Great Players The Pick Up Etta James

[Punchysax]

Anyone know who this player is and is it a Tenor or baritone , sounds awesome.
I have been looking for a video of it but can’t find one anywhere.
Enjoy

View: https://youtu.be/9lDChHXryWY

 

[Pete Thomas]

Plas Johnson?

 

[Colin the Bear]

Tenor then. Sounds like a tenor on this phone.

 

[John Laughter]

"The highlights of the New Orleans sessions were the brilliant Harold Battiste/Eddie Bo-penned “The Pickup,” where James duets with Plas Johnson’s saxophone."

Etta James, The Essential Modern Records Collection (Virgin Records)

These were Miss Peaches’ first recordings from the mid-1950s, recorded for the legendary Los Angeles label. Discovered by bandleader Johnny Otis as a teenager, originally, James had mixed success cutting […]

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[John Laughter]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAEX5qRlHs