Woody Shaw: more from Juan Les Pins 1979

Continuing to digitize my friend Otto Flückiger’s old VHS cassettes, I found some more footage of Woody and his quintet playing the Jazz à Juan festival in Juan Les Pins, Antibes at the Côte d’Azur on July 24, 1979. They are playing But Not For Me and Woody’s composition Stepping Stone:

The personnel: Woody Shaw (tp), Carter Jefferson (ss), Onoje Allan Gumbs (p), Stafford James (b) and Victor Lewis (dr).

Since 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 turn up on one of the many tapes I have not yet digitized. Until then: Enjoy!

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.

More of the Great Earl Hines

Just found some more Earl Hines clips in the archives. They were filmed at the Jazz Festival in Antibes, France on july 20 1979. The first one has Hines playing a medley

The second is Hines’ Interpretation of “I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me”

followed by his “New Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues”.

Enjoy!

If you have not seen the other Earl Hines clips, they are here.