{"id":5082,"date":"2013-09-11T00:30:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T07:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=5082"},"modified":"2013-09-11T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T17:25:08","slug":"losing-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2013\/09\/losing-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Focus<\/a>Almost two years ago I disclosed with some excitement that videotape existed of portions of a television performance of Focus<\/em>, the classic collaboration between Stan Getz and the brilliant composer and arranger Eddie Sauter. The Rifftides<\/em> staff tracked down the clip and posted it. I hope that you got a chance to see it because whoever put the video on YouTube<\/em> seems to have been in violation. The copyright holder took offense. New Zealand Reader Tom King forwarded this report from his friend John Goodchild:<\/p>\n

At the time I did look at the video and thought the sound was quite good (although the image was about what you would expect from a 1963 tele-recording). I went back to Rifftides<\/em> to have another look at it. However, unfortunately all you get when you try to view it is a note saying that the clip has been removed because of “multiple copyright issues”! So you now know the recording exists but you can’t watch it. Sorry about that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let us hope that the copyright roadblock can be removed and the video restored. As discussed in that October, 2011 post<\/a>, Focus<\/em> is one of the great albums of the second half of the last century, regardless of genre. Here is a sample, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Late, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Late.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The drummer, dancing with wire brushes, is Roy Haynes. There is no video. Close your eyes and make your own pictures. You might just see the Mad Hatter.<\/p>\n