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it was so bizzare: it was this drum battle, linoel hampton, gene krupa, and CHICO, and they are all soloing and stuff, then this giant curtian falls down and there a big band in back of them-- it completely blew my mind

then i saw this clip of bobby cooper, hampton hawes, ray brown and shelly manne live at the manne hole--- it was probably the greatest west coast jazz ive ever seen on video

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it was so bizzare: it was this drum battle, linoel hampton, gene krupa, and CHICO, and they are all soloing and stuff, then this giant curtian falls down and there a big band in back of them-- it completely blew my mind

then i saw this clip of bobby cooper, hampton hawes, ray brown and shelly manne live at the manne hole--- it was probably the greatest west coast jazz ive ever seen on video

and yet - no link.

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hey chewy, enjoy that one too!

The Gerald Wilson orchestra (not in Europe, as it says) with Joe Maini and Teddy Edwards soloing. Buddy Collette in the sax section too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD8aRXkXJTs

That was from one of the 'Frankly Jazz' half-hour shows recorded in LA. Jack Nimitz on baritone. Some idiot seems to have labelled Gerald on trumpet as Freddie Hill on this copy. ;)

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ok i read the article, and have some questions:

WHY IS THE LIB. OF CONGRESS SO DISORGANIZED? why do we always hear about people finding, discovering stuff in the l.o.c. archives-- is every item not on a catelogue or file? they just found this 16 in transcription disc just lyin in a shitpile like at ones favorite antique or record thrift store?

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Oh, this was almost simultaniously, and I believe in telepathy :crazy:

And you know what clip excited me the most (not counting the above mentioned - these are beyond any categhory) - Jo Stafford:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE1lCcSnVqY

She is so refined and band (that I know nothing about) really swings like mad!!!

Holy shit!

I'm not a huge Jo Stafford fan, but GOOD GOD is that a great cut!

Call me crazy, but is that possibly Gil Evans leading the band?

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Oh, this was almost simultaniously, and I believe in telepathy :crazy:

And you know what clip excited me the most (not counting the above mentioned - these are beyond any categhory) - Jo Stafford:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE1lCcSnVqY

She is so refined and band (that I know nothing about) really swings like mad!!!

Holy shit!

I'm not a huge Jo Stafford fan, but GOOD GOD is that a great cut!

Call me crazy, but is that possibly Gil Evans leading the band?

And what's most interestnig, this live take sounds way better than parallel studio version!

Gil Evans or not, it was very, very nice band, with such groove...

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And here is picture of Gil around that time, God knows if he is or isn't on that clip...

Now here's where things get a little ambiguous. That looks like a picture of Gil from the mid-50s, and I'm thinking that clip might be from a little earlier than that. Gil was already into middle age then either way, so a few years could make a difference.

Probably not him, but now I want to know who it is anyway...

Maybe it's Jack Parnell...

Jack%20Parnell%20CD%20cover.jpg

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So, those clips are form 1960's? It looks like they are recorded in some radio studio room, rather then television studio. Now that band IS a mistery band, really... I can not connect that person who directed to that band to anybody (thin moustache looks strange) - certainly it's not her's husband Paul Weston:

http://www.johnnymercer.com/memory/pw.jpg

It's not Jack Fina, to whom is song connected with:

http://www.collectable-americana.com/image...81/JACKFINA.jpg

It's not Freedie Martin suggested by this link:

http://www.ejazzlines.com/Featuring-Stan-K...THE-p46805.html

because he looks different:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...oorCanteen3.jpg

This clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvYIiFcPfv4

taken from April 9, 1958 TV show, shows Jo looks simmilary to Jo captured on "Gentlemen Is A Dope"...

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No way that's a Gil Evans chart.

From 1960, I agree.

From 1950 or so, like I thought it might have been, I don't know. The shout chorus has that "loud Thornhill" sound in the voicings. Gil was still doing some commercial arranging back then, so it seemed plauable to me.

But it is 1960, so it's a moot point.

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