TOP 10 TENOR SAXOPHONE Players (Classic Jazz Era)
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Jay Metcalf compiles a list of the 10 most influential tenor saxophone players from the Classic Jazz era and discusses each.
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Art cannot be studied absent the context of history.
Jazz music is part of the enormous cultural contribution of Black Americans and racism is a big part of that history.
Enjoy the art form, but also acknowledge the reality of racism past and present.
Correction The names of Booker Ervin and Johnny Griffin are misspelled at the end of the video, my apologies.
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@bobreynolds 4 жыл бұрын
Nicely done, Jay. No doubt you just introduced a whole lot of folks to these legendary players. (And wonderful intro to the video)
@bettersax 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Bob!
@joeperry245 4 жыл бұрын
Eddie lockjaw Davis. Great player.
@vincentmilito2732 4 жыл бұрын
@@bettersax CHARLIE VENTURA
@joegaudette2494 Жыл бұрын
Ditto what Bob said Jay - awesome job! I’ve been playing for many decades and 2 of the biggest highlights of my playing career we’re getting to see and talk to both Sonny Stitt and Johnny Griffin. Talk about lessons - not only in music but as you mentioned, life as well. Both were just great people in addition to being the masters they were. I loved your picks and think based on the list at the end would love to see another video. I know these videos are a lot of work - but you do them so well! : ). Thanks again -
@directcurrent5751 5 ай бұрын
Yes
@phila2361 4 жыл бұрын
Coltrane said he never new when to stop an ad lib to which Miles replied "just take the horn out of your mouth, man".
@jessesheehan4051 4 жыл бұрын
just go to the low range of the horn tho to end a sax solo it helps
@kennyr1161 4 жыл бұрын
Jesse Sheehan the original commenter meant like a phrase not a whole solo. Also high or low are both good just gotta know how to end it right.
@flatbillboy85 4 жыл бұрын
Insert expletive here, lol
@jessesheehan4051 4 жыл бұрын
@@kennyr1161 a low note generally sounds more "done" but sometimes you can get a high note to work. and no he WAS talking about how to end a solo I remember the quote from his biography.
@aidandoylepolitics 4 жыл бұрын
I think he was talking about practice, and miles davis said just take the motherfucker out of your mouth
@danielditlev 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the shout out to Denmark. As a 44 year old Dane who bought his first baritone sax less than a week ago I am happy to hear that we were a home away from home for some of these artists. I hope things will turn to the better soon for everyone around the world.
@olebirgerpedersen 4 жыл бұрын
Velkommen I klubben af baritonplayers . Jeg er 81 og spillede altsax fra jeg var 17 og köbte min förste Baritonsax, da jeg som tresaarig kom til Glindeman. Jeg spiller stadig paa dem begge.
@danielditlev 4 жыл бұрын
Ole Birger Pedersen Tusind tak for velkomsten! Min bari skulle eftersigende have tilhørt Bent "Stork" Nielsen som jeg ved spillede med Glindemann på et tidspunkt. Jeg er meget beæret. Jeg har uploadet en video på min KZfaq over hvordan det lød efter 5 dage. Feedback er meget velkommen hvis du har mod på at give det.
@olebirgerpedersen 4 жыл бұрын
@@danielditlev Storken, ja hab var en skön original. Jeg spillede tilfäldigt billard med en ung mand paa et värtshus paa Frederiksberg og märkeligt nok kendte han mit navn, saa jeg spurgte ham, hvor han kendte det fra. Jeg er Storkens sön , svarede han. Det blev en morsom aften. Jeg traf ofte Storken I baglokalet hos en instrumentmager, hvor vi som oftest fik en öl eller flere.
@snodog3 3 ай бұрын
Gmafb
@williamgregory1848 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact about Dexter Gordon: He’s also an Oscar-nominated actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1987 for his performance in the Bertrand Tavernier film ‘Round Midnight’ (the same movie that inspired me to learn the saxophone.)
