Melissa Aldana Trio plays "Sonny" 

Many thanks for this comment. Good to hear that you liked the post, and that you find her playing so "sonnyesque". interesting that she gave us this at a concert in a smaller swedish town on a cold winter evening

Scott Baiar couldn't agree more. I always think of Joe Henderson when she plays.

migehlito Interesting you say Joe Henderson. Joe is undoubtedly a master, but she's never reminded me of him. I suppose there are qualities of her playing which resemble Joe though. I've thought of Joe as being this transcendent odd ball who kind of walks to the beat of his own drum and all you have to do is listen to him for a very short while to tell that he is a complete monster and quite deep. That is one of things I love about Melissa. She doesn't really sound like anybody I've heard before. Ya, she has many qualities of many other masters, but her package as a whole is quite unique. Her sound, style of play, and harmonic ingenuity are fascinating to me, and I totally dig the soft airy quality to her tone. Her subtoning is gorgeous. I also love the harmonic choices she makes. They sound so cool and obviously completely deliberate. She's going for the Sonny thing here, but when it's her being her, that's how I hear it.

Yes Scott ! Just like you say

I always say she is a cross between Sonny and Dexter. With modern ideas. Just awesome player

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And rhythmic. Yes, Sonny Rollins is a rhythmic master.

Beast!

They've already met! She even played at his Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony back in 2015! She won the Monk sax Competition~

I can’t stand Alexander

I wouldn’t say all of that....lol

Because of The Bridge,

I think it works well as a trio, more space for exploration of each instrument

Who’s worried about posture when sounds come out this fantastic. This is jazz not the Olympics.

@@saulholmes8199 because when she gets old she's going to be a complete hunchback, that's why.

Pres never addressed his, neither did Monk, or Miles. Fix your ears 'n eyes.

@@essbo53 Lester Young did not slouch when he played tenor, Miles Davis played the trumpet, and Monk played the piano 🙄

y que mal lo vio Enrique Lafourcade !!!!

If you'd been there you would have noticed that they did notice.

Hans Månsson pew pew pew

I like the bass solo

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No

If anything this is post bop