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JJ's quote about Fontana?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 11:24 am
by 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!!
Re: JJ's quote about Fontana?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 1:29 pm
by baileyman
Sorry, no, but it does make perfect sense to me.
Re: JJ's quote about Fontana?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 2:34 pm
by 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
Re: JJ's quote about Fontana?
Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 1:30 am
by alberttrombone
Yeah, there is a fragment of ten minutes of an interview from 1972, but it's not complete...
I'll keep digging, thanks!
Re: JJ's quote about Fontana?
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:53 pm
by Massimo69
A cd of Johnny Mandel live in Japan you can hear JJ and Carl playing together
Re: JJ's quote about Fontana?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:44 pm
by mattmce
Massimo69 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:53 pm
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.
Re: JJ's quote about Fontana?
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 12:24 am
by Massimo69
Are porgy and bess but was a japan cd pratically impossible to found I have on files... Somewhere on pc
Re: JJ's quote about Fontana?
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 7:57 am
by kingsk1117
Re: JJ's quote about Fontana?
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 11:40 am
by 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.