Monterey Jazz Festival 1975

Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
Recorded 1975, 59 minutes, colour, mono
Storyville Films 26021 (Distr. by Naxos of America)

Features Bill Evans Trio, Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Paul Desmond, Akiyoshi-Tabackin Big Band, John Lewis Sextet, Marian McPartland, Chuck Mangione Quartet, Etta James, Bobby Bland, Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Paul Desmond plays "Emily" backed by a festival-supplied rythm section with John Lewis on piano. The video clip of Desmond has been reproduced in other collections and misrepresented as being the Paul Desmond Quartert with his Canadian rhythm section -- Don Thompson, Ed Bickert & Jerry Fuller. Desmond played the Monterey Festival with his Canadian band the following year in 1976.

You can check out the 1975 performance on YouTube:

Paul Desmond/Alto Sax
John Lewis/Piano
Mundell Lowe/Guitar
Richard Davis/Bass
Roy Burns/Drums

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