Dexter at the top of his form .. Total command of the instrument and the changes .. A rythmic and harmonic and melodic genius ... The kind of jazz player you could listen to all night and never get tired of ..
Yes he was at the top of his game. These were The Blue Note years. Those were his best recordings - EVER ! Plus, after a disasterous 1950s, Dex was getting his life back in order.
@@Lightningslick i find this comment interesting! I dont know if I’m in the minority here, but I freakin love his late 70s stuff!! I think his tone in the Swiss nights recordings is just so beautiful.
I love the simplicity of his phrasing...he doesn't come across as playing just to hear himself play; he's telling a story and I personally didn't get bored listening to him.
A lot of otherwise great musicians have problems with constructing solos that stretch out over multiple choruses without falling into some stretches of auto pilot for a few bars somewhere. Not Dexter! Not ever. I have never heard him lapse into noodling or cliches for even a minute no matter what the tune or how long he plays.He puts weight on every note and his solos are some of the consistently best constructed ones in the canon. They go on and on and build to multiple climaxes and tension - releases so that their very length becomes thrilling - he NEVER sounds like hes playing too long as some others sonetimes do. One of the great storytellers
YOU GIVEan excellent comment and this observation suits each great performer in the jazz field of bop hard bop era whatever the instrument they play : perfect time and high tension MELODIC lines across the most subtle construction . It's exactly the same way when I hear guitar player WES MONTGOMERY . Those cats are timeless references , wonderful and precious teachers .
True, but Dexter had a weakness for quotes: Swinging on a Star and La Marceillaise on the bridge of Rhythm changes, etc. One can almost distinguish Dexter from early Coltrane on the basis of quotes.
Wow ! I have been digging Jazz for a few decades now and I just heard one of the best solos in Jazz history. The beauty and surprises in his phrasing and the flow of his rhythms with his warm , impeccable tone are a gift to humanity. I had to hit rewind for this.
I can remember lying flat on my back in my college dorm room, around 1974, and reading an ad in ROLLING STONE for a new AMERICAN LP by Gordon (and remember this was over ten years before his Oscar-nominated performance in " 'Round Midnight"), which had, as it's blurb: "Between Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, there was Dexter Gordon: There still IS Dexter Gordon." This performance is a beautiful illustration of the truth of that blurb.
You have no idea how many times I've played this video ever since I dicovered it. Impeccable phrasing and just pure Dexter. I'm glad I memorized most of this solo, it shall forever be in my vocabulary!
Dexter's solo on this take is so chock-full of amazing melodic content, it's so much better than any other take (even of his) on Lady Bird. It's head and shoulders above the album version for example. Does anyone have any background info on this performance? Why is it so perfect? Was this rehearsed a lot, the end of a tour, or was it just an alignment of the stars ?
Isn't that "the European Rhythm Machine" that was Phil Wood's regularly working group for a number of years? If so, that would explain it. There's nothing like a regularly working rhythm section ( piano, bass, drums ) backing up a solid frontline player to make the music sound great.
Yeah, I used to have the problem of lifting my fingers way off the keys. Especially when I was playing a really fast solo (e.g. Time Check) My band teacher called me "happy fingers" Got rid of that habit in college.
tenés que sonar como Isidro Santa Maria y nadie más, sino no tiene gracia que toques el saxo. Sonny Rollins sabía esto, por eso a pesar de que casi todos le decían lo bueno que era, él sabía que tenía que encontrarse a si mismo, por eso hizo varios retiros
The bridge at 4:20 evokes a kind of luminosity that is so epic and unique in jazz of this era. It's as if everything in the song prior was leading up to this major point. This aumented horror arpeggio: It's horribly terrible and terrific at the same time. It marks a kind of ascention and holds a sense of completeness. I can't describe it in any other way.
@@magentuspriest Well said...kinda. There's being reckless in jazz like playing the complete wrong changes over songs or "vibing" at jam sessions. But I do understand what you're saying. Jazz is a very laid back art
@@magentuspriest I know this is a year old comment but really? Ever heard anybody wax poetic "it's about the notes they DON'T play!" Even if that's some cornball shit it's true. An undisciplined musician is an amateur one, and an amateur listener is one who can't hear restraint.
