it would be worse if everyone had the same opinion I believe. Brandford Marsalis and James Carter please, mostly on soprano sax And I am a big fan of Dexter Gordon too. mulligan must be much higher. Jacob Uitti Known as theKing in his time! Parker and Coltrane were the most creative and groundbreaking. Its the ability to solo and follow: As Duke said, If it sounds good, and feels good, then it is good. Much of it has to do with how our backgrounds and exposures affect what touches us most. [2] In the year, he became the founding member of Out of the Blue which was produced by Blue Note Records. I know some say hes not jazz. [5] In the Golf Digest rankings of Top 100 in Music, according to golf handicap indexes of major musicians, he was first in 2006[4] and second in 2008. He played saxophone in Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet after playing with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for four years. Lester Young should have been two. "[57] Richard Brody, in a New Yorker report, cited Kenny G in the film responding "cheerful[ly]" to a question about what he loves about music, with, "I dont know if I love music that much," and continuing, "when I listen to music, I think about the musicians and I just think about what it takes to make that music and how much they had to practice. Also, repeating he copied bird shouldnt be synonymous with his name. Log In. Phil Woods missing? In 1984, Garrett recorded his first album as a bandleader, Introducing Kenny Garrett, on the CrissCross label. How many times did you hear John live after McCoy and Elvin had split? Anthony Braxton? Pat Metheny perform in 2018 in Rome, Italy. This North Carolinian, Charlie Parker-influenced tenorist started to make his mark in the 50s, where his bluesy, soulful, and increasingly funkified hard bop style resulted in a slew of notable LPs for the Blue Note label. Art has something to do with both tradition and talent. Peter Brtzmann? A prolific purple patch at the Impulse! "Sentimental" charted at No. Though originating in Philadelphia, Getz became the pre-eminent tenor saxophonist of the US West Coast cool school scene of the 50s. To say he was so great there, given that Rollins, Coltrane and Griffin had been so inspired when they played with Monk, speaks eloquently of Rouses gifts. And then I heard Kenny G, and I never put on another Miles record.' [11] He also performed the "National Anthem of the United States" at the 1994 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on July 17, 1994. Good to see Hank Mobley on list. Even among the best jazz saxophonists, few could play as soulfully as Stanley Turrentine. For instance, in the Variety interview below, he asks Lane, Is it too late to change the title of the film? [1] Garrett also played and recorded with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw before developing his career as a leader.[1]. Also Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter closer to top! I am glad (as much as I am surprised) to see Hank Mobley, one of my favourite, scoring so high. The audience he has wouldn't be caught dead at a real jazz concert or club. Grover should definitely be on this list!!! Reply. Not a very good list; Phil Woods, Serge Chaloff, Don Byas, Lucky Thompson, Wardell Gray, Booker Ervin, Cecil Payne, Steve Lacy, Bill Perkins, Chu Berry, better than at least 13 of your choices. This list is mired in a rather parochial hard-bop sensibility. He is also playing at THE JAZZ ROOM in Waterloo, Ontario in early February of 2020 (The group is called THE CLIFFS OF MOHER). The sound he projects is substantial but also athletic and imbued with a heart-tugging soulfulness. So many of the others are very badly skewed. This list has one huge omission Warne Marsh. Seattle-bred sax star Kenny G wows crowd in Jazz Alley debut", "Kenny G Seeking New Directions in His Life and Music", "The Star-Spangled Banner - Kenny G - 1994 FIFA World Cup closing ceremonies at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA, on Jul. I think Grover Washington, who was one of the best live improvisers, and john klemmer deserve the list. I think that Boots Randolph should be on the list. Yeah, forget the contributions of Adrian Rollini, Jimmy Dorsey, and Frank Trumbauer. And as for some of the choices whoever compiled the list should be hanged, drawn and quartered, and have his pocket-money stopped, etc etc etc. [1] The CD Five Peace Band Live won a Grammy Award in 2010. It cant simply be that millions of people are just stupid and Pat Metheny is the smart one, says Jason King, a musician and scholar at New York University. Everyone has there personal favorites of course, but if you truly know jazz, than this list is the Canon of Sax platers. The late Jim Galloway from Canada? He later teamed up with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson for an acclaimed series of collaborations. It's skewed, but we ain't going away. Music offers people an escape, a way to feel good. His canny deflections of his detractors take the film in unexpected directions. Since 1985, he has pursued a solo career. Thanks for posting. Check out the trailer for the Listening to Kenny G documentary below: Kenny G is also notably self-deprecating and self-aware about his status in the music industry. Any professional sax player will put Brecker at number one or number two. Its in that spirit I chimed in on the piano list earlier. Harry Carney? He signed to the Warner Bros. Records label, and beginning with Black Hope, in 1992,[1] he recorded eight albums for them. Unbelievable, any sax list