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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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