To all those people that say things like 'she's nothing special at all' or 'she's boring': I am now 16 years old and I've been playing saxophone since I was 7, too. Most people I know (from people who don't play saxophone at all to people who are quite big people in the world of music) say I play saxophone really well and wonder what would have become of me when I'll go on playing saxophone, but still I'm almost jealous at how Jess plays saxophone here... it seems like she does exactly know what she wants to play (and plays the way she wants to, also) and her sound is so warm... I haven't heard that very often, especially not at her age. I have to admit, this kind of music isn't the kind of music I like to play or listen to very often, but if you play saxophone yourself, you know what she does isn't all that easy to do, especially not at her age. So Jess, great job and I think (and really hope) you are gonna be a very succesfull saxophonist in the future! :)
To be 16 and play like she does is something more than special. She has raw and natural talent and skills that any true musician will appreciate. I've been a saxophonist for 20 years and I know that the what she has comes from her heart and soul. To play an unaccompanied solo is not an easy task. Most musicians her age do not feel the music the way she does. I have learned from experience that while I am not a professional musician that music is something more. Also most people forget that music is an art, and art is based on individual interpretation. Ultimately this young lady is very skilled and will continue to grow.
To all those leaving derogatory comments, this year she reached the finals of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, which is hugely prestigious. If you could do that at the age of 17 I would be impressed, but instead you're trying to put someone down because of your own insecurities? grow up.
regardless of what the jealous 14 / 15 yearolds are saying, she played very well, she just has yet to fully develop her own style and feel that will make her sound unique and memorable, she's playing much more "by the books" right now. But that will come with time.
I'm more than twice her age and practice everyday. I wish that I had half her talent. I don't know either of the songs that she played but I do know that she played them very well. Excellent job and keep on playing. I'm sure that your talent and audiences will continue to grow. I wonder how many people regardless of age have accomplished what she has in 9 short years. Thanks for sharing!
Wow now there's some incredible talent! This girl is so expressive in her playing and she has this amazing Michael Brecker vibe going and I can't stop listening.
+Kyle Hill I am not a *kid* I've been playing saxophone for over 15 years, the latter five professionally. In high school I was one of the best saxophonists in the state, I studied under Mark Colby, Kenneth Stein and Greg Fishman, my saxophone was personally chosen for me by the branch CEO of Selmer, and then I was a performance major in college with emphasis on Tenor and Alto sax. She's 15 years old. That level of talent and expressiveness doesn't come from private lessons, that comes from pure talent. Meanwhile, you lifeless hacks are nothing more than bitter keyboard warriors who have nothing better to do than insult children who are more talented than you will ever be. I didn't come here to argue on the internet, I'm sure you'll respond with some kind of inane reply but watch as I literally ignore it. Good day gentlemen. I hope you find satisfaction in mocking kids on the internet.
Sounds like you should have taken up the trumpet Jeremy - You make a good job of blowing your own trumpet!! - It sounds like you're "Two Blocks From The Edge" to me! ;-o
Lots of big egos in the comments section here. That's the last thing you'll ever find useful, ladies and gentlemen. The young lady has chops and she's playing TED Talks. It seems she's done very well for herself and does not require your validation to be successful, only her audience's. Perhaps you may consider spending as much time practicing or networking as you do making shrewd comments on TH-cam videos of your peers. ;)
That's how sax players are...Dicks, for the most part. I've played for years and that's my honest opinion of them. I met people who have gone to prestigious music schools, Berkley, and said it was like a nazi camp!
I wanted to play saxophone when I was first starting out. My band teacher told me to play trumpet. I play trumpet, and im happy. but just a very small part of me still wants to be a saxophone player.
Hey young'uns! Nice tone and technique, nothing much to dislike here. There's a few avenues of improvement, but I'd me proud if she was one of my students.
How is she not special???? She was a finalist at the BBC young musician competition and just made her BBC Proms debut....Don't criticise unless you could do better
I've never been crazy about the saxophone's "classical sound." It's such a quintessential jazz instrument. She's not a bad player but her tone sounds so much like a clarinet sometimes. Sorta defeats the fun of the saxophone.
shes not a bad player, at all. but shes nothing special...shes here because its TedX and she was first chair as a freshman in the high school band. literally, nothing more. not a bad thing, just nothing special.....
im first chair in 3 different instruments (one in each different band/orchestra class) and i only have been playing for 3 years. shes been playing for 7. thats a lot more time to practice than anyone else (anyone else if they started playing in middle school)
@@josephcolon5812 you can't compare yourself to her. odds are the ppl who were in those sections you sat first chair in sucked and that's how you got it so fast. you don't know what her band was like, and you do realize she has a record label with Decca?? And she was a BBC finalist and played at the BBC prom. She's won tons of other awards too and she did it all at 17 or 18, and has done even more now.
I feel this girl isn't gifted, I mean I play too, and so does my good friend. Right now I'm 14 and he's 15, both playing the 24 caprices. Google it. Nothing too crazy about her playing.
wow 9 years and her high notes still soundin scratchy been playing 2 years and this is my 3rd year actually started practice this year, lot of progress for me. natural talent all here i have played all through the charlie parker book and ive literally gotten all the altissimo in under a year well the standard altissimo. and yet she uses fancy equipment and i dont. heres a imaginary potato for the rude critisisim.
also just learn vabrato this year, ive mastered it the jazz vabrato and the classical but it seems in the classical i alter the speed of my vabrato depending on the song. ive learned all the scoops and drops, growls, and overblows by myself in jazz. drops are ny favorite tho, i like going to a altissimo d then just drop chromatically. sounds sick you should try it
I'll admit shes good, but i'm 15 and I'm not as good as her but i'm not that far off and i know people who are a little bit older( like a year) and are better, so i wouldn't say gifted.
+Clay Gargiulo Your whole posting is grammatically incorrect. Your = it belongs to you. You're = you are shes = ??? she's = she is Ordinarily, I would not highlight anyone's weak grasp of or incorrect grammar; however, your remark required a reply. After all, 'Knowing your shit', and 'Knowing you're shit' are very different indeed!!
+Christos Spyrou really bro, this is the internet. do you really think people give two fucks about their grammar. as you can see im not even using capital letters. you petty as fuck bro.
If I'm being petty, why did you not reply without using full stops? "This is the internet", is not an excuse to be grammatically incorrect...because once we stop 'giving a shit bro', the 'norm' would be to write 'shit'. It's the thin edge of the wedge bro. In reply to your omitting capital letters..... Grammar is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off a horse; and helping your uncle, jack off a horse. R U understanding me m8?
Regardless of the other asshats in the comments, she's bending the note. you can either google it to figure it out, or you can just lower your jaw slightly when playing. also, that growl-y sound you get when playing is from humming
Matthew Taylor hahahah that thought made my day, hahahah, well there is nothing bad on that, a 16 old should learn anything that goes!For note plasticity check Yiorgos Magas the greek master of folk clarinet!
I'm not here to say that she sucks, she's pretty good, but I actually am 15 years old and I play like her, maybe even better. I cannot know it cause she played just for few minutes, great sound sure, but she didn't do any technical difficult part (I mean doing this we can't understand if she's mechanicly good, I don't know if that's right in English cause that's not my main language but I guess you will understand what I am saying), so nothing, she's not bad but not even that good, for sure not a gifted saxophone player like is wrote in the description. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like she'll be the daughter of some sponsor of Ted (if they have some, I don't know but I think they'll have) or something like that. Definitely not worthy to listed as an educational talk like "I'm 17" (I loved that) or some others.
To all those people that say things like 'she's nothing special at all' or 'she's boring': I am now 16 years old and I've been playing saxophone since I was 7, too. Most people I know (from people who don't play saxophone at all to people who are quite big people in the world of music) say I play saxophone really well and wonder what would have become of me when I'll go on playing saxophone, but still I'm almost jealous at how Jess plays saxophone here... it seems like she does exactly know what she wants to play (and plays the way she wants to, also) and her sound is so warm... I haven't heard that very often, especially not at her age. I have to admit, this kind of music isn't the kind of music I like to play or listen to very often, but if you play saxophone yourself, you know what she does isn't all that easy to do, especially not at her age.
So Jess, great job and I think (and really hope) you are gonna be a very succesfull saxophonist in the future! :)
To be 16 and play like she does is something more than special. She has raw and natural talent and skills that any true musician will appreciate. I've been a saxophonist for 20 years and I know that the what she has comes from her heart and soul. To play an unaccompanied solo is not an easy task. Most musicians her age do not feel the music the way she does. I have learned from experience that while I am not a professional musician that music is something more. Also most people forget that music is an art, and art is based on individual interpretation. Ultimately this young lady is very skilled and will continue to grow.
Saxy Kat I’m pretty sure she worked Jared for those talents. Doubt it’s anything”natural”
To all those leaving derogatory comments, this year she reached the finals of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, which is hugely prestigious. If you could do that at the age of 17 I would be impressed, but instead you're trying to put someone down because of your own insecurities? grow up.
Love the passion she puts into her playing. Beautiful performance to go with that beautiful horn
Great job Jess. At 16 years old, you have a great future. From one Sax player to another.
regardless of what the jealous 14 / 15 yearolds are saying, she played very well, she just has yet to fully develop her own style and feel that will make her sound unique and memorable, she's playing much more "by the books" right now. But that will come with time.
I'm more than twice her age and practice everyday. I wish that I had half her talent. I don't know either of the songs that she played but I do know that she played them very well. Excellent job and keep on playing. I'm sure that your talent and audiences will continue to grow. I wonder how many people regardless of age have accomplished what she has in 9 short years. Thanks for sharing!
Wow now there's some incredible talent! This girl is so expressive in her playing and she has this amazing Michael Brecker vibe going and I can't stop listening.
you dont know what u talking about kid
+Jeremy Schooler yeah dude what r u even saying.. please don't insult the great michael brecker ever again
+Kyle Hill I am not a *kid*
I've been playing saxophone for over 15 years, the latter five professionally. In high school I was one of the best saxophonists in the state, I studied under Mark Colby, Kenneth Stein and Greg Fishman, my saxophone was personally chosen for me by the branch CEO of Selmer, and then I was a performance major in college with emphasis on Tenor and Alto sax.
She's 15 years old. That level of talent and expressiveness doesn't come from private lessons, that comes from pure talent.
Meanwhile, you lifeless hacks are nothing more than bitter keyboard warriors who have nothing better to do than insult children who are more talented than you will ever be.
I didn't come here to argue on the internet, I'm sure you'll respond with some kind of inane reply but watch as I literally ignore it. Good day gentlemen. I hope you find satisfaction in mocking kids on the internet.
Oh look ladies and gentlemen we have a name dropper
Sounds like you should have taken up the trumpet Jeremy - You make a good job of blowing your own trumpet!! - It sounds like you're "Two Blocks From The Edge" to me! ;-o
Stop hatin'!! That girl can play!!!
Michael Hudson o
Lots of big egos in the comments section here. That's the last thing you'll ever find useful, ladies and gentlemen. The young lady has chops and she's playing TED Talks. It seems she's done very well for herself and does not require your validation to be successful, only her audience's. Perhaps you may consider spending as much time practicing or networking as you do making shrewd comments on TH-cam videos of your peers. ;)
Matthew Barenie she's boring .... Listen to Leo P for top class saxophone playing
That's how sax players are...Dicks, for the most part. I've played for years and that's my honest opinion of them. I met people who have gone to prestigious music schools, Berkley, and said it was like a nazi camp!
@@bulkmail9 👌🖕
I wanted to play saxophone when I was first starting out. My band teacher told me to play trumpet. I play trumpet, and im happy. but just a very small part of me still wants to be a saxophone player.
beautiful tone
love her sound on the unlacquered yanagisawa
Hey young'uns! Nice tone and technique, nothing much to dislike here. There's a few avenues of improvement, but I'd me proud if she was one of my students.
Beautiful, such mastery of tone and expression!
Tremendoo!! muy buena! Saludos desde argentina!
Excelente!!!! Gran futuro!!!!!!
GRANDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
How is she not special???? She was a finalist at the BBC young musician competition and just made her BBC Proms debut....Don't criticise unless you could do better
Superb! Brilliant 👍🏻
It was very good but something was missing and I can't quite make out what is was
I've never been crazy about the saxophone's "classical sound." It's such a quintessential jazz instrument. She's not a bad player but her tone sounds so much like a clarinet sometimes. Sorta defeats the fun of the saxophone.
meadow-larks would that they had such sweet symphony; thank you
Nice Selmer!!!
i wish i had a selmer ;-; im too poor XD
It's a Yanagisawa.
Go saxophones
1:33
Lol seeing her play 2 songs gives everyone a right to be judgemental lmao
shes not a bad player, at all. but shes nothing special...shes here because its TedX and she was first chair as a freshman in the high school band. literally, nothing more. not a bad thing, just nothing special.....
Really? So the fact that shes only 15 years old is nothing special to you?