Wooww .. with no doubt one of the best solos EVER . He is got so much energy , talent , a wonderful tenor tone like no one else has , his frases with so much sense and powerful , an unbelievable swing , and what not ! , a real MASTER , God bless Dexter wherever he is at .
anybody just starting jazz ( especially coming from another genre ) this footage of Dexter's lips is the most useful thing you'll find to improve your sound. Try to imitate Dexter's lips than try experimenting with rolling your lower lips a bit in/out, listen to the effect on the sound and develop your own embouchure for your playing style!
@myfakegoldchain1404 Thanks for your reply, but I'm not "still here." I'm embarrassed to say this is new to me. I'm 69 now and never had a phone until a year ago. My main exposure to Gordon and jazz over the years was listening to the radio on Saturday nights (Tulsa University; 89.5). Now I'm hearing stuff like this for the first time. Forgive me for rambling, but if I've never heard some music before, then it's new to me. And that's what counts. I'm glad to be in your company.
This is just one fabulous solo. I cannot believe how good he is on this tune. He goes from the very top of the horn, to the bottom, just so effortlessly. If you play the sax, you know how difficult this is, and to sound anywhere close to this.
I am (or was) a tenor player and there are lots of players, past and present that I find compelling. That said, to me this IS what jazz tenor was and is meant to be. This isn't something that can be taught nor can be "analyzed" without also fundamentally cheapening it. I don't hear him trying to DO anything. The tremendous chops of Dexter and his rhythm section are forgotten and you are left with something that simply IS. Something that defies description.
In summer of 1975 I was lucky to catch Dexter, and Niels Pedersen playing double sets 1 night at Montmartre Jazzhaus in Copenhagen. The next day, I boarded a train to catch the last day at Montreux to catch 2 more greats, Bill Evans, and Mingus, but the highlight was when Gerry "Dream a Little Dream" Mulligan came on for the last hour to Jam with Mingus and his changes band! The summer of 1975 will be 1 of the highlights of my life!
When Dexter came home from Europe I went to see him at the Village Gate in NY C I made the Blunder of taking a date I was so blown away by Dex I forgot about the young lady I came with. The horn kept callin me .
I listened that his homecoming show at the Vanguard, live, on WRVR. If my memory serves me, correctly, the opening tune was “Moment’s Notice”, but it’s not on the album. Of course, if my memory really does serve me correctly, there’s a legendary reason for that omission! The Grenwich Village Jazz scene of the 70’s was my moment, tho’ I never took a girl or young-woman to a Jazz club; even at 16 - 19 years-old, I knew better than to even consider that.
What a wonderful story Dexter spins here; the way he develops his improvisation with such rich thematic logic and unstoppable drive. He is much missed and will be for many more years to come.
I had the great pleasure of watching him perform many times here in George Jazzcafe in Arnhem. As mentioned here before there was no freewheeling with but he was probably always looking head for the next phrase. A giant!
Dexter had a huge supply of "licks" (many original) he drew from. (besides the quotes like "bushel and a peck" that he in every other song.) It is remarkable he could remember them all and plug them in quickly. Is this spontaneous improv? Is it auto pilot? The interesting thing is his style varies the accents constantly, which is unique to him.
One of the best licks I've ever found. I first came upon this in my high school jazz band's repertoire book and its stayed with me ever since just because of how unique and punchy it is.
I love this solo. It sounds so relaxed - it is only when I tried to play it myself that I realised how fast it is. So hard to play along at the original tempo. We really get to see his embouchure and fingering on this video. Does anyone know what he's doing when moving his jaw backwards, which happens often? I'd have guessed it's to play low or soft notes, but I don't see that correlation.
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Dexter at the top of his form .. Total command of the instrument and the changes .. A rythmic and harmonic and melodic genius ... The kind of jazz player you could listen to all night and never get tired of ..
Yes he was at the top of his game. These were The Blue Note years. Those were his best recordings - EVER ! Plus, after a disasterous 1950s, Dex was getting his life back in order.
I’m 13 and I approve this message. Totally 💯 percent incredible
@@Lightningslick i find this comment interesting! I dont know if I’m in the minority here, but I freakin love his late 70s stuff!! I think his tone in the Swiss nights recordings is just so beautiful.
I love the simplicity of his phrasing...he doesn't come across as playing just to hear himself play; he's telling a story and I personally didn't get bored listening to him.
Whitney Allen Exactly!
Exactly
Yeah he just keeps it funky
His phrasing is still pretty friggin advanced while being very melodic.
