JJ's quote about Fontana?

[alberttrombone]

Hello everyone!

Do you know the source of this quote from J.J.?

"To sit in the audience and witness a Carl Fontana performance is a mind-blowing experience."

It appears in Tom Everett's article "Master of Bebop" (ITA Journal vol 21 nº1 page 17)

Thanks!!

[baileyman]

Sorry, no, but it does make perfect sense to me.

[Doug Elliott]

I don't know either but I'd bet he interviewed JJ.
I know that JJ played at the Nashville ITW in 1988. I'm not sure but I think that was the only time he was there

[alberttrombone]

Yeah, there is a fragment of ten minutes of an interview from 1972, but it's not complete...

I'll keep digging, thanks!

[Massimo69]

A cd of Johnny Mandel live in Japan you can hear JJ and Carl playing together

[mattmce]

A cd of Johnny Mandel live in Japan you can hear JJ and Carl playing together

I would love to hear that. Do you have any details? Name of the album? Google wasn't showing anything.

[Massimo69]

Are porgy and bess but was a japan cd pratically impossible to found I have on files... Somewhere on pc

[kingsk1117]

Here is a link to the info, but not the audio.
https://www.discogs.com/release/9177078 ... y-And-Bess

[mattmce]

Wow - that sounds amazing. A trombone battle between Carl and JJ? And Jimmy Knepper too? Hopefully it sees the light of day someday. I'd love to hear that.