What’s going on here?

[mpj.brennan]

What is the saxophonist doing at 1:49 to achieve this effect?

View: https://youtu.be/O5QNMZk--no

 

[Greg Strange]

Try this...

The Adderley Trill

Happy trilling...Cannonball style...

Greg S.

 

[mpj.brennan]

Thanks , it was the exaggerated right hand movement that fooled me. Pete’s style looks more economical.

 

[trimmy]

And of course it sounds much better on alto

 

[Alice]

Thank you for bringing this band to my attention @mpj.brennan .... They are brilliant!

 

[Nikki]

Oh man. That was dope!

 

[trimmy]

Oh man. That was dope!

I take it that now means ‘great’ just like ‘sick’

 

[spike]

It does of course sound a lot better when you've got the shirt.

 

[Nikki]

I take it that now means ‘great’ just like ‘sick’

But of course.

 

[Pete Thomas]

FYI

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqUoDD1xyz4

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3mFjIAE1kM

 

[RyanCannonball]

With his right hand he seems to be alternating quickly between the front F and the D fingering for the harmonic false A.
Maybe a distant relative of the "Adderley trill" but it seems more similar to what Marc Russo does at 1:52 here

View: https://youtu.be/mApDI4EW5Ho?t=112

 

[Jazzaferri]

In the OP's clip at 1:49 its not the Adderly trill.

Its a repeated 4 note figure G A C A altoland notes...aka concert Bb C Eb C with some trill note thrown on top Have to listen more to figure the rest out but its a cool lick so will get it figured. No video slowing down skills

Its played over the 4 (Bb concert) chord in the 12 bar blues form of this tune

 

[Pete Thomas]

My apologies, I didn't even look at the video, just responded to the post about Adderley trill.

No this is not an Adderley trill, just a bit of nice finger waggling that creates a visual effect (something I used to do quite a lot). So basically playing a fast B - A - G with a trill on the B. I don't hear the right hand doing anything apart from possibly hitting the E side key, but maybe it actually is doing more but I can't hear it. Looks good though.