Bud Freeman with Art Hodes

[JSngry]

Character, ladies and gentlemen, CHARACTER! Not as a moral judgement, but as a way of being!

Edited September 26, 2012 by JSngry

[flat5]

Thanks

[mikeweil]

Very nice!

That drummer's got taste - he has one of those ancient thin crash cymbals almost sounding like a China, and hits it only once, to great effect.

[Tom Storer]

Very cool! Bud Freeman was his own man. "The Dolphin Has a Message," from the early 80's sometime, is a great one, but my favorite stuff is a bunch of trio sides he made with Jess Stacy and George Wettling in 1938.

[marcello]

I just happen to be re-reading "Selections From The Gutter".

[jazzbo]

Bud Freeman is something else. . . and Art Hodes was a true master.

[Chuck Nessa]

Had personal experiences with both. At one point in my dealings with Hodes he promised a lawsuit because I billed Jabbo Smith ahead of him. My Freeman memories are warmer. I brought him back the Chicago, and the US for a festival gig. He stayed and finally died there. He was a frequent guest at our home and I accompanied him to Bears games - he loved Walter Payton. After any number of plays he'd say "The man is an artist, isn't he".