[78-L] Jazz solos on film
Julian Vein
julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Mon Dec 10 13:44:02 PST 2012
Just been watching a 1956 movie called "The Violent Years", with a
screenplay by Ed Wood, but fortunately not directed by him. The
background music includes some milk-and-water rhythm-and-blues and
boogie woogie, but in one scene there is some decent jazz being played
at a party, which is appears to be emanating from a blue label Decca (!)
on the radiogram. Actually, the R&B appears to be coming from the same
source. It features pretty decent tenor and baritone sax and piano
solos (not all complete). I don't recognise any of the soloists. The
tenor sounds a bit Getzian, but the baritone doesn't sound like any of
the usual suspects of the time like Serge Chaloff, Leo Parker, Cecil
Payne, Sahib Shihab, Mulligan etc. I don't know if it comes from a
commercial record or not.
I was thinking someone like Brew Moore or Herbie Steward for the tenor,
but the baritone has me puzzled. Presumably, they were all West Coasters.
Julian Vein
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