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Weekend Extra: Scott Hamilton And Wayne Shorter

June 16, 2007 by Doug Ramsey

Alerting the Rifftides staff to this combination, Bill Kirchner wrote, “Yes, you read that right.” There may have been less likely tenor saxophone encounters, but I doubt if they were captured on camera. The third tenor player–the one we see but don’t hear–is Lew Tabackin.
The house of the good old blues in F has many mansions. Here’s proof. YouTube doesn’t disclose the year, but from the youthful appearance of the principals, I’d guess this was a good two decades ago.

Doug Ramsey

Doug is a recipient of the lifetime achievement award of the Jazz Journalists Association. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he settled following a career in print and broadcast journalism in cities including New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Antonio, … [MORE]

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