Paul gonsalves falling asleep on video Ellington - Copenhagen 1965

[l p]

Duke Ellington - Copenhagen - 1965

https://youtu.be/3Uz0nPZQmoI?t=927

 

starting at about 12min, gonsalves comes in and out of a sleep state for almost the entire 2hour show.

is this because of heroin, or because of his supposed*  narcolepsy condition.

this is the only video that has him falling asleep, and duke and hodges are not happy about it.

 

* evidently there's no proof that he had narcolepsy.  

 

[Ken Dryden]

I think this broadcast was issed on DVD, I will have to look.