Chloe Feoranzo and James Evans - "Bye Bye Blues"
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- 4-9-16 @ The Spotted Cat, Shotgun Jazz Band.
Listen to this musical conversation between two great reed players. One of those magic moments in jazz captured on Frenchman Street in New Orleans during French Quarter Festival week 2016.
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Having played drums for fifty years trad and new orleons now at 82 have retired what a pleasure to see young folk playing this wonderful music . I am st present teaaching myself trombone and often play along with these wonderful musicians hope one day to come over from uk and visit new orleons . Keep up this wonderful music .
The exchanges between Chloe and James are nothing short of Magic!! Weaving in and out of each other's musical lines so seamlessly. Thanks again to James Sterling for bringing us this performance.
I was just fortunate to be there for a magical moment. And I almost didn't turn the camera on! Notice I missed the first few notes by James.
The Limey playwright Alan Plater described jazz improvisation as an "exchange of compliments, not a clash of egos", these two brilliant musicians personify great jazz. And the rest of the band do a wonderful job too.
How hot can you be! This duet has to have been listened to by as many as bandwidth allows. She and He. Is there not an award for this performance?
Definitely a magic moment. It's a truly stunning virtuoso performance. This is especially evident last two minutes of trading and then sharing, the lead. High-level virtuosity. Genius, really. A brilliant performance by some of the best musicians working today. It's here now; and preserved for the future. Well done. Thank you.
Absolutely amazing. After setting Chloe tasks for several trades, James acknowledges her skill, and she begins assigning responses, which greatly amuses and pleases him. Both are unbelievable musicians. I've never heard her this good on sax before. And James is always wonderful.
You are spot on with your assessment. This was just after Chloe moved to New Orleans and I believe it was her first time playing with Shotgun and James. I think this was a little challenge by James to see if Chloe was up to it. I would say she more than met the challenge and then threw it right back at James! There are not enough superlatives in my vocabulary to describe how great this is.
@@JamesSterling I've just come back to this after three years. Can't believe it's been that long. And it's as good now as it was then. What fine musicians! And the sound is perfect for two saxes going at it.
@@gordonbainbridge8371 That was a magical moment. It still gives me chills when I listen to it. Chloe had just arrived in New Orleans and as far as I know this was her first time playing with James, which makes their performance even more amazing.
It must be interesting knowing stuff like that.
@@JamesSterling but isn't that the mark of a great musician, being able to do that? And how the hell do you manage to always be there?
James Sterling, this kind of moment is what makes music, jazz in particular, so valuable. Chloe and James demonstrate clearly what jazz, democracy, and humanity can be. Two people listening to each other, ready to compromise and cooperate in order to make something magnitudes more special than either could create alone. It speaks volumes that you and everyone else present knew exactly how precious the moment was, as it was happening. Like Mikie, I have watched this hundreds of times. It is that spectacular!
Indeed Richard, this was my favorite moment ever on Frenchmen Street and one of the highlights of my long life. The band took a break after this song and we talked with them outside The Cat. They realized it was special performance also. Pops Coffee (who was standing next to me) and I were ecstatic and effusive in our praise.
Richard Tretler > "Chloe and James demonstrate clearly what jazz, democracy, and humanity can be. Two people listening to each other, ready to compromise and cooperate in order to make something magnitudes more special than either could create alone." > Wonderfully worded ... that's exactly how it is!
I'm happy to see from the comments that the video captured this special moment. I am not a musician, just a jazz fan, but I can truthfully say that was one of the most special moments in my life! And to think that Chloe just moved to N.O. this month and this was her first gig ever with the Shotgun Jazz Band. The talent of these two musicians is awe inspiring. When I posted the video I had to edit out the applause because all you can hear is me hollering out how fantastic it was! Ivan was there and he felt the same as I did, which validated my opinion (to myself).
And a special thanks to Marla and John Dixon for asking Chloe to sit in with them this day and for hiring James Evans.
