Boss Tenors
Ten years ago, the 5th of February 1998, the Rein De Graaff Trio gave a concert with David "Fathead" Newman and Houson Person at the Nick Vollebregts Jazz Café in Laren ( in the center of The Netherlands) for the jazz program Sesjun, released by TROS TV and Radio. Three tunes were showed in a TV program; at the radio some more.
David Fathead Newman - Houston Person (Porgy en Bess 1 February 1998) (photo courtesy Hans Koert)
Some days earlier, on the 1st of February 1998, these two great American tenor players performed with the Rein De Graaff Trio, featuring Rein De Graaff on piano, Koos Serierse on bass and Eric Ineke on drums, at the Porgy en Bess Jazz Club in Terneuzen, in the southwest part of The Netherlands in a program, labeled as The Boss Tenors. Rein De Graaff and his Trio doesn't need any introduction, I guess. He is the leading accompanist for US bebop musicians for the last fifty years; some almost forgotten, to play in The Netherlands. He is a regular guest in Porgy en Bess and performed with musicians like Herb Geller, James Spaulding,, Gary Smulyan and of course, the memorable concert with Frank Morgan last year. Houston Person (photo courtesy Hans Koert)
Although I can't remember in detail what tunes they played, but according to the Laren concert they played tunes like Sweet Sucker, Let's Stay Together and Can't Help Lovin' That Man. The radio and TV performance was the end of a succesfull tour among Dutch venues and I remember these two men as two great strong soloists. Houston Person, born in 1934, is still active in music, and I like him for his groovy recordings on tenor sax, most with a Hammond B-3 organ into the rhythm section. David Fathead Newman, born in 1933, still active too, I remember him for his role in the great Robert Altman film Kansas City and the documentary, with the music files of that film, Kansas City Jazz '34 Here you can see a trailer of that documentary too.
David Fathead Newman (photo courtesy Hans Koert)
I found a fragment, although a bit vague, where you can hear David Fathead Newman in a fragment from the Kansas City '34 documentary, where he plays in a jam session the part of Buster Smith, the master of Charlie Parker, but, for me, he just plays .... himself.
Enjoy it.......
AT RANDOM:
Boneology - JAY JAY JOHNSON BOP QUINTET: Jay Jay Johnson trombone, Leo Parker baritone sax, Hank Jones piano, Al Lucas bass and Shadow Wilson drums. Recorded in New York on the 24th of December 1947
Time exposure for the 5th of February:
1998:
- blue bossa / blues up and down / nn (tenor boss-1) / softly as in a morning sunrise / blue bossa /blues up and down / pennies from heaven / softly as in a morning sunrise / you changed = david fathead newman-houston person-rein de graaff trio
Hans Koert
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Freddie Hubbard
Nederlands ( To the English translation )
Tien jaar geleden, op 5 februari 1998, gaf het Rein De Graaff Trio een concert met David "Fathead" Newman en Houson Person in het Nick Vollebregt's Jazz Café in Laren voor het TROS jazzprogramma Sesjun. In het TV programma werden drie nummers gespeeld; voor de radio wat meer.
Hoewel ik me het concert uiteraard niet meer in detail kan herinneren, vermoed ik, dat ze dezelfde nummers gespeeld zullen hebben als in Laren, zoals: Sweet Sucker, Let's Stay Together en Can't Help Lovin' That Man. De radio- en TV uitzending was het slot van een succesvolle korte tournee langs de Nederlandse podia en ik herinner me dat ze beide ervaren en krachtige tenorspelers waren, die indruk maakten. Houston Person, geboren in 1934, is nog steeds actief in de muziek en ik houd vooral van zijn groovy klank op de tenorsax, het liefst begeleid door een ritmesectie met zo'n vette Hammond B3 op de achtergrond. David Fathead Newman, geboren een jaar eerder, in 1933, is ook nog steeds actief en als ik aan hem denk, hoor en zie ik hem weer spelen in die geweldige, onderschatte film van Robert Altman Kansas City en de daaruit afgeleide documentaire Kansas City Jazz '34 . Je vindt hier ook een gefilmd fragment van deze documentaire.
AT RANDOM:
Boneology - JAY JAY JOHNSON BOP QUINTET: Jay Jay Johnson trombone, Leo Parker baritonsax, Hank Jones piano, Al Lucas bas en Shadow Wilson slagwerk. Opgenomen in New York op 24 december 1947
Tijdopname voor 5 februari:
1998:
- blue bossa / blues up and down / nn (tenor boss-1) / softly as in a morning sunrise / blue bossa /blues up and down / pennies from heaven / softly as in a morning sunrise / you changed = david fathead newman-houston person-rein de Graaff trio
Labels: david fathead newman, eric ineke, houston person, koos serierse, porgy en bess, rein de graaff
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