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nsp The more you listen to James Carter the more you will like him. Sure he likes to show off and honk and squeal popping his lips off his mouthpiece and such. Wouldn't you if you had the talent he has. He also has an excellent ability to play bal... 
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Vincent Herring with Jeremy Pelt:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsxCCFc5MFABy the way the aforementioned saxman Marcus Strickland has a brother who is a drummer. E.J. Strickland with some pretty good saxophonist's including his brother Marcus on ... 
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Another one I missed. He was one of Jimmy Heaths favorite studentshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBSTUvLg6Y8 
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frogman I have a couple of Vincent Herrings recordings. Definitely one of the greats under 60. In my post I wrote here are "some" of the greats under 60yo. I couldn't list them all. Thanks for adding Herring.I also have this disc:https://www.youtu... 
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acman3 Marcus Strickland is great especially his older recordings.Some of the other greats under 60https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfuW_Q7LfCYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usVFfVl-orghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unRHCRsbJM0https://www.youtube... 
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Schubert here is JC's organ trio with Branford Marsalis and here its definitely Leonard King on the kit. A great performance by both of these saxophone masters!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwn8zskWw3U 
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Schubert was this the drummer In JC's band when you saw them?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U7gMDfrUNcI'm asking because his usual drummer for his organ trio and other projects going back 15 or so is Leonard King and not Alexander White who is o... 
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acman3 nice clip of JC at age 26 shredding that tenor. The guy on alto is pretty darn good too! 
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Schubert I believe he could drill a hole through a rock and stick a reed into it and play. I’m happy you had the good fortune to see him play. How was the rest of the bands you saw?I just checked JC's tour dates and he is playing again at the Blue... 
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James Carter can play ANY reed/woodwind instrument but that is not the point. The point is he can play them all at very high technical proficiency. He may or may not be "the best" at any of them but he is on the short list and has won the Downbeat... 
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acman3 if Benny Goodman is not considered the best clarinetist of all time he was certainly the most popular and quite a showmanI have this album and this is my favorite song. Makes me want to jump up and dance while twirling my wife aroundhttps:/... 
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frogman + Schubert I think this video gets it right and Ronnie Cuber is on it along with the aforementioned Pepper Adams, Gerry Mulligan, Harry Carney, and one you guys neglected - Hamiet Bluiett. Bluiett was a mentor of James Carter on the barito... 
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Schubert I also use Sennheiser headphones. I have the tried and true HD 650 model. All my discs have been ripped unto my laptop in FLAC format (lossless). I use an ARC DAC/headphone amp to bridge from the laptop to the headphones and the sonics ar... 
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frogman I ordered the discs you recommended. I had only one Thad Jones disc titled "The Magnificent Thad Jones" and I like the recording a lot. Here is a couple tunes from it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgfD1FWn4Pwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch... 
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nsp I have just received those 2 shepp sax/piano duet recordings with Horace Parlan. Fantastic recordings and a great change of pace for Shepp.What did you think of the James Carter album you bought? The Real Quiet Storm.