[Dixielandjazz] BG YouTube clip

Dingo roadie at btinternet.com
Mon May 5 02:34:22 PDT 2008


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bill Haesler

Come on fellas.
Slam Stewart or George Duvivier?
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Hi Bill & Gang,

If we're still talking about http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZPQTckQDGAc  then 
the bass player was George D.  Info to hand would seem to indicate the 
original source, as below:

All-Star Swing Festival

Airdate: NBC November 29, 1972

Filmed October 22-23, 1972 at Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall in New York 
City.

Greats of the swing jazz era appear together in a gala concert. Hosted by 
Doc Severinsen, some of the performers include, Count Basie and his 
Orchestra, Barrett Deems, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, 
and the original Benny Goodman Quartet ("Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" with 
Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa and Teddy Wilson, supplemented by George 
Duvivier, in their last television appearance together).

Available on video and includes:
Doc Severinsen
Ella Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington and Orchestra
Joe Williams
Count Basie and Orchestra
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Dizzy Gillespie
Bobby Hackett
Tyree Glenn
Barrett Deems
Barney Bigard
Arvell Shaw
Max Kaminsky
Benny Goodman
Gene Krupa
Lionel Hampton
Teddy Wilson
Earl "Fatha" Hines
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John D





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