without grover washington isnt worth the 1s and 0s its printed on. Theres no doubt that, if he were alive today, 19th-century Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax would be extremely surprised and pleased, too, no doubt at how the saxophone, which he invented and then patented back in 1846, has become universally popular, and was crucial in defining the sound of a 20th-century-born musical style called jazz. I am graduating this year and I really want to learn the soprano sax and a sopranino sax as it sounds really beautiful and Kenny G inspires me to learn how to play one, but from what I've researched is both of those saxophones I meantioned is hard to play because any changes to the mouths placement on the reed, how you blow on it, tounge placement, etc, will mess with it but it's not as hard . He has cited The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd as bands from that time period who brought saxophone into rock music well. January 1, 2016 at 5:17 am you better be sarcastic! "Songbird" reached No. The youngest-born entry among the worlds best jazz saxophonists, Ohio-born Lovano can play a clutch of different instruments, though his name is synonymous with the tenor saxophone. Born in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, Bechet started out on the clarinet and impressed at an early age before switching to the then-unfashionable and rarely heard soprano saxophone after discovering one on tour in a London junk shop in 1920. 0 Replies 1 Participant Hmm? When you hear the words, easy listening, it almost sounds bad, he says. Kenni was voted "Best Tenor Sax Player" by Twin Cities Reader magazine. Young is regarded as the Poet Laureate of the tenor sax. And his own album Jewel in the Lotus is an underrated masterpiece. His florid, effusive style was often likened to sheets of sound. Coltranes music was always evolving and progressed from hard bop through to modal, spiritual jazz, and the avant-garde. Kenny G - he's the most commercially successful sax player of all time, so of course, folks are going to hate on him. When he entered high school he failed at his first attempt to get into the jazz band but auditioned again the following year and earned first chair. One is never going to agree with these lists but they are great fun keep them coming! Also had Art Pepper and Phil Woods. Interesting selection though top 4 spot on! Kenny G performs at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival's opening gala at Radio City Music Hall on April 19, 2017 in New York City. A Memphis-born musician, Benny Hank Crawford, was one of the premier soul-jazz alto saxophonists of the 60s and 70s. Ask ANY casual listener today to name a Gene Ammons song. Did you encounter any technical issues? WORTHLESS! SIDNEY BECHET 25, COLEMAN HAWKINS 7? Charles, I wish we could meet. Both of these concerts even were widely reportedangry letters to Down Beat and the Madison papers by disillusioned Coltrane fans. Lockjaw and especially Paul Desmond the alto God cant possibly be listed lower than Stan Getz, for crying out loud. How about Sonny Criss. The album included many hits such as "Forever in Love", the recipient of the Grammy Award for the Best Instrumental Composition and which charted in the Billboard Year-End Hot 100. What about Steve Colemen or Anthony Braxton. He learned by studying under a local trumpeter and playing along with saxophone records. Coltrane rose to fame with Miles Davis group during the mid-to-late 50s, while enjoying a parallel solo career that eventually produced A Love Supreme, one of the most iconic jazz albums of all time. Only members can comment. It's an iconic track from Kenny G,and in fact, some of our members in Sax School are working on that tune right now. [22], In February 2000, Kenny G was invited to the White House and performed for state governors and members of the Clinton Cabinet.[23]. He was born Kenneth Bruce Gorelick in Seattle, Washington, a quiet Jewish kid who was expected to take over his fathers plumbing business one day. So, if he feels like his audience should be more familiar with those people, I cant see anything aesthetically wrong with that." And I say this as an appreciator of art who has also been moved by Dave Koz. Now that I think of it, that instrument would fit in nicely with this song. [13], General Music Project (G. M. Project) [2] Garrett's music sometimes exhibits Asian influences, an aspect which is especially prevalent in his 2006 Grammy-nominated recording Beyond the Wall. More recently, Kenny G has collaborated with Kanye West, the Weeknd, and the new SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Sponge on the Run. [1] Kenny G is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with global sales totaling more than 75 million records. Parkers influence was pervasive and his explorations helped to change the course of jazz, transforming it from dance music to art. What comes through is that Kenny G probably would have been successful at whatever he chose to do. You should check out TINA S on youtube. But even some of his critics concede that Kenny G created a new type of instrumental music with massive hits like Songbird and Silhouette. Whats inarguable is that he has a distinctive sound thats sold millions of records. [69] He is a member of Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California. I remember transcribing one of Desmomds solos on BLUE RONDO A LA TURK and it was very hard to play on guitar note for note. I just love listening to Mobley anytimehe does every kind of piece well, especially in his peak