Yes, nice Mulligan clips; thanks, O-10. And Serge Challof! First bebopper on the big horn and of “Four Brothers” (Woody Herman) fame. Beautiful and very expressive player. Very nice “Body And Soul”; thanks for that clip. Re Don Cherry:
Well, for the first two minutes and 18 seconds it was about what I expected. Then at 2:19 it was “WHAT?!, NO WAY!”. From the first tenor note I knew it was Michael Brecker. I had no idea that Brecker had recorded with Don Cherry and it came as a big surprise. Don Cherry does the conceptual heavy lifting on this clip and leaves the instrumental heavy lifting to Brecker and the others. Can’t say I particularly liked this, but I do find it kind of interesting; although I confess to a bias for Brecker’s playing during this time period since this was, for me, the sweet spot in the evolution of his tenor tone. I listened to the rest of the record and I can do without it. Back to baritone saxophone:
My all-time favorite baritone sound (pre-bebop) and which can be heard as an influence in Serge Chaloff’s low register playing. Hard to imagine Duke Ellington’s band without the underpinning of Harry Carney’s beautiful and robust sound:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=brqxEdwsTQshttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jVtNIS0jFmcHere’s an interesting record with the great Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz. Interesting because on the first three tunes they switch horns; Mulligan players tenor and Getz plays baritone! :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7SQkaI9Y2QA