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...clean. But individual solos are the test of small-group jazz, and the Blue Notes' soloists shone. Tenor Saxophonist Ben Friedman, a real crowd-pleaser, is technically master of his instrument. His best solo, on Thelonius Monk's Straight, No Chaser, was a honking, exuberant anthology of tenor sax styles, jumping from Johnny Hodges to Ornette Coleman to John Coltrane with deftness and humor. Friedman is strongly influenced by Coltrane, with a little Getz and "Fathead" Newman thrown in, and he has not yet found his own niche...
...Horace Silver Quintet; Blue Note) is a fascinating marriage of Latin rhythms to Oriental melodies, presided over by the lingering blues sound of Silver's piano. Gene Taylor's bass solos are the best expression of this trans-Pacific bossa nova, and Junior Cook on tenor sax makes the trip seem pleasant and short...
...fifth concert of Jackie Kennedy's series of musical programs for young people. On hand in the East Room were 220 kids from ten to 19, mostly the sons and daughters of Administration officials, ambassadors and chiefs of diplomatic missions. Jazzman Paul Winter, 23, clutched his alto sax, gave three foot beats, and led his sextet into Bells and Horns, The Ballad of the Sad Young Men and Pony Express. The style was somewhere between Dixieland and progressive, and it seemed to bewilder some of the young folks. But it really sent Jackie. Afterward she confided to Pianist Warren...
...Sax Giant...
...tone, the rhythmic stride and the air of unfettered delight that made Hawkins an immediate success when he broke in with the old Fletcher Henderson band in 1923. A St. Joseph (Mo.) boy, Hawkins was only 19; he had been playing the sax since he was nine, had been making good money working proms and club dates from his mid-teens. ("I never played for $5 a night in my life," says Hawkins with pride. "I was always a rich musician.") As the first jazzman of any real talent to play the tenor sax, Hawkins quickly built a reputation...