Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca - 1970 - Denmark.m4v

[romamruin]

The session rate was about £12 for a 3 hour session in those days.. maybe even less? I didn't enter the session scene until around 72 - 73. Will have to ask Robin Jones the percussionist. He might remember.

[tbridge001]

@romamruin Must have been less! I was an engineer at Abbey Road, and getting £5 per week :D

[romamruin]

@tbridge001 Probably right.. more like £7 a session. But Kenny would have been on the top rate regardless. I waa doing a gig in Beirut at The Caves Du Roy in1967 for £7 a week! I even had to get permission from the Home Office to go ..I was 17 at the time.

[ClubDeConciertosBySM]

Just amazing!!!

[bread0666]

1:04 ...fresh

[morderic]

Wish you could upload the rest of this performance ...never seen this before.

[jazzuffe]

Just be happy of it, fantastic.

[gabo91VanDyk]

Que GOZE! me enamoro mas de la trompeta al escuchar!!!! pura energia!

[cmealy2011]

Damn Dizzy can cook!!

[savelonp]

Dizzy & the Clarke-Boland big band :)

Benny Bailey, Art Farmer, Dusko Goykovich, Idrees Sulieman, trumpet;

Nat Peck, Åke Persson, Eric van Lier, trombone;

Derek Humble, alto sax; Tony Coe, tenor sax, clarinet; Ronnie Scott, Billy Mitchell, tenor sax; Sahib Shihab, baritone sax;

Francy Boland, piano;

Jimmy Woode, acoustic double bass;

Kenny Clare, Kenny Clarke, drums

Great !!! Many thanks.

[sloppyjaloppy86]

Damn!! Thats some seriously bumping jazz. Who's on the drums? The one in the turtleneck goes absolutely ballistic at the end. Also, Dizzy's cheeks are out of this worldl!! Most fun I've had in ages.

[romamruin]

@sloppyjaloppy86 Kenny Clare..British Big Band Session Drummer ..he & Ronnie Verrel did the majority of all the work in TV - Shows etc during 60. 70s

[tbridge001]

@romamruin Kenny was an old friend of mine, and the greatest session drummer of the time (possibly ever...) he did things even on straightforward pop singles that I've not seen before or since (listen again to Cilla Black's singles for example, some fabulous drumming going on!)

[romamruin]

@tbridge001 He waa great musician & a fabulous drummerr.. I totally agree. He & Ronnie Verrell did so much of the studio work, I got to see & meet Ronnie on a few sessions, along with Martin Kershaw, but unfortunately never met Kenny. Being a drummer myself - I know & appreciate the contribution he made in the musical field.

[tbridge001]

@romamruin He told me once: 'I've got so much work on at the moment, I'm making £80 a week!' :)

[romamruin]

@tbridge001 What year was this?

[tbridge001]

@romamruin it would be about '64/65...

[ibsen25]

Dizzy tu nous manque

[cschamp93]

Dizzy is too cool with them shades...lol

[poyklr]

Isn't that Kenny Clarke on cowbell???  Is this the Clarke-Boland band? Also saw Art Farmer....

[schnieef]

@poyklr : I'd also say so: I recognize: Ake Persson, Benny Bailey, Ronnie Scott, Sahib Shihab plus maybe Dusko Gojkovic (w/ sunglasses).

[benbendude]

But without Dizzy a Freddie Hubbard would never be. 

[samadjhi]

@benbendude Dizzy raised all those boys

[ox092]

Dizzy was great and a Genius but i personally liked Freddie Hubbard's solos because they spoke out more.