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Archive for May, 2006
Five Favorite Tenor Players
02592 days
by Ed Svoboda
in Saxophones
1. Lester Young
2. Zoot Sims
3. Stan Getz
4. Ben Webster
5. Coleman Hawkins
Honable Mention
Scott Hamilton
James Houlik
Five Favorite Bari Players
02593 days
by Ed Svoboda
in Saxophones
1. Gerry Mulligan
2. Pepper Adams
3. Serge Chaloff
4. Harry Carney
5. Mike Brignola
Honorable Mention
Nick Brignola
Ronnie Cuber
Gary Smullyan
Claire Daly
Five Favorite Alto Sax Players
02598 days
by Ed Svoboda
in Saxophones
1. Paul Desmond
2. Johnny Hodges
3. Art Pepper
4. Benny Carter
5. Kenny Garrett
Honorable Mention
Phil Woods
David Sanborn
Coltrane’s Tone
02599 days
I’m listening to “A Love Supreme” right now. I love the things that John Coltrane creates in terms of improv and his writing can’t be appreciated enough. His tone always leaves me cold. Too bright. Too brittle sounding. His early work isn’t quite as creative but his tone is much better. His middle work is amazing but the tone leaves me cold. The last few years of stuff when he’s fully into “Free” jazz I still don’t enjoy.