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ellinas
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I really love this sax player. Powerful. Minimalist.Effective. GROOVY!
When I was younger I really liked the Acid Jazz movement. Being a mod and hammond enthousiast I really liked James Taylor Quartet. And there's where I got to listen to Mr Willmott
He was playing with James Taylor (JTQ) until recently and I've seen him live in Greece numerous times.
Spot on funk vibe. Excellent tone. He plays good flute also, but I love to hear him in tenor sax
Here is his tenor-ish alto tone with the Perceptions (super group w/ex-JTQ band + Snowboy + Sam Gambarini (excellent hammond B3 player)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5M0Bd82xSc
Tenor w/the perceptions!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onOPxsxfA50
On tenor with the New Jersey Kings aka JTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvA_HJNF5wQ&list=PL813478C63B17047A
Flute!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47YUP9_smtE
It's so funny, when I started switching from piano to hammond b3, my greatest influences were besides the usual US B3 players, Brian Auger &James Taylor. Now that my hair start getting grey and switching to tenor sax I return back to transcribing those guys, my "roots".
You brits certainly know how to play
When I was younger I really liked the Acid Jazz movement. Being a mod and hammond enthousiast I really liked James Taylor Quartet. And there's where I got to listen to Mr Willmott
He was playing with James Taylor (JTQ) until recently and I've seen him live in Greece numerous times.
Spot on funk vibe. Excellent tone. He plays good flute also, but I love to hear him in tenor sax
Here is his tenor-ish alto tone with the Perceptions (super group w/ex-JTQ band + Snowboy + Sam Gambarini (excellent hammond B3 player)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5M0Bd82xSc
Tenor w/the perceptions!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onOPxsxfA50
On tenor with the New Jersey Kings aka JTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvA_HJNF5wQ&list=PL813478C63B17047A
Flute!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47YUP9_smtE
It's so funny, when I started switching from piano to hammond b3, my greatest influences were besides the usual US B3 players, Brian Auger &James Taylor. Now that my hair start getting grey and switching to tenor sax I return back to transcribing those guys, my "roots"
.You brits certainly know how to play
