0:00:30 > 0:00:34This is Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2 and I'm going to play you something
0:00:34 > 0:00:38you won't have heard before, unless you were at Ronnie Scott's in 1974.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Why? Well, this has been hiding in someone's attic all these years.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Here it is. This is the inimitable Sonny Rollins
0:00:45 > 0:00:48with Alfie, live at Ronnie Scott's in 1974.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50APPLAUSE
0:00:50 > 0:00:53JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS
0:02:09 > 0:02:13It was 38 years ago that the world's greatest saxophonist, then and now,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16played a stunning gig at Ronnie Scott's.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20That gig was filmed and was thought to be lost until Arena rescued it.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25The filming was done for a BBC arts magazine programme called Second House.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Three of the best film cameramen of the time were assigned to the job.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32The director was a young arts producer called Alan Yentob.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Whatever happened to him(?)
0:02:34 > 0:02:37And it featured a presenter who was new in front of the camera
0:02:37 > 0:02:39called Melvyn Bragg.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Although this talented team filmed the whole Ronnie set
0:02:42 > 0:02:43and a lot more besides,
0:02:43 > 0:02:47only a fraction of three of the numbers appeared on Second House.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55This so pained the assistant film editor, Charles Chabot,
0:02:55 > 0:02:59that he stayed up all night, putting all the outtakes back together.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Then he stuck the film cans in his attic.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Fortunately, Charles also kept the quarter inch sound tapes
0:03:08 > 0:03:12and they've now been remastered to full digital stereo quality.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15In the 1970s, film cutting rooms
0:03:15 > 0:03:17only printed some of their rushes on colour stock.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19The rest was black and white.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22It's that copy that Charles kept in his attic.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24We thought both the black and white prints
0:03:24 > 0:03:26and the colour had a real period quality
0:03:26 > 0:03:29and it's this that has been lovingly restored
0:03:29 > 0:03:30by some clever BBC technicians.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Sonny Rollins always had a soft spot for England.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39He was here in 1965, at the height of swinging London,
0:03:39 > 0:03:43when he wrote the theme for the 1966 Michael Caine film, Alfie,
0:03:43 > 0:03:45one of his most popular pieces.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50When he was in London, Sonny would drop into Bill Lewington's music shop in Shaftesbury Avenue.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53It's the same one, only it plays in C sharp only.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Oh, it only plays in C sharp?
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- Well, I must try it and see.- Try it.
0:03:57 > 0:04:001974 caught Sonny Rollins at an interesting point
0:04:00 > 0:04:03in his personal and musical development.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07He'd just returned from a break from playing and recording
0:04:07 > 0:04:09and was full of fresh musical ideas.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14HE PLAYS JAZZ MUSIC
0:04:35 > 0:04:41This 1974 set contains some great examples of what Rollins does best -
0:04:41 > 0:04:43solo improvisations, where he weaves together
0:04:43 > 0:04:46disparate and unlikely material.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50The American Songbook, show tunes, novelty numbers, nursery rhymes.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53In one, I heard The Nearness Of You, That's Swell,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
0:04:55 > 0:04:58and, I think, the theme to Toytown as well.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15The band Sonny Rollins brought to London in 1974
0:05:15 > 0:05:19was maybe a little funkier and more electric than his '60s bands.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21His parents were from the Virgin Islands,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25and Rollins was open to music from all over the world,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27incorporating it into his own playing.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31He now had an electric bassist, Bob Cranshaw.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34And a drummer, David Lee,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37who could've come straight from Earth, Wind & Fire.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Following our world music thread,
0:05:39 > 0:05:43he had a blistering Japanese guitarist, Yoshiaki Masuo,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45who's here just referred to as Masuo.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50And then there was soprano saxophone player, Rufus Harley,
0:05:50 > 0:05:54who decided to master one of the world's most difficult instruments -
0:05:54 > 0:05:56certainly in a jazz context...
