The Depression era popular song that came out after the October crash in 1929. The spirit of Fletcher Henderson lives on through the music of his last bandleader.
Nice arrangement and a good tenor solo by John Gilmore. Sun Ra and Gilmore are often thought of as avantgardists but they are real jazzmen and here they are reverting to their roots- swing.
The Depression era popular song that came out after the October crash in 1929. The spirit of Fletcher Henderson lives on through the music of his last bandleader.
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)!" - Duke Ellington.
Nice arrangement and a good tenor solo by John Gilmore. Sun Ra and Gilmore are often thought of as avantgardists but they are real jazzmen and here they are reverting to their roots- swing.
They are of course real jazzmen AND avantgardists