Bud Shank & Clare Fischer 'Wistful Samba' on Franly Jazz

Frankly Jazz was a half-hour television program produced in Los Angeles in the early 1960s. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performer of the day. Frankly Jazz was hosted by Frank Evans, a leading jazz disk jockey of the day. Bud Shank plays 'Wistful Samba' on this episode.

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• jazz on film
• Bud Shank
• Clare Fischer

[FranklyJazzTV]

Thank you for your informative post, dvdspd21!

[fortunafavetfortibus]

I saw this video in 1996 while serving with the UN in Egypt. An international CBS broadcast I think. In a land where jazz was rarely heard, I was touched by this beautiful piece. Hearing this haunting tune, sun setting on the Sinai and the banks of the Suez canal, I was wistful for my home. I searched for it in the years that followed in vain. I was thankful to find it here only today. I am wistfully reminded now of the stark beauty of the Egyptian desert and a now closed chapter in my life.

[12Zwolf]

; Rest in Peace, Clare Fischer.

[abulmeez]

@fortunafavetfortibus What a coincidence! I am from Syria & probably one of a very few avid Jazz/Bossa Nova listeners in my area (haven't met one yet!). I recorded part of that clip on a European channel called Mezzo the same year & was stunned by it's beauty. I 1st thought it was Stan Getz. I listened to the distorted tape every time i drove along the med coast at sunset, enjoying the continuity of the sea. I was finally able to order the CD from the US thru a complicated process! Thanks!

[soulstargy]

wish saturday night tv was like this now

[dvdspd21]

The composition that's heard behind Evan's intro and outro for this episode is also the handiwork of Shank's pianist / musical director, Clare Fischer; entitled "Carnaval," it was first recorded in 1963 by the Hi-Lo's (for whom Fischer also served as pianist / m.d.) on THE HI-LO'S HAPPEN TO BOSSA NOVA (reissued in 2002 on THE HI-LO'S ON REPRISE) and again covered in 1966 by Sergio Mendes on THE GREAT ARRIVAL.

[meherbaba01]

SUPERB.

[eloisamaior]

Touching, cool and a masterpiece...Thanks for sharing this video!

[WinstonsPapa]

Brings back memories of the Stork club in NY. Thanks fer da post!

[robertojimenez204]

To DoctorPatient: I agree with you my friend, the vibrato made a bit of a difference and of course, the choice of some notes. I could mistake one for the other easily. Desmond was more popular thanks to his recordings with the Brubeck quartet. Both of them were greats!

[DoctorPatient]

and how cool is this host?

at 5:25 - "... as always - later."

I'd be interesting to learn about the comparative timeline between this and the famous Getz/Byrd samba collaborations from Feb. '62

thanks for posting