Yep. You can't see it in the video but John Dixon has a big grin also. John and Chloe both posted this video to their FB page the following morning. It truly was a magical moment.
She's originally from the San Diego area. Went to college in St.
Louis and moved to New Orleans last year. She has played and toured with Pokey LaFarge among others. She has a Web site for more info
James Sterling wish you had kept your "hollering" in because you were just expressing what I felt!
Oh yeah, oh yeah, that was fantastic!
Never heard/seen anything quite like it!
Please look out for another occasion like that please!!!
Im waiting Mr Sterling! You live there, Im thousands of miles away! Sadly
Kinda wish you'd edit a little more of that back in, James ( the applause and your reaction). Part of the whole experience, IMO. Great vid. Have watched it many times.
I assume she passed the audition.
NOW you all know why the C-Melody sax was "It" in the 1920's. The flexibility of an alto crossed with the power of a tenor, what a beast! And you get to hear it on modern recording equipment.
Thanks. I never knew why players like James and Craig played the C melody, instead of the tenor.
The C-melody was popular in the 1920s because it was a C instrument, so amateur musicians could read and play the melody line directly off the sheet music's vocal, violin or top piano line without transposing, in musical get-togethers of family and friends around a piano. Yet professional musicians did take it up; among them Frank Trumbauer of course, Stump Evans on the latter King Oliver Gennett date, and the inexplicably overlooked Jack Pettis playing those beautiful bluesy counterlines on the 1922 and full-band 1923 New Orleans Rhythm Kings records.
Chloe lights up my life. I've played this video dozens of times and each time it gets better. This sweet girl makes "happenings" actually happen.
Get in the back of the line, pal :)
Chloe is such a fantastic musician.
You captured a masterpiece.
to listen and relisten many times ....with great joy ! ....
Thanks for capturing & posting this James Sterling!
I try to remember to watch this every few months because it’s a musical antidepressant. Sublime.
I remember, a few years back, coming on a TH-cam video, in somebody's living room, with Chloe on clarinet and others, jazzing it up for the sheer fun of it. I thought at the time that this super-talented young lady was going places. She was, and she did.
That may have been one of the videos she did with her friend Conrad Cayman from California.
I couldna see Chloe's face properly but James Evans' was so expressive. They were both on fire, and you clearly see his huge satisfaction and enjoyment of the the interplay between them. Moments quite like this are rare, and it's even rarer that they are captured, and very well too with the limitations under which James Sterling was filming.
Thank you so much for posting this video, James. I watch it about once a week and it really does get better every time. I always knew that James was a phenomenal reedman - thank you Marla for making sure he doesn't go back over the pond! Chloe? What can I say that hasn't already been said. Every band in NOLA is probably trying to get her to sit in :-)
Me again . . . . this is LEGEND !
What an amazing conversation between
2 sax's Chloe 's Tenor
& James Alto , brilliant
Playing.
They both play C melody saxes
Great video..thanks James Sterling!
That was fantastic! Absolutely fantastic!! One of my favourite of all on YT!!
I have watched this fifty times (at least) and it is exciting every time, great sax duel by two of the all time best ... Mikie
50 times? Try harder, Mikie
Woosh! I need a nap after enjoying that! MAAAAaaaaaaaaNNN!
Battling saxophones with two winners. Chloe is the new toast of New Orléans. She'll put it the beleagured city back on the map like no-one else : this fine video is the ultimate proof.
Absolutely amazing!!!!
Playing this video for the umpteenth time (because it's so good), I've just noticed the similarity between the picture on the wall of the spotted cat playing a sax (white spots on a dark background) and a certain lady playing the sax in person (dark spots on a white background). It's as though she belongs there.
Thanks James! That’s real talent! Kind of like Haruka and Tamura!
Really great exchange there between the two saxes. Magical even.
It was as if they were each finishing the other one's sentences... Chloe has Amazing Improv chops!!
