Woody Shaw Quintet, Juan Les Pins 1979
Trumpeter and composer Woody Shaw (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was technically as well as musically one of the most influential trumpet players of the late twentieth century – and his influence is still large today. There are quite a few clips on youtube showing Woody at his best, but on one of the old VHS tapes I found one of Woody’s 1979 working quintet, that no-one has put on youtube yet. It was filmed for a french TV station at the Jazz à Juan festival in Juan Les Pins, Antibes at the Côte d’Azur on July 24, 1979. Voilà:
The personnel: Woody Shaw (tp), Carter Jefferson (ss), Onoje Allan Gumbs (p), Stafford James (b) and Victor Lewis (dr). It says they are playing “But Not For Me”, but is that true? It looks like I am not able to hear the Gershwin tune here, but maybe that’s because I am not a musician. Or is there a different tune with the same title by someone else? Any help on this point is very much welcome.
January 22, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Would love to get a copy of that VHS. Thanks for positing. I have part of this concert. -Woody Shaw III
January 22, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Hi, Woody
All I have is this and a number by the trio (without Woody Shaw and Carter Jefferson).
January 22, 2012 at 10:45 pm
Cool. Thanks.
January 22, 2012 at 10:44 pm
The tune is “Seventh Avenue” by Victor Lewis, from the album Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard….
January 24, 2012 at 8:41 pm
By the way, if you could possibly add the title of the tune to the YouTube video, I’d appreciate it. Is there anyway to trouble you for a high quality version of the video?
October 7, 2012 at 10:23 am
[...] this is – according to the opening credits – part 3, and only one other track, “Seventh Avenue”, is up on youtube already, I guess there must be even more footage from this concert. I hope it will [...]