I really love the last phrase of this performance. It’s just so smooth and feels so complete. If you're a sax player and want to take a crack at this, post a link to the video in this comment!!
@@funkalicioussilvano3346 transcribing it to alto would take away a bit from the impressiveness of the solo simply because you aren't jumping around as much at altissimo level as he is, although it still wouldn't be easy. Not as easy as you may think
Would anyone else be interested if Mr. Collier took his transcriptions from these videos and sat world class musicians in front of that sheet music and see what they could produce? Not only see Mr. Collier's ability at transcribing but the talent of sight reading and musical interpretation/expression of the artists?
How bout ‘I wanna talk about you ‘’ solo? There is no ‘greatest’ solo…it s totally subjective…for a avg less trained listener , this might be a great great solo, for a trained musician, they might say it s ok, but heavily cliched
The late great Pee Wee Ellis! I’ve been lucky enough to see Van Morrison over 30 times and Pee Wee was often in his band - some of the call and answer stuff he did with Van was epic!
I was lucky enough to have a lesson with Pee Wee, who lived near to me. Incredible man and legendary player! He offered regular lessons, but it sadly wasn't possible - his playing always remains iconic so many years later!
I lack music theory knowledge and I sure as hell understand almost nothing from the transcripts, but I do like your taste. Thank you for showing me some great music and hopefully you'll never get bored of sharing this!
The precision and control are not outstanding at all. He plays the saxophone like someone observing perfect form while doing a series of push ups. Is it impressive when someone practices perfect form while doing push ups? No, it's a basic that is practiced in order to achieve a certain effect. Here, the aim being pursued is producing something for a rock/pop effect, the saxophone's least desirable and least impressive setting.
Saw Pee Wee Ellis in some jazz group back in the '80's at a jazz club in San Francisco. I'll never forget how good he was. That's the reason I clicked this when it came up. I didn't even know he played with Van Morrison. Great solo. (Great transcription!)
I met pee wee at a music camp when i was twelve. i taught myself to play trombone and electric bass the week i was there, and put a band together to play some pat benatar songs (late 70s). he was super nice, and told my i could go far in music, given my skills. alas, i never did. i also met brad gillis, who played guitar in my band, as well as patty smythe who sang, this was before either of them were famous. brad wore that flight suit EVERY DAY, lol... i also mixed for first time at the mixing board, the sound guy was a legend, frank catero, he said i was very good at mixing, although it was the first time. i was young and had no idea who any of these people were, but it was a great time. this was in Marin, in the hills at an abandoned army barracks...
No lo puedo asegurar totalmente... Creo q no existe el mejor SOLO de Sax de todos los tiempos... Es muy difícil de catalogar, porque hay muchos muchos solos de saxofonistas de tanta calidad con una gran cantidad de recursos y riquezas sonoras increíbles... En fin, la música es algo para deleitarse y hacer la vida más fácil...
Broderick, I know this video is 5 yrs old and you did a beautiful job with this song. Sam Cook would be smiling and I hope you are still playing. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Lenny Pickett?? You didn't even know his name and you're here trying to say he can't play as well as Pee Wee Ellis? He's a beast and been doing it for decades. I don't think most of you folks commenting here know much about music at all. No one is cleaner than Pickett in the altissimo register. Pee Wee is phenomenal, but he struggles for intonation up high.
El solo me tiene ❤ no me canso de escucharlo, no conocía a Pee Wee Ellis como me hubiera gustado tomar clases de 🎷 con el, que pedazo de músico, que sonidazo con el tenor.
People comming here to say that the people from the 40s was better... it may be for the "experts", but I rather Pee Wee Ellis sax or Clarens Cleemons sax over those jazz players. I enjoy way more this music than the "pure jazz" stuff
Tonight I fell in love with the saxophone. Of course I have heard it and of it, I just never truly listened, but tonight I feel like I really discovered it. it's so beautiful and sexy and smooth. I wish I could describe the nearly euphoric feeling it gave me to just.... feel understood somehow through its sound. Wow
I really love the last phrase of this performance. It’s just so smooth and feels so complete. If you're a sax player and want to take a crack at this, post a link to the video in this comment!!
