face... Thanks for bringing it up, and keep looking! That was a tribute to John Hammond special. Goddard Lieberson hosted. Benson was great on "Seven Come Eleven". Dylan also showed up. The details are in the link above. Dylan agreed to appear on one condition: that he be allowed to perform his Hurricane Carter song in toto (it is rather long for such a TV show as this). George Benson was included because the hype was that he was a Hammond "discovery." Having written the notes for George's first album (it was on Prestige), I was ever so surprised to hear of this Hammond find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Forgot about that Goodman/Benson PBS broadcast! But, now that you remind me, can still see the look on Benny's face... Thanks for bringing it up, and keep looking! That was a tribute to John Hammond special. Goddard Lieberson hosted. Benson was great on "Seven Come Eleven". Dylan also showed up. The details are in the link above. Dylan agreed to appear on one condition: that he be allowed to perform his Hurricane Carter song in toto (it is rather long for such a TV show as this). George Benson was included because the hype was that he was a Hammond "discovery." Having written the notes for George's first album (it was on Prestige), I was ever so surprised to hear of this Hammond find. Hammond signed the Benson/Cuber/Smith band after Benson left McDuff. There is a good story GB recounts often in his interviews about this. So perhaps Hammond believes he was 'discovering' Benson for a 'wider' audience. For an amazingly candid and comprehensive Benson history -through his own eyes- check this out http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/documents/oral_histories/George_Benson_Interview_Transcription.pdf Really interesting to read about Benson's recollections of his meeting with pianist Freddy Gambrell in San Francisco(?). Benson credits Gambrell with sharing his musical knowledge that redefined GB's musical approach - and gave him an edge over other guitarists after his McDuff apprenticeship. I wonder what system Gambrell was imparting? I assume it would have been a Melodic Minor one, that is now common knowledge in Jazz education as a 'modern' approach (associated with Sixties Jazz harmony). But would have been far less available as public knowledge back then I suppose. This is now seen in guitar terms - at least - as associated with Pat Martino's 'minor conversion' system, or Emily Remler's 'Berklee method for dummies' system. However, Benson seems to think of it as playing 'Major' a half step up in a ii-v-i (?). To confuse matters further, Benson's playing seems heavily chromatic and more Mixolydian based. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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