{"id":8086,"date":"2017-01-03T21:32:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T05:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=8086"},"modified":"2017-01-04T16:07:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T00:07:35","slug":"bellettos-birthday-two-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2017\/01\/bellettos-birthday-two-recordings\/","title":{"rendered":"Belletto&#8217;s Birthday: Two Recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Belletto-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"269\" \/>This is the birthday of saxophonist and bandleader Al Belletto (1928-2014), providing a perfect reason to listen to two of the recordings he and his sextet made in 1957. This version of the band had Belletto, alto saxophone; Willie Thomas, trumpet; Jimmy Guinn, trombone; Skip Fawcett, bass; Tommy Montgomery, drums; and Fred Crane, piano and baritone saxophone. Every time I hear this, I wish that I had been in the studio to see Crane finish his baritone solo and half a second later begin his piano solo, both excellent.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xix1sfNQaA8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As much as their musicianship, the Belletto band\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s versatility was part of what kept them working in a time when jazz groups still had a shot at riding the wave of popular culture. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one of their records that got considerable airtime. Solos: Crane, Belletto, Guinn. Personnel changes: Chubby Jackson, the former Woody Herman sideman, is on bass, Charles McKnight is the drummer.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/77DMjLhIB18\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For in-depth information about Al Belletto and his career, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2014\/12\/passings-defranco-benford-belletto.html\">this page<\/a> in the <em>Rifftides<\/em> archive and scroll down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the birthday of saxophonist and bandleader Al Belletto (1928-2014), providing a perfect reason to listen to two of the recordings he and his sextet made in 1957. This version of the band had Belletto, alto saxophone; Willie Thomas, trumpet; Jimmy Guinn, trombone; Skip Fawcett, bass; Tommy Montgomery, drums; and Fred Crane, piano and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}