years. They are from the Toronto, Ontario area. There are some innovators and many great players. Sonny Stitt is way too low on this list. It's the way record companies automatically put up-and-coming instrumentalists (especially horn players) in the JAZZ category. However, her version of PICK UP THE PIECES is better than THE AVERAGE WHITE BANDS. In 1986, Kenny G entered the most commercially successful period of his career. He is also one of the best-selling musicians of all time, with more than 75 million records sold. The reeds of the alto saxophone are smaller than those of the tge saxophone. Required fields are marked *. Unique among the best jazz saxophonists to come up in the late 40s and early 50s, Konitz was one of the few altoists who wasnt infected by Charlie Parkers bebop sound. Candy Dulfer is good but I do not agree that she CAN OUTPLAY THIS ENTIRE LIST! (The soprano sax looks nothing like the more familiar alto sax.) The butt of jokes at times, the very wealthy and very successful sax player is like a duck in water, letting criticisms roll right off his back. A member of the trailblazing Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet, this Texas tenor titan was at the birth of hard bop in the early 50s and later based himself in Los Angeles, where he offered a more vigorous alternative to the West Coasts omnipresent cool sound. Warne Marsh should be in the top 10. Im not sure why he and folks like him (Gerald Albright, Jeff Lorber, etc) are never included in these lists, since their impact is beyond comparison! WHERE IS PHIL WOODS ARE YOU KIDDING???????????????????????????????? For saxophonists, I dont usually compare alto players with tenors, baritone, soprano, though I guess one can. Sam Butera is always under rated except by the people in Las Vegas where Louis Prima and Sam Butera had the hottest act on the strip, even way ahead of Wayne Newton. Though marching band music was part of jazzs foundation, it was the trumpet, rather than the saxophone, that first took the spotlight. Kenny Gs music may not fit the classical definition of jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLLHZmRvMj4&list=OLAK5uy_kYNmW4pdq99QhTC5Q7VajuN48GPfk4DfA&index=1. Archie Shepp?.? Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis 's band. http://www.KennyWalker.netSaxophonist, vocalist, arranger, band leader and all around performer. Peter Brtzmann? check out his Lorber stuff and first 2 solo albums. Ask any garage band or casual listener to play or hum Mr. Magic or Winelight, and they willthose songs are known worldwide. [7] In 2013, Garrett won an Echo Award in the Saxophonist of the Year category. James Moody, Oliver Nelson, Sahib Shihab, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Sal Nistico, Charlie McPherson? His 1939 recording of Body And Soul, with an extended solo that improvised on, around and beyond the songs main melody, was a game-changer that opened the door for musicians such as Charlie Parker. The 11 Best Saxophone Players for Hire in West Palm Beach, FL | GigSalad Birthday Party with 5 guests West Palm Beach, Florida Performance location Outdoor (with cover) Song requests We love Kenny G and I would like a few songs played from our wedding which one was A Whole New World from the Aladdin soundtrack. Jazz saxophonist Kenny G has played jazz clubs and big stages all over the world, but one of his favorite venues is . Not fitting of Memphis jazz clubs, but yes he is still of the greatest jazz sax players ever. Making his recording debut with Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers in 1965, he was already recording as a leader for Milestone when Miles Davis recruited him in 1970. Alvin Cohn enjoyed a long and fruitful collaboration with fellow tenor Zoot Sims and, together, the pair were considered by Jack Kerouac to be among the best jazz saxophonists of the 50s, and were asked to play on his 1959 poetry album Blues And Haikus. But young Kenny became enthralled by the silky music of jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr., whose hits like Just The Two of Us heralded the 1980s rise of the smooth jazz genre. To leave him out is pretty silly. 1 - 1 of 1 Posts. On At LastThe Duets Album, he collaborated with friends and colleagues David Sanborn, David Benoit; Daryl Hall, lead singer of Hall & Oates; Burt Bacharach, and Barbra Streisand. Marshall Allen? He stayed with Miles Davis until 1970 and became a prolific composer. Free shipping for many products! A form of lung disease has silenced Rollins tenor saxophone since 2012, but he remains the last great saxophonist of jazzs golden age. Its status as one of the genres most important instruments is undisputed; even the most cursory glance at the list of musicians hailed as the best jazz saxophonists of all time is essentially a list of the most famous saxophone players ever. Like a number of the best jazz saxophonists of his era, he was a disciple of Charlie Parker, but nevertheless forged his own style, a soulful amalgam of bop, gospel and blues influences. Her live version of Pick Up The Pieces is the best anywhere. [70], Kenny G is an aircraft pilot and has a De Havilland Beaver seaplane which he flies regularly. What a complete farce. At the time of its peak, it was also the oldest-written song to make the Hot 100 charts. I already suggested TOP 100 but now I am thinking TOP 125! All thinking, caring lovers of jazz are obliged to boycott these ludicrous lists paeans to the eviscerated, lobotomized American pop culture that jazz exposes and refutes. 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