Happy 94th Birthday Sonny Rollins

 

From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.

Sonny Rollins Quintet Live at Jazz Festival Bern, Kursaal, Bern, Switzerland, May 10th, 1985. Recorded and broadcast by German TV network 3sat in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. My One And Only Love (fade-in). Easy.

Sonny Rollins: Tenor Saxophone, Mark Soskin: Electric Piano, Bobby Broom: Guitar, Victor Bailey: Electric Bass and Tommy Campbell: Drums.

Frank Gambale - Jan Hammer at NAMM Show 1991 with Vital Information.

 

I am a huge Jan Hammer fan and I had the pleasure of playing with him here and hanging out at the Hilton bar after hours. A true keyboard master along with my Vital Info with Tom Coster. A classic fusion jam. Enjoy this classic!

Frank G

Billy Taylor - Piano Workshop

 

From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.  

From the 1988 Tri-C Jazz Fest, Billy Taylor offers his thoughts for pianists working in different configurations.  Video from the compilation Tri-C Jazz Fest Cleveland, 30th Anniversary Collection, Willard Jenkins compilation producer.

Billy Taylor Trio featuring Candido - Mambo Inn

 

From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.  Dr. Billy Taylor is joined by Candido Camero, who first played with Billy in the early '50s at the Hickory House in New York.

Taylor Meets Tatum - Dr. Billy Taylor Remembers Art Tatum

 

Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack presents the story of Billy Taylor and Art Tatum.  When Billy was a teenage pianist in Washington, D.C. in the 1930s, his piano idol was Art Tatum.  Billy moved to NYC in 1943 and his first gig, with Ben Webster, was at club where the other act was Art Tatum.  Billy soon became Tatum's protege.

Billy Taylor & Buddy Greco "So Danco Samba"

 

Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack presents a unique piano duo.  Billy Taylor and Buddy Greco.  

Billy Taylor Meets Buddy Greco - Part 2

 

This week's Sunday Special.  Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack presents Billy Taylor and Buddy Greco playing a standard made famous by Erroll Garner and Johnny Mathis.