Simplicity is one thing, but telling a story with just the right notes is pure art.
Jesus god christ that tone and phrasing
Incredible Work by Dexter Gordon!!!!
Absolutely magnificent!!!
This man has a straight forward sound on his sax. What you hear is what you get. Definitely one of my favorite tenor saxophonist
Dexter will always be a diety in the world of Jazz!!
For real!
A lot of otherwise great musicians have problems with constructing solos that stretch out over multiple choruses without falling into some stretches of auto pilot for a few bars somewhere. Not Dexter! Not ever. I have never heard him lapse into noodling or cliches for even a minute no matter what the tune or how long he plays.He puts weight on every note and his solos are some of the consistently best constructed ones in the canon. They go on and on and build to multiple climaxes and tension - releases so that their very length becomes thrilling - he NEVER sounds like hes playing too long as some others sonetimes do. One of the great storytellers
YOU GIVEan excellent comment and this observation suits each great performer
in the jazz field of bop hard bop era whatever the instrument they play : perfect
time and high tension MELODIC lines across the most subtle construction .
It's exactly the same way when I hear guitar player WES MONTGOMERY . Those
cats are timeless references , wonderful and precious teachers .
True, but Dexter had a weakness for quotes: Swinging on a Star and La Marceillaise on the bridge of Rhythm changes, etc. One can almost distinguish Dexter from early Coltrane on the basis of quotes.
So true. I really struggle with auto-piloting as an improviser.
@@meckel1271 True, but you know why? Just becose Dexter had a sense of humour.
@@jean-lucbersou758 You are hitting the essence of Dex playing.."Tenion & release" The way his lines continuously climb in the range of tenor sax...
Who tf actually disliked the video, you finna catch a fade
it is a fat finger on a tablet. disliking is inconceivable
Dexter made EVERY Note MEAN Something !
Claude Debussy on the Bass
No it's not you are off by like 70 years lol
+Swapster .com He died in 1918
+Manuel Fernandez Can't anyone take a joke?
with Barack Obama on Tenor Sax.
I thought it might've been a young Pete Barbutti, but you may be right too.
That's definitely "Joy to the World" at 1:15.
I thought I was crazy
He did that a lot. He snuck in pieces of other songs.
I was about to say...
@@vladimirlopez7840 that's what pretty much all jazz players do, quoting is extremely common
Lol very true.
Wow ! I have been digging Jazz for a few decades now and I just heard one of the best solos in Jazz history. The beauty and surprises in his phrasing and the flow of his rhythms with his warm , impeccable tone are a gift to humanity. I had to hit rewind for this.
Was just listening to Lucky Thompson on 'I Cover the Waterfront'. Make sure you listen. Some more world-class tenor.
Couldn't agree more...... If I could only listen to one jazz solo this would be it!!!
My saxophone teacher showed me this video and I am learning how to play this song
I can remember lying flat on my back in my college dorm room, around 1974, and reading an ad in ROLLING STONE for a new AMERICAN LP by Gordon (and remember this was over ten years before his Oscar-nominated performance in " 'Round Midnight"), which had, as it's blurb:
"Between Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, there was Dexter Gordon:
There still IS Dexter Gordon."
This performance is a beautiful illustration of the truth of that blurb.
I like that.
You have no idea how many times I've played this video ever since I dicovered it. Impeccable phrasing and just pure Dexter. I'm glad I memorized most of this solo, it shall forever be in my vocabulary!
Man, who are the 64 knuckleheads who gave this thumbs down!? Dex is SUCH a BEAST!
Maybe they Click on Jazz and expect it all to sound like Kenny G? Pity them. And enjoy this!
I was wondering the same thing smh
somebody fell asleep with their ipad and happened to land on the thumbs down. Disliking this is inconceivable.
Fuck those haters! 🙄
😂😂
My kitchen window is open tonight. Welcome to the neighborhood!
I’m movin’ to your neighborhood!
@@jamesa.smith.7794 Thanks from Tulsa.
That drummer looks like he's enjoying himself
koreanikeyc That's what jazz is, enjoy it
Man how could you not when you all sound that damn good?
I would too if i were playing with dexter gordon
BTW That drummer is Daniel Humair, first call for all the jazz giants playing in Europe....
@@IRACEMABABU ; I like him, thanks for the info.
Kinda' reminds me of a left hand set up John Poole.
What a genius! I never tire of this video. What an amazing solo.
