JJ's quote about Fontana?

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JJ's quote about Fontana?

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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!!
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Sorry, no, but it does make perfect sense to me.
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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
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Re: JJ's quote about Fontana?

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

I'll keep digging, thanks!
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A cd of Johnny Mandel live in Japan you can hear JJ and Carl playing together
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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.
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Are porgy and bess but was a japan cd pratically impossible to found I have on files... Somewhere on pc
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Here is a link to the info, but not the audio.
https://www.discogs.com/release/9177078 ... y-And-Bess
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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.
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