Thanks Frogman. Well, I’m gonna pat myself on the back a little. I
thought that might be Tommy Flanagan though given how shallow my depth of jazz knowledge is, it could easily have been someone else. On the other hand, to me, he seems to have a clearly recognizable style ...very economical and tasteful; elegant even. Less is more. He plays on that Wes Montgomery recording that Acman or Alex recommended (I get foggy which of the two names starting with A! :-). He also played on that live recording (with WM) that Rok had recommended.
How do you know so much about the details of that Swinging for Bennie cut? "trade fours" means to take turns doing 4 bar solos?? That doesn’t sound like very much time if I’m right about it. Must be multiples of 4 bars per solo???
Basie is another big name I know next to nothing about. That is some impressive soloing on that cut. It has a hint of something more avant that I’d expect. What I wouldn’t give for a time machine to travel back and see these guys in person. Not just talkin’ the 2 Franks but many from a roughly 3 decade period...40s - 60s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/frank-wess-jazz-saxophonist-with-the-count-basie-...https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/frank-foster-dynamic-saxophonist-who-led-basie-band-..."Mr. Wess came from the old school of jazz, where a sense of soul-stirring swing was what mattered most.
’If you can’t tap your foot or dance to it, you may as well be driving a cab,” he said in 2005. “That’s what it’s all about.’ ”
Sounds vaguely familiar, don’t it.
And some more good stuff!
"Mr. Foster played the band’s traditional favorites, but he also introduced many new and more thorny works that were not as popular. ’The old school says they’re tired of hearing the new stuff,’ he told the Los Angeles Times in 1995. ’They don’t understand that musicians have to be constantly challenged or you lose them. . . . I’m on the side of those who like newer things.’ ” Me too.