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Music city jazz fest3/29/2023 ![]() There were separate solo piano concerts there as well, featuring Earl “Fatha” Hines, Teddy Wilson, George Shearing, and Adam Makowicz. Gary Burton, Joe Venuti, John Lewis, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Joe Pass, and Steve Swallow each individually tested the limits of their instrument as a monologuing tool. A programming block titled “Solo Flight” in the same space was inspired by his pioneering solo works. At Carnegie Hall, both Sarah Vaughn and Thad Jones included tributes to the late pianist. Tipica 73, Machito and his Afro-Cubans, Bobby Rodriguez and Company, and the Tito Puente Orchestra filled out portions of the year’s remaining eleven days.īut that summer’s edition was primarily dedicated to Erroll Garner, who passed away that past January. Salsa played a significant role in the 1977 Festival, beginning with a free concert by Eddie Palmieri at Washington Square Park. The Festival also extended its footprint to Waterloo Village in Stanhope, New Jersey, a site of historical significance during the American Revolution as it provided supplies to George Washington’s Continental Army. The exemplary bandleader had died two years prior and his longtime trumpeter Ray Nance did so as well in early 1976. There were four evenings at Carnegie Hall honoring Duke Ellington. The Festival concluded at Radio City Music Hall with a battle between drummers Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones, a performance by Diana Ross who had recently portrayed once Newport songstress Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues (Paramount, 1972), and a jam session including Milt Hinton, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Charles Mingus, and Clark Terry. He also appeared with his Headhunters group, a year after their epic recording (Columbia, 1973). Herbie Hancock, showcasing various synthesizers, provided one as well. There was a series of solo piano sets by Eubie Blake, Bill Evans, Jess Stacy, Marian McPartland, Teddy Wilson, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett, and others. Another tribute, to Charlie Parker, included Jay McShann, Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines, Dizzy Gillespie, and the Wein-led New York Jazz Repertory Company. The tribute to Ella Fitzgerald found an analogue in one to Sarah Vaughn. They were no less artistically ambitious. ![]() Although ten days, the number of events was about half the quantity of those in 1973. Later that week at Carnegie Hall, John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra performed songs from the recent Inner Mounting Flame (Columbia, 1971) at a concert that additionally headlined Cannonball Adderley and Oscar Peterson.Īfter the presentation of so many major concerts the previous year, 1974 was scaled back. Simultaneously, over at Radio City was Miles Davis’ Sextet, McCoy Tyner’s Quintet, and Sonny Rollins’ Quartet. A version with the London Symphony Orchestra (Columbia, 1973) was later released. That evening, Ornette Coleman debuted Skies of America with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell, and the American Symphony Orchestra. On July 4th, Charles Mingus presented his orchestra at Philharmonic Hall. The next day brought the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band on the Staten Island Ferry. At midnight, the two converged for a large jam session at Radio City Music Hall. The other, Stan Getz, Pharoah Sanders, and the Modern Jazz Quartet. The 1972 edition began on July 1st, with both Philharmonic Hall and Carnegie Hall presenting “Schlitz Salute to Jazz.” The first included Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughn, Max Roach, and the Giants of Jazz – Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Al McKibbon, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, and Kai Winding.
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