conley,was the pianist of that day and is looking forward to get it back. That is a good thing. I remember so much of those day and the days I would relive those days again and again .
@bagOprins. The pianist is Terence Conley, my brother. He is doing well both physically, emotionally, and musically. As we were growing up, he drove us crazy listening to him on the piano but I am so very proud of his accomplishments as a musician and as a man. My youngest brother just sent the family the link to see this on youTube. Thank you for acknowledging him. He is a great person. That was (is) a great band!!
Soloing on upright bass at 6:15 is James H. Leary III (jameslearymusic.com). A Little Rock native, he was inducted into the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame a year before this performance and briefly profiled under "Hall of Fame: 1996" at arjazz.org. He resides in Los Angeles, where he continues to perform, compose, arrange, and mentor.
They didn't call him the King for nothing. One of the all-time greats, still sounding wonderful in his 90th year. I consider myself fortunate to have seen him perform on multiple occasions. Everyone who calls themself a jazz fan should be familiar with Carter's music.
I didn't know they videotaped this! Ah well,It's great to see my friends/heroes alive again. Reaspect to Mr. Carter,Manny,and Grover. That was a great tour with a fucked up ending. One of my favorite tours. Yes yes!
You can see how much Benny Carter loved Doug Lawrence's solo and James Leary's solo. A great tenor solo to get things started and a swingin' bass solo to wrap things up. Great solos all the way around, especially the King of alto himself, Mr Benny Carter! And what can you say about the ensemble that hasn't been said before? Simply the best big band in jazz!
I met Benny Carter in person at the Oslo Jazz Festival in 1997 (when this recording was made), he was 90 at that time (died in 2003 at the age of 96). Carter was very friendly, and very lively but obvouisly very cautious with each and every physical movement. One could see how he could manage himself to play for so long. I was with Joe Muranyi (last clarinettist ofthe Louis Armstrong All Stars) and Joe was happy to see that Benny remembered him. I even have a photo of the two of us somewhere.
Bravo to Lester' s legacy on the day Pres was born in Woodville, Mississippi 106 years ago today. As a Lester Lover you may be interested in a film I'm making about the "President of Beauty." You can hear about it at www.lesterlives dot wordpress dot com. Keep swinging.
May I ask if you mean the guest-star solo saxophonist, Benny Carter? If so - it's true his style is more deliberate, less blues inflected, perhaps, but also more elegant than the saxophonists who came up in the "modern" (ie. Charlie Parker) era - you see: BEFORE the advent of Parker the main, over-arching, most influential, voice on the alto saxophone was Benny Carter - and he didn't change-up his style to take account of Parker's innovations - rather, he refined his art throughout his lengthy and extremely productive life (the tune the band is playing in the above video his from his "Kansas City Suite" - an entire LP he wrote for the Basie Big Band c.'1960 or so). He was a Big Band leader in the '30s, an huge star in the '40s, made classic LPs in the ''50s, wrote for Hollywood in the later '50s and '60s and, gradually, began to reassume his mantle as "Giant of Jazz" thence-forward - with Big Band tours to Japan (where he was especially revered) - and, eventually, worldwide acclaim including a Kennedy Centre Award. This documentary is so, so, so well made, I really, truly recommend it with all of my heart: th-cam.com/video/gjd04pdgLVs/w-d-xo.html
As Miles Davis once said: "Everyone should listen to Benny Carter. He's a whole musical education."
Benny Carter...what a Jazz treasure!!!!!!!
conley,was the pianist of that day and is looking forward to get it back. That is a good thing. I remember so much of those day and the days I would relive those days
again and again .
@bagOprins. The pianist is Terence Conley, my brother. He is doing well both physically, emotionally, and musically. As we were growing up, he drove us crazy listening to him on the piano but I am so very proud of his accomplishments as a musician and as a man. My youngest brother just sent the family the link to see this on youTube. Thank you for acknowledging him. He is a great person. That was (is) a great band!!
