When a hit song gets even better with a soprano sax

When a hit song gets even better with a soprano sax | Branford Marsalis & Sting

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Enjoy this super magical duet between Branford Marsalis and Sting, playing a live duet version of Sting's "Roxanne", originally performed by The Police. The saxophone improvisation around the melody couldn't be more spot on, and the solo made everybody roar with excitement, including Sting himself.
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0:00 Sting intro
0:17 Branford Marsalis plays
0:23 LICC
0:26 Branford plays on
1:31 Sax solo
2:15 Bridge
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@SharpElevenMusic 10 ай бұрын

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@michaelstevens8 2 жыл бұрын

What makes Branford Marsalis sound so good is not only his Phrasing, but also his Tone. It's not shriking at all. Paul Winter also has a great soprano sax tone.

@Hammett175 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, so round and warm. Sounds great on vinyl.

@viktormuerte 2 жыл бұрын

The only guy who has a bad tone on the soprano sax is Kenny Gorelick.

@kevinr.3542 2 жыл бұрын

So true. I love Coltrane but when he played Soprano sax it definitely didn't have that smoothness. He went for the rawness instead. But man, Branford makes it sing.

@fintonmainz7845 2 жыл бұрын

Plus he's not playing too much.

@PepperWilliams_songcovers 7 ай бұрын

One of my favorite soprano sax sounds besides Branford is Steve Lacy @@kevinr.3542

@philgrogan6924 2 жыл бұрын

Stings most under-rated eras, with Branford, Omar, Kenny and Daryl. Still play their two albums to this day

@miropribanic5581 2 жыл бұрын

the Blue Turtles, Sting's first solo project. so many good songs, but on the radio you will only hear "Set them free"

@heavydownn2962 2 жыл бұрын

@@miropribanic5581 That's true. But...that's also what separates "us" from "them".

@davekana8388 2 ай бұрын

Very important in my soprano sax development!

@D.I.-no2ie 5 күн бұрын

@@miropribanic5581I watched Branford Marsalis last night and was hoping he’d play The Dream of the Blue Turtles. He didn’t but his encored was Thelonious Monk.

@Soundpaintmusic Жыл бұрын

Branford Marsalis is at a different level ... sensibilities both to the song, Stings singing, counter points, rhythm, silence/pauses is ... Godly

@larrygalbreath Жыл бұрын

That must be very difficult to do, to keep from overwhelming Stings voice, instead of complementing it.

@MrGavinBruce 2 жыл бұрын

I woke up on July 13, 1985, turned on the TV and saw these two play this song during Live Aid. I was still half-asleep, so I remember the dreamy feeling.

@larrygalbreath Жыл бұрын

Sounds like "a moment".

@christopherbrown2222 2 жыл бұрын

THE standard for pop soprano sax solos!! Branford is a true master of the craft!

@oostapchuk Ай бұрын

that's real pop of the highest level possible.

@kinoglaz777 2 жыл бұрын

Sting's voice is so brilliant and high that makes the voice of the soprano almost sound like an alto if not a tenor 😄

@nezkeys79 2 жыл бұрын

What note is he actually singing at the end

@wwsciffsww3748 2 жыл бұрын

@@nezkeys79 A4

@nezkeys79 2 жыл бұрын

@@wwsciffsww3748 A4 is underneath middle C though? Sounds like he is singing a note much higher than that

@Ethan-tn4jc 2 жыл бұрын

@@nezkeys79 Middle C is C3, 3 also starting on C. A4 is two notes lower than C5--two octaves above middle C. Also, my ear isn't perfect, but it sounds more like an A3 to me.

@nezkeys79 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ethan-tn4jc what's the lowest note on your piano? An 88 note stage piano has A1 as the lowest so I don't see how you're getting A4 as two notes lower than C5 (unless maybe your piano starts with C1)

@musicmanson 2 жыл бұрын

Lots to learn from this performance. A master class in accompanying a vocalist

@SharpElevenMusic 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for the poor video quality, but that was the only source I could find online. But the audio stays an amazing piece of art, Branford doesn't really know it's equal as it comes to playing such well fitting improvised lines over pop songs the whole song through! English Man In New York was already a pretty unique case of a saxophonist filling up the complete hit song, here he shows again how it's done on a old classic by Sting. The lines are incredibly compatible with Stings melodies, and he takes chances in his solo, while just hitting one non-diatonic note. Not many jazz musicians are able to do just that ;) Do you know similar appearances by instrumental soloist playing around the singer throughout a full song? Would love to know! Drop em in the comments below! /Jorre

@BrazenNL 2 жыл бұрын

Not the whole song, but a great pop solo by Bob Reynolds, nonetheless. Mostly diatonic. Video and sound are average, so maybe you could play the solo to support the transcription? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9ilgqxivsnXlnU.html

@Troycus 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@lee48lee68 2 жыл бұрын

The performance is what matters and we love it.

