Live at Cherokee -Gordon Goodwin plays Play That Funky Music 

OMG! OMG! Speechless. WTF just happened! It actually send shivers down my spine. His altissimo is UNBELIEVABLE! and the multiphonics! Just everything about that man's sax playing, WOW!

I have never heard a saxophone cry from sheer joy before. Now I have

It doesn't matter who's the bestestest saxophone player out there. What matters is that Eric absolutely rocks the HELL out of this song.

how does this not have more then 26,000 views?

Eric Marienthal is incredible. He played at our Jazz Fest last year at the University of Minnesota Morris and he was incredible. I can't wait to see him again.

yes. just yes

we tried to play this song when I was in high school and got about through the first 32 measures, it's so hard.

Eric plays a Mark VI alto with a Beechler Bellite #7 mpc, an Olegature ligature and Vandorean Traditional #2.5 reed.

I heard them to day. they came to my school...I'm from Japan! it was amazing!!!

he's fucking insane. best ever.

@mayanmonster John Coltrane was a genius for his Improv and Composition. Eric has the Improv, but I personally don't know of his compositions. But he makes up for it with his sheer technical ability. Not to mention the fact that he can keep a crowd going for a whole 6-7 minutes.

That sax lost his virginity multiple time because Eric is just that good.

i can say nothing...this is just amazing,the whole band...grats!!!

Eric's awesome!

those trills at 4:50 to about 4:53, 4:55 ish, he's playing an A while trilling on the lower stack. Its called a lower stack trill when you you play something like an A and press down right hand keys. you can also pay a B and use the top side key as a trill.

I do have to say, though. Donna Lee is one of the funnest tunes I have EVER played, haha

my jazz band playe this last year man it was hard key signature is 5 sharps its a profesional chart

WOW!!! This guy is insanely amazing!!! Our jazz instructor wants me to play this, but i'm thinking not. I can't even get close to this guys level. Very nice

@AlexDiPeppe and i have never seen anyone impregnate an inanimate object solely with blowing and fingering!

the solo has v. similar licks to "Samba del Gringo" Was probably Eric too. Don't know if anyone else noticed that.

this was amazing when played at generations in jazz 2013, i wish i had filmed it but this is still a good recording :)

holy **** This is amazing...

I love his horn. ;) My director has that kind. This puts all my practice sessions to shame. :P

dear lord

that's some serious brecker styling

hes a beast! a monster! a god! he owned me when i had a lesson with him. oh, god he owned me like no other, but hes just great

Wow.

4.30 made me smile

eric did it again

Easily the charlie parker of today. I was at their witchita concert and they played that there and he instantly became my hero. Also i was in the trivia game it was amazing being so close to so many amazing musicians not to mention being inches from goordon himself

He makes that saxophone his BITCH.

just grown up

Man Eric Marienthal Is FANTASTIC!! He's my Sax Idol!! The Only person to be better than this guy is charlie parker!! But I think we ALL Know that =]

look up el dorado high school play this song its the one thats 4:52 long

I think what sets Eric apart from so many musicians is that when you hear and see him play, there's no doubt that he is controlling the instrument. So many young musicians, especially students such as myself, feel like they're limited by the horn. "I can't play that, if I do, I'll squeak or frack" blah blah blah, excuses excuses. No matter what I struggle with playing on my horn, I can tell that Eric doesn't because he's the one playing the instrument, it isn't playing him.

Such a good song. Anyone know what key its in?

but u have to admit u walked right into that one

Um, I think I'm actually pretty correct about that statement thank you very much. Not putting down Marienthal, I love the guy the death, but Charlie Parker was a musical genius. And not all of them listen by ear, Charlie Parker practiced roughly 12 to 13 hours a day, playing scales and learning lics that he came up with himself, I'd say he's pretty intelligent =)

im gordon goodwins kid trevor :)

I know that, trust me, I'm just as big a fan of Eric as I am Parker. I'm just saying Parker was more intelligent in the way he played, PERSONALLY. But, we're not talking about their social lifes are we? I was talking about their playing ability =p

oh and most of the time....parker went to his gigs on something. he died at age like....25-30 i think of heroine overdose. but marienthal practiced like that too. like synyster said, you cant compare 2 different eras of jazz. they're just too different

who are you and how do you know my name?

this isnt Trevor, f.y.i. he has a youtube account, but this guy isnt him

eric is the best funk/smooth player, chris potter the best in every other way

people, there is no BEST saxophone player....but there are geniuses that just are in a different league...some of those players are coltrane, brecker, Marienthal. Sandborn is among one of the best, He beats many at his style, like Marienthal,but Marienthal beats him when it comes to improvisation and countless jazz licks. I'm not taking sides, i'm just stating that everyone's better than soemone at something, while someone beats them at something too.

Oh, and he can play higher than some flutes. Lol

Hmmm...nope, still here.

what?

I filmed him, look at my channel.

UHHHHH

@slipknotpwnz666 Dude, are you kidding me? David Sanborn is a god of the Altissimo. His range is absolutely endless. and his tone, god. I respect your opinion, but in mine, David is much better.

Dude, Charlie Parker IS an insult. He sounds just like David Sanborn to me

I agree with you. Charlie Parker is good, but I just hate the way he sounds

white

i like sal lozano beter

just "grow" up, nice try Pi.