"The Martinique" with strong tuba foundation

[enewberger]

Dear Friends,
My Canadian friend Bob Erwig found and just posted on YouTube this 1988 video of the New Black Eagle Jazz Band performing this brilliant Wilbur De Paris song, with all its breaks and rhythmic variations. Although you might find interesting my 4-octave chorus on a bridge toward the end, the main reason I'm posting this is because it's one of the best recordings I've seen of the Black Eagles in concert. Billy Novick had just joined the band on clarinet, and at this point in its development, the other 6 members had been together for 17 years, thus accounting for the cohesiveness of the ensemble improvising.
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Eli Newberger

[hbcrandy]

Eli:

What a great video of a fabulous band. You were superb!