@baronsamedi5820 2 жыл бұрын

@Sharp Eleven Music: "Do you know similar appearances by instrumental soloist playing around the singer throughout a full song? Would love to know! Drop em in the comments below!" The Lemon Song, Since I've been Loving You and The Rain Song (both live) , by Led Zeppelin, just the first two that came to my mind

@peterrechmann9389 2 жыл бұрын

Phil Woods on Just The Way You Are comes to my mind, although that was taped in the studio.

@larrygalbreath Жыл бұрын

Sting is such a great singer. There are many fabulous saxophone players, but Branford Marsalis is the absolute BEST! Together they are a treat.

@johnwade7430 2 жыл бұрын

A perfect performance - the sax just completes everything:-)

@spilayph3399 2 жыл бұрын

Bob Reynolds has an awesome video, why this performance is pure gold! ♥️

@justaguy328 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear Sting, I think of that Family Guy episode about not being able to understand a word he's saying, except for a word in the chorus lol. You can understand Roxanne, and it really does sound like he's just making mouth sounds the rest of the time haha

@johnniehaygood1 2 жыл бұрын

Branford killed it with The Grateful Dead too!!

@JohnHorneGuitar 2 жыл бұрын

Sting and Branford are just the best combination!

@danielberg7141 15 күн бұрын

Branford Marsalis, fenomenal!

@artpedan6084 2 жыл бұрын

Last note was the best note ever)))

@mattwinn5667 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Jorre. Branford and Sting had a great thing together. One has to admire Branford not just for his playing but for putting up with Sting's massive ego. On the other hand, I've also heard about B's massive ego. There you go. Genius gets a hallpass every time.

@branniganssbu1092 2 жыл бұрын

Branford was in Sting's band, so they know each other well. I've also heard interviews where Branford has talked about how Sting is nothing like his public persona in real life.

@billsmith2212 2 жыл бұрын

Jazz , Blues and a whole lot of soul from Branford !

@robertmacher9825 2 жыл бұрын

This arrangement sounds like "Roxanne" met an "Englishman in New York"

@liamtahaney713 2 жыл бұрын

English hooker in New York

@heavydownn2962 2 жыл бұрын

"Now that you mention it..."

@bobpremecz5429 2 жыл бұрын

IMHO, it sounds like Brandford had his brilliant ideas worked out before this performance. I still have his picture with me on my lock screen from when he performed Villa Lobos Fantasia in Allentown, PA. Awesome guy. Awesome performance.

@ronaldo.araujo 2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@eliwyatt2292 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the chorus, but not the rest

@skippruitt2391 2 жыл бұрын

He's played this song a thousand times. Brandford is a player! He wouldn't have to work out a solo to Roxanne 🤷🏾

@nwoods58 2 жыл бұрын

As a soloist, I don’t work out the ideas in advance, but when a spontaneous lick really works, it tends to get incorporated into future performances

@kenestra123 2 жыл бұрын

Two Pro's at work here, Master Class!

@wirenutz7869 2 жыл бұрын

Sting should do an album with Steps Ahead . He should sing and play Telecaster .

@heavydownn2962 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Simply amazing.

@thierry6210 Жыл бұрын

What a beauty,incredible head to head between two monsters,thanks for that!!

@Funky_Monk-ey 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this!

@ricksnow007 Жыл бұрын

Jeez... perfection from two masters

@iandavis1355 7 ай бұрын

Wow, so beautiful. Two of my favourite musicians.

@jeffreyfelder7981 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet, great articulation.... smoothness

@martinkrehl1478 9 ай бұрын

That‘s why those two middleaged guys are legends.

@johndoughy5841 6 ай бұрын

Brad is one of the greats then and now Louisiana raise

@HarrisonCountyStudio Жыл бұрын

So nice

@jeanmichelmagnin5161 Жыл бұрын

Magic ! What else !

@jamsterx449 2 жыл бұрын

So damn good!

@aaliyah_thesaxophonist Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@MojoPapiFPV 2 жыл бұрын

I still have this gem on VHS. Sad he never re-released this. Its an amazing concert with unforgettable behind the scenes moments. edit: oops... thought it was from the BRING ON THE NIGHT concert.

@SharpElevenMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@jgmiller804 2 жыл бұрын

On a related note the Bring on the Night movie actually was released on dvd

@bmcguire06 2 жыл бұрын

Bob Reynolds does a detailed review of this solo, which I agree is masterful

@John-df1nr Жыл бұрын

Brandford was undoubetly the real star of the Sting tour in 1985

@skurumba 2 жыл бұрын

Wow !!!

