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Soupy Sales Honored at Clifford BrownSymposium
Date: November 24, 2008
Written By: Jeff Tamarkin
During Brownie Speaks, a celebration
of the legacy of jazz trumpeter Clifford
Brown at Philadelphias University of the
Arts, comedian/kids show host Soupy
Sales was presented with a medal and
certificate for his advancement and
preservation of jazz. Now in his early
80s, Sales was a huge jazz fan and
regularly introduced greats like Count
Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie
Parker to the stage of his 1950s Detroit-based Soupys On TV
show. Sales hosted Brown on his show and, as chance would
have it, recorded the performance, which remains the only film
in existence of Brown playing his trumpet. The clip, which
appears in Ken Burns documentary,Jazz, was shown following
the award presentation.
In the clip, Sales offered congratulations to Brown for becoming
a father. Following the screening, an obviously touched Clifford
Brown Jr. thanked Sales profusely for saving the clip and for all
that he had done for jazz and jazz musicians. In acceptance
remarks delivered for him by jazz singer and actress Annie Ross,
best known as a member of the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross,
Sales recognized Browns brilliance, stating, The musical genius
of Clifford Brown was obvious to everyone who encountered
him. The sounds he recorded in his brief time thrill us today.
Joy Spring remains more than a song title. It is the essence of
listening to Clifford Brown, a joy in music that springs forth all
these years after his death.
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The three-day event (October 30-November 1) brought together
jazz aficionados, musicians and educators to study, explore and
celebrate Browns life and music. The event featured jam
sessions, panel discussions and academic presentations, and
performances by jazz greats Benny Golson, Lou Donaldson and
Terence Blanchard. Browns son, Clifford Brown Jr., served as
the events master of ceremonies. The on-campus concerts with
Golson, Donaldson and Blanchard drew nearly 2,000 attendees.
The Lars Halle Jazz Orchestra premiered a new John Fedchock
composition dedicated to Clifford Brown. School of Music
professor Don Glanden premiered his documentary, Brownie
Speaks, which features interviews with Browns wife, LaRue
Brown Watson, and family, friends and associates, including
Donald Byrd, Donaldson, Golson, Wynton Marsalis, Arturo
Sandoval and Herb Geller.
The academic portion of the symposium included presentations
on such varied subjects as Browns improvisational style, his
early influences and his years in his hometown of Wilmington,
Del. Other participants included jazz critic and columnist Nat
Hentoff; jazz pianist and keyboardist, noted author and Professor
of Music at Rutgers-Newark Lewis Porter; Rick Lawn,saxophonist and dean of the College of Performing Arts at The
University of the Arts; trumpeter and University of Denver
professor Alan Hood; Clifford Brown biographer Nick Catalano;
disc jockey Phil Schaap; and jazz greats Jimmy Heath, Golson
and Donaldson.
The Philadelphia Music Project, a program of the Philadelphia
Center for Arts and Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable
Trusts and administered by The University of the Arts, sponsored
the performance component of the symposium, with additional
support from The University of the Arts and the recently founded
Philadelphia Jazz Heritage Project.
Photo caption: L-R: Soupy Sales, Kathy OConnell (host of Kids
Corner, WXPN), Marc Dicciani (Director, School of Music, The
University of the Arts), Sean Buffington (President, The
University of the Arts).
Photo credit: Dave Jackson
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