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Hold tight to your hat, scarf, and shirt this Monday as Hurricane Ella knocks you over with her incredible live performance and some amazing solos by Herb Ellis, Oscar Peterson, and Roy Eldridge, Belgium 1957.
“It Don’t Mean a Thing, If It Ain’t Got That Swing.”
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Ray Brown, bass
Oscar Peterson, piano
Jo Jones, drums
Herb Ellis, guitar
Roy Eldridge, trumpet.
Thanks to YouTuber Jimmy John
Marvelous, except that I wish the engineers had given more audio to Roy. He seemed to be playing his heart out but could hardly be heard. I guess that was the state of sound engineering in Brussels back in 1957?
Yes, the sound is kind of lousy all along. It’s probably more a function of the state of video recording at the time than the actual mics at the event. Maybe the following video has somewhat better sound, but the video is all covered with superimposed titles and copyright reminders: