Hello guys, My name is Rakiem Walker. I have a band name the "Rakiem Walker Project" that performs at Red Rooster Harlem located at 310 Lenox Ave, NY, NY 10027 every Monday at 8pm. Stay tuned for the new album for 2014. Blessings to all of you and thanks for watching. Rakiem
This is what I love about major American cities versus some other country's. There are so many cultures and skills, and you never know what you might see.
This guy is a great entertainer and an excellent crowd pleaser. He has the potential to become the next Charlie Parker if he so desires in practicality. If only the world can be like this little atmosphere he has created! All peoples are cooperatively and collaboratively participating to create joy and good will amongst men of humane hearts.
no, only i think that if i wen someday to new york, i want to see that men, he maybe not be a perfect musician, but had soul and carism, that is really great for me
to all the music majors in the comment section - the guy who was counting to five and not four is because the song that guy was playing is in 5/4 TIME, the song is called TAKE FIVE for a reason!
I think he's a great play just most jazzers have a soul sound to their playing. And also I'm pretty sure he's using a plastic horn?? I'm not too sure but the tone sure sounds like it
charlie parker and ornette coleman also played a white plastic horn. they were made in the 1940's because there was a brass shortage to make ammunition for the war effort. great music. only in new york!!
waugh fulls Yes it is 1,2,3,4,5, it is in 5/4, yes you could count 1&2&3etc, but that's not neccesery unless you're the one playing, he's just counting the crotchet beats.
waugh fulls Either way is actually correct. Yanni is counting quarter notes, you are counting in eighth notes. It would also be correct to count it as 1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a5e&a if I were counting in 16ths. However we normally count 4/4 and 5/4 meter in quarters and depending on tempo we can subdivide in our heads in 8ths and 16ths.
Ok to whom may concern that have commented non constructively..... I don't give a FUCK. Thank you to the ones that have been helpful, and taught me because I now am in jazz for my school and love learning more about music as I have many 1 place solos and have been complimented on my skills as a baritone saxophonist by some very good directors for colleges including Michigan state.
It takes lots of practice, but keep with it. Music can be an amazing tool. Not only is the saxophone an awesome instrument, but it has paid for all of my college courses thus far. ;)
Yes, it's plastic (a Vibrato brand, if I'm not mistaken). In the description, it says he is a saxophone designer (which is awesome), and that that sax is one that he is testing out, so it makes sense that it wouldn't be the sax he normally plays on (since he is clearly a professional)
I want to make a correction that nobody seems to get. That saxophone isn't plastic, that is a custom Yamaha EXW. Only 50 were made and it is one of the best saxophones out there.
What do I learn from this: - I don't like plastic saxophones. - Being loud does not inevitably imply being good (this guy should practice on Williamsburg Bridge, the outcomes have been great in history). - White people from the USA seem to be as untalented feeling and keeping a rhythm as my fellow Germans are (what the hell is the problem with padah-padah-pom-pam or 1-(2)-(3)-4-(5)?). Counting up to 5 in the wrong tempo does not help (he just escaped being killed, I suppose).
To which part of my comment did you answer? Oh yes, "Take Five" is in 5/4, "Eleven Four" is in 11/4, and Bulgarian Bulge is in 33/16. But the people don't feel it, because they are underdeveloped in rhythm.
I doubt if it's plastic. As for the sound, he is undoubtedly playing a high baffle, wide tip mouthpiece for extreme volume. I do not care for the sound either, but I can sympathize with why he does it.
I think it is plastic or maybe he has a plastic reed. Anyway, I wish he had made another choice in materials because it makes a big difference in sound and his skill level is way higher then what that sax can deliver.
I would consider Roland Alphonso or Tommy Mc cook as a more pleasing tone to the ear Ace. I've had another listen and it still sounds buzzy like a Kazoo and notes at the same time.
+CleverDjembe That doesn't mean it's a brass instrument. A saxophone is played by blowing into the spot between a wooden reed and a mouthpiece, which is why it is known as a "woodwind," and classified as such. Clarinets fit into the same category, and are constructed similarly.
