Jazz shots from the West Coast. Vol. 1.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Qwest TV, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Pacific Coast (America).

Jazz.

Genre:

Concert films.

Jazz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : Qwest TV, 2006.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

This series devoted to West Coast jazz will be divided into three episodes featuring performances taken in clubs, festivals and TV studios. Although, as drummer Shelly Manne acknowledged, "all the musicians on the West Coast came from New York," it is undeniable that for about a decade there was a sensual alternative to bop orthodoxy. Essentially championed by white musicians who had found a very active scene in California, both in Hollywood studios and in clubs, what is cataloged as West Coast Jazz is in fact a movement with a complex and shifting reality in which one recognizes a supreme elegance. What are the points of convergence between Art Pepper, Zoot Sims, Shelly Manne, Conte Candoli and Chet Baker that favored the blossoming of this West Coast movement? They played in Stan Kenton and Woody Herman's big bands, frequently crossed paths for club gigs and studio recording sessions, and recorded for California labels like Pacific Jazz Records and Contemporary Records. The presence of pianist Phineas Newborn on the program - who is excellent by the way - and guitarist Wes Montgomery are more surprising, although the latter's marvelously balanced melodic discourse does not detract from the elegance displayed by the other musicians. The black and white recordings, remarkably put into images, were mostly filmed during the 1950s/1960s; only that of Chet Baker, in color, is later. Needless to say, the music is of superior quality. Philippe Lesage.

Contents:

D. Section / Art Pepper

If I should lose you / Chet Baker

On the trail / Zoot Sims

Lush life ; Theme for Basie ; Oleo / Phineas Newborn Trio

Henpecked old man / Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band

The isolated pawn ; Fan tan / Shelley Manne Quintet, featuring Conte Candoli

Jingles / Wes Montgomery.

Participant:

Art Pepper, Chet Baker, Zoot Sims, Phineas Newborn Trio, Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, Shelley Manne Quintet, Conte Candoli, Wes Montgomery.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed November 30, 2022).

OCLC:

1358780766

Publisher Number:

ASP5363434/marc