wiseone2

They played great yesterday.
The young trumpet section-Freddy Hendrix, Etienne Charles, Kenyatta Beasley and Eddie Allen sounded "Basie-like" in their section work.
Jimmy Owens and Joe Wilder were there digging the fine music.
Cecil Bridgewater was leading the band yesterday. They swung their rear ends off.
Wilmer

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Joe DiMonte

Thanks for the update.
Would those 'shiney sockings' be touring these U.S. of A ?

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wiseone2

I don't know if Frank's health would allow him to be there with the band. Their version of "Shiny Stockings" was quite good
Wilmer

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kadleck

That's a shout chorus that never ends! Many a trumpeter has cursed Frank over that one. Still one of the best big band charts ever written.

TK

Fluffy615

I agree Tony, but it is a great arrangement. I got to meet and work with Frank Foster when he was Artist in Residence at NJCU a few years ago. I was the old guy in the band finishing a Master's degree. I remember suffering through that lead part.
Mr. Wise, Freddie Hendrix was in that band at the same time getting a degree, he's a great player. I saw him with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra not too long ago.
Bob

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bill benzon

Frank Foster, a fabulous musician, player, composer, arranger. I hung out in his improvisation workshop when I was in graduate school – in English at SUNY Buffalo in the mid-70s. For whatever reason, no one had any problem with someone from the English department hanging out in a Music Dept. course and, for that matter, a good many local jazz musicians would come by too. One tune I particularly loved was one of Frank's originals, a 24-bar minor-key blues waltz called, I believe, "Simone."

He also brought in some of his big-band charts. I vaguely remember something called "The Ithaca Suite" that was wicked.