Posted on 02/19/2017 3:35:16 PM PST by nickcarraway
Yeah, Clinton really blows, and his interns...don’t get me started!!!
Maceo Parker # 9 ??? Top 50 , say # 39 or so ...
Was going to say the same thing (replace Clemons with Phil Woods), but you beat me to it. BTW, my wife is a jazz singer whose late father was one of the most highly-regarded big band saxophonists and arrangers, so this is a highly-charged topic around our house.
Geez, Pat Metheny, tell us how you really feel about Kenny G!
What is our late Father in Law’s name, may I ask?
I would get a Charlie Parker album and listen to it a few times, but...when I was in the mood for something good to listen to that would kind of accent what mood I wanted, it was always those other guys, and I would never go back and listen to Parker.
Then, when casting about, would see the album and listen to it a bit...but wouldn't play it again.
So, I admit I just don't know him and his work well. A lot of people characterize him as the greatest, and I have to admit, he might be.
But to me, he sounded...technical. I don't know if that is the right term, but...I contrast it with Ben Webster's style.
Ben Webster didn't sound technical at all. It sounded like HE was playing it, from inside himself, each time. I can't explain it. Webster just sounded more "alive" or "emotional" to me, more "organic".
So, I have to refrain from the Charlier Parker debate...:( I admit to ignorance.
Actually I was trying to say that King Curtis should be there, not Clemons.
The sax player that played with Bill Doggett (Honky Tonk) wasn't too shabby, either.
Coltrane # 1. Bird # 2. After that it is all subjective but Eric Dolphy and Pharoh Sandrrs belong in top 20 for sure. Maybe Kenny Garrett and James Moiody, too.
Funny...I feel a kind of involuntary regret that I can’t appreciate him as much, kind of the same feeling when I am given a glass of fine wine, and to my palate, it tastes like...wine!
Don't forget Bleeding Gums Murphy!
“No BOOTS RANDOLPH??”
... whatta buncha racists!
And just for clarification, Kenny Garrett is NOT Kenny G.
Shtiggy Boom--Joe Houston (with the Platters) (1955)
All That Wine Is Gone--Jay McNeely & His Orchestra (with Three Dots & a Dash) (1951)
Cool thread. Youtube’ing the best of each, but running out of time. A guitarist myself but, There’s something about a saxophone isn’t there?
If you’re going to bring up Sanborn, you should also bring up Marcus Miller.
Just my 2 cents.
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