I totally agree!....i always come back to this video!
The perfect tenor sound good lord
Dexter's solo on this take is so chock-full of amazing melodic content, it's so much better than any other take (even of his) on Lady Bird. It's head and shoulders above the album version for example. Does anyone have any background info on this performance? Why is it so perfect? Was this rehearsed a lot, the end of a tour, or was it just an alignment of the stars ?
I think it has to do with the fact that Dexter was happy in Europe.
Isn't that "the European Rhythm Machine" that was Phil Wood's regularly working group for a number of years? If so, that would explain it. There's nothing like a regularly working rhythm section ( piano, bass, drums ) backing up a solid frontline player to make the music sound great.
His fingers barely leave the leys, such good technique
Yeah, I used to have the problem of lifting my fingers way off the keys. Especially when I was playing a really fast solo (e.g. Time Check) My band teacher called me "happy fingers"
Got rid of that habit in college.
This drummer deserves an endorsement from Rolex
@Cj McCollum Right on;-) I've watch this clip many times, love it.
“Joy to the World!” (1:17) A masterful performance! Got to love Dext!
his tone is amazing! this is similar to what I want to sound like one day
His tone is really one of the most fantastic tones in jazz.
Diego Martins agreed
tenés que sonar como Isidro Santa Maria y nadie más, sino no tiene gracia que toques el saxo. Sonny Rollins sabía esto, por eso a pesar de que casi todos le decían lo bueno que era, él sabía que tenía que encontrarse a si mismo, por eso hizo varios retiros
pull that lip out!
Conn 10M
I know it's sad but I watch this video about twice a month because I can't get enough of Dexter's amazing solo! Conn is life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Conn is love, conn is life LOL
That is so NOT sick.
I play a 1969 CONN Connstellation 38B trumpet... Conn IS life!
Only twice a month?
The lost Conn ... so sad.
I have been listening to Dexter for decades. I am starting to wonder if he is not simply the greatest saxophonist of all times.
that 10m sounds 10 times better than his mk6
When your friend sed jazz is boring and you know what to send him
Aye
He doesnt deservr it
When you don’t have friends who say jazz is boring... oh wait I just don’t have any friends at all
Some folks will just never be converted but one can hope.
The bridge at 4:20 evokes a kind of luminosity that is so epic and unique in jazz of this era. It's as if everything in the song prior was leading up to this major point. This aumented horror arpeggio: It's horribly terrible and terrific at the same time. It marks a kind of ascention and holds a sense of completeness. I can't describe it in any other way.
This is what happens when you have a disciplined rhythm section (that plays the changes and chords) a stellar composition and a great soloist.
@@magentuspriest Well said...kinda. There's being reckless in jazz like playing the complete wrong changes over songs or "vibing" at jam sessions.
But I do understand what you're saying. Jazz is a very laid back art
@@magentuspriest I know this is a year old comment but really? Ever heard anybody wax poetic "it's about the notes they DON'T play!" Even if that's some cornball shit it's true. An undisciplined musician is an amateur one, and an amateur listener is one who can't hear restraint.
Night and day, summer and winter im listening to this masterpiece.
My 3 year old nephew JV says "I Love this song!!"
nice
@Shailaun You love to hear that kind of stuff, especially from younger generations.
Go JV😊
Crazy that JV is 12 now. Do they still listen to jazz?
@@creepingequinox7359 He’s with his parents more these days, and actually 13 now. I’m sure if he heard it again today, he might enjoy it. 😊
Wooww .. with no doubt one of the best solos EVER . He is got so much energy , talent , a wonderful tenor tone like no one else has , his frases with so much sense and powerful , an unbelievable swing , and what not ! , a real MASTER , God bless Dexter wherever he is at .
he's in a coffin right now.
@@Gabriel-cc2vb Not funny, but unfortunately true.
He's a forever legend
Artists were so free in Europe! At a time when racial issues were occurring!
anybody just starting jazz ( especially coming from another genre ) this footage of Dexter's lips is the most useful thing you'll find to improve your sound. Try to imitate Dexter's lips than try experimenting with rolling your lower lips a bit in/out, listen to the effect on the sound and develop your own embouchure for your playing style!
Long life to jazz! Long long life! Thanks!
His fingers barely move....Love Dexter!
