I got it Bad - Braff Newport All Stars 1969

I got it Bad - Newport All Stars 1969

In 1969 George Wein brings his Newport All Stars to Copenhagen, Denmark.
In the band are Ruby B
raff cornet, Joe Venuti violin, Barney Kessel guitar, Red Norvo vibraphone, Larry Ridley bass, Don Lamond drums and of course George Wein piano.
This tune features Ruby Braff in " I got it bad"

George Wein (born October 3, 1925) is an American jazz promoter and producer who has been called "the most famous jazz impresario" and "the most important non-player... in jazz history". [1] He is the founder of what is probably the second most well-known jazz festival in the United States, the Newport Jazz Festival, which is held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1925, Wein was a jazz pianist in his youth and while studying at Boston University led a small group which played professionaly around the Boston area. In 1950 he opened a jazz club called Storyville and established a record label by the same name. In 1954 Newport residents Louis and Elaine Lorillard invited him to organize a festival in their hometown of Newport, Rhode Island, with funding to be provided by them; the subsequent festival was the first outdoor jazz festival in the United States, [2] and became an annual tradition in Newport. Wein went on to start a number of fesivals in other cities, including the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the Playboy Jazz Festival in Los Angeles, and also established the Newport Folk Festival. In the 60s he set up Festival Productions, a company dedicated to promoting large-scale jazz events. Even today in 2008, George is still active.

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[iainr222]

Ruby at the peak of his form probably the last of the great lyrical cornet players

[VoidyNumbness]

This is great. Cheers.

I wonder if anyone has video of him playing America The Beautiful?

[fhudkins]

Thanks a million for posting this. I miss Ruby.

[TamaraVampire]

he rocks, i love playing the trumpet!

[ventzijazz]

My real hero!!!