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Jazz Scene USA. Cannonball Adderley Sextet, Teddy Edwards Sextet.(Brubeck Returns to Moscow)(Video recording review)
Jazz Scene USA. Cannonball Adderley Sextet, Teddy Edwards Sextet. DVD. Directed by Steve Binder. Newton, NJ: Shanachie Entertainment, 1999. SH-DV 6310. $24.99.
Brubeck Returns to Moscow. DVD. Port Washington, NY: Koch Vision, 2005. KOC-DV-6622. $14.99.
Once upon a time, it was not uncommon to find jazz shows on television. Thanks to the popularity of DVDs, many of these programs are now finding their way back into circulation, for which we should all be thankful. Several DVDs have been released by Shanachie of the 1960s show, Jazz Scene USA, incorporating two half-hour shows on one disc. A mixture of discussion with the musicians (by the affable host, singer Oscar Brown, Jr.) and performance, interesting camera angles and photographic effects serve to focus attention on the musicians without being distracting. These two shows offer interesting contrasts.
The first performance, led by Cannon-ball Adderley, the most important alto player after Charlie Parker, also features several other giants of their instruments: brother and cornetist Nat, a very young Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones, and Louis Hayes (all members of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet), plus multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef who had just been added to the group. This powerhouse ensemble shows all of its versatility in the four pieces played. "Jessica's Birthday," a straight-ahead and hard-swinging number, is followed by the very adventurous and more through-composed "Primitive." Cashing in on the then-recent Latin craze, the band presents an early version of a work that would become a jazz standard, "Jive Samba" (here called "Bossa Nova Nemo"). Nat Adderley's classic "Work Song" rounds out the set.
The recently-deceased Teddy Edwards and the members of this sextet are virtually forgotten today. Edwards chose to live and work only in Los Angeles, and never had much impact after the late 1940s despite an impressive discography as a leader. The only other member who might be recognized is trombonist Richard Boone, whose active career included a stint with Count Basic, but all five sidemen are solid players. I believe this is the only recording of Edwards playing with any of the others. The five tunes here are all Edwards originals, including his popular "Sunset Eyes." One wonders about the vagaries of the music business that such a tight group with interesting soloists does not succeed, where others of ...
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