May I make a slight correction from "awesome" saxophone player to "awful" saxophone player, admired by a bunch of know-nothings who of course reveal their crass stupidity by being so enthusiastic in their shallow applause.. The man is a prime poser and impostor who could probably make much the same kind of grinding racket by sticking his saxophone in another bodily hole, the one remotest from his mouth in a southerly direction! In fact maybe I'm wrong. He could perhaps make an even BETTER sound from that orifice without a saxophone! Of course, the serious problem in all this is the major league dick-head who uploaded it in the first place. He needs a saxophone inserted in the same orifice but with the bell end first..WITHOUT GREASE. LEAD ME TO HIM! I have a Contra Bass, already upside down, awaiting a rapid application without anaesthetic! That should bring a tear of recognition to his eyes! Sorry for the big words and long sentences.... Hope you can cope!
StrawyMax560 Your skills of assessment are easily exceeded by your gobby and uncontrolled mouth. If you saw the content of my professional diary and teaching schedule, you'd immediately realise what an absolute bird-brain you have always been throughout your drab and meaningless existence. If you'd found the streaming site which the proprietors employed at last night's concert, it would have confirmed to you, your unprecedented stupidity. It got 900 visits in 3 hours. No.. I don't have a contra bass but I do have about 7 saxes and clarinets. However, your intelligence level is insufficient detect my sarcasm. I suspect that it may even have been inadequate for you to read this far. Didn't know it was possible for anybody to be such an idiot! How DO you cope with yourself? Quick correction. I can't be any kind of PEOPLE on my own..Knuckle brain.The word you might be searching in your limited vocabulary is 'person'. JERK.
Erik Sand I am guessing I that you are questioning me. Was condemning the misuse of the word "awesome" and the idiotic audience reaction. He is a nothing special player although further watching since your comment I concede that I was a bit harsh. It had a circus feel to it with a raucous tone. Those new plastics saxes deserve better than that. As I gave up watching before the end, I missed his mastery of circular breathing. Mea Culpa. He can also run farther than I can. Mind you mine's a baritone, made not of brass but extremely heavy bronze..not a light plastic alto, like his Thank's for making me listen again.
Ryan Papagelis Hi..Isn't he just? Got the chicks under his spell. I'll ask him how he does it and I'll show him some master-classes. Fair deal although I think he scores by being about a 100 yrs younger than me! Regards to you Ryan. Papagelis? Parrot?
But this is why people love living in ,and visiting NYC. And he wasn't being a show off, just giving a little show. this is a fun, very New York moment. and damn that sax was cool.
I don't play the saxophone, but hearing it makes me want to play it. I do play piano and ukulele though, and it would be nice to do a duet with a sax player someday.
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Hello guys,
My name is Rakiem Walker. I have a band name the "Rakiem Walker Project" that performs at Red Rooster Harlem located at 310 Lenox Ave, NY, NY 10027 every Monday at 8pm. Stay tuned for the new album for 2014. Blessings to all of you and thanks for watching.
Rakiem
Dude you're awesome... Can u play the Bari?
Same notes
Rakiem Walker hey your not even good I can play better
@@wwinter6416 Ok wwinter
If he got on his knees and started playing for me i would scream out "YES I WILL!!!"
Lmfao
That sax was so cool and i fakin love careless whisper. WHAMM.
This is what I love about major American cities versus some other country's. There are so many cultures and skills, and you never know what you might see.
best kazoo player I've ever heard.
Lol
This guy is a great entertainer and an excellent crowd pleaser.
He has the potential to become the next Charlie Parker if he so desires in practicality.
If only the world can be like this little atmosphere he has created!
All peoples are cooperatively and collaboratively participating to create joy and good will amongst men of humane hearts.
By the end this man owned the crowd, great job!
Genius!!!! that man is a genius!! if i go to central park someday, i must go to see him!
Uhhh? are you deaf?
no, only i think that if i wen someday to new york, i want to see that men, he maybe not be a perfect musician, but had soul and carism, that is really great for me
I came here hoping careless whisper. I wasn't disappointed.
How many play saxophone here?
I do
+Randy Burroughs me
Jessica Kämpe me #teamalto
TEAM BARI
Jessica Kämpe TEAM ALTO FTW
This actuallu gives me gooosebumps!
There used to be a bad sax dude in my neighborhood. He always played Summertime but could never finish the song. This guy is way better.
i thought he was going to propose to that lady
that sax is so cool! I want it!
