Duke Ellington - Perdido (1964)

UK TV concert -featured Paul Gonsalves

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[ghairraigh]

Where's the two-tenor Intro?

[Bob Hardy]

Maybe Duke forgot? ...Dunno

[GeorgeHarrysSon]

Next time PBS or other 'public' broadcast entity tries to tell us Ken Burns is some kind of saint, think about Paul Gonsalves here, on sax; think about Juan Tizol, who wrote the tune, and think about Tito Puente, along with others who didn't get a peep about latin americans' contribution to the jazz art form in his 7-part series entitled "Jazz."

[Bob Hardy]

I do think about Juan Tizoi - who also wrote Caravan I believe. .... And I met Tito Puente in 1987, I was standing behind him booking into the same hotelI I actually played on the same bill as him that night - he had Celia Cruz on vocals and her old man was also in the band ..... Unforgettable ........

... Who is Ken Burns by the way?

Bob

[clskmstg]

"You're so hip - we just don't dare"

Ha! I love it.

[IntuitSpirit]

He was called the Duke for a reason:

Mammoth talent, a visionary with grace and wit. A CLASS ACT who took humble pride in his art, who treated all people with respect in the way he spoke and dressed, like his mama taught him.

Now compare THIS art to the garbage that's being forced down our ears & tell me who shall remain 100 years from now.

[ghairraigh]

I guess you mean Jimmy Hamilton. Frank Wess was with Basie...

[ghairraigh]

...but perhaps not awake enough to play the two-tenor intro chorus...

[ghairraigh]

and the two-tenor intro...I guess all were cut for time considerations because it was a TV show.

[ghairraigh]

leaving room for Paul's nice solo cadenza added for this performance at the end of the tune. Compare this to the full version of the arrangement on the Great Paris Concert, Atlantic Records, to hear both the missing intro and the trombone section's interlude.

[Terry Corcoran]

Class with an earthy sense of humor. Not sure if I wanted to work for him, but he delivered, didn't he?

[Thundermonkeyms]

I couldn't agree more :)