@andrewdailey9646 4 жыл бұрын
FINALLY somebody recognizes stan getz, his tone is just otherworldly
@juancpgo 4 жыл бұрын
I think white jazz musicians are often underrated in jazz: Art Pepper, Tubby Hayes, Zoot Sims, Al Haig, Anita O'Day, George Shearing, are all mind blowing amazing, and took me a lot of time to properly discover them because people just don't seem to acknowledge them much. Stan Getz was a freakin genius, a god, his melodic ideas are nothing but divine and his tone the most gorgeous one.
@SELMER1947 4 жыл бұрын
Finally somebody recognizes ALL the great tenors as well as Getz !!!!
@sleeplezznightz 4 жыл бұрын
Stan Getz is hardly underrated. He's on every list of greatest sax players, tenor or not, easily.
@sebastianabele4064 3 жыл бұрын
Stan Getz the goat
@SELMER1947 3 жыл бұрын
@@sebastianabele4064 Bullshit
@joaopedrobaganha811 3 жыл бұрын
As a brazilian tenor sax player, Stan Getz is my personal favorite, I love his bossa nova and samba covers, this is Brasil!
@jeffpf38 4 жыл бұрын
Jay, thank you so much for making this video. With what is going on in the world, it means a lot that you would take the time to not only address the issue, but also to acknowledge how jazz fits into what is going on. It is such a great reminder of what we have been given by African-American culture, as well as the fact that we cannot take for granted the struggle that they still have to deal with on a daily basis in the year 2020. Your words were very eloquent and really hit the point. I am very proud to watch and subscribe to your channel bro!
@petegalindez9961 4 жыл бұрын
Jay...WOW! I made your intro required viewing for the whole family (my wife and two teenage sons). For me, this was an epiphany...I've played music most of my life (age 51 now) and love Jazz (more smooth Jazz, fusion jazz on trumpet, and jazz rock - David Sanborn, Dave Koz, Michael Lington, Maynard Ferguson, Chuck Mangione, you get the picture). I've tried to get into the more traditional jazz but could never understand the long solos that seemingly went on forever, and often didn't seem like they followed the melody of the original piece...your intro put that into perspective. I could be completely wrong, but to me, given the times as you stated, music (Jazz in this case) was a portal for these awesome human beings and musicians, to escape into their own worlds where they truly were free...You've given me new ears Jay...can't wait to start cranking some good old time jazz tomorrow and see what I hear...Thank you and be well.
@bettersax 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Going back and listening to the lineage of all this music helps us enjoy the more contemporary stuff even more. Puts everything in better perspective. Also, it's normal to not always have a full appreciation for the bebop era music at first.
@sleepy-beagle 4 жыл бұрын
Great tribute to the tenor saxophone players that played and lived through difficult times. I salute you.
@thethesaxman23 4 жыл бұрын
I was so thrilled to see that Hank Mobley made the list! He is my personal favorite and I think Soul Station is probably my favorite jazz album! The tracks swing so hard and his solos are so lyrical that they are practically their own melodies. He may not have been in the stratosphere like Coltrane or Sonny Rollins, but he was an absolute master at making music for the listener rather than for himself!
@coleashley6010 4 жыл бұрын
Hank Mobley has got to be one of the most underrated, yet amazing musician
@justinberkley3909 4 жыл бұрын
My friend Brett Kirby introduced me to Soul Station and described him as such: “he’s so in...always in...he’s laying it all out there and all of it...everything is right”
@stevel6895 4 жыл бұрын
Hank Mobley, the middle weight champion of the tenor sax, AKA Hankenstein ...
@brunoturgeon7978 4 жыл бұрын
Cameron Melendez Music ńh
@caponsacchi9979 2 жыл бұрын
I'd add to his Blue Note repertory his work as a sideman (e.g. his beautifully understated solo on Lee Morgan's "Ceora"). But also his work on Columbia (Sony) with Miles on "Live at the Blackhawk," Friday and Sat. nights. His solo on Friday night's "Bye Bye Blackbird" not only surpasses Miles' solo but is one of the most soulful, heart-rending statements ever played on a Selmer Mark VI.
@boulejazz 4 ай бұрын
Good quote, "Art cannot be studied absent the context of history." Thanks for the great videos.
@lexbro 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your deeply moving comments on the people who have suffered so much pain, grief, and ill treatment with such great dignity....as musicians and as people we all owe more to them than words will ever express
@beefart100 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jay, your acknowledgement of the black American sources and the cultural riches of this music is so apt at this time. Such an important message!
