JSngry Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Discovered the other day that some (all?) of Bernstein's Omnibus shows were up on Shout TV, which I get on my Roku. So I'm thinking, hey, didn't Miles do "Sweet Sue" on that one, wasn't that the genesis of that? So, ok, there's a LOT of different playings around with of "Sweet Sue" on that show, but it's all (I would suppose) members of the CBS house orchestra (and who might they have been, anyway? some faces "look familiar"). No Miles. But, and here's where things get fuzzier, didn't Columbia release a LP called Jazz Omnibus in conjunction with this show, and isn't that where the Miles "Sweet Sue" showed up on record? Oh, I guess they did, but no, it wasn't http://www.discogs.com/Various-Jazz-Omnibus/release/1380519 I'm sure I've got this little factual minutiae stashed away in some liner notes or something somewhere, but it's easier - and more fun - to ask here. So, how did Miles come to do "Sweet Sue" of all things, was it planned for the Bernstein show or what? That's not really the best of tunes, I think, although it might well be one of the more functional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Ok, duh, that was easy to forget, but so hard to remember: http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/Sessions.aspx?s=560910 So, who might have made up the CBS orchestra heard on the actual broadcast? Oh, ok, that's easy to never know and oh so easier to find out: http://jazzontherecord.blogspot.com/2011/08/leonard-bernsteins-jazz-band.html TRUMPETS: Lou Oles, Bernie Glow, Al de Risi, Louis Mucci. TROMBONES: Urbie Green, poss. Frank Siracco, ? . SAXES: Danny Bank (bass), Boomie Richman (tenor), Romeo Penque (tenor and clarinet), Sam Marowitz (alto), Al Gallodoro (alto and clarinet). VIBES: Phil Kraus. PIANO: Bernie Leighton. BASS: Jack Lesberg. DRUMS: Sol Gubin. VOCALS: ? , ? . Al Gallodoro, known by name only (an then only slightly) kinda snapped my head with his clarinet playing on one of the "Sweet Sue"s, pretty boppy in phrasing if not in notes...the world used to be full of these type guys, right? Play any damn thing because if you didn't, you didn't work, or at least not like this. Personnel still not fully identified at this link, and guesses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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