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TheOverlordDale (August 29, 2008 at 2:28 pm)
Me too. They're definitely the top three tenor players.
Trane was definitely the most influential...I mean, come on, he is Trane.
Stan is my personal favorite - I enjoy his tone, phrasing, etc...but, he is almost entirely unemulatable. If you know what I mean.
However, I believe the all around best jazz tenor saxophonist of all time was Dex.
fridun007 (August 6, 2008 at 4:24 am)
If you wanna get his album, get "Dextor Gordon, Homecoming, Live at the Village Vanguard." 2 disc album.
sanduuuu (July 16, 2008 at 10:50 pm)
greurr ... mmhm... doobee graw awrrr... (groaning along)
trigjeeeh (June 20, 2008 at 10:54 am)
So incredible, yet they play with such ease. Incredible!
synthjazz (June 4, 2008 at 3:02 am)
....it's the space between the notes that makes the music......
felixhubert (May 19, 2008 at 8:05 pm)
He plays too much Chorusses, but what he plays is amazing ;-)
cfny (May 4, 2008 at 12:09 pm)
For me, it has always been Dex,Trane,and Getz (in no particular order). Where was this concert? Is it out on DVD?
minor7b5 (March 28, 2008 at 8:13 pm)
If you want to learn bop, Dexter is the man. However, I can't say that I enjoy his sound on soprano.
klassiekerrally (January 22, 2008 at 2:16 pm)
I cried when this man died. I took up the axe after hearing Bird, somewhere back in '86. It was the big Dex who shaped me and taught me everything an axeman needs to know.
The movie came out in '87 and I've seen it almost every year . . .
HitokiriDiaz (January 18, 2008 at 5:10 pm)
I don't agree with you on the empty spaces thing. I think he has them, and that they are necessary in music. |
