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| Jazz for aficionados Just beautiful, and very evocative of an era! Thanks. | |
| World's Greatest Tenors If there ever was a cult figure in the post-Coltrane tenor saxophone world, Steve Grossman was it. He first gained notoriety by being chosen by Miles in 1969, at the age of 18 (!), to replace Wayne Shorter. Depending on the setting, he demonstrate... | |
| World's Greatest Tenors Hard to find a bad Sonny Stitt recording. A couple of favorites are "Sonny Stitt Plays", "Sonny Stitt Blows The Blues", "So Doggone Good" and "Interaction" with Zoot Sims. If memory serves he plays both tenor and alto on all. Enjoy. | |
| World's Greatest Tenors Charles, good calls on Cohn and Trane. First two are Mobley and then Sims. The first two are tough. I remember the first time I heard this being surprised at how Sims (second solo) sounded more muscular than Mobley, not what I expected. | |
| Jazz for aficionados One of the most beautiful yet sad and haunting jazz compositions that I have ever heard. This was written by Billy Strayhorn for Ellington's band and was his last composition. He was dying from cancer and finished it while in the hospital. Johnny ... | |
| World's Greatest Tenors OK tenor saxophone fans, four of the greatest, including one who is rarely mentioned (Al Cohn). Can you identify the order of the solos by each of the four tenor players? Two hints: 1) the four tenor solos each begin at :47, 2:24, 4:00 and 5:31 re... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "...You can't play anything on the horn that Louis hasn't already played...even modern."-- Miles DavisMaybe a little bit of an exaggeration; but, considering the source, it's quite a compliment. | |
| World's Greatest Tenors O-10, busted, guilty as charged! You are correct about where he was when he passed. Brain fart likely due to recently having been talking to a friend about another alto giant, Johnny Hodges, and his recording of "Blood Count" by Billy Strayhorn; w... | |
| Your Preference: Resolution or Fullness? Tubegroover, wow, thanks for the nice words. Funny, I always feel very inadequate in that regard, there is so much depth to the subjects of music and sound that we only scratch the surface. Regards. | |
| Your Preference: Resolution or Fullness? Al, of course, my oversight; sorry. Thanks for clarifying and for your fine post; as usual. | |
| World's Greatest Tenors ****How does a discussion of tenor players get so far off the point?****Well, why don't you grab the bull by the horns (pun intended) and get it back on point; using your criteria? Then we'll see where it takes us. Who are your greatest tenors and... | |
| Your Preference: Resolution or Fullness? I think this is the very first time, ever, that I disagree with, or don't understand a comment by Almarg, whose posts are always a model of clarity and sanity. When I read the subject line, imaging and soundstaging were probably the last things I ... | |
| World's Greatest Tenors While it certainly could be argued that Miles didn't quite have the "chops" of some of the other great jazz trumpeters, he certainly had enough. I would agree with Tubegroover that he was not the technician that players like Clifford Brown or (lat... | |
| World's Greatest Tenors Agreed! Oscar Peterson has never been a favorite. Ask piano players, however, and Peterson will be preferred in more cases. Interesting you should mention Jimmy Dorsey and Charlie Parker. It is well documented in the various Bird biographies that ... | |
| World's Greatest Tenors Charles, we are, as they say, in violent agreement; and I think my last post shows that. My point is simply that there is more than one perspective and consideration when appreciating and judging (if we must) what any given player brings to the ta... |