Von Freeman On JazzSet
13 years, 6 months ago

Von Freeman On JazzSet

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Von Freeman On JazzSet Enlarge this image toggle caption Jimmy Katz Jimmy Katz Set List "Anthropology" "Four" "All the Things You Are " "What Is This Thing Called Love" "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" Earle Lavon Freeman Sr. was born in Chicago on Oct. 3, 1922 or 1923, and has lived there for all of his nearly 90 years. This time on JazzSet, we celebrate the legend, Von Freeman, with a Surround Sound remix of his 2010 New Year's Eve Battle of the Tenors. At 50, Von Freeman made his first album under his own name, Doin' It Right Now, produced by fellow saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Though other tenors stepped up, Howard Reich wrote in Chicago Tribune that "Freeman's absence was deeply felt, and not only because he projects a singular voice in jazz."

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Von Freeman, Chicago Saxophone Godfather, Dies
12 years, 7 months ago

Von Freeman, Chicago Saxophone Godfather, Dies

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Saxophonist Von Freeman, A Chicagoan From Beginning To End Enlarge this image toggle caption Jimmy Katz/Courtesy of the artist Jimmy Katz/Courtesy of the artist Von Freeman, a tenor saxophonist who was iconic within Chicago's music scene and to jazz conoisseurs worldwide, died Saturday at the Kindred Chicago Lakeshore care center. Freeman became a godfather of Chicago's jazz community not only …

Jazz Box Sets from Veterans and Legends
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Jazz Box Sets from Veterans and Legends

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Jazz Box Sets from Veterans and Legends toggle caption Jimmy Katz Owing to his superb taste and refined touch, Roy Haynes has spent six decades as a drummer of choice for jazz stars like Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Pat Metheny. Von Freeman So is another anthology devoted to a great veteran still going …

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