This what a premier League tenor saxophonist sounds like😊
Ofc he quoted Joy to the World and Dinah ofc
David Schimmel Joy 1:16 , Dinah 3:08
That's Dexter for ya!!
He quotes like 4 songs in slightly different ways, my favorite was "Dinah"
Mine was Joy To The World
I was just scrolling so hard to find a dinah comment, def the best
1:32 - 1:36 favorite part of his solo
great f# minor pentatonic resolving to Cmaj9 and it is between choruses - feels interesting
2:37 - 2:47 is mine
Mine is 0:57-1:05
My favorite part is 0:00 to 5:41
I’m going with 2:22 - 2:30 😊
Good God! Comments from 5 yrs ago? Really? It makes me feel special.
Glad to see someone still here
@myfakegoldchain1404 Thanks for your reply, but I'm not "still here." I'm embarrassed to say this is new to me. I'm 69 now and never had a phone until a year ago. My main exposure to Gordon and jazz over the years was listening to the radio on Saturday nights (Tulsa University; 89.5). Now I'm hearing stuff like this for the first time. Forgive me for rambling, but if I've never heard some music before, then it's new to me. And that's what counts. I'm glad to be in your company.
This is a fucking masterpiece. Don’t at me
My man. I love Dexter Gordon. His phrasing, the best education of life. 🙏 🎷 ✨ 😇
Perfection
And this was being shown on European TV at the time. “Jazz is too good for Americans” - Dizzy said it best.
2:40 “zing went the strings of my heart.” (maybe lol )
There are 22 tone deaf people that listened to this....
24
26! sad but true...
40... where the hell do they keep coming from?
Just normal retards..over 50 letting us know who they are.
What are you all talking about?
This is just one fabulous solo. I cannot believe how good he is on this tune. He goes from the very top of the horn, to the bottom, just so effortlessly. If you play the sax, you know how difficult this is, and to sound anywhere close to this.
Dexter Gordon.,aka LTD.,my mentor.,Tenor Sax .,Giant..Love Forever ,"
I always find myself rewatching this video, it just never gets old! I wonder what is going on in his head during the improv!
A good year, a lovely tune, and masterful saxophone instrumentation......does it get any better?
drummer has a dope head bobble...note to self....bobble more
Instant joy - AND captured in sound quality far better than most American, TV at the time.
Bless those Euro TV producers for getting it right.
Dex kills it. He quotes Zing Went the Strings of My Heart at 2:40
Ey! Había prestado atención a esa parte en particular y me sonaba conocible pero no sabía porque. Gracias!
''something inside of me started a symphony''
And "Dinah" at 3:07
He uses Joy to the World at 1:15. At first he plays the melody exact but then moves it up an octave and changes it to fit the chords. Just genius!
Aaron Van Nynatten That l heard right away. 😛💝
Who are the 19 who don't know jazz greatness?
26 :-(
16 yo 🙄 nobody my age digs into traditional jazz. Mostly fusion or miley cyrus
Get into a music school, you'll find people your age with similar tastes ! Jazz isn't dead ;)
BUMMER!
haha 😂👌 so true yet sad..
何という偶然❗️😳グレタ・ガーウィングのレディ・バード繋がりでデクスター・ゴードンにたどり着いた‼️🎷最近デクスター・ゴードンの主演映画「Round Midnight」を観たばかりです🎞️
I am (or was) a tenor player and there are lots of players, past and present that I find compelling. That said, to me this IS what jazz tenor was and is meant to be. This isn't something that can be taught nor can be "analyzed" without also fundamentally cheapening it. I don't hear him trying to DO anything. The tremendous chops of Dexter and his rhythm section are forgotten and you are left with something that simply IS. Something that defies description.
One thing I want to point out too is the outstanding technique Dexter had. At 1:20, notice his fingers. They are barely coming off the keys
Dexter laying it out there.Where? In the air? Each note released to the joy and ecstasy of the listeners. Ahhhhhh yah!
Dexter is tonging 8th notes at this clip, which gives his solo such a great groove.
Who’s the drummer in this performance, dude went IN on his solos, tasteful af
In summer of 1975 I was lucky to catch Dexter, and Niels Pedersen playing double sets 1 night at Montmartre Jazzhaus in Copenhagen. The next day, I boarded a train to catch the last day at Montreux to catch 2 more greats, Bill Evans, and Mingus, but the highlight was when Gerry "Dream a Little Dream" Mulligan came on for the last hour to Jam with Mingus and his changes band! The summer of 1975 will be 1 of the highlights of my life!
musigny55 that was a slice of paradise
Your name tells me you're a Burgundy lover. I've had the extremely memorable Le Musigny '59.
