Nathan Davis, Benny Golson, Claus Reichstaller, Jon Faddis, George Cables, Abraham Laboriel, Dennis Mackrel. 44. Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen, Wackerhalle, Germany, March 14, 2013
Chile, that's some good music ain't no doubt about it! They man in the back at 08:00 is REALLY feeling it too LOL! His facial expressions are priceless! Love it!
I just love this. I did an Acapella version with (melodyLaba app) of "Killer Joe" after watching this performance last Sunday (6-12-2016) This is real music!!
this is the last of our original music. For the music. Form our pase setters. They are the first and will not be the last to announce the goodness of the heavenly sounds of love. Let the music play until the birth of our souls continue to call for the continuing for peace on the earth. God bless the world. Ms Dorothy Triche
All of the people complaining about the soprano sax solo need to show some respect. That man, Dr. Nathan Davis, created the ONLY Jazz Studies Ph.D program in the United States. Check behind me, and see for yourselves--all other programs go only to the Master's degree, and then make you earn the doctorate in some other music field. I heard the man in many other (live and recorded) contexts, in which his tone and intonation were much more in keeping with his great jazz resume. It seems to me that he simply sacrificed many thousands of hours of practice time, devoting them instead to creating that program for many thousands of scholars and musicians that would come after him. He deserves our gratitude--not our criticism.
It looked to me the poor chap was caught out. He was possibly told "You're up!" & it looked like he scrambled to get his soprano sax. Perhaps he missed a bar of the opening of his solo, but hey, that's jazz man!
This is one of my favorite songs, and I thought this was a great performance. I really liked the soprano solo, and then how the trumpet picked it up. Really nice
The longer I play, the more I realize that I do not criticize but take in other player's interpretations. Also, the greats were great often by the notes they chose not to play just as much by the ones they chose to play. If you noticed, he picked up the soprano sax at the last moment. I believe he was going to play the tenor in his mind.
Killer Joe is omposed by Benny Golson in 1960. The original version is by Benny and Art Farmer 1960. There's a spoken intro about the pimp Killer Joe. Quincy Jones's version is 1969. In this Jazz Masters All Stars, I am disappointed with the soprano sax improvisation. But this is such a beautiful tune.
