Von Freeman on being the "Jamster"

NOW, A JAZZ MOMENT… MUSIC: Doin It Right Now (Von Freeman)                         CD: Doin It Right Now                          Rhino Entertainment 2006/1972 Von Freeman:  In this music, I don’t think there’s a best or better or worse or good, excellent.  I think it’s according to how inspired you are.  If you’re highly inspired, good things happen. …THEY DO SEEM TO HAPPEN FOR NEA JAZZ MASTER VON FREEMAN, WHO PLAYFULLY CALLS HIMSELF A ‘JAMSTER’… Von Freeman:  Actually I’ve been jamming just about my whole career.  Almost every job I’ve been on turned into a jam session, sooner or later.  If I stayed at it everybody say, hey man, let me have some of this.  I think it’s, well I have a friendly nature on the bandstand, for one thing, I guess that’s what brings it on.  Then I like to hear other guys play. MUSIC: punctuation THIS JAZZ MOMENT WITH TENOR SAXOPHONIST VON FREEMAN WAS CREATED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.