Larry McKenna - I'll Close My Eyes (2017) 

I miss him very much. Always a gentleman. Every note counted with Larry. A humble man, and in my opinion, the best jazz artist Philly has ever had. He left a legacy of music for all up and coming jazz artists. Thanks for sharing your life with us Larry! We love you.

The Master of the saxophone and a lovely gentleman. Larry should be famous. In my book his the best saxophonist in the world today.

Tears...and smiling. Oh the sound of that horn. Heaven is that much more melodious with you there Larry. Back here, you'll live on through these recordings. God bless you and thank you for everything you played as a musician and lived as a human.

Musicians today think it’s about speed. How many patterns and phrases you can play in a minute. Wrong it’s about making that horn touch the hearts and souls of people. It doesn’t matter how fast you play but how many people you can touch. When you can touch the soul of a person they will listen to you play and come and see you play. So you can give them that feeling. When you can do that it’s greatness.

Beautiful tenor work!! He plays the saxophone the way it should be played!! A great tune.

I am lucky enough to have worked with Larry for a whole year

Last of the great oldschool tenor platers. Never ever plays a wrong note and every phrase is melodic perfection.

Absolutely nothing wrong with this. We can never forget the contributions to jazz from musicians like Larry McKenna.

This dude is great 👍 saxophone 🎷 player 👏 his music 🎶 makes me feel good 👍

La pura verdad es un lujo de música un exelente sasofonista

He is out of this world! 🎷 Makes time stop, peace comes into my heart, what a wonderful sound, taste, calm, life! Wow!

? I am 74 now. I played tenor for many years and then like a dummy stopped about 25 years ago. Listening to this guy has made me think about buying a sax and starting play again. This is what a tenor should sound like. I hear so much Zoot Sims in this guy's sound.

Larry is amazing! A moving performance. I love what he said about his band at the end. Words like that from a guy like him honestly makes your life. Makes you feel worthy and capable. I play this music and when a great musician even says he's comfortable playing with you,you know you're doing alright. It makes all the hours practicing worth it. It's about the most generous thing you could do for a musician that maybe doesn't have the same notoriety as you. A seriously kind thing he did there. For all the bad days on the bandstand, words like his has a way of erasing them.

R.I.P. 🎷💐🎶

Absolutely perfect !! .. All that’s missing is cigarette smoke hovering......

Absolutely beautiful....a balladeer supreme. Everything just comes together and works right when he plays. For us saxophonists that aspire to inspire, We can learn so much by listening to him. Mr. Mc Kenna is a master, and surrounds himself with sidemen that complement his wonderful style.

RIP😢Love and more🕯️

My mother and fathers favorite song, done masterfully.... they are both in Heaven now.... who knew this song would have a definition like this... love its expression.... Larry....thank you for the story-telling of heart...

The tone and phrasing are great. It's amazing that he can play this well at his age. Or maybe it's because he's this old that he can do it. If this wasn't the age of RU-vid, I wouldn't have known anything about this master. The Internet has many problems, but it also has this wonderful aspect.

What a joy to listen to this tune and feel transported into another dimension. Powerfull...thank you Larry..and Carmen is smiling.....🎵🎷🎶

This gentleman beautiful taste and execution.. Perfection

👍👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿🥂🍷🍻🍾🍻🍷🥂Larry Mckenna...👌..hello from Alicante..🇪🇦..Spain!!! Saludos desde Alicante ....🤝

Played brilliantly with wide opened eyes

This is why we love jazz. All the best from London.

Thanks to share the vid , love to see Mr.Kenna play i’ll close my eyes with wide opened eyes....yet we can see that his sight is none of anything in the room .....it goes beyond...in process of creating and imagining tunes....

This touches my heart like no other saxophone solo I know. Thank you Melissa!

I'm so glad You Tube sent me these L.M. posts Thanx Melissa I bet you sound great. I'm a 60 yr old Jazz pianist and composer who ended up in Europe in 98 and just stayed.☯️

Not an awkward note in the whole song. When I was Larry's student I was too busy to hear him play, and see what I missed? Wonderful.