@Filipe_Alexandre_ 4 жыл бұрын
I love to listen you playing, and I love the way you talk, being so sincere and sentimental. You are such a good person Jay, for real.
@Redpackman 4 жыл бұрын
You've got to have Zoot Sims in the A list. Glad he's in the "honorable mention," but he belongs at the top end. He made dozens of albums and the general consensus was that all of them "swung." Zoot believed that one should hear the melody and then the artist could go from there but never stray so far that you forgot what he was playing...or thought they forgot. He had the most wonderful jazz lines out there. He could play hot and fast...Check him with Gerry Mulligan's band playing "Apple Core," or in his rare performance from Yamagata, Japan (on KZfaq) playing "The Very Thought of You." The latter being so tender and musical it will absolutely melt you. Zoot is the top of my tenor list. You knew what he was playing and you liked it.
@cliveastle9372 2 жыл бұрын
THIS video is required listening over and over and over for all Tenor players! Just now I watched it again and learnt so much more that I didn't hear earlier. Thanks Jay for all that you do.
@jakestake5914 4 жыл бұрын
12:17: "Dexter played the lick!"
@fabianvanderknaap2102 4 жыл бұрын
My hero
@EmanSax03 4 жыл бұрын
i was about to comment this too😂 what a mad lad
@thethesaxman23 4 жыл бұрын
lol I didn’t even catch that the first time around
@phila2361 4 жыл бұрын
Wondered if anyone else noticed 😁
@isails-ispinnakers 4 жыл бұрын
@@phila2361 17:56.. som'nnn like that....
@ralphgillies8614 2 жыл бұрын
Time spent in Copenhague, París, Vietnam in 58, & 59 listening to these masters is why I play jazz on different saxes. I am 82 and still working to play better.
@SStone-dm7es 8 ай бұрын
First time I ever heard a white jazz musician talk so honestly about the legacy, social and racism situation of/for black players back in the day. Still a bit hairy now too, sadly. Kudos to you, man. You said it very well!
@directcurrent5751 5 ай бұрын
Said it very well
@robwest36 5 ай бұрын
He’s talking more than listening 😢
@MrJColtrane68 4 жыл бұрын
I’d put Charlie Rouse up there. He had that distinctive sound that you can pick a mile away
@alisonross5970 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jay! Can't wait for the second & third sets, so many wonderful players. So very heartening to hear your comments on racism, injustice and equality and how jazz is inescapably intertwined with the history of the music. Peace & Love through music xx
@francistaylor5097 4 жыл бұрын
Good man, Jay. Not even watched the list yet but wanted to comment on your intro. This is why I watch your channel and have purchased a course from your store. I completely agree with everything you said at the start. Thank you for your honesty and integrity.
@jp2861 4 жыл бұрын
Love this list. A favorite album of mine is Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster. Thanks for all you're doing for the saxophone world
@tanozen7544 4 жыл бұрын
Both of your videos about Tenor and Alto players really are inspring! The informations that you give about the backgrounds of the musicians, their embauchers, their equipments, their most used licks are very inspirational. I hope to see more of these videos. Thank you for what you are doing, you made me practice my alto sax until I can’t anymore :) I’ll be waiting for your videos
@steveelsonnyc 3 жыл бұрын
Jay. What a lovely intro to this wonderful video! So important to discuss the reality of racism in this context. Such reverence for the music requires us to understand and fight ongoing injustices at every turn. Much work to do, sadly.
@timobesamusca9332 4 жыл бұрын
Dexter, Stan & Hank are my personal favourites! Thx for the video and the historical perspective you gave, love that! Also the little facts about the horns, the mpc etc they used. And the footage of Parker cracking up next to The Hawk was beautiful, first time I saw this! Thx Jay 🙏🏼
@SuperBandgeek1994 4 жыл бұрын
we should get a soprano and baritone version of this also!
@jimmyb1133 4 жыл бұрын
Zoot Sims ! I remember seeing him live in NYC in a small night club . I think the club name was, The Half Note ? Not sure ... the thing I always remember was listening to Zoot warming up off stage and it was like listening to an actual performance .. I was so amazed. It sounded like water flowing it was so fast and smooth hearing him blazing through the scales ....