I don't normally comment on TH-cam videos but this definitely deserves to be an exception.
I can't thank you enough James for posting all of these incredible performances. Since I went down this musical rabbit hole I've been consistently amazed by the level of talent. This one is so good it actually inspired me to dust off my trumpet and see if I can still get a sound out of the old girl. It's been about 20 years since I last played jazz and seeing how much everyone was enjoying themselves reminded me of how much I used to enjoy it too. Of course, I was never a tenth as good as any of the musicians in this video.
Still, I think I might have to give it a second go....
Mike, you picked a good one to comment on!
@@JamesSterling I know, right? I was considering leaving a comment on a few other videos but kept coming back to this one. I must have watched it a dozen times and each time I hear something new and exciting that I missed. Truly a saxophone duet for the ages. Thanks again!
@@mikelavoie8410 My pleasure Mike. That was my favorite moment on Frenchmen Street of all of the years and performances I have seen. Truly magical, and I almost missed recording it. And don't be shy about commenting on the videos. I love to hear what people think and feel about this music and I learn a lot from the comments.
@@JamesSterling You know, you're right. TH-cam has a (sadly well-deserved) reputation for unpleasant comments but I've so far found comments from trad jazz enthusiasts to be quite civil on the whole. I guess it's difficult to be negative when you're listening to such happy music. Maybe I'll be a little less reticent with my thoughts in the future.
@@mikelavoie8410 You are correct about trad listeners comments. However I do monitor the comments on my channel and once in a blue moon have to remove inappropriate ones.
Couldn't agree more, Wally! Absolutely spine-tingling finale to a classic performance. We had to miss FQF this year but had we been in town we would have been at the Cat for the afternoon SJB gig. Ivan was there and he might have more video from this great session. If only PlayJones had been working! Apparently the camera is still working at the Cat but PJ seems to have ceased broadcasting.
And again, I can't get enough of her! Now I know what it means to miss New Orléans. How much would Chloe fetch in an auction? Just wondering . . . .
Like so many others, I keep coming back to this ... this is compelling music, transcends categories ... bravo and bravo !!
Thank you for capturing this! I was heading back to the Cat when Chloe texted me that I had missed this duel!
This is why I have to go to New Orleans. A few of the exchanges just made me burst out laughing they were so right on.
Never saw the dude before. They are the epitome of jazz harmony!!!!!
Best sax duel/duet I've heard in years, great blowing by both. Anybody else remember Derek Fleck and George Huxley and their "Soprano summit"? Two instruments with the same voice works so well in the hands of master players.
Thank you SO much for make this video. It is incredible.
I am SO jealous of you - and Pops ! While I've been soaking in Tuba Skinny this past year I couldn't help noticing Chloe - playing and singing .. and when Shaye put together Shake Em Up. Now I hear this !! I have a bookmark labeled "Holy Music" - it's for moments like this .....
Excelentes ambos saxofonistas en estílo y ejecutando de manera exquisita, Espectacular conjunto. Gracias
FANTASTIC GREAT STUFF
Watch James' face as he and Chloe go back and forth. He is enjoying the moment!
Thanks for sharing !
...I keep thinking 'can it get any better?', well, yes it can!...and here it is. I'll be back next year...and in between times with Ivan...Alan
Everytime I listen to this piece I stand astonished by the so great perfection of these interpreters, the way they exchange each other without any imperfection; James, that probably is not much big cause makes me think that is not plaing an alto considering the dimension of it, so speedy and fanciful and Chloe so linear and incredibly musical , not second the mastery of, I think is, a C Melody sax. This all remind me to the duet of Louis and Sidney in "Everibody loves my baby" with the due respect.
Yes, they are playing C-Melody saxophones. If you read the comments below from the past several years after posting the video you will find many discussions about the C-Melody saxophones they are playing here. And it is indeed a rare and special performance by both.