Very good Performance ... he knows what he do .. :-)
The paste of the New Yorker is the best!
I really look happy!
I wanted to be in the place, too!
music brings people together :D
dude his saxophone is beast
One he designs himself
False
.. this guy is soooooo awsome !!!
Ive never liked plastic saxes. However this man does it justice
I play clarinet but saxophone is my guilty pleasure.
Kimberlyn McMurray dude same bro
Whenever I play on public places like this people boo me
realize that most people dont make a living from doing that...bc most just watch and leave
+EddiTaru even longer to sound professional
wow i love the channel just wanted to say hey.
i love you're channel brian
BriansThing you just gotta play that one George Michael song
He is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brilliant just brilliant
Me listening to his tone at first: "Wtf is he doing"
Me later: "Oh, that's a pretty interesting tone."
the first song is BRIAN SMITH"MOONLIGHT SAX MEDLEY
the 2de is "take five"Dave Brubeck Quartet
Yes it is but there are two version of it ,1 with careless whisper and 2 with saxophone version
nizarkhaled thanks man
I love that he played the wedding march for the couple at the end. Incredible talent.
What a great man!
to all the music majors in the comment section - the guy who was counting to five and not four is because the song that guy was playing is in 5/4 TIME, the song is called TAKE FIVE for a reason!
I love his saxophone. He knows how to interact with the crowd :)
Very good performance!!!
I'm not gonna lie the saxophone sounded terrible but the guy playing is really good
johann gonzalez what was the first solo he played ???
shubham sutar Careless Whisper
Goddamn it was so Sharp hurt my ears
Yeah this shit is wack
why would anybody dislike this?
beacause he is good show man and not so good player.
I think he's a great play just most jazzers have a soul sound to their playing. And also I'm pretty sure he's using a plastic horn?? I'm not too sure but the tone sure sounds like it
because there dumb
Because of you. Thx.
Ben Vela its not a horn its a bell
I hope the guy saying "12345" realizes there is no counting to 5 in music.
Learn to time signature, skrub. Dave Brubeck's Blue Rondo a la Turk is written in 9/8 time signature.
Fucking plebeian.
You must not have ever played an instrument
Yeah, he actually plays Take Five for a bit and that's in 5/4 so...
PFFFFTTT HAHAHAHAHA You sir obviously do not play any instruments.
5/4 you dummy
charlie parker and ornette coleman also played a white plastic horn. they were made in the 1940's because there was a brass shortage to make ammunition for the war effort. great music. only in new york!!
Alto for the freakin WIN!
No Grafton FTW
No. NO.
good player, bad sax. is that a polycarbonate?
I think so...
no, its white lacquer
GIG STRINGS no, its papier maché... duh
That's the grafton saxophone
Yep, vrom the Vibrato saxes
Awesome !!!
Amazing!! Brilliant playing
That's a sick white sax
Chewie Boyyee no it’s not
Smooth
That guy counting is my middle school band teacher lol
"Look at this guy makin' bank."
lol. Great stuff Mr. Walker. Great stuff.
A black guy playing a white saxophone😂 luther did his job♥️
Andre Schnura stfu u racist fucknut
i wouldnt call that racist but an odd comment lol
Yo the guy that thinks hes controlling the place is a jerk hes like 12345
Exactly, it's not 12345 if it even went to five it would be 1&2&3&4&5. But it would be four if that is the correct time signature.
waugh fulls Yes it is 1,2,3,4,5, it is in 5/4, yes you could count 1&2&3etc, but that's not neccesery unless you're the one playing, he's just counting the crotchet beats.
waugh fulls Either way is actually correct. Yanni is counting quarter notes, you are counting in eighth notes. It would also be correct to count it as 1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a5e&a if I were counting in 16ths. However we normally count 4/4 and 5/4 meter in quarters and depending on tempo we can subdivide in our heads in 8ths and 16ths.
+Yanni stelmach god that fucking douche
Ok to whom may concern that have commented non constructively..... I don't give a FUCK. Thank you to the ones that have been helpful, and taught me because I now am in jazz for my school and love learning more about music as I have many 1 place solos and have been complimented on my skills as a baritone saxophonist by some very good directors for colleges including Michigan state.
bring back the smooth jazz memories, god bless
Careless Whisper is like a classic
I see blue and black... You guys??
taz coles O.O I see white and gold. I`m right!