@abaachi13 4 жыл бұрын
Dexter Gordon is my favorite sax player as well. He had it all... not to mention his "swag" was just incredible. I can listen to his versions of "Body and Soul' and "Tanya" all day everyday. These guys were Gods. Excellent list, I agree with it 100%. Thank you so much for sharing it, because many new players have no clue as to who these giants were.
@kmvenezia4337 4 жыл бұрын
I never missed Dexter when he played the Vangaurd in the 80's. Nice job J, It's virtually an impossible task.
@Zynn16 Жыл бұрын
I found your channel about 3 weeks ago and I love it!! I've recently purchased an alto sax (P Mauriat) after taking a break for over 10 years and listening to your channel and taking you lessons, I'm happy I picked it back up!! Thanks, Jay, for the sax history lessons and your amazing classes!!!
@patemblen3644 4 жыл бұрын
That''s a list loaded with some absolutely beautiful music. It was so gorgeous to listen to! Thanks so much Jay, love your taste and your decency.
@richardcomard4223 4 жыл бұрын
I took a class at Hunter college in the 80's and Milt Hinton taught the class. He had us over his house(the whole class) for a BBQ on Long island. He asked me to go next door and ask Jackie for some mustard. I knock on the door and Illinois Jaquet(Jackie) handed me the mustard and said to say hi to Milt. Fun stuff.
@rodimusgamer7620 4 жыл бұрын
Lucky
@wimlange8833 4 жыл бұрын
Well spoken intro, Jay. I totally agree. 10 inspirational tenor players for sure. Illinois Jaquet, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins synchronise most with my inner sax strings, though...☺
@wadestewart5407 4 жыл бұрын
My favorite list to date. Insightful, respectful and fun your presentation highlights the humanity of a difficult topic and provides a new lens through which to approach the music. To think that such beauty could come forth through the heartbreak and pressure endured by the artists is astonishing. Thank you, Jay.
@beezelite 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your opening statement regarding the origins and the hardship that the musicians underwent just to give birth to it. These are great videos and I'm sure we all appreciate your effort to educate. I'm a bassists and grew up in a house where my mother collected all of the great tenor players, in particular. Brings back a lot of memories!
@artgrusensky121 4 жыл бұрын
let's get James Moody in there somewhere. His recordings never matched his live performances. What a beautiful spirit he was too.
@SacBillM3 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@AndalusianIrish 4 жыл бұрын
And his flute playing!
@edleifer6719 4 жыл бұрын
Try 4A and 4B if you like James Moody.
@Simon.the.Likeable 4 жыл бұрын
John Gilmore - often neglected because of his long tenure in Sun Ra's bands. However, the story of Trane jumping up on stage to announce his greatness and requesting a post-gig lesson must mean something in tenor sax folklore.
@FognarFoehammer 4 жыл бұрын
Jay, I loved this video as well as the one on the alto players. Your analysis was very helpful and I really learned a lot. Keep ''em coming!
@AshtonDeVaughn 2 жыл бұрын
Everything about this video was phenomenal and much appreciated! Thank you so much for being INTENTIONAL. You’ve earned a fan!
@vKarl71 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your excellent introduction, reminding all of us of the destructive pressures of racism on all these great artists, pressures that surely shortened their lives. This is a wonderful list of great tenor men. And fantastic players on the scrolling list at the end, one of my faves being Johnny Griffen. He didn't have quite the kind of career or (as far as I know) influence of some of the others but his playing could have an explosiveness that was just electrifying. There are a couple of recordings of him with Bud Powell that are astounding. I love these videos - Thank You!!
@maliqued.wilkerson8327 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to recognize the influence that African Americans have had not just on Jazz, but in American music in general. Crazy to think that there once was a time when we weren’t allowed to sit at a table in certain clubs, but we were good enough to play in them. Thank you Jay. And I’d love to see you spend some time on Joe Henderson. He’s a BEAST!!!
@philiphowardmiller1637 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you again Jay, another wonderful, informative video - loved the way you shared your knowledge regarding the tenor and mouthpiece each artist was playing. Lot of research but for the viewer so rich in content. Wonderful!
