The Great Jazz & Blues Tenor Saxophone Players To many people the tenor saxophone is synonymous with jazz. If it wasn’t for jazz, would the saxophone have survived? A Belgian, Adolph Sax, invented it in 1841, but it never really caught on as a symphony instrument, possibly due to his ...
The quartet are on fire, with Haywood taking a brilliant piano solo up front, and Pettiford on equally inspired form; sax players listen out for his inhalation of breath between playing to help with his phrasing. Hawkins, as usual, allows his seemingly endless stream of improvisational ideas to...
and a bell tipped at a right angle on a straight soprano. No tone holes were present on the bell, and only the upper octave pip was present on the neck. The instrument could be played on a neckstrap, rested on the players leg, or with an optional (and very rare!) V shaped stand...
MacFarlane’s new album was recorded in Studi Two, where he recruited a stellar line-up of players includingChuck Berghofer(bass),Peter Erskine(drums),Larry Koonse(guitar),Dan Higgins(alto sax) andTom Rainier(piano). The vocalist also worked with members of theJohn Wilson Orchestra,...
James Harrell McGriff was born on April 3, 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of many of jazz’s greatest organists. He started playing piano at the age of five and by his teens, was also playing alto sax and upright bass. ...
Joe Thomas – trumpet; Lawrence Brown – trombone; Otto Hardwick – alto sax; Ted Nash – tenor sax; Harry Carney – baritone sax; Jimmy Jones – piano; Billy Taylor – bass; Shelly Manne – drums. Come Sunday Recorded 4 March 1947, New York City ...