Solo Sax Recordings...
E.B.
Lee Konitz - Lone-Lee
Sonny Rollins - The Solo Album
Anthony Braxton - For Alto Saxophone
Can anyone else recommend some good solo sax recordings? It's fascinating to
hear the possibilities in these recordings.
Eric
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Joerg Walther
> Can anyone else recommend some good solo sax recordings?
Michael Brecker's solo appearance at this year's Frankfurt Jazz Festival
has recently been posted to alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.jazz. Though I've only
given it a short listen it sounded quite interesting, especially the tune
'Hot House'.
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Richard Tabnik
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check out my "Solo Journey" on New Artists Records...
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NA1011CD
let me know what you feel...
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New Millennium!
Sincerely,
Richard Tabnik, Jazz Alto Saxophonist
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"Music is the thing of the world that I love most."
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Luke Kaven
> Can anyone else recommend some good solo sax recordings? It's fascinating to
> hear the possibilities in these recordings.
It isn't an entire record, if that's what you want, but it's great:
Eric Dolphy's "Bird Feathers"
Luke
nobody
> fascinating to hear the possibilities in these recordings.
Coleman Hawkins - Picasso
Michael Brecker - Naima, on the new album with Herbie Hancock,
"virtuosic", if that's what you're looking for
You might want to check into some classical sax recordings, too.
I can't recommend any specific recordings, but pieces by
Ryo Noda (sp?) and Lucian Berio come to mind. (There are _lots_ of
contemporary classical solo sax pieces.)
Reggie Dennison
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Pat Buzby
> Anthony Braxton - For Alto Saxophone
If you like Braxton, keep an eye out for a used copy of the Alto
Saxophone Improvisations 1979 2-LP set on Arista. The performances
are strong and it includes extensive liner notes which give some clues
about his methods. A few other Braxton solo sets are out on CD, but I
haven't heard them.
Pat Buzby
Chicago, IL
Luke Kaven
Luke Kaven
And unfortunately, it turns out it isn't solo either! So much for my recollection.
Richard Tabnik
Here are some reviews of my solo sax cd:
~SOLO JOURNEY~
Complete Text of Reviews
SAXOPHONE JOURNAL
*Recommended Recordings*
Review by Tim Price
RICHARD TABNIK
SOLO JOURNEY
(New Artists 1011CD)
This is a very rewarding recording. It's full of
warmth, swing, and a personal approach to solo alto
sax. It should also serve to remind the listener, and
jazz fan, that here is another great musician with a
unique approach that's not a household name, but
still deserves world class attention via concerts, gigs,
and the national press. I have heard of Richard
through his ads in trade papers selling his recording,
but, till I put this disc on my CD player, I had no
idea what I was in store for.
His solos (to start at the grit!) are models of melodic
improvisation. They are like well-constructed short
stories. The longest effort being only five minutes and
thirty seconds. Some cuts are only seventeen seconds
(Visage) or even thirteen seconds (Answer). But it's the
content that he plays with that makes so much sense
that he never bores the listener. For instance, his ideas
on Leap of Joy flow together like tributaries producing
a fresh stream unhurrying to its destination.
The bits he gets into parts of his solos gives the prover
amount of tension needed. His wit and sense of space
adds leavening throughout. His open warm tone is
particularly inviting when he dips down into his
alto's lower register. On Blues the poignancy in
Richard's playing rises to the surface in the opening
chorus, during which he implies a beautiful quote
from Parker's Mood. I really understand his roots and
respect for tradition saxophonistically speaking, i.e.,
Bird, Lee Konitz, and Lester Young. Although I
detect in his phrasing and articulations he's dug a lot
of trumpet players and pianists also.
Again, listening to this well-constructed disc, I
wonder why Richard Tabnik isn't more well-known?
He's certainly ready to play with anyone and his
conception is a vivid as it is unique. He's a
saxophonist of unquestionable ability.
I like his lack of relaxation on How Lovely You Are.
His attack and time are relentless -- the overall results
are staggering. He uses space to his advantage and he
has establised an incredible rapport with it, while
digging in every inch of the way. Check the title track
and you'll see what I'm getting at!
In a solo effort, a strong virtue has to also be the
portion of cloor produced with this stark setting,
including the shapes of tones and bouant upper
register flashes. All these are consistent on sixty-one
minues of bare solo alto presented here. Tabnik is a
voice that has a good conintuity of ideas; his
execution of the muisc is bold and venturesome.
This release impressed me a lot. It's first rate music.
The workmanship, inspiation and commetment to
the art ared all good reasons to own it and enhoy it
yourslef. Isure did! [--Tim Price, SAXOPHONE
JOURNAL, Nov./Dec. 1993, p. 75]
CADENCE Magazine
Review by David Dupont
RICHARD TABNIK
SOLO JOURNEY
NEW ARTISTS 1011
1. Doorway; 2. Come to Me; 3. Question; 4. Answer; 5.This
Has to
Be; 6. How Can I?; 7.Height; 8.Depth; 9. I'm All for You;
10.
Suiteness; 11. Moment Divine; 12. Echoes of a Feeling ; 13.
Expansion; 14. Lester Young's Clarinet Solo on "Countless
Blues";
15. Leap of Joy; 16. Where Can You Be?; 17. Blues (with an
excerpt from "Parker's Mood"); 18. I'll Always Be Sure;
Collage:
19. Visage; 20. Mirage; 21. Barrage; 22. Balance; 23. Longing;
24.