@iframes2d 8 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed the video. Very informative and broaden my knowledge of the genres. My vinyls collection will grow for sure😊
@softsoftsoft 4 жыл бұрын
thank you so much for acknowledging what black culture did for jazz music without sweeping it under the rug
@bradyplaysbari9866 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for including Hank Mobley! He's my favorite sax player and Soul Station is also my favorite album.
@amenentuet 2 жыл бұрын
HANK MOBLEY: NO ROOM FOR SQUARES !!!
@donniem.walker5158 3 жыл бұрын
Nicely done Jay, I’ve enjoyed this immensely! I grew up listening to many of the Jazz musicians. I was forced to play the Trombone. My heart was in the Saxophone! Now retired, I will enjoy the Alto Saxophone! Racism will continue because of the fear of Greatness! If the Legislature isn’t changed from 300 years prior, nothing will change! Equality and Economic Equality will never to achieved!! We’re still suffering today in 2020.....sadly enough! But thank you for your understanding? So much has been stolen from our Culture and still is!
@wolfgangsuehrer5405 4 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS AND VERY OPEN-HEARTED APPRECIATION OF THE BLACK MUSICIANS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LISTENING PLEASURE OF JAZZ LOVERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. How much poorer would our earthly existence be without their artistry?
@scratchedvinyl8462 4 жыл бұрын
Ike Quebec! His playing on Heavy Soul is so unbelievably expressive. Great to see Mobley make the cut. Lovely video, Jay -- with a great message.
@Thegdeaniii 4 жыл бұрын
Pharoah Sanders, Charles Lloyd
@1241fifeanddrum 4 жыл бұрын
Spot on Jay!!! Always a pleasure watching your videos ... Hope you are well!
@florinneculai2552 4 жыл бұрын
Finally, we see another good stuff, thanks Jay, all the best!
@model-tube3917 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the intro context setting. The points you make are at the Center of making Art. My favorite for reasons I am still trying to articulate is Lester Young. His music speaks to me.
@synesthesian7 4 жыл бұрын
Jay, Great tribute to those Jazz Tenors.,Sam Rivers is one I first heard and whose sound I was eager to emulate because of the raw primal elements of expressiveness I heard on not only on Tenor but on flute and piano as well. His 1972 Album “Hues” is one of my favorites and on which he, along with trio Barry Atschul, and Cecil McBee, take us through mysterious and uncharted areas of a jazz jungle wilderness. Sam exhibits such impeccable command of harmony on Saxes and flute that absence harmonic accompaniment isn’t even missed.
@gradyparks5249 4 жыл бұрын
Jay, you did an awesome job putting this list together with the video clips. Excellent choices and most importantly, your reasons why!
@Fuasimodo 4 жыл бұрын
Good job Jay. Thanks for all of this you said and done!
@parker550 4 жыл бұрын
Hank Mobley... Glad you included him the most underrated player of that era, lyrical improviser and no chromatical blagger... Massive discography.. Bop to ballads, tone to die for... 'I should Care'.. Wow... Ike Quebec... Blue and Sentimental album proves his finesse... Good collation... But I'd never doubted it👍🎷
@juancpgo 4 жыл бұрын
Don Byas I think was the most underrated one.
@SidLaw500 3 жыл бұрын
Mobley is special in so many ways.
@glyphics1943 4 жыл бұрын
Let’s have some love for Lucky Thompson, another expat who is overlooked.
@SELMER1947 4 жыл бұрын
Oh yes and his " Just one more chance " record is one of the greatest tenor solo ever !!!
@lawrencebrazier1894 7 күн бұрын
Absolutely. M Davis said Thompson was one hellava saxophonist
@markkraft6719 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, your content is very thoughtful and relevant!
@SModex777 3 жыл бұрын
The intro to this video was just Awesome Jay. I love it.
