Book Excerpt: Born Under The Sign Of Jazz
Author: Randi Hultin
Copyright: 1998
Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing, London, England
ISBN: 1-86074-506-7
Page 47
A couple of months later [in 1954] Mona and Tony showed up at Gartnerveien
[the author's home] along with some other Norwegian musicians and
ten members of the Basie band. The Count Basie Orchestra had played
a concert
at the Folketeatret [in Oslo], and the jam session included, among
others, trumpet player Joe Newman, baritone saxophonist Charles Fowlkes,
trombonists
Benny Powell and Bill Hughes, drummer Gus Johnson, sax player Ernie
Wilkins, trumpeter Wendell Cully, bassist Eddie Jones, as well as
the legendary
guitarist Freddie Green. Green humbly seated himself in a corner
of the entry way, and from here we could enjoy his famous guitar
accompaniment
close up. No other rhythm guitarist in the world ever had so much
personality, and nobody has been able to replace him. |
