Classical Saxophone Snob Attempts Jazz Saxophone - 2 

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Good job, man 😀

He tried so hard to control the laughter. Failed😂😂

Ryan, you are the ultimate diplomat lol

So wholesome

😅😀

The irony in this comment

Or jazz "snob" :-) Music is the value no matter what.

@@pawepotkowski5333 happy :-)

Definition of a jazz snob

SAME 😆

lol

Opera singers be like:

Me as an erhu player: M O R E

@@camthesaxman3387 Brünnhilde approves!

illigal

Adolphe Sax’s horns were not lacquered 😡😡😡 imbecile! Know your history! 😡😡😡

@@Saxologic lmaoooo

Jess Gillam doesn’t play on a lacquered saxophone. I think it’s slowly becoming a thing nowadays. I still think it looks super weird tho

@@racehoglund7251 yeah Jess Gilliam’s rendition of Scaramouche is so weird

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THE COLLABS WILL HAPPEN

Hahaha yeah, I’ve actually had someone pronounce it like that normally and I couldn’t help but chuckle every time 😂

They do when it's stylistically needed. You wouldn't want that sound playing funk but it could be used in swing ballads, especially from the 30s and 40s.

Don't forget about the core. It's all about the core.

Jazz players can if they want to add it to their artillery , depending on the mood or personality. Remember jazz is part of the "popular music" , so Funk. Blues, Rock, R&B , Reggae, Latin are related doesn't matter the differences. If saxophonists get stuck to sounding the same from top to bottom of the horn, not personal effects or even "Noises" the saxophone would have never become the most recorded wind instrument in popular music. For an instance Imagine any Stevie Wonder or Sting tune remove the sax players and add a couple of guys blinking their eyes and dancing like a fairy , while playing in a clarinet angle , using a constant vibrato (not even other classical instruments use) . Good luck to any possible hit. On the other hand everything is about context , classical sound is supposed to blend with violins, cellos, bassoons. "Popular Music sound" is supposed to be able to blend and cut over Electric guitars, Trumpets, Keyboards, Drums or speak the same language as a Jazz quartet or Big Band. The sound needs to be as unique and personal as possible . That's what makes you listen to different versions of a song by different sax players. What's the point if they all do the same? I don't mean classical players sound exactly the same and opposite to what some people believe the soloists have freedom to express themselves and even simply our natural physical differences won't allowed 2 guys sounding the same. But the differences are a lot more pronounced when you have a different goal and don't have to play in forced style someone imagined the creator of the instrument wanted to sound like just because...Listen to Michael Brecker, Stan Getz, Seamus Blake, James Carter, Joe Henderson. Their sound is as personal as their voice. I was a classically trained oboist and I switch to sax when I was 15 just because of Jazz. Michael BRECKER to be exact.

Don't forget about perfect posture and beautifully modulated vibrato, no growling please. Attire should be a suit or a dress, never casual wear, it's just not proper. Large mpc tip openings are anathema, shush Satan, be gone. And never forget, whether you are a Classical saxophonist or a Jazz randomnoter, always, I mean always let your ego get in the way lest you might learn some modesty and give up on some of your misconceptions. Now worship at the altar of the *Chosen One.* Keep it smooth!

@@itisnottaken4444 Dark sounds work for anything really. Listen to grace kelly or kenny garrett

It will come 😈

You’re my favorite so far

Me too :) When I was in school the band director gave us to play a version of 'I got rhythm' and the alto player next to me used to "swing" and sound like that :) :) . I am gonna share this video with my former band mates. It will bring back funny memories. :)

How can you tell (sax isn’t my main instrument so I’m not being sarcastic lmao)

@@DereBear A bunch of licks that he's playing are very brecker/coltrane signature lick. Another "Breckerisms" are these run from the bottom to the top of the tenor sax register. And the jazz licks they were playing are all tipical Brecker pattern (except the swing one). Brecker, Steve Grossmann are very present in Ryan's playing. If you listen to some recording of these two great cats you will notice. Hope this will help you. Sorry for my english.

@@DereBear and also: the lick in the thumbnail is the lick at around 1:16 in this transcription of Mike Brecker on a blues with the Louis Bellson big band. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--wiaDYbi570.html Other lick that he's playing are very common on Brecker solo on Oleo in 1983 and also Brecker solo on Impression with McCoy Tyner on a great album

@@albertob.932 no no don’t worry about the English, thank you for so many examples! After listening I can hear exactly what you’re talking about. You have a great ear since you picked up on all those licks and “breckerisms”. I’m a vocal performance guy so my ear is more trained to that, but to see instrumental players influences so plainly like this is really cool. Thank you for taking the time to do that

@@albertob.932 that blues solo is just 🤯

yass

He already did!

Also-- what, no classical scoops?

I am definitely not a master LOL not even remotely close but I appreciate your intention!

It sounds ok until they start trying to swing

Hahaha. May wake up ‘Trane from his grave!

I’m playing a Boston Sax Shop S Series piece!

@@RFDSAX OMG okay, hi, my bad, this is a little awkward, but still you got a killer sound, I hope one day to be at your level, though that's improbable