Saturday, October 28, 2006

StLJN Saturday at the Movies:
Kenny Burrell and Bill Evans, plus
Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter



Reaching back into this past for this week's videos, we've got a couple of clips featuring pairings of well-known jazz performers. The first clip is from 1978 and features the legendary pianist Bill Evans and guitarist Kenny Burrell performing the Thad Jones standard "A Child Is Born" at the Montreaux Jazz Festival.

Down below is a clip shot in the mid-1960s during one of the famous "Jazz at the Philharmonic" series of jam session shows produced (and in this case, introduced) by impresario Norman Granz. The tune is "Blue Lou," and it features saxophone greats Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter, backed by a rhythm section including Teddy Wilson on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Louie Bellson on drums.

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