Clark Terry Quintet: Copenhagen 1985 / Shorty Rogers and His Giants: 1962 / Live at Club Montmartre / Featuring Duke Jordan 1985 / Featuring Lou Levy & Joe Maini 1962 / ©2008 by Impro-Jazz All rights reserved / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 88 Minutes
UPC: 8436028695362
- Aspect Ratio : Unknown
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- Product Dimensions : 5.31 x 7.56 x 0.71 inches; 2.88 Ounces
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, Import, NTSC
- Release date : March 1, 2008
- Actors : Shorty Rogers
- Studio : Impro-Jazz Spain
- Number of discs : 1
NTSC/Region 0. DVD featuring separate live performances by two of Jazz's best trumpet/flugelhorn players: Clarke Terry (from 1985) and Shorty Rogers (from 1962). Clark Terry was the star trumpeter for the orchestras of such illustrious figures as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Quincy Jones and Charlie Barnet. This DVD showcases him in a quartet format, playing in Copenhagen with the excellent bebop pianist Duke Jordan, who gained fame as the composer of the standard "Jordu" and as the pianist of some of the best Charlie Parker recordings of the late '40s. Terry alternates between trumpet and flugelhorn on this 1985 concert. Shorty Rogers also alternates between these instruments on the two TV shows presented on the second half of this DVD. The first one features Rogers in the company of Gary LeFebvre, Lou Levy, a 27-year-old Gary Peacock and Larry Bunker.
One of the few living legends of jazz, Clark Terry (born in Saint Louis in 1920) was the star trumpeter for the orchestras of such illustrious figures as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Quincy Jones and Charlie Barnet. While highly regarded as a swing musician, he was also respected by modern jazz musicians like Thelonious Monk, who included him in his
celebrated octet.
Terry also recorded several albums as a leader, many fronting his own "Big Bad Band" and others with a splendid quintet co-led by trombonist Bob Brookmeyer (he can be seen and heard in both of these settings on another Impro-Jazz DVD, IJ524). This DVD showcases him in a quartet format, playing in Copenhagen with the excellent bebop pianist
Duke Jordan, who gained fame as the composer of the standard "Jordu" and as the pianist of some of the best Charlie Parker recordings of the late forties. Terry alternates between trumpet and flugelhorn on this 1985 concert.
Shorty Rogers (1924-1994) also alternates between these instruments on the two TV shows presented on the second half of this DVD. Although the group is invariably called "Shorty Rogers and his Giants" on both sets and the two programs were taped during the same year, the personnel is completely different. The first one features Rogers in the company of Gary LeFebvre, Lou Levy, a 27-year-old Gary Peacock and Larry Bunker (shortly before the drummer began his long association with Bill Evans). Although the
image quality is less than perfect, the second show is valuable in that it offers a rare chance to watch the outstanding alto saxophonist Joe Maini (1930-1964). A friend and disciple of Charlie Parker, Maini died tragically at the age of 34, while apparently playing Russian roulette. (His family claims that it was an accident and that he was unaware the gun was loaded.) This show appears here on DVD for the first time ever.
CLARK TERRY
QUINTET
Featuring Duke Jordan 1985
SHORTY ROGERS AND HIS GIANTS
Featuring Lou Levy & Joe Maini 1962
&©2008 by Impro-Jazz All rights reserved
Shorty Rogers photo: David Redfern/Redferns
Clark Terry photo: X
Made in EU
CLARK TERRY QUARTET:
Clark Terry (tp, flugelhorn), Duke Jordan (p), Jimmy Woode (b), Svend E. Norregaard (d).
Live at Club Montmartre,
Copenhagen, April 7, 1985.
TOTAL TIME: 1h 28 min. approx.
COLOR/STEREO (1-6) & B&W/MONO (7-13)
COMPATIBLE WITH ALL DVD PLAYERS
