Thanks frogman for the musical precisions ...
You are our living jazz master and teacher here...😊
I will go for Pepper Adams too ...
I swim in an ocean of trombone , sax, and baritone now ....many albums to discover are coming in the next months ...
The trumpet and piano and guitars i love so much has now many instruments rivals in my heart...
I begin to appreciate bass too because of the clarity of my actual headphone and speakers system with bass ...
My respect and appreciation for your help ... ...
@mahgister , you’ve mentioned two of the greatest baritone players. I am particularly a fan of Ronnie Cuber, who is sadly no longer with us. Monster baritone prayer, While Smulyan is a great post-bebopper through and through, Ronnie Cuber was more akin to Micheal Brecker in the sense that he did a lot of work in the R&B and Latin music scenes as well as straight ahead Jazz. As expected all that was reflected in his playing.. I love his playing.
https://youtu.be/zWw-3kJwge0?si=aUM0y5nnd36K8GwQ
Some favorite earlier work of his:
https://youtu.be/d89efDn97qs?si=47ffeSAiCgDUwcVf
https://youtu.be/5bypNuFs9oc?si=n61GImad0Cg1lcI6
No conversation on baritone players should overlook the greatest of all, Pepper Adams. A close listen to Smulyan’s sound and approach shows how he is a musical descendant of the great Pepper Adams, whom he replaced in the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra saxophone section,
https://youtu.be/fjm52JRscpA?si=eGEv2PwrSV_nUF2v
https://youtu.be/4lKTp8u6YSg?si=VknTidVRFxsb30Zs
As an interesting aside. At some point before recording the following, Pepper Adams had to replace his saxophone mouthpiece. The difference in tone is obvious. Still great and still Pepper Adams, but with more edge: