Got to see this combo with Shelly Manne on drums at the Paul Masson Winery in Cupertino, CA round about ‘72. It was amazing. I was too young to realize the greatness of these legends at the time, but I knew what I heard was exceptional.
Thanks so much for posting this! I had the pleasure of enjoying an evening of the LA Four live in Santa Barbara in the mid 70's. It was truly a high point of the decade for me. Laurindo Almeida - an obvious musician's musician - from classical to straight ahead jazz, and infused Latin rhythms. Bud Shank was probably the best sax player I've ever heard live. Ray Brown, phenomenal! You could almost live on a diet of just this stuff. It was so good!
So glad you enjoyed it, Judy. Sadly, I never got to see Laurindo, but saw Bud Shank/Ray Brown/and Jeff Hamilton a number of times in different settings. For my money, Shank was the best---boy, he sure wore his emotion on his sleeve when he played, didn't he! Cheers!
@@paulduncan877Amen! Just a quiet evening - cleaning up after some friends came over for a visit. I put on my jazz mix and here I am - mesmerized again! All of a sudden - here come's Bud Shank - front and center - with an "in your face" sexy sax and a Getz styled bossa behind him - and have to quit drying dishes and just LISTEN!
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Got to see this combo with Shelly Manne on drums at the Paul Masson Winery in Cupertino, CA round about ‘72. It was amazing. I was too young to realize the greatness of these legends at the time, but I knew what I heard was exceptional.
It was amazing that Jeff Hamilton played with Woody. How time flies .
What a lovely version!!! Love these guys!
Thanks so much for posting this! I had the pleasure of enjoying an evening of the LA Four live in Santa Barbara in the mid 70's. It was truly a high point of the decade for me. Laurindo Almeida - an obvious musician's musician - from classical to straight ahead jazz, and infused Latin rhythms. Bud Shank was probably the best sax player I've ever heard live. Ray Brown, phenomenal! You could almost live on a diet of just this stuff. It was so good!
So glad you enjoyed it, Judy. Sadly, I never got to see Laurindo, but saw Bud Shank/Ray Brown/and Jeff Hamilton a number of times in different settings. For my money, Shank was the best---boy, he sure wore his emotion on his sleeve when he played, didn't he! Cheers!
@@paulduncan877Amen! Just a quiet evening - cleaning up after some friends came over for a visit. I put on my jazz mix and here I am - mesmerized again! All of a sudden - here come's Bud Shank - front and center - with an "in your face" sexy sax and a Getz styled bossa behind him - and have to quit drying dishes and just LISTEN!
高校時代にレコードで良く聞いたＬ．Ａ．4！ いつになっても良いですね。確かアルバムは全部持っているし、アンプ治ったらお気に入りのシステムで「レコード」で聞きたいものです。 やっぱり「Ｌ。Ａ．4」は良いわ～～～～～(*^^)v
Oh! Eh!