What a man - Carter!
Great Benny Carter with the Greatest Big Band in the world!
Soloing on upright bass at 6:15 is James H. Leary III (jameslearymusic.com). A Little Rock native, he was inducted into the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame a year before this performance and briefly profiled under "Hall of Fame: 1996" at arjazz.org. He resides in Los Angeles, where he continues to perform, compose, arrange, and mentor.
man i love that trumpet solo. It is so ridiculous but so much shaking. i love it.
Those instruments are toys in the hands of talented men! Wow!
They didn't call him the King for nothing. One of the all-time greats, still sounding wonderful in his 90th year. I consider myself fortunate to have seen him perform on multiple occasions. Everyone who calls themself a jazz fan should be familiar with Carter's music.
Jazz is still alive! Hallelujah!
Thank you for posting this clip...it was done during the period the Orchestra was led by my dad, Grover Mitchell!❤️
Gail O'Brien---you must be very proud. Great music.
Your dad was talented!
Que grande era Benny Carter, Lo admiro.
I didn't know they videotaped this! Ah well,It's great to see my friends/heroes alive again. Reaspect to Mr. Carter,Manny,and Grover. That was a great tour with a fucked up ending. One of my favorite tours. Yes yes!
Awesome trombone solo, Alvin!
You can see how much Benny Carter loved Doug Lawrence's solo and James Leary's solo. A great tenor solo to get things started and a swingin' bass solo to wrap things up. Great solos all the way around, especially the King of alto himself, Mr Benny Carter! And what can you say about the ensemble that hasn't been said before? Simply the best big band in jazz!
I met Benny Carter in person at the Oslo Jazz Festival in 1997 (when this recording was made), he was 90 at that time (died in 2003 at the age of 96). Carter was very friendly, and very lively but obvouisly very cautious with each and every physical movement. One could see how he could manage himself to play for so long. I was with Joe Muranyi (last clarinettist ofthe Louis Armstrong All Stars) and Joe was happy to see that Benny remembered him. I even have a photo of the two of us somewhere.
I like Lawrence - nice swing
Loved it
Thanks for sharing
Great tenor solo.
Great !!! :)
Benny Carter was 89 or 90 if this was 1997. Wowwwwwww...........
legen......dary
@fobohem
that's cool, you should upload that photo :D
Come on Leary!!! ;-)
i wonder what Basie would of thought of his predecessors imitation of his soloing.....
I liked it up until 7:33 cuz after tht it went downhill:/
weird form indeed!
I tip my hat for your father!
Bravo to Lester' s legacy on the day Pres was born in Woodville, Mississippi 106 years ago today. As a Lester Lover you may be interested in a film I'm making about the "President of Beauty." You can hear about it at www.lesterlives dot wordpress dot com. Keep swinging.
I do not get(this) guy:(
May I ask if you mean the guest-star solo saxophonist, Benny Carter? If so - it's true his style is more deliberate, less blues inflected, perhaps, but also more elegant than the saxophonists who came up in the "modern" (ie. Charlie Parker) era - you see: BEFORE the advent of Parker the main, over-arching, most influential, voice on the alto saxophone was Benny Carter - and he didn't change-up his style to take account of Parker's innovations - rather, he refined his art throughout his lengthy and extremely productive life (the tune the band is playing in the above video his from his "Kansas City Suite" - an entire LP he wrote for the Basie Big Band c.'1960 or so). He was a Big Band leader in the '30s, an huge star in the '40s, made classic LPs in the ''50s, wrote for Hollywood in the later '50s and '60s and, gradually, began to reassume his mantle as "Giant of Jazz" thence-forward - with Big Band tours to Japan (where he was especially revered) - and, eventually, worldwide acclaim including a Kennedy Centre Award. This documentary is so, so, so well made, I really, truly recommend it with all of my heart: th-cam.com/video/gjd04pdgLVs/w-d-xo.html
THE MUSTACHE IS A LIE