@RevolutionTutors 2 жыл бұрын
I love all of your videos, but this (and the alto video of the same style) must be my favorite. What a way to get exposed to more saxophonists. I love the experience of listening alongside you so much I think it would be really cool if you made more content like this. Of just listening to a song or live performance and you pausing it every so often and explaining The Who, what and why, transposing licks etc. I would listen to hours of content like that and grow a lot as a saxophonist I imagine. I don’t know if it’s just me, but jazz seems particularly hard to get into by just listening on my own. There is so much history that a new listener lacks. Who is playing, what are they known for, what song are they playing and what is it’s significance. More of this type of content would be a huge help. Either way, you have been killing it. Good luck with that upcoming event in the UK. I’m based out of NY but was half considering jumping on a plane to come out. Keep it up legend.
@bettersax 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment. Have more like this planned.
@mildhenry 2 жыл бұрын
Nice one Jay.....rightly mentioned the political and historical background to this iconic music. Difficult choice of who to leave out of the list but I think you nailed the main 'leaders' Love your 'Better Sax' video's, keep up your great work!
@NadavHbr 4 жыл бұрын
Great list and great video. For me - the number one omission is Don Byas, then come Wardell Gray and Benny Golson (if we focus on pre 1960 recordings). I would replace Jug and Stan Getz, or even Mobley if indeed we concentrate on pre 1960
@ignaciofeito7424 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent work Jay, keep up doing what you're doing!
@willtisdale9899 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jay. These history lessons are my favorite videos you make.
@willtisdale9899 4 жыл бұрын
Also, Sonny Rollins is my fave ;)
@bettersax 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, glad to hear that.
@rkomada88 4 жыл бұрын
Harold Land needs some love. Remember Joy Spring, with Clifford Brown...............
@flaminghakama 4 жыл бұрын
It may be blasphemous to say this, but I enjoyed Land's playing with Clifford & Max much more than their other tenor.
@fullriptide 4 жыл бұрын
Flaming Hakama lol not blasphemous, but it is definitely blasphemy to refer to sonny Rollins as “the other tenor”..
@marklevitt5507 4 жыл бұрын
Great video Jay, thanks. I'm learning so much from your videos
@dr.a4707 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Jay -- Another fine job presenting important music in its context. Your words about these players reflecting their lives through their music are timely, sincere and noteworthy. The list you've put together here is thoughtful, impressive and representative of the best of the era. Aspiring players are offered a smorgasbord of some of the very finest tenor players in jazz. Well done!
@bettersax 4 жыл бұрын
thanks!
@ObeytheRussianBlue 4 жыл бұрын
Give me Ben Webster’s “more with less” ALL DAY LONG! Would rather listen to Ben Webster than all the others, although I appreciate the technical wizardry of all the other “dense” stylists! Ben’s style is the ideal to me! Thanks for the list! 🚀
@rwclaw1 4 жыл бұрын
I second the motion! And no one owned "Stardust" like Ben. I must have listened to a dozen recordings of his playing that song, and he can break your heart just playing the melody.
@tenorsfan7492 2 жыл бұрын
@@rwclaw1 That may have been true until Herschel Evans' recording was discovered about ten years ago.
@martinkimber1203 4 жыл бұрын
Been listening to a lot of Scott Hamilton lately ,love his sound .
@ericgrum 4 жыл бұрын
I'm with you re Scott Hamilton
@ericgrum 4 жыл бұрын
...More contemporary era, though
@frankgreco4292 4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video Jay! Thanks!
@deaconblues3964 3 жыл бұрын
Wow. I enjoyed the intro more than the actual video! Well said Jay, you are a real gentleman.
@jessstuart7495 4 жыл бұрын
Joe Henderson should have made this list.
@echoes675 4 жыл бұрын
@Marco Huevo Would Wayne Shorter would fall into this group of tenor player too do you think?
@lawrencebrazier1894 7 күн бұрын
right
@msavage7779 3 жыл бұрын
Great list, and greater message for truth and understanding! I vote for you next list to include Eddie Harris.
@rudyjoe7686 Жыл бұрын
"Listen Here" kicked off jazz for me. I was just a teenage kid but that set me on my way into jazz til this day at 67.