Sir Valle white and gold
Late but it was confirmed white and gold is .... Wrong
taz coles Blue and black
They thought he was proposing
As a saxophonist myself I am just a beginner and this is really AMAZING
It takes lots of practice, but keep with it. Music can be an amazing tool. Not only is the saxophone an awesome instrument, but it has paid for all of my college courses thus far. ;)
thx you just earnt a sub
congrats 1 more sub
yeh maybe but hes got talent
I think he's pretty talented myself. The opening song sounds like it came straight out of an 80's cop drama. :P
yeh i agree to someone like me he is good
He is a very talented guy,God gave him talents
Legend says the crowd is still trying to find the beat.
He kinda looks like a black Hugh Jackman.
someone give this man a decent sax, he deserves it!
His sax and watch are worth more than I will ever make in my life
They are literally both worth less than $100.
If you weren't blind, you would notice that his saxophone is custom made- by himself. Therefore making it worth a lot.
Is "Centeral Park" anywhere near Central Park?
Great player but somebody please give this boy a better sax
Greg Ameele isn't it plastic?
Yes, it's plastic (a Vibrato brand, if I'm not mistaken). In the description, it says he is a saxophone designer (which is awesome), and that that sax is one that he is testing out, so it makes sense that it wouldn't be the sax he normally plays on (since he is clearly a professional)
Great player
最高です！アルトサックス買ってしまった
I met him I gave him 5 dollars
I want to make a correction that nobody seems to get. That saxophone isn't plastic, that is a custom Yamaha EXW. Only 50 were made and it is one of the best saxophones out there.
I've played one, thought it was fantastic
I've also played one. Turned out the owner stuck it up his ass before he let me play it.
BS
still dreaming a world full of things like these
You're great!!!!!!!!
gay guy ruined the snaps trying to regulate them.
Yeah but the guy was still being a douche and annoying.
The guy is their band director teaching them something
Cringy Audience Alert
Wow that's is amazing
めっちゃイケメンで屈強なのに楽器までできるとかかっこよすぎる
What do I learn from this:
- I don't like plastic saxophones.
- Being loud does not inevitably imply being good (this guy should practice on Williamsburg Bridge, the outcomes have been great in history).
- White people from the USA seem to be as untalented feeling and keeping a rhythm as my fellow Germans are (what the hell is the problem with padah-padah-pom-pam or 1-(2)-(3)-4-(5)?). Counting up to 5 in the wrong tempo does not help (he just escaped being killed, I suppose).
It was Take Five, which is 5/4.
To which part of my comment did you answer?
Oh yes, "Take Five" is in 5/4, "Eleven Four" is in 11/4, and Bulgarian Bulge is in 33/16. But the people don't feel it, because they are underdeveloped in rhythm.
Ruediger Podlaha
to be fair - 5/4 isn't the easiest kind of takt
Ruediger Podlaha idk if its plastic or not. But the dude created it soooo...
Careless whisper was in a different key and it made me cringe
Damn this guy is filthy with the sax :) love it
Great audience engaging!!!
I don't really care for the sound that the plastic saxophone makes
I doubt if it's plastic. As for the sound, he is undoubtedly playing a high baffle, wide tip mouthpiece for extreme volume. I do not care for the sound either, but I can sympathize with why he does it.
Yea a custom Yamaha EX is tooooootally made out of plastic dude.
00:24 ewwwwwah...00:34 oh ok
at that part I was like they recording it too
and he did it again
I don't get why people call it a bad saxophone/tone. I think it sounds good.
The saxophone is such a cool instrument
When you are not the one blowing it 😂😂
vibrato sax is so out of tone...
awful tone is it plastic
I don't know what you consider a good tone but this definitely isn't awful.
i agree
I think it is plastic or maybe he has a plastic reed. Anyway, I wish he had made another choice in materials because it makes a big difference in sound and his skill level is way higher then what that sax can deliver.
I would consider Roland Alphonso or Tommy Mc cook as a more pleasing tone to the ear Ace. I've had another listen and it still sounds buzzy like a Kazoo and notes at the same time.
Fair enuff I was wondering if it was my ears, each to there own then eh.
