Rok, "Finger Poppin"; another classic Silver recording! "Cookin At The Continental" has always been one of my favorite Silver tunes and my favorite on the record. I believe this is the first recording by the classic Silver Quintet and those guys were in top form. Mitchell sounds amazing and "Cookin" has one of my favorite Silver solos of all time. Great stuff!
Delta City Blues:
What can be said about Michael Brecker that hasn’t been said a thousand times over? First of all, probably the greatest saxophone virtuoso (any genre, including classical) that ever lived. He was able to do things on the instrument that no one else could and with an ease that was hard to believe. Stylistically, obviously coming out of the Coltrane school, harmonic approach-wise and tone-wise. It is not too much of a stretch to say that he was the most influential saxophone player of his generation with scores of young saxophone players copying Breckerisms over the last four decades. Even the prominent younger tenor players who strive to stay "closer to the farm" (at least in their own minds) can be heard to show his influence; especially in how they inflect certain notes on the instrument. Amazing instrumentalist and, within his stylistic world, an amazing jazz player. He was also one of the most humble individuals you could ever meet. His recent death after a long illness was a great loss to the saxophone world.
Thanks for that great clip.
Delta City Blues:
What can be said about Michael Brecker that hasn’t been said a thousand times over? First of all, probably the greatest saxophone virtuoso (any genre, including classical) that ever lived. He was able to do things on the instrument that no one else could and with an ease that was hard to believe. Stylistically, obviously coming out of the Coltrane school, harmonic approach-wise and tone-wise. It is not too much of a stretch to say that he was the most influential saxophone player of his generation with scores of young saxophone players copying Breckerisms over the last four decades. Even the prominent younger tenor players who strive to stay "closer to the farm" (at least in their own minds) can be heard to show his influence; especially in how they inflect certain notes on the instrument. Amazing instrumentalist and, within his stylistic world, an amazing jazz player. He was also one of the most humble individuals you could ever meet. His recent death after a long illness was a great loss to the saxophone world.
Thanks for that great clip.