Cellular Striving; 25. Hipnosis; 26. Go To It; 27. How Lovely
You
Are; 28. How Can They Come True?; 29. This Had to Be;
30.
Spaced; 31. Intensity; 32. No One; 33. Solo Journey; 34. Joy
Divine; 35. Heart's Desire; 36. Childhood Memory; 37.
Paradise;
38. Point of View; 39. Off the Cuff; 40. Final Word
60:55
Tabnik, as. 9/14/90, NYC
If there's one element that unites those musicians
who draw their inspiration from the teachings of
Lennie Tristano, it is a belief in poeticism of the
melodic line. The much maligned "coolness" of this
music comes because the musicians largely eschew
rabble-rousing rhetoric, those fragments of received
lickery meant to stir a collective response from the
crowd, and delivered at the expense of personal
expression. Musicians such as Tabnik seek to develop
melodies that express their inner inner voices. On
Solo Journey Tabnik takes this to the extreme. He
strips away the rhythm section, any familiar tunes,
(though, as you would expect, references to "All the
Things You Are", "Melancholy, Baby", and the like
pop up), and even variety in tempos and dynamics.
Running more than an hour, this is as rigorous an
outing for the listener as for the player. Still it
rewards the attention necessary to begin to appreciate
-- and after a number of listenings I feel that"s about
where I am with it - the subtle turnings of Tabnik"s
melodies. The brief, pared sections -- "Question" and
"Answer" or "Height" and "Depth" - where you can
hear the phrases play off each other, are the easiest
ways in. Some bit of variety is provided by the two
tributes - a rendering of Lester Young's clarinet solo
on "Countless Blues" and an evocation of Charlie
Parker's "Parker's Mood" on "Blues". In both cases the
degree to which Tabnik captures the emotional tenor
of his models' work, while still giving expression to
himself, is striking. This is not easy listening, and is
best experienced [in] small doses (say, the length of an
LP side), but it's well worth the attention. [--David
Dupont, CADENCE Magazine, February 1993]
Marge Hofacre*s JAZZ NEWS
Mini-Reviews by Lois Moody
Richard Tabnik
Solo Journey (New Artists NA 1011CD).
If solo performance is the ultimate challenge, Tabnik
appears to welcome it. Except for a few quotes and
flashbacks to Lester Young and Charlie Parker on
Countless Blues and Parker*s Mood, this is pure
Tabnik in material and improvisational style. There
are some links to the Lennie Tristano approach to
re-ordering the chordal foundations of standards, but
after the briefest of identifying reference points,
Tabnik devotes himself to fresh pursuits.
If there is anything a listener might regret in this
performance, it is the fact that several of Tabnik*s
statements are little more than fragments of passing
feelings and images. One wishes for these segments to
be explored more fully. Tabnik has the potential and
creativity to develop his material, so more of his
recordings will be welcome. [--Lois Moody, Marge
Hofacre*s JAZZ NEWS, Sept./Oct. 1994]
E.B.
Steve Lacy one.
Mike C.
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Glenn Good
on Splasch. And has anyone mentioned Evan Parker's solo CDs? There are
many with soprano saxophone, and one with tenor saxophone (on Okka).
Roscoe Mitchell has recorded some solo pieces, and there's a double CD
Sound Songs on Delmark that has lots of solo saxophone but some with
overdubs. Gianni Gebbia has a real nice solo CD on Rastascan called
H-Portraits. Marion Brown recorded a solo LP way back when. Luc
Houtkamp has several out. Brotzmann has a couple. Julius Hemphill's
Blue Boye, reissued on Screwgun, has lots of solo saxophone.
That's just a sampling. You could build a whole collection of just
solo saxophone recordings if you wanted!
- Glenn Good
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Jazzmatazz
E.B. wrote:
> I have a couple solo saxophone recordings that I really like:
>
> Lee Konitz - Lone-Lee
> Sonny Rollins - The Solo Album
> Anthony Braxton - For Alto Saxophone
>
> Can anyone else recommend some good solo sax recordings? It's fascinating to
> hear the possibilities in these recordings.
>
A little further afield I can recommend the solo trombone album "Purity"
by Albert Mangelsdorff.
Alan Lankin
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Massimo Foti
>
> Lee Konitz - Lone-Lee
> Sonny Rollins - The Solo Album
> Anthony Braxton - For Alto Saxophone
>
> Can anyone else recommend some good solo sax recordings? It's fascinating
to
> hear the possibilities in these recordings.
>
title is "This Little Light of Mine"
Massimo
Vincent Kargatis
> > I have a couple solo saxophone recordings that I really like:
> >
> > Lee Konitz - Lone-Lee
> > Sonny Rollins - The Solo Album
> > Anthony Braxton - For Alto Saxophone
> >
> > Can anyone else recommend some good solo sax recordings? It's
fascinating to
> > hear the possibilities in these recordings.
If you want to explore saxophone possibilities, you absolutely will want
to check out solo recordings by both Evan Parker and John Butcher. See
allmusic.com for some basic guidelines.
--
Vincent Kargatis
np: Neko Case - "Deep Red Bells" (Blacklisted)
Brian Rost
> > > Can anyone else recommend some good solo sax recordings? It's
> fascinating to
> > > hear the possibilities in these recordings.
Steve Lacy "Only Monk"
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Brian Rost
Stargen, Inc.
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