Soundstage
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Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald
In the early 1980’s the PBS station in Chicago produced a series of concert specials called Soundstage, directed by Ken Erlich. I was asked on occasion to step in and be a second photographer on some of them. The most momentous of them was:
September 15th, 1982. The Count Basie Quartet with Ella Fitzgerald as the vocalist, with special guests Joe Pass on Guitar and Roy Eldridge on Trumpet.
Joe Pass
In the early 1980’s the PBS station in Chicago produced a series of concert specials called Soundstage, directed by Ken Erlich. I was asked on occasion to step in and be a second photographer on some of them. The most momentous of them was:
September 15th, 1982. Joe Pass sits in with the Count Basie Band.
Johnny Paycheck and Mickey Gilley
January 8th, 1980. Johnny Paycheck and Mickey Gilley tear up the house at a Soundstage taping.
Roger Miller
May 9th, 1982. Roger Miller brings some country music to PBS.
Allen Toussaint
June 18th, 1982. Allen Toussaint brings some New Orleans soul to Chicago.