Marc Russo - Saxophone Overtones, Altissimo, Growling - Cannonball Musical Instruments 

Who remembers his music from The Sims 1? Simply a masterpiece.

Marc is so down to earth, but his playing is out of this world!

Marc Russo, you have become my favorite immediately when I first heard you. When altissimo hunters were into David Sanborn, you have become my main man instead. I wanted to play altissimos not in melodic and harmonic isolation; I desired to traverse the octaves smoothly without any noticeable "breaks"- no choppiness in octave transitions. David has had the art of successfully accomplishing this feat with fewer notes in succession. Marc plays not only one or two notes in cadenza-like spirit, but entire scalar and chordal patterns and melody and harmony fragments - in consecutive cluster, contextually. Marc Russo, Brandon Fields, Nelson Rangell, Gary Meeks - to name but a few altissimo practitioners - are deserving of much more credits as saxophone masters. I adore and appreciate Marc's giving Junior Walker credits for his (Junior's) unorthodox and almost-novel embellishments. King Curtis and Junior Walker were the masters of the 60s at altissimo and tongue roll and flutter tongue. Junior Walker continued into the 70s and 80s until his physical demise with some of these saxophonic feats demonstrated by Marc In the 50s, it was Earl Bostic on alto saxophone, and Sylvester Austin and Red Prysock on tenor saxophones. Grover Washington, Jr. also admitted to listening to and being inspired and influenced by both King Curtis and Junior Walker, especially when it was a question of altissimo and other saxophonic exuberance. Thank you Marc Russo. At the Movies has been curtailing your explosive ability and imaginative creativity. Yet, I do enjoy it when you are with your "Sax On The Beach" or even "At The Movies". Thanks, Marc, for Info and Sax demo. Thanks RU-vid!

One of my favorite players!

I've always loved his playing. Thanks for letting us enjoy this natural moment with Russo.

Can't get enough of Marc's madness!!

Love these interviews with top players. Really enjoyed this one!

Marc has that little extra that brings out the best. Very happy for all his success and the joy he's given to all of us music lovers. Humble and talented.

Legend!! Thank you for giving us so many iconic pieces from our childhoods

Just saw him with the Doobie brothers live two nights ago. This guy stole the show and he just elevated everything to another level. Just wanted to say that’s he is amazingly talented and fun to see live. Cheers

Been a fan of you since 88. You are so awesome !

Marc Russo is my favorite alto sax player!! The first time i heard him the Yellowjackets i got hooked on his sound directly!!

Thank you Marc; oh Man I // WE miss you. Thank goodness for recordings. Sanborn said more or less the same about needing to cut thru in his early Butterfield days.

What a beautiful man. Phenomenal chops - just home from a Doobie Brothers concert here in Sydney and am totally pumped! Can't stop smiling Thank you for this wonderful clip. Cheers - Dave

Didn't know an alto could sound like that

mindblowing stuff!! amazing power and sound. reminds me to always support playing with strong air.. maybe ill never get this strong but its inspiring

This guy is amazing would love to have him as my teacher

AT LAST!!! ive watvhed soooo many video on you tube looking for some one to tell me how to make that rock growling sound. All of them gave me sooo much bs, the you come along and simply say " to get that sound you just hum". MAN ! BLESS YA MWA. from a yorkshire man in England.

What a positive face and what a player!!! Wish he was my jazz tutor!!!

This is SO UNBELIEVABLE!

Great to see and hear Marc! While I love Bob Mintzer, I was so bummed when Marc left Yellowjackets! Has he ever said why they parted ways?

First heard Marc about 15 years ago at a Doobie's concert. He made the show special and added so much color to the songs

The best saxophonist in the world, Marc Russo!

Never gets old. A true master!

Love the finish on the alto

Love it!!!!! Thanks Mark!

Marc Russo is amazing!

Thanks for the tips! Amazing!

His domination of the altissimo range is beyond comprehension

Wow. So much talent.

Damned Freak!! Awesome, Mark!

great musician !!! when this guy leave The yellow jackets , i almost cry ahaha ! the song " tortoise and the hare" ! what a solo ! man i can cry every time ahaha ! so intense !

