Excellent performance live from the DownBeat Jazz Awards Includes the entire TV Channel 13 and KZEW-FM Simulcast Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality Background liners DownBeat Jazz Awards, Chicago, 1976. In 1976, award winners of DownBeat magazine s annual poll assembled to present a concert in Chicago, the city in which the publication was founded and based. The performances on this disc were simulcast on KZEW-FM radio and TV Channel 13, and feature some of the top jazz stars of the mid-1970s, including George Benson, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, and Gary Burton. 1. Intro 2. Band introductions Billie s Bounce 3. Stanley Clarke: Lopsy Lu 4. Announcer 5. George Benson: Breezin 6. George Benson: Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) 7. Announcer 8. Sonny Fortune: Invitation 9. Announcer 10. Bill Watrous: Nancy (With The Laughing Face) 11. Thad Jones: Autumn Leaves 12. Announcer 13. Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Falling Grace 14. Announcer 15. Ensemble: All Blues 16. Station Interruption 17. Trio: Our Love Is Here to Stay George Benson Electric Guitar Gary Burton Vibes Ron Carter Acoustic Bass Stanley Clarke Acoustic And Electric Bass Billy Cobham Drums Chick Corea Keyboards Sonny Fortune Saxophones Thad Jones Trumpet Jean Luc Ponty Violin Bill Watrous Trombone