Lol when I was 15 I was first chair in my high school band
So was i, whats your fucking point?
im first chair in 3 different instruments (one in each different band/orchestra class) and i only have been playing for 3 years. shes been playing for 7. thats a lot more time to practice than anyone else (anyone else if they started playing in middle school)
@@josephcolon5812 you can't compare yourself to her. odds are the ppl who were in those sections you sat first chair in sucked and that's how you got it so fast. you don't know what her band was like, and you do realize she has a record label with Decca?? And she was a BBC finalist and played at the BBC prom. She's won tons of other awards too and she did it all at 17 or 18, and has done even more now.
Cute!
I feel this girl isn't gifted, I mean I play too, and so does my good friend. Right now I'm 14 and he's 15, both playing the 24 caprices. Google it. Nothing too crazy about her playing.
wow 9 years and her high notes still soundin scratchy been playing 2 years and this is my 3rd year actually started practice this year, lot of progress for me. natural talent all here i have played all through the charlie parker book and ive literally gotten all the altissimo in under a year well the standard altissimo. and yet she uses fancy equipment and i dont. heres a imaginary potato for the rude critisisim.
also just learn vabrato this year, ive mastered it the jazz vabrato and the classical but it seems in the classical i alter the speed of my vabrato depending on the song. ive learned all the scoops and drops, growls, and overblows by myself in jazz. drops are ny favorite tho, i like going to a altissimo d then just drop chromatically. sounds sick you should try it
her high notes weren't scratchy? And if you were truly that good, you wouldnt feel the need to tell everyone that
You can say you're good when you can play in Db major and immediately play in Bb minor.
Jordan Schneider come back then u accomplished all that she has. U r no where near as good as you think you are
Maybe if theres some backsound, it will more interesting
She play very nice, but mouthpiece is so close.
I'll admit shes good, but i'm 15 and I'm not as good as her but i'm not that far off and i know people who are a little bit older( like a year) and are better, so i wouldn't say gifted.
+WheatFlakes919 Your only 15 you have no clue haha for 15 shes pretty damn good. and you ued like in the wrong context.
+Clay Gargiulo Your whole posting is grammatically incorrect.
Your = it belongs to you.
You're = you are
shes = ???
she's = she is
Ordinarily, I would not highlight anyone's weak grasp of or incorrect grammar; however, your remark required a reply.
After all, 'Knowing your shit', and 'Knowing you're shit' are very different indeed!!
Okay but....let's not worry about that. No need for it at all! Grammars important but not on youtube comments mate c'mon.
+Christos Spyrou really bro, this is the internet. do you really think people give two fucks about their grammar. as you can see im not even using capital letters. you petty as fuck bro.
If I'm being petty, why did you not reply without using full stops?
"This is the internet", is not an excuse to be grammatically incorrect...because once we stop 'giving a shit bro', the 'norm' would be to write 'shit'. It's the thin edge of the wedge bro.
In reply to your omitting capital letters.....
Grammar is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off a horse; and helping your uncle, jack off a horse.
R U understanding me m8?
how does she get that sound at 0:22??
that breathy harmonica sound
Regardless of the other asshats in the comments, she's bending the note. you can either google it to figure it out, or you can just lower your jaw slightly when playing. also, that growl-y sound you get when playing is from humming
Andrew MacMillan Μy words exactly
I was talking about sax playing, about note plasticity. This 16 year old probably reads these comments - you should be ashamed.
Matthew Taylor hahahah that thought made my day, hahahah, well there is nothing bad on that, a 16 old should learn anything that goes!For note plasticity check Yiorgos Magas the greek master of folk clarinet!
Too. Much. Growling.
que rayos es eso jaja no me gusto
I'm not here to say that she sucks, she's pretty good, but I actually am 15 years old and I play like her, maybe even better. I cannot know it cause she played just for few minutes, great sound sure, but she didn't do any technical difficult part (I mean doing this we can't understand if she's mechanicly good, I don't know if that's right in English cause that's not my main language but I guess you will understand what I am saying), so nothing, she's not bad but not even that good, for sure not a gifted saxophone player like is wrote in the description. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like she'll be the daughter of some sponsor of Ted (if they have some, I don't know but I think they'll have) or something like that. Definitely not worthy to listed as an educational talk like "I'm 17" (I loved that) or some others.
Daniele Pini bs
we anxiously await your TH-cam video demonstrating your saxophone skills.