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Last Sunday's jam session at Symphony Hall was a distinct success. The music was above the average for the most part, way above the previous session at the Bradford. The acoustics were superb, except for a slight echo which one soon got accustomed...
Last Sunday's jam session at Symphony Hall was a distinct success. The music was above average for the most part, way above the previous session at the Bradford. The acoustics were superb, except for a slight echo which one soon got accustomed...
Last week's deadline prevented getting in the news about the jam session at the Hotel Bradford this past Sunday. (It was half good and half bad.) Assets: Coleman Hawkin's superb tenoring, the tremendous drive of Pete Brown's alto, and J. C. Higginbotham's tromboning. Debits poor acoustics which murdered the ensembles, and Red Allen's attempts to be entertaining and run the whole show. Another session will be held soon, and we promise to let you know this time...
...trouble with having so many stars is that you have to have a lot of paying customers, and while the grand ballroom of the Bradford has the capacity, it hasn't the acoustics. Fortunately for the soloists, there was a microphone, but the ensembles were a horrible jumble and General Morgan's piano was inaudible. Nor did having to perform on a stage help the musicians to create the intimate atmosphere so necessary to jazz...
With careful managing, the next session in two or three weeks should be much better. The Bradford will never replace the Ken for intimacy, but then again, the Ken has Russ Howard and those five fugitives from Albertina Rasch...