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Showing posts with label Concert 1970 Prato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Concert 1970 Prato. Show all posts

11 December 2010

Ray Charles In Concert In Prato (1970)

Johnny Coles and Leroy Cooper.
On 20 January 1970 RAI 2 aired "an encounter with a famous jazz musician, Ray Charles: Ray with his band perform eight tracks [...]". The program was presented by Sergio Fantoni and Minnie Minoprio. "The famous blind black man, here with his orchestra, in a recent Italian tour, will be presented, including Georgia  and Hallelujah I Love Her So".*
The 'recent tour' may refer to a series of concerts that brought Ray, the "creator of pop jazz", to a.o. the Pavilion at the Fairgrounds in Bologna, on 29 September 1970.

In the 90s Rai Tre aired a late night series format, titled Schegge* (i.e. "snippets"). Some of these were dedicated to vintage jazz performances. I have seen a 15-minute Schegge-tape with B&W footage from the 1970 concert described above. One of the superimposed titles implies that the concert took place in Prato. The episode, directed by Sara Cipriani, entailed at least 3 out of the 8 songs from the concert:
  • Hallelujah I Love Her So
  • Am I Blue (solo: Johnny Coles - tp)
  • I've Got A Woman (with Für Elise intro)
* Source here and here. **Special thanks to Irene Terrani for helping to solve the puzzle.