James Carter is Mr. Any Sound: rough and tough, smooth and calm, beautiful and ugly.... Chris Potter, Eric Alexander, ... and many more not-so-young lions are great in their own right. Michael Breaker, Ed Calle, Ernie Watts, David Lieberman, Igor Butman, Chris Vadala, Courtney Pine, Andy Sheppard are all alumni of the John Coltrane Conservatory of Music. Such embellishments do help to break the tonal monotony and keep the listener awake and alert. Tks. for the musical practicum, which I am determined to implement - sparsely and in melodic context.
@nunchuckification I Agree, and i'm pretty sure not many other people play in all the crazy meters that he does, And it doesnt always take innovation to be influential.
Split tones are all embouchure,not air flow. He blows harder and it pushes out his bottom lip. I can achieve a split tone off of every altissimo note by controlling the width and pressure applied by my bottom lip. Frank C is a killer place btw
Really he was a GREAT player that played tenor (the best in his style) and David Sanborn played alongside him. Brecker never played with hacks and apparently you must not have heard all Sanborn has played before. Sanborn is just as fabulous in his own styel. He is, perhaps, the most copied player for that sound. There are many great players and many no one knows about. No two ways about it they were both the best; in their style.
He is bad to the bone but there are a great many great influential players, not just one. Here is one for example that is HIGHLY underrated, Bob Mintzer.
@ nunchuckification nah not kidding. but i ask you this. what has chris potter bought to jazz that no ones done before? answer. nothing. not trying to knock him (he's my favourite modern player! i have every single recording of his) but he's an amalgamation of past styles. he takes a bit of rollins a bit of coltrane a shitload of parker and combines it all and he has absolutely monster chops to top it off. i've analysed the shit out of his work and theres not really anything that new there
brecker was the most innovative, but holy shit man sanborn was popular! as for chris potter, his playing has raised the bar for contempory jazz but he's not really doing anything new.
your kidding, right? i guess we might as well say that kenny g is the most influential saxophonist today too. you should probably stop listening to shitty tenors and go listen to good ones.
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No, Sanborn plays Lavoz reeds, which is a Rico Brand.
James Carter is Mr. Any Sound: rough and tough, smooth and calm, beautiful and ugly....
Chris Potter, Eric Alexander, ... and many more not-so-young lions are great in their own right.
Michael Breaker, Ed Calle, Ernie Watts, David Lieberman, Igor Butman, Chris Vadala, Courtney Pine, Andy Sheppard are all alumni of the John Coltrane Conservatory of Music.
Such embellishments do help to break the tonal monotony and keep the listener awake and alert.
Tks. for the musical practicum, which I am determined to implement - sparsely and in melodic context.
@nunchuckification
I Agree, and i'm pretty sure not many other people play in all the crazy meters that he does, And it doesnt always take innovation to be influential.
@hanj31 well for me its Redman, but Potter is definitely up there as well in my book.
Nice!
@Jazzsaxman1 Redman is the man! Sunny side of the street is my favourite!
Split tones are all embouchure,not air flow. He blows harder and it pushes out his bottom lip. I can achieve a split tone off of every altissimo note by controlling the width and pressure applied by my bottom lip. Frank C is a killer place btw
awesome vid... can't wait to try this
... sure the bats in the attic won't like it though > ; ) !!
Really he was a GREAT player that played tenor (the best in his style) and David Sanborn played alongside him. Brecker never played with hacks and apparently you must not have heard all Sanborn has played before. Sanborn is just as fabulous in his own styel. He is, perhaps, the most copied player for that sound. There are many great players and many no one knows about. No two ways about it they were both the best; in their style.
Sanborn plays Vandoren V16 reeds
up until brecker died , potter was always second best in my mind
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He is bad to the bone but there are a great many great influential players, not just one. Here is one for example that is HIGHLY underrated, Bob Mintzer.
1:52 haha xD
@walsh93jazz are you kidding? obviously you haven't listened to chris potter man cus his shit is as fresh as it gets!!
@ nunchuckification nah not kidding. but i ask you this. what has chris potter bought to jazz that no ones done before? answer. nothing. not trying to knock him (he's my favourite modern player! i have every single recording of his) but he's an amalgamation of past styles. he takes a bit of rollins a bit of coltrane a shitload of parker and combines it all and he has absolutely monster chops to top it off. i've analysed the shit out of his work and theres not really anything that new there
that is true but dave sanborn is still good!
brecker was the most innovative, but holy shit man sanborn was popular! as for chris potter, his playing has raised the bar for contempory jazz but he's not really doing anything new.
@casbont Emotion? it's all taste you nerd lol
reeds? Duh!
kenny g is not the most influential. he doesn't even make real jazz albums! The most influential sax player today I think is chris potter!
your kidding, right? i guess we might as well say that kenny g is the most influential saxophonist today too. you should probably stop listening to shitty tenors and go listen to good ones.