Saxaphone

[Lupus]

I'm relatively new to jazz, and I'm looking for some saxaphone players. The only one I'm really familiar with is John Coltrane, and I'd like to get some saxaphone oriented albums. If anyone has any suggestions of good saxaphone players and some of their albums I would appreciated it a lot.

[Rams]

Cannonball Adderley - Alto Saxophone
Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue
Nippon Soul with Yusef Lateeef
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy: Live At 'The Club'

Johnny Hodges - Alto/Soprano Saxophone
Duke Ellington's Far East Suite
Duke Ellington's In Mellotone
Everbody Knows Johnny Hodges

Eric Dolphy - Alto Saxophone
Outward Bound
Oliver Nelson's The Blues & The Abstract Truth
Live At The Five Spot, Vol. 1
Live At The Five Spot, Vol. 2

Ornette Coleman - Alto Saxophone
Tomorrow Is the Question
The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Free Jazz (A Collective Improvisation)
This Is Our Music

Sonny Rollins - Tenor Saxophone
The Bridge
Without A Song: The 9/11 Concert
Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2

Joe Henderson - Tenor Saxophone
Inner Urge
In & Out
McCoy Tyner's The Real McCoy
In Japan

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Tenor Saxophone
We Free Kings
Rip, Rig, and Panic
Bright Moments
Blacknuss

Pharoah Sanders - Tenor Saxophone
Karma
Jewels Of Thought
Black Unity

Wayne Shorter - Soprano/Tenor Saxophone
Adam's Apple
Juju
See No Evil
Night Dreamer

Other names:
Ben Webster
Sidney Bechet
Coleman Hawkins
Charlie "Bird" Parker
Lester Young
Joseph Jarman
David Murray
Arthur Blythe
Archie Shepp
Dexter Gordon
Don Byas
Chris Potter
James Carter
Gene Ammons
Paul Desmond

Happy hunting.

[NastyNate]

James Moody is a good sax player as well.

[jake plays guitar]

its spelled saxophone.

[Kreator2112]

Yeah way to go on the spelling.

I'm seeing Joshua Redman at the CSO Thursday night :)

[moogoogaipan]

Saxophone

Kenny Garrett is great. I just got his album called "SongBook". It is incredible, with Brian Blade on the drums. Every song is a winner there.

Also, I'm been recently diggin a lot of Wayne Shorter... specifically on Black Orpheus

[Lupus]

I only really need one spelling correction. Thanks for the recommendations anyway.

[Sepstrup]

SaxOphone.

[Zappa]

Punk's not dead by any means.

[A Spoonful Supreme]

Yes it is.

[Zappa]

That was a good argument.

[moogoogaipan]

I can't stand listening to music that is written by people who aren't masters of their instruments.

Punk is included in that genre.

not really on topic, but I felt like saying it.

[jazzfromhell]

"Punk is dead" discussions are about as interesting as "Beatles/Nirvana/Led Zeppelin is overrated" threads. Let's keep this on topic.

[A Spoonful Supreme]

I can't stand listening to music that is written by people who aren't masters of their instruments.

Punk is included in that genre.

not really on topic, but I felt like saying it.
Honestly you must be really boring then, music is as much about style and personality as it is about technical mastery, have fun being one sided :thumb:

[moogoogaipan]

^^^that's your opinion, and also a weak argument.

I feel that music that isn't created by someone who has a mastery of there instrument is boring. You can't break rules and style barriers if you haven't even mastered your own.

There are exceptions for me. Tool is one, because they don't use the same noises over and over again. Music is about color and timbre, and they have new sounds in every song.

Mainstream music usually all sounds the same because rising bands are trying to get that sound that record execs want to hear, and they judge what this sound is by what they hear on the radio instead of playing the music for themselves, and therefore they go completely against the spirit of music.

Composers are a different story. They compose masterful pieces because they have a vast knowledge of theory and how to link chords and create tonal textures, which is different from bands that just jam up some random chords and throw some lyrics over it.

note: this is my opinion. Share yours, don't just say "Well you must be a boring person" *Said in a sarcastic tone*

[Sepstrup]

I can't stand listening to music that is written by people who aren't masters of their instruments.

The stupidest thing I've heard today. You Win!

Oops. I just did what I wasn't supposed to do. But seriously, a lot of great music is made by people who aren't masters of their instruments. Bob Dylan is a musical genius, but not that much of a guitar player or singer.

[Zappa]

Moogoo, you sound clueless. Tons of bands with very little technical skill have broken musical barriers down for everyone, and nearly all the pop-music today is recorded by virtuoso musicians backing a face.

That's something I never imagined I'd actually have to say.

[A Spoonful Supreme]

Man I'll never take anything moogoogaipan types seriously again.

[Eliminator]

Wait people actually have?

[Rams]

Why bother jumping down his throat for such a benign opinion? Music is all about how it sound and presentation. If technical superfluousity grabs him by the balls and doesn't let go, then why knock him for it? What I don't understand is what exactly constitutes "a mastery" of their instrument. It's like putting imaginary caps on what someone can and can't do on an instrument. Then someone does it, and we are all mind-****ed again. It's why James Carter can make John Coltrane look like a novice, Howard Alden can make Pat Metheny look like a penis, and why Art Tatum can suddenly feel realistic.

The stupidest thing I've heard today. You Win!

Oops. I just did what I wasn't supposed to do. But seriously, a lot of great music is made by people who aren't masters of their instruments. Bob Dylan is a musical genius, but not that much of a guitar player or singer.

I think I hate the term "musical genius" more than "technical mastery".

[knox]

I can't stand listening to music that is written by people who aren't masters of their instruments.

Punk is included in that genre.

not really on topic, but I felt like saying it.

Instrumental talent means nothing if a band cant compose for their life.

[Lupus]

Punk's not dead by any means.
It was really more of an expression of my disdain towards those people who say that all the time without knowing anything about punk music than a statement about current punk music, my personal opinions towards punk aside.

[Eliminator]

I heard all those punks work at Mercedes dealerships now.

[Rubes9492]

Yeah Joshua Redman is great...I've seen him twice. Definately check him out...

[some jive turkey]

Also, I'm been recently diggin a lot of Wayne Shorter... specifically on Black Orpheus

Wayne Shorter is awesome.


In fact, Threadstarter,... **** everyone on that list,...just listen to Shorter. He's one of the best composers

Speak No Evil & Ju -Ju are just phenominal albums

[Rams]

Speak No Evil & Ju -Ju are just phenominal albums

He had an amazing run of albums there from Night Dreamer to Schizophrenia. 8 solid albums in 3 years, with one completely out there (The All Seeing Eye).

[AmericanWeiner]

Charlie Parker was so freakin awesome

[pipe]

check out archie shepp, from his new thing days to his roots revival.

[moogoogaipan]

The stupidest thing I've heard today. You Win!

Oops. I just did what I wasn't supposed to do. But seriously, a lot of great music is made by people who aren't masters of their instruments. Bob Dylan is a musical genius, but not that much of a guitar player or singer.

I have never heard anyone call Bob Dylan a musical genius... maybe a good songwriter, but I don't like any of his music anyway.

[moogoogaipan]

Instrumental talent means nothing if a band cant compose for their life.

If you have instrumental talent, you can compose. Every great jazz artist has composed at least a couple of tunes. Even Max Roach, a drummer, had so much mastery of music in general that he wrote a ton of tunes.

[White Riot!]

*Blah Blah Elistist nonsense yaddaa yadda*

Punk is included in that genre.


You've never heard of the clash , have you?