@bornamovafaghi6075 2 жыл бұрын

If I remember right the rest of the band was stuck in traffic and these two had to do the best they could with what they had

@HQBergeron 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a great story! But these two had absolutely no problem covering and in fact turned it into a unique opportunity which I absolutely love. Great musicians do great things, and Branford has such incredible listening skills to blend with what Sting is doing. Truly a characteristic of a great musician. And of course, Sting’s great song, chord changes, singing and bass could stand alone if necessary, but adding Branford makes it genius.

@larrygalbreath Жыл бұрын

Sometimes necessity truly is, The Mother of Invention.

@rallumonslefeu3451 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you really for this. I wish someday you could do something to explain what Branford & Tmac do on _Albert's Fat Sister_ always loved this tune

@rjones197 2 жыл бұрын

He HAD to play most of the lick in the first few bars @0:24 .. .proper.

@crnkmnky 2 жыл бұрын

I heard it, then I spent the rest of the song scrolling until I found two comments about it. After clicking your timestamp and seeing *”LICC”* appear in the center of the screen, I realized Jorre had already marked it. 🤣

@pinewaves72 2 жыл бұрын

Lead sheet may match the orginal key... but in this clip Sting is perfoming Roxanne a full step down.

@VicenteAlexim 2 жыл бұрын

I guess it's written for B-flat instruments like the soprano sax. It's supposed to sound a full step down.

@googo151 2 жыл бұрын

I USE TO TRAIN BRANFORD BACK IN THE 80'S, AT JACK LALANE. BOY HAS DONE WELL.

@andybaldman 2 жыл бұрын

Wat.

@normalizedaudio2481 2 жыл бұрын

You guys should check out Geno Samuel against Sting. They are doing a similar thing in the high range. Branford plays very "clean."

@hypno59 10 ай бұрын

Sting , no slouch on the guitar me laddies

@marcusdickerson3016 Жыл бұрын

Branford you try the new Dickerson Resonator Ligature for soprano sax on Reverb & ebay - it's a game changer

@smoothvelvetsinger Жыл бұрын

KO for Branford, as I expected🎷

@TheKeithbruce 2 жыл бұрын

Bradford is the best sax player that has ever been recorded

@HeathWatts 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think that Branford, even if his ego was on level ten, would agree with you.

@TheKeithbruce 2 жыл бұрын

@@HeathWatts but who on record is better ?

@HeathWatts 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeithbruce Sidney Bechet, Steve Lacy, Dave Liebman, John Coltrane, Sam Newsome, Roberto Ottaviano, Kayla Milmine, Joe Giardullo, Lol Coxhill, Evan Parker, Gianni Mimmo, Trevor Watts. I could go on. I can't thik of another soprano player, other than Kenny G, whose soprano sound I find less pleasing than Branford's. My tone is better than Branford's. He has a pinched tiny tone and plays the soprano like he is afraid of it. I'm not a fan of the Marsalis sound, except for Ellis.

@TheKeithbruce 2 жыл бұрын

@@HeathWatts name a recording ?

@HeathWatts 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeithbruce Pick any recording by any of the player that I've listed. There are hundreds of them. I like all of them better than anything I've ever heard Branford play.

@NitinKumar-xz8cz 2 жыл бұрын

Did I hear “the lick” at the start when the sax comes in??

@luisalegria4681 Жыл бұрын

bacano

@williamgregory1848 8 ай бұрын

To this day, I promise you, Wynton is STILL pissed at Branford for joining Sting.

@DannySullivanMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Saxanne?

@HB-ve4wi 2 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard Branford on sop I started saving money to get one. What a sound! Pity Kenny G destroyed it soon after .....

@HQBergeron 2 жыл бұрын

Kenny G decided he wanted to make lots of money and found he could do that with the kind of popular music he played. I can’t blame him since so many fine musicians starve. But I saw him play in person from 12 feet away in a bar in Eugene with Jeff Lorber before Kenny was famous, and he can do it all. Doesn’t make a bit of difference to any other musician what he chooses to do to afford his big house on Lake Washington and his private jet which he flies himself.

@Sam-hf8nq 2 жыл бұрын

I dread the holidays. That's when all the nasal Kenny G stuff gets into public shopping sound systems everywhere.

@HB-ve4wi 2 жыл бұрын

@@HQBergeron Actually, I don't have any problems with his chops, and neither with him making lots of cash. But that soprano sound curls my toe nails up.

@YaoEspirito 8 ай бұрын

Soprano is one of those instruments where, if you're a master, it can be celestial, whereas if you're merely good, it can drive you up the wall.

