Introduction Hi folks...

[Jules]

Jules here, AKA nachoman (my normal forum name, dating back to when i used to work in a Tex Mex resteraunt). I'm a fairly average R&B honker on tenor and baritone, and was initially drawn to this site due to the great collection of practice tips and ideas. I hope to get my practice regime beaten into optimum shape & hopefully hel psome other players out along the way.

 

[Bobby G]

Hi Jules & welcome. What r'n'b honkers d'you recommend?

Cheers, Bob

 

[ken]

Greetings Jules, nice to have you here.

 

[saxismyaxe]

Welcome to the forums Jules!.....MMMMMM nachos. 8)

 

[Pete Thomas]

Hi Jules

Welcome to the breakfast room from another R&b honker.

 

[Jules]

Bob, as far as R&B honkers go, there's a lot of great players but for combining energy and technical prowess- Red Prysock and (the amazing) Earl Bostic pretty much sum it up for me.

 

[Bobby G]

Earl Bostic I know a bit but Red Prysock (great name) sounds worth investigation.

Cheers, Bob

 

[Pete Thomas]

Bob Green wrote:
Earl Bostic I know a bit but Red Prysock (great name) sounds worth investigation.

Cheers, Bob

Certainly is!

 

[spike]

Welcome Nacho,
I reckon Sam Taylor, Sil Austin, Lee Allen, Plas Johnson, Clifford Scott and Jimmy Forrest are also worth a check out in the Honking department, to name but a handful. gruss - spike

 

[Jules]

spike wrote:
Welcome Nacho,
I reckon Sam Taylor, Sil Austin, Lee Allen, Plas Johnson, Clifford Scott and Jimmy Forrest are also worth a check out in the Honking department, to name but a handful. gruss - spike

Oh yes- forgot Clifford Scott! By the way- Sil Austin, he's one who gets name checked a lot but I've not really checked out myself- what are his recommended recordings?

 

[spike]

Hi Nacho, Sil Austin is not easy to find, I've got "Slow Walk" on a sampler, he had a biggish hit with Danny Boy, which I used to have on tape, but got mangled, Tenor player with a big raspy tone, as with a lot of these guys finding tracks aint easy, good source of info is John Laughter's "History of Rock'n'Roll sax solos" - I'll check it out and see if John has anymore worthwhile tracks from Sil Austin listed.

Edit:
check out: clubalibi.com/honkytonk
and root around some there be rockin' gems on there

ciao fer now - spike

 

[ammo]

Hi Jules, I'm new here too! I will try and check out the players you and your respondents have mentioned - Plas is one name I recognize. Isn't David Newman from that area? (I think he played with Ray Charles for a long time, then I heard an amazing album of his in the 70s called Captain Buckles and it blew me away how he kept pushing the band with his hard edged tone - what great energy!).
Also Illinois Jacquet should be right up your alley, and a great source of inspiration to R&B and rock n roll players. Also some parts of Sonny Rollins' varied work - he is brash and powerful, while Boots Randolph and the like are some wicked honkers.
I have heard many times of the Texas tenor throwdown, and I imagine it's some version of the cutting sessions made so famous in the birth of Bebop, when Dizzy and Bird and Monk et al took chord substitutions to a new level so no newbie could follow the changes.
In Texas, the equivalent could be more like an arm wrestling contest - trading choruses until there was nothing left to blow. Am I close?

I'm a pretty noisy tenor honker myself, with an incredibly loud Selmer Mk VII (1975), but I have been renting a pair of new Yamaha 275s (both tenor and alto) in order to play concert band. Save the Selmer for rock n roll and R&B.

O boy this is fun talking sax. Better get back to practicing tho!
--
"Ammo"

 

[tengu01]

Hey there Jules,

Welcome to the site. Thanks for the tips about honking tenors, I quite like that kind of stuff myself.

Tengu