All player's expressions, details and movements captured in image. I can watch and listen to this time after time and still experience something new. Thank you all
Yes Lester young was his favorite, and he also used to put the cigarette in the side of his sax, when I was young,I used to watch him practice everyday, in San Francisco
In this clip Brew is equal to Stan Getz and Zoot Sims and that's saying a lot. BTW, how lucky were Parisians to be able to hear Kenny Clarke play nightly!!
Sign of the times. It seems pre 1990's were when legends existed in nusic overall. Across all genres. Jazz to Rock. Singers and musicians. These guys played on another level. Today artists just "sound good (enough to play for a crowed and have a recording contract)...no one is "great" or "legendary" (or you think will be one day). Kirk Whalum. Great saxophonist. Played for Whitney Houston for over 7 years. But I don't think any one call him "legendary". There's no one most of us want to "play like". Legends have either retired or passed away.
Brew certainly has an unusual way of playing, with the mouthpiece on the left side of his mouth and the way he holds the tenor at that angle. But I guess it worked for him.
Thanks for clarifying. I am sure you are right. The info about the location came with the video I found on the web. I can not confirm if there has ever been any Blue Note Jazz Club in Juan-Les-Pins aside from the jazz festival however it is well known there was a famous Blue Note club in Paris allright. I will adjust the info above
@@memzehni Nancy Moore,then changed to her maiden name after the split,Brew put the tune on the album ,Nancy with the laughing face for my mother ,because of her name and beautiful face
He was a Great player, but only just seeing him my neck is in hard pain. Knows anyone what the story about that position is? Any kind of neck or spine problem or something? Certainly Lester young tilted his mouthpiece, but not so much his head, or nothing at all; he tilted the sax instead, like you can see here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0DmtPvFa_W8.html (btw I used to make all kind of tilted and akward positions while playing, so i got severe back pain, neck pain, carpal tunnel syndrome and such. I solved it pretty much following Alexander tecnique exercises,some yoga and trying to play the most equilibrated and relaxed possible)
Brew plays fantastic! As a sax teacher i can't condone his embouchure or his tilted head and puffed cheeks! When you play like Brew does you can do whatever you want! lol
All the greats created their OWN "false fingerings" or techniques. They were INDIVIDUALS... they weren't indoctrinated by assembly line institutions. They developed and formed... not really "taught" ...by playing and performing on the bandstand, under pressure, learning off the records and playing alongside great poets and story tellers
Every musician needs to make themself stand out in order to make people listen, so it seems. Maybe it is wild clothing, an odd shaped horn, prancing across the stage, or having a unique way of playing their instrument.The homage to Young and Gillespie with the head tilt and puffy cheeks would make today’s sax teachers cringe. Head up, mouthpiece aligned, breathe from the diaphragm (no puffy cheeks)…. Well, Brew seemed to play exceptionally well despite all those embouchure violations.