@andybaldman 2 жыл бұрын

He just keeps playing licc fragments.

@alexd3320 2 жыл бұрын

English Man in New York + Roxanne

@luke125 2 жыл бұрын

I think I prefer “Englishman In New York” honestly but this is nice too.

@SharpElevenMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, English man in New York is more inventive and takes you to more unexpected places than this one. But I like the fact there is another duet between both and their combined sound is so great

@andyharpist2938 2 жыл бұрын

I felt that sometimes they were overplaying each other.

@robertcajucom3203 2 жыл бұрын

bruh, not thirty seconds into the song the sax is already going variations on a licc

@V.A.C.C 2 жыл бұрын

Ins't it one tone down, or am I hearing it wrong?

@SharpElevenMusic 2 жыл бұрын

coreect, this is written for Bb-transposition, which the soprano sax is :)

@Hist_da_Musica 2 жыл бұрын

I guess he and his brother Wynton are not on the same page regarding pop music

@zivkovicable 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it was just cheesy, cliched pop with "Jazzy" arrangements such as this he objected to.

@crnkmnky 2 жыл бұрын

Wynton didn’t like Miles Davis going fusion either. Wynton Marsalis can go suck eggs in his comfy office at Lincoln Center. 😼

@luisalegria4681 Жыл бұрын

o gustavo toca mais fixe

@ostry66 2 жыл бұрын

Of course there is The Lick at 0:21

@Jaujau933 8 ай бұрын

Great singer, great song, super cool soprano, sometimes too much soprano

@cranburiedsaul7239 2 жыл бұрын

The Lick 0:23

@SharpElevenMusic 2 жыл бұрын

The sneaky little bastard...

@bobpremecz5429 2 жыл бұрын

Even if it's not complete???

@mattmiller8614 2 жыл бұрын

“Better with a soprano sax” said no one ever

@SharpElevenMusic 2 жыл бұрын

😂 until Branford came along

@sorenfuhrer401 2 жыл бұрын

Kenny disapproves of that comment

@brianmessemer2973 2 жыл бұрын

Until Coltrane’s My Favorite Things

@bmcguire06 2 жыл бұрын

@@brianmessemer2973 Coltrane on soprano is one of the worst sounds on earth…. Literally painful to the ears. Like a high school kid honking away

@JE-sc2py 2 жыл бұрын

Normally i can not listen to soprano sax. Terrible, except Branford Marsalis is playing. He sounds realy realy great. Wish i could play like him... but not in thousand years

@miksyezpatelik 3 ай бұрын

Get lost !!!! that is something for the Gods to savour !!

@Toracube 2 жыл бұрын

It then became Muzak. Lift music. Smooth, sure…better…no.

@exhainca 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, nothing ever gets better with a soprano sax. Branford Marsalis or God behind it.

@PepperWilliams_songcovers 7 ай бұрын

I love Sting, but NEVER liked this song. However, Branford's solo is perfect!

@tlawengmophosho4848 Жыл бұрын

I saw a whole documentary of this sting with Blandford, I was disgusted by sting manager dirty attitude. Blandford you could keep your dignity better

@JorgeLuis-ts6qp 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, nice saxo but I still can hear Sting's voice. That's a dislike!

@SharpElevenMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Oeh, that "Stings". I guess you're The (jazz) Police 👀

@hylark4091 Жыл бұрын

Lol ratio

@joeschmoe6516 2 жыл бұрын

This would be better if Sting wasn't rushing it with poor tempo 🙄

@edgeyt1 2 жыл бұрын

Fail. You can't improve on perfection. It was perfect in its original form and in its original time (1978).

@crnkmnky 2 жыл бұрын

Yesterday, I heard a man say that songs are not supposed to be set in stone, forever unchanging. ‘Songs are meant to _live.’_ But hey, I’m sure _you_ know more about creating timeless songs than some funny old dude named Gordon… 🤷🏿‍♀️

@eriktempelman2097 2 жыл бұрын

Agree. The guitar tone quality is poor, and the sax actually does not add that much. But the vocal performance is top draw.

@zivkovicable 2 жыл бұрын

I would argue that this elevator muzak version is worse than the original. Branford channeling Kenny G here. Absolute schlock. Then again i'd ban the soprano sax altogether if i was dictator.

@GeoffBournes 2 жыл бұрын

You are deaf. First off, brandford is NOT channelling kenny G who also has one of the best tones in the business btw. Second, its a different interpretation of the song altogether .try and keep up.

@HQBergeron 2 жыл бұрын

They are artists, and artists create, even if it is to recast something familiar to the audience. Sting is not one to just crank out his past hits ad nauseam without change just to satisfy people who might as well listen to the radio.