0:05:56 > 0:05:58HE PLAYS
0:06:06 > 0:06:08To achieve what he wanted,
0:06:08 > 0:06:13immersion in Highland culture had to be total - kilt, sporran and all.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18I think you'll enjoy this time capsule from 1974,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21rescued from the jaws of destruction.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Sonny and his band are as hot as ever, but, for me,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27it's also a touching reminder of the Ronnie Scott Club in its pomp.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Hosting the cream of the world's jazz talent,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33but with the added dimension of the man himself, Ronnie Scott,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36still introducing the acts personally,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38in his unique, avuncular, wisecracking style.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44..Masuo on the guitar,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Rufus Harley on the soprano saxophone and the bagpipes,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Bob Cranshaw on the bass and David Lee on the drums.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54A very warm welcome to the great Sonny Rollins.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56APPLAUSE
0:07:07 > 0:07:10THEY PLAY
0:09:00 > 0:09:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:09:07 > 0:09:10HE PLAYS SOLO
0:11:13 > 0:11:15REST OF BAND BEGINS TO PLAY
0:11:15 > 0:11:17APPLAUSE
0:12:45 > 0:12:47APPLAUSE
0:15:39 > 0:15:43APPLAUSE
0:15:50 > 0:15:55SAXOPHONE PLAYS
0:16:13 > 0:16:21BAGPIPES JOIN IN
0:17:32 > 0:17:40TUNE OF TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR ON BAGPIPES
0:17:45 > 0:17:53SAXOPHONE ACCOMPANIES, FUNKY TUNE KICKS IN
0:19:05 > 0:19:13PIPES DOMINATE TUNE OF SWEET CHARIOT
0:20:03 > 0:20:10FUNKY INSTRUMENTAL BAGPIPES/SAXOPHONE VERSION OF SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
0:21:48 > 0:21:53MUSIC SLOWS TO END
0:21:59 > 0:22:07APPLAUSE
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Thank you very much.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Masuo on guitar.
0:22:24 > 0:22:30APPLAUSE
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Rufus Harley, bagpipes.
0:22:32 > 0:22:39APPLAUSE
0:22:39 > 0:22:42David Lee is our drummer. David Lee.
0:22:42 > 0:22:48APPLAUSE
0:22:48 > 0:22:50And Melbourne Cranshaw on bass.
0:22:50 > 0:22:56APPLAUSE
0:22:58 > 0:23:02SAXOPHONE RESTARTS
0:23:53 > 0:24:01JAZZY SAX SOLO
0:24:32 > 0:24:39BAND GENTLY JOIN IN
0:25:24 > 0:25:32SAXOPHONE SOLO
0:29:00 > 0:29:04GUITAR GENTLY ACCOMPANIES
0:29:32 > 0:29:40BACK TO SAX SOLO
0:31:36 > 0:31:39APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING
0:34:06 > 0:34:09APPLAUSE
0:44:25 > 0:44:28APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING
0:48:03 > 0:48:05APPLAUSE
0:48:09 > 0:48:13- More!- More!- More!
0:53:31 > 0:53:34APPLAUSE
0:57:33 > 0:57:37APPLAUSE
0:57:37 > 0:57:41RONNIE SCOTT: Sonny Rollins, ladies and gentlemen.
0:57:42 > 0:57:43Sonny Rollins.
0:57:43 > 0:57:47- More!- Moooore!
0:57:54 > 0:57:57Bob Cranshaw on the bass, Masuo on the guitar,
0:57:57 > 0:58:00Rufus Harley, soprano saxophone and bagpipes
0:58:00 > 0:58:03and David Lee on the drums.
0:58:03 > 0:58:04APPLAUSE CONTINUES
0:58:04 > 0:58:07Sonny Rollins, ladies and gentlemen.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09- More!- More!
0:58:16 > 0:58:18Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Mr Sonny Rollins and the quintet.
0:58:20 > 0:58:23It's all over, of course, you have yourselves a good night.
0:58:23 > 0:58:27If you feel like coming down here again, they're here until Saturday
0:58:27 > 0:58:28and starting on Monday,
0:58:28 > 0:58:30Brian Auger and Oblivion Express, whoever they are,
0:58:30 > 0:58:33will be in the club, here for a couple of weeks
0:58:33 > 0:58:37and then Horace Silver and his quintet will be back in the club
0:58:37 > 0:58:39and later in the year Ella Fitzgerald will be back,
0:58:39 > 0:58:41so will Oscar Peterson and the trio
0:58:41 > 0:58:45and Dizzy Gillespie will be here with a quintet and also Roland Kirk.
0:58:45 > 0:58:47CHEERING
0:58:47 > 0:58:50- Thank you, Mrs Kirk!- Get back on!