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w/ so little footage of Gene Ammons [hard to believe but I'm sure his prison time affected that] it's pretty cool to see this lost PBS video.
George Freeman tried to take a solo .... nice drummer btw!
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02-02-2021 03:37 AM
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great, but not a fan of the varitone electronic device he's using...a lot of guys were using them in that era but they sounded strange ...esp by todays standards...
cheersLast edited by neatomic; 02-02-2021 at 07:13 PM. Reason: sp-
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Yeah, not a Varitone fan either but many tenor players were using them circa '70 and over the yrs I've learned to tune it out and just concentrate on the notes.
And w the scarcity of Jug on video I wouldn't mind if he just played nose flute ala Kirk.
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i love the varitone
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This is cool! Thanks for posting.
Gene is absolutely one of my favorite musicians ever.
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Nea,
seems like everyone used that thing back in the day, even Sonny Stitt...
Love me some Jug. Since we are looking at I Got Rhythm in the standards thread, check this oot:
I got those cuts from my Rhythm Changes Playlist of 230 songs... then my external hard drive crapped it's pants. I hate technology, sorry folks. The varitone is the least of it
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always think of eddie harris
pictured with the maestro version of the varitone..the og varitone was made by selmer
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That looks like it belongs in 2001, A Space Odyssey
Varitone: This jazz is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Charile Parker: Man, just let me play!
Varitone: I'm sorry, Charles. I'm afraid I can't do that
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Originally Posted by PickingMyEars
cheers
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I caught Jug live when I went to to the Charles Mingus "Great Concert" at Philharmonic Hall.
What a concert!
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