このスローテンポの、I'll close my eyesは、とても素晴らしいです。テナーサックス奏者の、これまでの人生が、楽曲の背後に潜められているような感動的な演奏です。Thank You !

I have the CD. I play it often. Larry is "The Man".

Sheer joy. I admire this lot very much.

Beautiful tone and feel, McKenna strides along with my favorite sax player Flip Phillips. Both very emotional.

A GREAT SAX PLAYER.........GREAT SOUND AND STYLE AND DELIVERY!

It just doesn't get any better than this.....

Beautiful. It touches your very soul

O enorme Larry McKenna, saxophonista tenor como eu. Um forte abrazo.

So articulated, I can feel the every note your playing in my core. I been playing sax forc12 yrs maybe more and still a student of truly musicians like Mr. McKenna

The best

Nobody like Mr. LARRY!!!💙

We see n HEAR how Jazz play with Corazón 'heart' and to said a story for the young to Remember

Wonderful playing. Larry mckenna

What a beautiful song......Played by great musicians. First time I ever heard this tune.

Sounds good!..........to all the young ducks, you're listening to a well seasoned sound! Ya gotta pay dues to get that richness!😎👊🏾

Estoy sorprendido por este genial músico debe tener 80 años y sopla con una pasión y calidad extraordinarias que belleza !!!

Very good! Amazing, Soft, perfect!

Yess Larry McKenna.

Wonderful version!!! Thank you Larry and Melissa!!! Beautiful and inspiring musician to follow and learn!!! Thanks

what a class act and such a great player

Pour moi c'est le meilleur.Il fait pleurer son saxophone et nous avec.

Que som maravilhoso, da vontade de passar a noite inteirinha ouvindo. Isso sim é maravilhoso de ouvir. Música de excelente qualidade. Meus ouvidos agradecem.

So very beautiful-- touches the soul so sublimely.

Great musician and balladeer, he loves playing so much , that’s why ?

Very, very, deep and Touching!

Beautiful so pure, a real talent!,

Old school 🎷🙏🏾

Ear candy..Thanks Larry,your playings inspirational.👍

Love Larry’s playing

Beautiful !!!!

Perfect!

So beautiful!

sublime ive watched this 10 times

Great tune

ear absolute singing and tenor special God bless!!!

Bravo excellente interprétation.beaucoup d'émotion.merci de partager 🎶🎵🎶🎵

Wow. Stunning

this guy is good.

Play it now Larry McKenna.

Deliciosas y alusinantes la baladas inmortales en manos y en voca de virtuosos

GREAT!!!!!!!!

Muita qualidade! Somente para quem conhece o que é bom!!!

irrevocably good❤️

so sweet 💕

Lovely piece arrangement! Master legendary. Greetings from Jazz man, Kuala Lumpur!

Meraviglioso 😍

Great version! Thanks for posting it!🥁

perfect tempo!

Sweet! A true great.

Amazing

Música de qualidade para quem tem bom gosto!!!!!

Grande Musicista!!!...

Makes it look so easy

CLASS

Great!

Sounds good in Bb.

What are you playing that Nord piano through to sound so good?

🌸🌱❤️😃

TenorSax4EverBeauty

Hermosa melodía

“Contigo aprendí ‘ Manzanero...suena muy parecido

Break it down now larry

What a beautiful sound. The tenor saxophone played with masterful skill, exactly as it should be played. I just wish that mine sounded half as good. What is the sax/mouthpiece/reed combination ? I realise that the most important component of that sound is the embouchure, but knowledge of the combo might get me part way there.

im back for my 100th visit

does anyone know if the jazz police were there ?

What tone.

no acrobatics chord scales and show off mentality ,, larry is a genius plays the old school like a wizard ,, him scotty hamilton harry allen should get more praise than most of the coltrane copy cats ,, thanks larry from the uk bless

Profi am Tenorsax

Boia com'è lenta... Prima che finisca è notte!

Ich hätte gerne das, was der Bassist hatte....

That drummer ain’t Gene Krupa.😂

Good drummer but mike too loud.