"Stardust" Emmet Cohen - Piano Patrick Bartley - Alto Sax Yasushi Nakamura - Bass Kyle Poole - Drums Video Design: Alex Weitz abw-productions... Sound: Kelvin Grant tfsoundworks@gmail.com
“That reminds me of a quote by the late, great, Bill Watrous. Master your instrument. Then, sing through your horn.” I believe that is the level Patrick Bartley has attained.❤️
Incredible. I can't comprehend how Patrick pours so much emotion into the sax line, it's like it wordlessly sings. Patrick's run from around 7:30 and into the heartfelt scream at 7:45 and onwards gives me absolute goosebumps every time.
Patrick is amazing. Modernised derivation from Bechet, Carter and Hodges for the 2020s A very original and strong identity. A rare pleasure.. Lovely all round.
Jaw-dropping performance, brought tears to my eyes. Nothing more needs to be said about the beautiful solos by Emmet & Patrick, but Yasushi and Kyle holding all of it together beautifully was just amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.
Just awesome! Patrick Bartley is the most exciting and lyrical alto player I discovered in 2023 (thanks to Emmet Cohen again and again and again... ) ... I can't wait to see how he's going to grow in the upcoming months and years
I really appreciate hearing the jazz lineage in Barley's playing... It may not have been intentional but I heard a lot of Pharoah Sanders, especially in the cadenza which was very spiritual and uplifting. Thank you Patrick for playing from the heart and you never know which jazz legend you will give homage to when you play the spirit of the music.
I listened to this video in the shower and thought I must have misread the video title because Patrick’s tonal quality was so close to a violin at some points that I was actually convinced it was.
Patrick Bartley is already such a legend. He was great before, but his playing lately is just something else. Everyone else is great as always too but I cant stop listening to Pat lately. Too 🔥🔥🔥❤️🤘🏼
If you listen to enough Bechet you begin to understand the saxophone is supposed to mimic the human voice. PB always expresses himself without any obstacles or facades.
Patrick is an amazing technician on the instrument, but the guy also knows how to be soulful and really approach ballads like a vocalist, and that is what sets him apart from a lot of players.
Another beautiful version - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oMUp1jQllHs.html&ab_channel=LouisHayes-Topic - Reharmonization with Giant Steps Steps - Harold Mabern & Frank Strozier
As much as I love Pat, I won't feelin' this one. It seems like, especially for a ballad, too much was done. It still sounds good, but I feel as though his super-smooth tone didn't really get to shine here. I don't even think he really felt it, much more like he knows what people want and carried that on. On that note, it's like James Carter: you can have the most technique possible, but how much does it really mean when you over-apply and don't know when to stop applying? However, there are plenty of both saxophonists' recordings I love. This one just didn't speak to me like I thought it would. Even my wife, noticed how overdone it seemed even straight out the gate. Still a lesson in itself, but not one from Pat. Most definitely sounds like he been in Church recently though, and you can't beat that! All love!
No. Its soulful. Tired of cats pretending it's cool to give such little vibrato. It was hip for Miles. Too many sax players have no personality or style. Bartley is on a whole other level compared to a lot of his contemporaries.