@@JamesSterling You say that even James was playng a C Melody sax? I don't see the final curve.
@@fabioleoni7512 The curve in the neck isn't what makes it a C Melody, it's the way it is tuned. Conn C Melodys don't have a curved neck and many are sold with both the curved and straight neck to suit the players preference. www.ebay.com/itm/172882421288?hash=item2840986628:g:pHsAAOSwBgtZxpUs&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338235235&customid=1&toolid=10049
Simply a jewel!!!
Back again. Needed a lift and you can’t help but feel better watching this. I don’t think I’ve ever seen two musicians locked in like that at such a high level of virtuosity. Can’t see too much of Chloe’s face but James is about to burst he’s having such a good time.
I had my camera in my pocket and wasn't planning on videoing as I was talking to Pops Coffee, but when Marla announced this song I thought "Oh I like that song" so I started recording. That's why I missed the first bar or so and why I wasn't standing in a better spot, plus being The Spotted Cat you stand where the crowd lets you. To get an idea of Chloe's reaction check the very end of the video when she turns toward me. It was indeed a special moment. The musicians realized it to.
Hottest trading choruses I've ever seen on c melodies... too bad Scott Robinson wasn't there to join the fun!! You 2 sound great!!!
Gorgeous. What a great performance.
Chloe, the superb musician, playing the sax.
Amazing stuff!
It is so terrific that you thought to post this video on Shaye's Face Book Fab page ! Here I am, back listening again with great appreciation to James E. and Chloe (and Marla & John & Twerk too) ... and to you for capturing and sharing. It is also a delight to scroll through the growing list of comments, adding to one's pleasure. Such artistry deserves as wide an audience as possible ... I will leave it in a browser tab all day so I can come back to a couple more times.
Absolutely brilliant!
4:24 when James Evans realizes he stepped past his "trading 2's" but Chloe doesn't miss a beat, and then they finish up with those awesome horn harmonies. Thanks for all the recordings James
amazing moments !!!
Brilliant performance!
Rudy Wiedoft once said that for every hour you play a C-melody you have to spend an hour repairing it.
Good Lord James, what a special moment indeed!!
Awesome!
Saw this video, insta-subscribed.
Masterpiece !!
tears.....
JAZZ IS ALIVE!!!
There's a video of Chloe doing a clarinet duet with Bob Drago on Bie Mir Bis Du Schoen, also lovely playing, and interplaying. Not quite to such an extent as here, but still great playing from both clarinets, and Mark Shane on the piano.
This is the video that made me sub
You obviously have good taste in music!
This made me buy a c-melody saxophone...
Magnificently.
This is Jazz as it must be performed .....The Title Bye Bye Blues for this session
could be > Bye Bye Rag > Bye Bye Stomp > Bye Bye Spotted Cat.
Ohhhh, yeahhh! 👏👏❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻💐💐
This video is a reference for me.
SUPERB!!!
We miss her in St Louis
J'adore !!!!
James,You Are a Musician,It´s just that you don´t play a Horn..I have played most of my Life, with people who don´t have your appreciation of Jazz Music.
Brian, every time I read your comment it makes my day! One if my great regrets in life is that I never learned to play an instrument. I do love music.
There are Two sides,James..Was Charlie Parker happy?
You got that right, he certainly has the passion!
@@JamesSterling Me too James .. but I'm giving the washboard a go, with some encouragement from Robin Rapuzzi and Ivan. I do love this music .......
@@87sailorgirl You know, I've often toyed with the idea of playing the washboard also. My wife might not be too crazy about the idea though! I can't listen to this music without keeping time by tapping my feet or slapping my leg (which can make it hard to video these bands). I have a pretty decent sense of rhythm, if I say so myself. I was at Bamboulas watching The New Orleans Swinging Gypsies a few years ago and Gissele Anguizola came up to me and told me I was doing a good job of keeping the rhythm and knowing all the breaks. Made my day!