I love your work dude 🙂
Please consider transcribing that Derek Trucks moment, where B. B. King and John Mayer are just amazed by him 😁
Agreed, this solo feels to me like a convoluted monologue that really hits home at its conclusion.
fuckign crazy, unreal the skill at this level
can you transpose this to alto, i can do it i bet
@@funkalicioussilvano3346 transcribing it to alto would take away a bit from the impressiveness of the solo simply because you aren't jumping around as much at altissimo level as he is, although it still wouldn't be easy. Not as easy as you may think
Would anyone else be interested if Mr. Collier took his transcriptions from these videos and sat world class musicians in front of that sheet music and see what they could produce? Not only see Mr. Collier's ability at transcribing but the talent of sight reading and musical interpretation/expression of the artists?
This transcription was by Tom Pickles :) I don’t think I have a big enough audience to get world class artists to talk to me 😂😂
@@GeorgeCollier Maybe with Jacob's help. =D
@@Elfhugger they're not related
@@ThEuNbEaTeN1994 i know...thus the =D. It should've been =P.
@@ThEuNbEaTeN1994 what? I thought he was Jacob Collier's father.
I didn't think it was gonna be the greatest sax solo of all time and then I watched and it's the greatest sax solo of all time
Yeh na
How can you listen to something like Coltrane on So What or really any solo he’s ever played and still think this is the best sax solo ever lol
@@HieronymousLexany solo he’s ever played? No
You might want to start listening to Coltrane
How bout ‘I wanna talk about you ‘’ solo?
There is no ‘greatest’ solo…it s totally subjective…for a avg less trained listener , this might be a great great solo, for a trained musician, they might say it s ok, but heavily cliched
The late great Pee Wee Ellis! I’ve been lucky enough to see Van Morrison over 30 times and Pee Wee was often in his band - some of the call and answer stuff he did with Van was epic!
Here’s pee Wee and Van on fire back in 1998 - check out from 2:38 onwards!
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Pee wee
@Bruhhh funny
too bad van lost his mind...
@@jimmythebold589 - recently, yes 😩
I was lucky enough to have a lesson with Pee Wee, who lived near to me. Incredible man and legendary player! He offered regular lessons, but it sadly wasn't possible - his playing always remains iconic so many years later!
That's so cool man
@@a_tarasevich genuinely was a complete honour, for me aged 13 was just mental to me
Tupelo Honey, a perfect song for the day today. Thanks George for your content.
You’ve made so many of these “you can’t make a ___ sing” to the point where I’m like heck yes it can if you transcribed it
i can make your mama sing
@@toericabaker Prove it right here right now.
@@toericabaker What Dva said. You can't, can you?
@@toericabaker then get it transcribed and we'll believe you
@@TheHandyDandyHandle the musicians version of pics or it didn't happen
I like how he even wrote 'slightly ahead' on those triplets lol
The double drum kits really provide a solid base
This solo is truly breathtaking. Pee Wee Ellis was an amazing saxophonist and composer. One of the very best.
I lack music theory knowledge and I sure as hell understand almost nothing from the transcripts, but I do like your taste. Thank you for showing me some great music and hopefully you'll never get bored of sharing this!
To be fair I don’t think anyone thought you COULDN’T make the sax sing
Was this meant to be a reply to another comment?
@@YogSoth The video was titled something like “You can make the sax sing” when I posted that comment. The title was recently changed.
@@sammbee3782 gotcha
Like B.B. KING makes his guitar say her name, LUE`CEALLLLL
The precision and control are just outstanding.