A silent whisper xD of course he would be playing that song
*Moonlight sax Medley
I love the color and im playing saxaphone amazing so dope!!!!!
Black people and brass instruments sigh.
Saxophone is a woodwind
um...
+DatRandumBear but it's made from brass
+CleverDjembe That doesn't mean it's a brass instrument.
A saxophone is played by blowing into the spot between a wooden reed and a mouthpiece, which is why it is known as a "woodwind," and classified as such. Clarinets fit into the same category, and are constructed similarly.
its not brass, its a woodwind stupid
May I make a slight correction from "awesome" saxophone player to "awful" saxophone player, admired by a bunch of know-nothings who of course reveal their crass stupidity by being so enthusiastic in their shallow applause..
The man is a prime poser and impostor who could probably make much the same kind of grinding racket by sticking his saxophone in another bodily hole, the one remotest from his mouth in a southerly direction!
In fact maybe I'm wrong. He could perhaps make an even BETTER sound from that orifice without a saxophone!
Of course, the serious problem in all this is the major league dick-head who uploaded it in the first place.
He needs a saxophone inserted in the same orifice but with the bell end first..WITHOUT GREASE.
LEAD ME TO HIM! I have a Contra Bass, already upside down, awaiting a rapid application without anaesthetic!
That should bring a tear of recognition to his eyes!
Sorry for the big words and long sentences.... Hope you can cope!
StrawyMax560 Your skills of assessment are easily exceeded by your gobby and uncontrolled mouth.
If you saw the content of my professional diary and teaching schedule, you'd immediately realise what an absolute bird-brain you have always been throughout your drab and meaningless existence.
If you'd found the streaming site which the proprietors employed at last night's concert,
it would have confirmed to you, your unprecedented stupidity. It got 900 visits in 3 hours.
No.. I don't have a contra bass but I do have about 7 saxes and clarinets. However, your intelligence level is insufficient detect my sarcasm.
I suspect that it may even have been inadequate for you to read this far.
Didn't know it was possible for anybody to be such an idiot! How DO you cope with yourself?
Quick correction. I can't be any kind of PEOPLE on my own..Knuckle brain.The word you might be searching in your limited vocabulary is 'person'. JERK.
I don't see what's so bad about him? Would you care to explain?
Erik Sand I am guessing I that you are questioning me.
Was condemning the misuse of the word "awesome" and the idiotic audience reaction.
He is a nothing special player although further watching since your comment I concede that I was a bit harsh. It had a circus feel to it with a raucous tone. Those new plastics saxes deserve better than that. As I gave up watching before the end, I missed his mastery of circular breathing. Mea Culpa.
He can also run farther than I can.
Mind you mine's a baritone, made not of brass but extremely heavy bronze..not a light plastic alto, like his
Thank's for making me listen again.
+MauriatOttolink As a fellow sax player I'm inclined to agree. While not awful, he's not a great player. He is a pretty good showman though.
Ryan Papagelis
Hi..Isn't he just?
Got the chicks under his spell.
I'll ask him how he does it and I'll show him some master-classes. Fair deal although I think he scores by being about a 100 yrs younger than me!
Regards to you Ryan. Papagelis? Parrot?
AWESOME! ;)
really good!
bro i just gigured out i was there in new york it was like a park and i saw someone playing a saxophone while givin highfive
This is why I love people
Awesome.. Keep ip up brother
I really wished someone there would have showed him up.
Preston Lovaasen Not needed. He did that all by himself!
He'd need specialist training to act as a roadie to a real player!
But this is why people love living in ,and visiting NYC. And he wasn't being a show off, just giving a little show. this is a fun, very New York moment. and damn that sax was cool.
why u hating. he's awesome
Thats Awsome
Now that is a big kazoo...
I love how they left such a massive circle around him to walk in XD
this is what i want to do just play my saxophone all day bringing music to people's lives
I'm learning it!
Great!
hey its my uncle!!!! he's epic. and also married ladies. so back off!!! lol
I don't play the saxophone, but hearing it makes me want to play it. I do play piano and ukulele though, and it would be nice to do a duet with a sax player someday.
Haha awesome man
That was my band teacher counting . :)
He is *EXTREMELY* sharp
dam he got a cool looking sax