Interesting confluence there, Frogman but I’d be lying if I said it was intentional. I hadn’t been following the Sanborn discussion. The name only registered as some vague recollection of late night TV (I see DS did play in Paul Shaffer’s Late Night Band). Maybe it highlights how interconnected this whole music scene is.
I wish I had your ear. I can say without knowing anything else, I thought the sax playing kinda primitive and raw compared to some of the more virtuoso playing I hear in the jazz recordings recommended here. But I guess it’s appropriate in the context. Jazz ain’t ruined the blues for me yet.
Regarding the "bogus comment"? Do you mean that? White boys can’t play authentic blues? The remark might have been tongue in cheek but I suspect there’s something behind it. My thought is if you want to get all purist about it we’d be limited to some scratchy Library of Congress archival recordings from the early 1900s. Exaggerating to make a point.
PS -Thought this was a great comment from that Slowdown link... "He plays sax on the harmonica better than Sanborn." Liked that.
I wish I had your ear. I can say without knowing anything else, I thought the sax playing kinda primitive and raw compared to some of the more virtuoso playing I hear in the jazz recordings recommended here. But I guess it’s appropriate in the context. Jazz ain’t ruined the blues for me yet.
Regarding the "bogus comment"? Do you mean that? White boys can’t play authentic blues? The remark might have been tongue in cheek but I suspect there’s something behind it. My thought is if you want to get all purist about it we’d be limited to some scratchy Library of Congress archival recordings from the early 1900s. Exaggerating to make a point.
PS -Thought this was a great comment from that Slowdown link... "He plays sax on the harmonica better than Sanborn." Liked that.