The precision and control are not outstanding at all. He plays the saxophone like someone observing perfect form while doing a series of push ups. Is it impressive when someone practices perfect form while doing push ups? No, it's a basic that is practiced in order to achieve a certain effect. Here, the aim being pursued is producing something for a rock/pop effect, the saxophone's least desirable and least impressive setting.
@@ClearOutSamskaras Get out with your snoobyness!, pop/rock sax is the fucking best!
0:30 has lived rent free in my head since this was posted last year
That was brilliant and your also amazing at finding and transposing these videos for us. We really appreciate your hard work
Saw Pee Wee Ellis in some jazz group back in the '80's at a jazz club in San Francisco. I'll never forget how good he was. That's the reason I clicked this when it came up. I didn't even know he played with Van Morrison. Great solo. (Great transcription!)
I met pee wee at a music camp when i was twelve. i taught myself to play trombone and electric bass the week i was there, and put a band together to play some pat benatar songs (late 70s). he was super nice, and told my i could go far in music, given my skills. alas, i never did. i also met brad gillis, who played guitar in my band, as well as patty smythe who sang, this was before either of them were famous. brad wore that flight suit EVERY DAY, lol... i also mixed for first time at the mixing board, the sound guy was a legend, frank catero, he said i was very good at mixing, although it was the first time. i was young and had no idea who any of these people were, but it was a great time. this was in Marin, in the hills at an abandoned army barracks...
What did you end up doing?
"noodle on c maj" is honestly advice we can all live by
Lolol
I dont play sax but i can tell how hard this must be... My ears are absolutely blessed to have heard this heart wrenching solo...
So smooth !! 🤩🤩
Yes but also it lowkey sounds like a pot of water boiling in the best way too lol
Uh that really tugged on my heart strings. Thanks for the wonderful transcription beginning the New Year
those are some extremely high notes hes hitting with ease
Yeah suppose David Sanborn can't do that can he?
and out of tune
That is a full on concerto cadenza. The journey he went on was completely coherent and resolved beautifully at the end.
Having the transcription at the bottom humanizes it. It’s not human. Wow.
Fucking goosebumps. I'm ab to bust my sax back out after like 10 years thank you for the inspiration
rip pee wee, always in our hearts
Aw man, once something like this is out there, everyone who knows you're a sax player will expect you to be able to play like this! 😀
What a beast. This and Michael Breckers solo on Common Ground, especially in Barcelona 1992 are 2 absolutely goosebump inducing sax solos. Just badass
Hey look its the funny flute from careless whisper
That's a hard sell with the legends we left behind.
At this level he doesn't play with his sax, he speaks with it!
Man,what a feeling! This solo is beautiful.
You know a solo is about to be hot as hell when the singer just walks off as it begins.
Tremendo!! Unico!! Solo un saxofonista de alto nivel lo puede hacer...mis respetos
this was beautiful. loved listening to it! that performer is amazing and perfection!!
No words. Just listen. Listen. Listen. Listen again. Again, again and again.
Love the work you do! Kinda surprising to me that there is such a large audience for this kind of content.
0:31 amazing 🤩
I wasn't expecting that awesome. It killed my sax
absolutly love your content!
Certainly one of the greatest.
Pee Wee Ellis is a Legend. Rest in Power
Sounds like a prince guitar solo, stellar stuff for sure
Look up Tueplo Honey
Gods sax player, bless him.
Wow... this is how it sounds playing directly from the soul
Now that is what you call a saxophone solo!!! Rock on man!!!
Dayum!!!
I can read every note on that transcription but doesn't mean I can play it. Love the sax solo.
So smooth every note
God love it. That was really good
Finally some more saxophone content.
really excelent, a pleasure for my ears and my soul
How in heaven's name did you transcribe this to notes. OMG. I couldn't do that to save my soul
The intonation is so fye in this 10/10
What? His intonation is off several times in the solo.
Regardless, it was a great solo.
Amazing as always, glad i found your channel
You should transcribe the subway saxophone battle!
Best saxophone video ever!!!!!!
Coltrane, ' Blue in green' .