@von.jazzaesthetic Жыл бұрын
The words in your introduction put me in a state of perpetual frozen animation. I literally couldn't move. Your forthright honesty and truthfulness hit me straight to the core of my soul. I just couldn't believe what I hearing. I am so overwhelmed and overjoyed by your words of acknowledgement and historical accuracy of the time periods of this, America's Original Artform was created and who were the innovators and spiritually gifted geniuses that developed this sound. And the term you called it "Black American Music" still has me buzzin! Your honesty and empathy rang truthfully from your heart, and I am so very grateful that I found your YT channel to experience it. My name is Von Coulter and I am a Program Director/Music Director for a start up internet radio station that is connected with a group in Oklahoma City, OK. To develop a State Of The Art World Class Museum dedicated to the preservation of America's Original Artform, what we know as Black American Classical Music. "From The Belly Of The Slaveship's".
@deneencorcoran5917 Жыл бұрын
My dad had solo albums also. SOMETHING- CORKY CORCORAN PLAYS SOMETHING, CORKY CORCORAN TRIO, CORKY CORCORAN PLAYS EVERYWHERE done with the Canada symphony Orchestra. He has been deemed the ballad master and you forgot him. Cant believe that. 24 years and no credit from media hardly at all. But when he passed, in 1979 all three of his kids Danny Deneen, and his oldest Deborah each recieved a plaque from the govenor for his contribution to the jazz era from 1940'-through 1977. Really an honor to have recieved thatt....
@DHall-kr4vl 3 жыл бұрын
Splendid presentation. That list was short of some great names but that is a good problem. Thanks for your scholarship. David Hall
@StephenB_LE9 4 жыл бұрын
Jay - a really sensitive intro and close out. Thank you.
@sebjurasz-cruz4883 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great video Jay👏🙌
@eddiebowers3437 3 жыл бұрын
Just listened to about an hour of BetterSax. What a great series of clips helping to build understanding and appreciation. Also intelligent comments on the impact of racism on musical culture. Thanks so much!
@bensherman1628 4 жыл бұрын
this list is awesome next do bari players PLEASE (and include lars gullin)
@wimlange8833 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, bari players next, please ☺
@andrew4282 4 жыл бұрын
Why not soprano... Kenny G😍😍😍😍
@kiptronix 4 жыл бұрын
yes bari please...include joe temperly fot us brits.
@taylorchurch5580 4 жыл бұрын
Booker Ervin would have made my list somewhere up there
@oliam7315 2 жыл бұрын
Great video Jay!
@ivankovacevic7421 2 жыл бұрын
Fabulous list, as hard as it was. Great work bringing these individuals onto the stage Jay , and you commentary was done with great sensitivity and clarity:-)
@vinniebailey3797 4 жыл бұрын
Oh one more thing, Gene Ammons is the most unsung of that entire group...his sound was enormous and he had so much soul! Jug is my favorite!
@KevinKingII 4 жыл бұрын
Same here! Biggest sound man.....
@BernellJonesII 4 жыл бұрын
I heard that Lou Donaldson swears that Jug was the best tenor player out there
@KevinKingII 4 жыл бұрын
@@BernellJonesII Me and lou agree! He is my personal favorite. The great thing about saxophone is there are so many killer players!
@SacBillM3 4 жыл бұрын
Jay - A wonderful lesson, both musically and -- more importantly -- historically. I really appreciate YOUR obvious appreciation of these great African American musicians to our musical and national history. And the music they created, as you intimated, is GREAT! Thanks for the information and edification. Peace - Bill Madison
@saxesq 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic video, Jay. Thanks for all of your insight.
@bettersax 4 жыл бұрын
thanks Jeff
@johnvallis7223 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Jay! Great stuff, as usual.
@joeblankenship377 4 жыл бұрын
Johnny Griffin, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, and Charlie Rouse would've made my tenor list. And now I'm really interested to see the bari sax list from the pre-1960 era. Lemme see, there's Gerry Mulligan, Cecil Payne, Serge Chaloff, Leo Parker, Pepper Adams, Sahib Shihab, Harry Carney.... so that's 7. Hopefully I learn a new one. I'd never heard Leo Parker til a year or two ago. I'm guessing there's gotta be some more bari players flying under the radar.
@brianbillings6815 4 жыл бұрын
Love Lockjaw Davis. Under-rated.
@Growald 4 жыл бұрын
Claire Daly for sure !
@frankmcdonough2086 4 жыл бұрын
Saw Lockjaw with the Basie band in Liverpool in the 50's. WHat a player. What emotion!