I am naming my first born after him.
3:07 “Dinah” quote
Oh wow great pick up.
Mister Laid Back.
Love love love Dex has got it all
Gracias por compartir esta joya. Saludos desde Sud America. Thanks.
When Dexter came home from Europe I went to see him at the Village Gate in NY C I made the Blunder of taking a date I was so blown away by Dex I forgot about the young lady I came with. The horn kept callin me .
I listened that his homecoming show at the Vanguard, live, on WRVR. If my memory serves me, correctly, the opening tune was “Moment’s Notice”, but it’s not on the album. Of course, if my memory really does serve me correctly, there’s a legendary reason for that omission!
The Grenwich Village Jazz scene of the 70’s was my moment, tho’ I never took a girl or young-woman to a Jazz club; even at 16 - 19 years-old, I knew better than to even consider that.
“Endless fountain of ideas”? Yup…and to-die-for tone on top of that!
What a wonderful story Dexter spins here; the way he develops his improvisation with such rich thematic logic and unstoppable drive. He is much missed and will be for many more years to come.
I think I heard a Joy to the World Quote. Haha
"piano solo "
Cameraman : see that drummer very cool
Great music, I like the guys who do the strings better.
Definitely my favorite interpretation of "Lady Bird" and piano solo was insane
He's playing on a 10M here. Dexter was always a marvelous player, but his sound was never this good after he lost his Conn 10M .
Brilliant tone. Brilliant licks..Brilliant Tenor player..sort of sums it up really.
My god, Dexter just soars on this solo. I could listen to it all day.
Wow ! This has great audio sound for 1964 .
LTD doing Moontrane and Coppin the Haven!!!
Dexter was one of a few stars of the Golden Age of saxophone players.
I had the great pleasure of watching him perform many times here in George Jazzcafe in Arnhem. As mentioned here before there was no freewheeling with but he was probably always looking head for the next phrase. A giant!
I like this song by him and I also like cheesecake
This might be my favorite jazz performance ever
If someone with zero jazz knowledge asked me which video to start with, I’d send ‘em to this one! 😊
Classic “Long Tall” treatment.
Very classy style of playing. Dexter had a wonderful rich tone.
Always liked the Conn/Dukoff combination better than the Selmer/Link setup. Dexter
playing at his best. Thanks for the post.
So great! Thanks for posting this. Tremendous!
Wow ! Look at how to use a jaw and lips ! amazing !
Buenísimo 👏👏👏
Just imagine playing with that tone
Si hacés las cosas bien en vida, en el cielo tocás así o al menos eternamente escuchas esta música.
Powerful and Smooth at the same time.
4 microphones
Dexter Gordon was a classic jazz tenor player with a melodic mellow robust sound , that made you feel like dancing. Prof. JCB
This screams a fancy night out.
A masterpiece!
Dexter had a huge supply of "licks" (many original) he drew from. (besides the quotes like "bushel and a peck" that he in every other song.)
It is remarkable he could remember them all and plug them in quickly. Is this spontaneous improv? Is it auto pilot?
The interesting thing is his style varies the accents constantly, which is unique to him.
One of the best licks I've ever found. I first came upon this in my high school jazz band's repertoire book and its stayed with me ever since just because of how unique and punchy it is.
Probably some of the best of Dexter, I know of. The local rhythm section here is doing a fabulous job. They are definitely a worthy match
That drummer is grooving!
Cmaj7 - Ebmaj7 - Abmaj7 - Dbmaj7 - Cmaj7
I love this solo. It sounds so relaxed - it is only when I tried to play it myself that I realised how fast it is. So hard to play along at the original tempo. We really get to see his embouchure and fingering on this video. Does anyone know what he's doing when moving his jaw backwards, which happens often? I'd have guessed it's to play low or soft notes, but I don't see that correlation.
Especially at the beginnings he does that to kind of, shake the ending of the note, such a beautiful technique
The ultimate tenor sound- Otto Link "tonemaster" metal mouthpiece and Conn 10m sax plus Dexter Gordon, unbeatable!
Dexter is playing an original Dukoff ,not a LInk
Brad Sasher, what about the sax he played that day... could it be a SML?...