I love how you can hear him voice his altissimo notes

FOR ME A GREAT MASTER I REMEMBER MY IMPRESSION WHIT THE ÁLBUM POLITICS THIS MASTER PUT PURÉ ENERGY !!!!!! THANKS GREAT MASTER FOR YOUR TALENT AND VIRTUOSISM !!!!!

A living legend

thanks for sharing this with us !!!!

Thanks Marc. very nice!

The "Marcsman" is in the Lounge hitting those altissimos with perfect precision and accuracy.

I honestly think my fav instrument!

Soooss unn capooo, ojalá la pegues con algún nuevo tema denuevo!!!!!!

Mark Russo with Kenny Loggins, Live From The Grand Canyon, "Celebrate Me Home". If you haven't seen it i guarantee Marks Performance will blow you away!!

He's fantastic

Até aonde um gênio pode chegar . Gênio ou dedicação posso dizer que é um conjunto porque tenho sax e sei o quanto é difícil praticar velocidade velocidade

DAMN MAN!!! This dude is awesome!! Never knew who the sax guy was for Doobey Bros. Seems like a blast to hang with too!! Im not an altissimo guy but the overtone stuff and false fingering is sick!!!

Is this entire uncut interview somewhere?

Amazing!!!!

You are Legend!

man , marc russo ...s...sooooooooooooo great !

Marc Russo & Dave Koz!!! #Legends

Which are the reeds that he plays currently,any one ? Thanks

Grandissimo Marc!

Where did you get that ligature on your alto?

Great stuff. Great Playing !!!!!!

Can Marc be booked for clinics and guest performances?

what microphone is that?

Alguém cria legenda em portuês deste vídeo ?! vlw !

Qual o setup do sax alto dele? No tenor vi uma dukoff ali...

The Goat!!!!

He helped define the "YellowJacket" sound.... PERIOD!

awesome

Crazy tone wow

Big Marc!

Setup? Fantastic

Nice Video!

Wow! Maybe one day...I managed a high G today, need to work harder to get Higher.

a true monster Marc Russo..

QUE BOQUILLA USA??

Marc Russo, very cool

Awesome

Pure Magic )))))

I met your Father today while walking at Larkey Park with my client I walk there. Small world it is.

great video, thanks! he talks about books about false fingerings and overtones. which ones would you recommend? i am especially looking for books to get started in real THEORETICAL approchaes on jazz. i play the sax for about 10 years now and my improvisation is based on feel and simple changes.. i really want to step this up and play better. any book advices or something similar?

Does anyone here know a book with fingerings for altissimo like the ones he recommended?

I can make a rolling "r" sound, but I'm still trying to figure out flutter-tongue (2 years, no results so far). Growling doesn't work for me either (tried humming, singing and actually growling into the horn, extreme-metal style).

Was it you that did the solo in "Miles High" by the Yellowjackets?

What Cannonball Tenor are you playing?

rare sax man!

Wow!

What mouthpiece did he use ?

What tenor model was he playing at the time of the video interview?

This guy plays the sax like a trumpet player especially with the Doobie Brothers. I love his style & range. I had to bite down on the reed to get this high. Then got kicked out of the marching h.s. band for the semester. Lol

Such a killer!

Hearing him play just makes me go to the stank face! Just filthy with those licks! I wish I could get that nasty!

What mouthpiece and reed are you using with the tenor?

caramba!!!!!!!!

bakat yang luar biasa,umur tidak berpengaruh buat Musik.

Marc Russo...Charlie DeChant...Don Myrick...Andrew Woolfolk to name a few!

I hear you when you growl. that was very knolwledgable

Mouthpiece??

I first saw Marc on the concert Outside from redwoods by Kenny Loggins then i started searching who were each of all those great guys Loggins brought together on that amazing job! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZtqMnf23NTI.html

Check Marc Russo's on the 80ies Yellowjackets album; Samurai Samba, Politics, The Spin and Four Corners, his playing is amazing! Stopped listening when he left (apologies to Bob Mintzer) :-)

4:12

Are those saxophone made in China?

You are such a babe. And so talented

I never played Altissimo Keys with high notes Alto Saxophone before

Looks like Chong wheres cheech or edger winter

LOL its like a kazoo you just hummm it LOL

thanks sims 1

This man make the sims better

play some Benny Hill man I love that :)