This is the best sax
Trance-I Wanna Talk About you
Another chill right down the spine, electric emotion.
Do you really believe that!?
@@ClearOutSamskaras Feel free to explain otherwise.
It's really like trying to sing with that sax, awesome 🎷
This is my favorite type of tone from a tenor sax
This made me get myself a saxophone 🎷 beautifully played 🔥💯
OMG, i got goose bumps, what an amazing solo
as a person learning how to play alto sax, I am inspired
Keep going fam and may your reed stay moist 😂😂😂😂
1:18 didn’t know donkeys could be added to this masterpiece
Please post a video of your best solo, then and only then you could open the mailbox you have for mouth
@@JP-xd6fm😂😂 Bro cannot take a joke
@@snoe846 😅😅 Sorry!, I never met Pee Wee but for some reason on the videos I see from him I like the guy
Sounds like joy ...
Feel blessed that I saw VM with Pee Wee Ellis and Mark Isham in the band. Ah that squealin' feeling.
No lo puedo asegurar totalmente... Creo q no existe el mejor SOLO de Sax de todos los tiempos... Es muy difícil de catalogar, porque hay muchos muchos solos de saxofonistas de tanta calidad con una gran cantidad de recursos y riquezas sonoras increíbles... En fin, la música es algo para deleitarse y hacer la vida más fácil...
Amazing peaceful and relaxing
Of all the time, more that Parker, Coltrane , Brecker, Sanborn, in 1000 years... so good , George Collier.
Stop playing lol
@@kendricbaines2415 lol?
@@Thouveninpascal Was it a typo? I thought your sentence was a typo saying that this was great, *more than* (those guys you listed)
@@kendricbaines2415 "The Greatest Sax Solo Of All Time" , it is serious?
@@Thouveninpascal No way lol well I hope it isn’t serious
i concur. this is the greatest sax solo of all time
Broderick, I know this video is 5 yrs old and you did a beautiful job with this song. Sam Cook would be smiling and I hope you are still playing. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
really nice vibe👍
Holy smokes!
So this is what the SNL sax player was trying to do all these years
HAHAHAHAHA
That guy was a hero of mine until I met him..
Lenny Pickett??
You didn't even know his name and you're here trying to say he can't play as well as Pee Wee Ellis? He's a beast and been doing it for decades.
I don't think most of you folks commenting here know much about music at all.
No one is cleaner than Pickett in the altissimo register. Pee Wee is phenomenal, but he struggles for intonation up high.
Daaaaaaamn.
Tears in my eyes
Amazing!
El solo me tiene ❤ no me canso de escucharlo, no conocía a Pee Wee Ellis como me hubiera gustado tomar clases de 🎷 con el, que pedazo de músico, que sonidazo con el tenor.
The greatest solo of all times! Well, I guess you never heard of cannonball Adderley
People comming here to say that the people from the 40s was better... it may be for the "experts", but I rather Pee Wee Ellis sax or Clarens Cleemons sax over those jazz players. I enjoy way more this music than the "pure jazz" stuff
That is Goat.
🙏🏽Pee Wee Elis🙏🏽
Just let your soul glow!
i love how something can sound dirty and clean at the same time
i aint ever see a note so high up the scale it creates its own octave
Take 5, there's many more out there.
Amazing solo for the style
GREAT!
Complicou!
Awesome!!
素晴らしい。🎉
Beautiful!
Camera mans had more button play than the performer
Really inspiring
Those multiphonics are fucking wicked!!!!!
That some intense eye contact
The last phrase is a cannonball lick 😂😂
Tonight I fell in love with the saxophone. Of course I have heard it and of it, I just never truly listened, but tonight I feel like I really discovered it. it's so beautiful and sexy and smooth. I wish I could describe the nearly euphoric feeling it gave me to just.... feel understood somehow through its sound. Wow
Sing for me, Pee Wee Ellis
I won’t get into a ´best of’ debate, but this is a great solo.