Just don't mention the G word ;-). Very hard not to get his influence on this tune. It is a tough one... lots of nice changes. Backing from the Hal Leonard Real Book Playalong
Dude ! I've been listening to alot of youtube, and you are truely an inspiration.. I'm taking up the sax again after a brief 22 year break... you playing is amazing, love your tone .. well done :)
Good job. Really liked it. Pitch, intonation/articulation all sounded good to me. well done. Wish I had known about our Brazilian friends last week when I was in Rio looking for jazz venues. David Evans, Sri Lanka.
Wow, Matthew! Great! Many compliments! For all those not in confidence with sax music: in all over the saxophone world, "Mr. G" is for Stan Getz ("The Sound") and no one other. (yeah,,Kenny G is a good and famous player, but...Stan is above him several miles!) ;)
John Coltrane is reported as saying "We'd all sound like Getz if we could". Of course Ben Webster sounds great and Coleman Hawkins is "OK" too, but Getz tone is polished gold.
Sir Matthew pls. come to NorCal and play. Either Yoshi's in SF or Oakland and I'll come and see you. Your sax playing is really exceptional. Like I said, I'm a Stan Getz fan but you're quite as good.
It helps to have similar mouthpiece and reed as Getz BUT the sound if from you. Play for a mellow tone if that is wanted, it is all in the head! Apparently : )
Hey, Love your bossa tunes the most! Just a quick question, do you test out your mouthpieces before you buy them? It seems the only way for me to get the better ones are to purchase them online. . . Regards, Kim
For the record, because of the likes of Matthew and jazzsaxtenor on RU-vid, Jamie Abersold books and Hal Leonard books have made sales from me. These being sales that they would not have made otherwise. The reason being that I was not aware of their products until Matthew and jazzsaxtenor alerted me to their existance. A big thumbs up to Abersold and Hal Leonard for their enlightened stance. Thumbs down for Warner Bros for their misguided one.
Hi! Great job with a real unique sound! Is this a Abersold or Leonhard Playalong? Which Issue? And which tenor-sax do you play? thanks for the wonderful song!
Very nice as usual Matthew...very nice indeed. Quite fancy doing some clips myself on my Alto, but was wondering about copyright on the backing tracks?? Are the publishers like Abersold etc. not bothered about their tracks being copied??
@crazydaisydoo hey I am buying a saxaphone (yamaha, yts-23) is this a good model to start with? Plus, what tips can you give me to improve rapidly in playing. I am a late start at 26 yeard old trying to play.
Matthew, plagiarism is a form of flattery, and I see nothing wrong with patterning a style after a well known musician. I like Tex Beneke's style and sometimes in a standards jazz piece I'll throw in the first two bars of a bugle call. I like the sound of tenor sax from your recording set up with just the right amount of effects added in.
BTW--- hes not a RU-vid partner (I don't think at least) so he is gaining no funds from the production of this video. Anyone can say that they made the backing track themselves with other players. Granted there would probably be subtle differences in playing styles. Beyond that... he bought the book, so for his own personal use, he is allowed to use the backing track. Don't be a tattletale (not that you would) DouglasThomas"I put my whole name in my RU-vid Account" Dorset.
Mais enfin !!! pourquoi cette peur continuelle des influences ??? A moins de vivre enfermé toute votre vie dans un endroit parfaitement insonorisé , vous subirez des tas et des tas d'influences dans tous les domaines , c'est naturel , C'est grâce à ça qu'on évolue ! ensuite , il ne faut pas oublier qu'apprendre , c'est imiter : c'est inévitable !!! Moi, je joue de la manière qui me semble la meilleure , c'est pourquoi je laisse la liberté à Stan Getz de m'influencer puisque c'est lui que je préfère .....ET CE N'EST PAS POUR CA QUE JE DEVIENDRAI STAN GETZ TOUT AUTANT. Il ne faut pas culpabiliser en gardant ses meilleurs modèles et en essayant d'en tirer parti.....COOL LES GARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT MIKE ARE YOU USING AND ALSO YOUR MOUTHPIECE AND TIP OPENING OR MODEL NUMBER . GREAT SOUND VERY GETZY AND LOVELY INTERNATION LETS HAVE MORE MATHEW Graham
Okay...been comparing your approach/style to Stan Getz and a few others...but I think your approach to playing is approaching one of my favorite guys...Harry Allen. Take a listen to this song and see if you don't agree...search for "Harry Allen" on RU-vid and listen to "Chelsea Bridge". Keep adding your recordings...VERY enjoyable!!
Kumar, if you search for "all of me" and "sven klang" you will find my version. Please don't be too proud of not studying music, if you want to be a really good improviser, you HAVE to take the time to study chord tones and some scales. You might be OK on a few tunes without, but you are not going to survive playing out like I did last night doing 20 jazz standards without some knowledge.
@SaxInThaCity Your response flags up the whole reason I was asking about copyright in the first place, and anyone who is planning to use backing tracks on here should know this before they do it. The fact that Matt's not making any money from it doesn't matter.... buying the book gives you no rights to make ANY kind of copy...let alone put it on youtube for all to enjoy...that is a breach of copyright...I doubt they would sue...but I wouldn't fancy the legal bill if they did. Re..Warner Bros
Kumar, thank you for your observations, but please don't SHOUT at us. I don't always sound like Getz, this was a bit of an homage to him, and if you had read the description you would have seen that. I took the time to listen to your "all of me" on youtube. You gave me some, now I'm going to give you some advice; The tone is big and bold but your playing... it's just melody, no improvisation. Listen to the version I did with guitarist and compare, use the chord tones. I'm mostly self taught too.
I just cant understand why any one would want to copy some body's style and tone THE PLAYING IS QUITE GOOD BUT YOU CAN FEEL THAT HE IS LABOURING TO FOLLOW STAN GETZ ..YOU SHOULD DEVELOP YOUR OWN TONE AND STYLE I PLAY SAX BUT NEVER STUDIED MUSIC OR TOOK ANY LESSONS .every thing is by ear. I HAVE MY OWN STYLE AND TONE .go to utube and type KUMAR MOLLIGODA AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO TWO OF MY TRACKS .Then you will realise what I am talking about
I did. You obviously don't copy anyone great because you haven't learned jazz phrasing and articulation beyond high school band level. You've got nerve criticizing a musician like Matthew who is light years beyond your playing style.
