When you realize you play the Smoothest jazz 

Eric Marienthal has such a great sound and so much comfort on the instrument. The reason for his smoothness is really because he is so much master of the saxophone, and not for trying to force smoothness, if you know what I mean. Always loved his "grandpa" old school tenor sound by the way, which is quite a bit more laid back and cozy than his amazing alto playing. Here is a link to the video this was taken from, "Night Rhythms" by Lee Ritenour: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kmsmtF9wMjc.html By the way, if you to upgrade your playing, click this link to get access to our vault of 350+ solo saxophone & guitar transcriptions for free: www.sharpelevenmusic.com/transcriptions Or support us on Patreon (exclusive Pdf's and many extra's): patreon.com/sharpeleventranscriptions

Marenthal is so underrated amongst the populi. Anyone with an ear knows this guy is the real deal. And, he’s working with one of Lee’s best songs.

That camouflaged lick around 1:04 xD

Man after the mario kart lick meme i cannot unhear how bar 6 BbM7 chord phrasing is literally a protoversion of this lick. Love it

Eric Marienthal is highly highly underrated amongst jazz saxophone players, and is quite often swept under the rug and overlooked. But him, Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum, Everette Harp and Andy Snitzer are the contemporary guys who have some jaw dropping chops. Eric got that gig with Chick Corea right out of Berklee, when he was around 21. He had it together at 21. That is insane.

I met eric once right after a performance in las cruces, new Mexico and I literally played his licks at home afterwards. And let me tell you it does make you feel badass.

Eric has one of the sweetest solos I ever heard from any saxophonist. Being a Jeff Lorber fan, I’ve heard Marienthal ALOT and his takes are just unbelievable.

That hip movement. Ladies watch out, Eric is showing off how smooth he could do you while playing his saxopohone

It’s great to behold Eric Marienthal on Tenor. Such a rare sight 🥰

Marienthal is an ANIMAL on any Sax!!!

Eric on tenor…. 😍😍😍. Don’t see it that much.

didnt know mel gibson can play a mean tenor saxophone 😂😂

Damn! I've always loved Eric Marienthal's playing. And I know how much of a monster he is. I saw him live back in the day with Chick Corea's Elektric Band when they first started and he was smokin'! But this cut with him in tenor! Damn! What a great sound! He sounds like a tenor player - not an alto player playing tenor. Bright, tight, and edgy. Ugh!

Yes!! I am so glad someone finally transcribed this. This has been one of my favorite Eric solos for years. So effortless and melodic!

Marienthal is one of the very best.

Marienthal was always No.1 melodical, the smoothest sounding saxophonist ever! have met with him after gig! Very humble guy .... still my No.1 player on this instrument since 1999 (at the age of 15 i discovered whole Electric Band 1987 live concert )

Buttery 🧈

Saw marienthal play at mineral area college last year for a jazz camp. Probably the best performance I’ve ever seen. He played giant steps and a few other songs.

dude...this drummer....

I really enjoyed hearing Eric play tenor on this cut. Really nice solo! He should consider playing more tenor.

That was so smooth, my mind slipped and hit its head on the floor.

Smooth as silk!

Great transcription and a fab solo by Eric. Thanks for posting.

Of course Lee Ritenour is here. Listen to this! Sick transcription btw

One of my all-time favorite tracks.

I first learnt about him through exactly this Overtime live years ago when my bro bought this DVD. This DVD also happened to be my gateway drug to jazz. At first I thought he was JUST a great smooth jazz player...But only a couple years later I saw he was in Chick Corea's Elektric Band and I was like "ah ohhh"...He can pretty much play anything GREAT.

Up with the greats

Eric is amazing on so many levels!

Whoa, what a great vibe

yeah - groovy!!!!!

Cool, please make Lee's transcriptions too 🎉❤

I know he composed some of the tracks for the game The Sims 1, there is a track called "Neighborhood 6" I really like

Good to see things worked out for Pryzbylewski after teaching high school

Amazing job man! Thanks so much and yeah Erik is a Superhero on the saxophone

In my opinion, Eric has a unique and most recognizable sound on each of his sax. Is that soprano, alto and tenor sax.

I didn't know that Eric also played the tenor saxophone.😲

Man, Eric likely makes some smooth $$$, uses $1 neck strap! 🎉🎉

I'm a multi-instrumentalist and am teaching myself sax. When guys hit those As an octave above the first ledger line above the staff, is that overtone work? I've always called it altissimo but I haven't seen special fingering charts for notes that are that low.

Who is on bass and drums?

Anyone heard the lick? 😃

Would love a link to the original video.

This guy gets ALL the 🐱 in the world...

It's such a cringy term smooth jazz. This guy is killing it. He's not taking all the claws out of it like smooth jazz does.

He may be as great as Michael Brecker

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At least you're willing to admit that this is SMOOTH JAZZ. Eric Marienthal has received so much for praise for how great he is at "jazz," when in reality he's simply a glorified smooth jazz saxophonist. Whatever style he wants to play I don't care about, but he's not really a great jazz saxophonist.