@billcomstock835 4 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful! I love everything about this. Please, do all the saxes, especially soprano. 😁
@bettersax 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Will do!
@sarahmicklewright 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, seconded, awesome series, especially looking forward to a soprano one!
@RevolutionTutors 2 жыл бұрын
@@bettersax looking for the soprano version!!! Badly need it
@bobwright2692 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great post, a most inspirational moment for me, having saxes in the cupboard for many lazy years now, must pick them up tomorrow and enjoy those attempts to create sounds again. English Bob.
@alejandrosax7094 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this huge amount of important information. Also thank you for putting on a certain order, it is so important for musicians when a teacher show you what to listen to, what is more important and what s less important to improve, to learn technique, style or any other topic in saxophone study.
@ovidiugurban9601 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!! Make part 2 and 3 ! Make this about Soprano and Bari
@Danieldiazsax 4 жыл бұрын
MyRackley lol the last one 😂😂😂
@krzysiekkondrat2513 4 жыл бұрын
@@MyRackley Kenny G is a piece of sh**, he plays boring pentatonic licks - listen Pat Metheny talking about him. And you forgot about Wayne Shorter, and Dave Liebman, he is great contemporary jazz saxophonist.
@krzysiekkondrat2513 4 жыл бұрын
@@MyRackley I didn't get it!
@cookieman136 4 жыл бұрын
MyRackley Leo P (Pelligrino) - Is that who you’re thinking of in the subway? Talk about innovative style - he belongs on the list.
@kpoudavoff 4 жыл бұрын
Dex lives. Btw it’s Johnny Griffin (it was Griffen in the end captions). Nice video Jay!
@bettersax 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I guess you didn't notice my other mistakes then...
@Simon.the.Likeable 4 жыл бұрын
*Booker Ervin
@HowardJacksongroover 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah man the Griffin and Stanley Turrentine. Hank Mobley was underated, but Ltd was and is my favourite. Great list very hard, thanks Jay x
@HowardJacksongroover 4 жыл бұрын
Long Tall Dexter!
@designino 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jay -You nailed it!
@thelaxophonist1644 4 жыл бұрын
I'm from Kenya. About 10 years ago, while in college, I went to the States for a semester abroad, and my jazz orchestra instructor (Jason Harms) told me to listen to Dexter Gordon's 'GO'. It completely changed my life! Dexter Gordon remains to be one of my all-time 'Heroes of the Horn'.
@edleifer6719 Жыл бұрын
Our man in Paris isn't bad either, but Dexter Gordan had quite a few really mice recordings.
@Aaron-Qman 4 жыл бұрын
Well said! Great list as well🎶 But let's also not forget that most of all genres we listen to in America came from blacks. Everyone has to acknowledge and realize that Rock and Roll, Country & Blues were created by African Americans. The creation of jazz is just one of many accolades.
@bettersax 4 жыл бұрын
All popular music from the 20th century onward is a direct descendant of black culture and influence.
@Aaron-Qman 4 жыл бұрын
Better Sax Exactly my point! Thank you for making great content as always and keeping it real.
@stul2224 4 жыл бұрын
I was the Village Vanguard when Dexter Gordon returned to the USA - recorded live that night. I'll Never forget it.
@richardcomard4223 4 жыл бұрын
I saw him there also. Unforgettable.
@andrewbillek9209 4 жыл бұрын
I was also there on the first night - I had a red carnation in my lapel!
@richardcomard4223 4 жыл бұрын
@@andrewbillek9209 that's not very nice. Why would I make something like that up. Don't insult Mr. Metcalf with rude remarks, when people are trying to exchange ideas and experiences. Go to Twitter.
@richardcomard4223 4 жыл бұрын
@@andrewbillek9209 I looked through all the replies and you were the only scumbag. Fuck you.
@mp979 3 жыл бұрын
You are GREAT thanks for all of your lessons, and helpful tips.
@johnmarshall2048 4 жыл бұрын
I must say I have enjoyed the alto and tenor vids you have posted. When I first started playing tenor I listened to a lot of Ace Cannon, Stan Getz, and Sil Austin. You included Getz, and I think Austin and Houston Person would have rounded out your ending list nicely. Thanks for another great video.
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