This is amazing. Smashes down all the barriers and categories we make for jazz. Is this trad jazz? Or is it bebop? It’s the pure wonder of shared creation.
Chloe just really is the final polish on this, great band great music, love the harmony and skill but for me Chloe just tops things off
The language of MUSIC and IMPROVISATION is the same for all countries and for all races and in this period (February/March/April 2020) we have a Corona Virus that also is the same for all countries and for all races. Let us hope after May 2020 we can make MUSIC again and we have this terrible VIRUS behind us. In other words => BYE BYE CORONA VIRUS!
Chloe playing a C-Melody saxophone. Rare enough nowadays.
This sounds like 2 C melody saxophones! Am I mistaken? Wonderful performance!
You are correct on both points. They are playing C melody sax and it is a wonderful performance.
how is the c melody different?
I talking about sound you can tell an alto from a tenor or soprano
I'll leave it to the saxophone players to offer a technical explanation, but it is tuned to the key of C rather than the b-flat of a tenor and e-flat of an alto. It is larger than an alto and smaller than a tenor.
They stopped making the C due to the depression about 75 yrs ago. Looks like Chloe has one from the 1920's. A German company started making the C again just a few yrs in 2012...looks like James has one of those.
The 'Rafters' are full of admiring Cats, many about 100 years old... and I'm betting that Band from Star Wars hears this and can only Dream
What a player the banjo man
Wow!
great interplay between Chloe and the bloke with the snazzy shirt...other highlight is the old dear flashing her draws
goosebumps......kippenvel...
I shouldn't be surprised that Chloe Feoranzo is really good with the saxophone as well as the clarinet, but we don't usually get to hear her on the saxophone.
well done Folks!!
What is their choice of reeds, cane or synthethic? I wonder if he could keep up with her on the clarinet?
Have you seen James E play a Clarinet?!
Sorry, the exact piece was Cake walking babies from home.
Whew!
4s, 2s, 1s, lift-off!
C-Melody saxophones are known for being hard to play in tune. Conn was the best, the straight necks better than the gooseneck. She's playing a modern mouthpiece which helps open up the tone. Amazing playing by all!
Chloe is playing a Buescher C-Melody sax dating to the 1920s! I have one in my closet.
what mouthpiece is it? and is it a Conn C Mel?
Le Jazz Hot! Trading fours like they were twins.
C Melody?
Yes indeed!
Here about the C Melody www.john-robert-brown.com/c-melody-saxophone.htm
that was pure fun for the reeds!!!
This horn looks like a C melody saxophone.
they're both C melody
new orleans baby *-*
Fatastic!
Guys drinkin on the sidewalk
Great stuff, but somebody ought to teach the cameraperson how to pick the right angles at the right time.
It is a crowded club and the camera person is just another customer. No privileges granted. I can only stand where there is room. If you think you can do better, have at it. If you don't like the video I will gladly refund the price you paid to watch it.
@@JamesSterling Oops! I withdraw my comment with an apology. Thank goodness you were able to get what you did.
@@jakeallsop4123 Apology accepted. It really was the greatest performance I have heard on Frenchmen Street in the four years I have been going there. And I almost didn't film it. If you notice I didn't start the camera until after the song had already started. Recording in these clubs can be very difficult....jostling crowds, background noise, poor sound systems, poor lighting. I am just an amateur with a cell phone camera doing the best I can to record these performances for posterity.
@@JamesSterling Thank God you did record it! I am in the UK, never been to New Orleans, but my heart has been there since my teens - and I'm now in my eighties! These two young people amaze me, thank God also for their talent and enthusiasm, keeping this kind of jazz alive.
@@jakeallsop4123 You know that James Evans is British and now lives in New Orleans. Ewan Bleach, who plays with Tuba Skinny on occasion is also British. Both top notch reed players. So there is also young talent on your side of the Atlantic. And it's never too late to book a flight to New Orleans!