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Just had a look to see who the Saxophonist was., Here he is with a very catch little numberOne of my customers sent me a text suggesting I listen to this, thought I'd share it
View: https://youtu.be/xBXbrOOo2nM
Heard this for first time, decades late, and must learn to play it
Jimmy Page's oeuvre as horn section
View: https://open.spotify.com/track/0YEsQRjRxcUvIJER7Ifob8?si=0Sl0dWDPQ0Kvkoe9PSUv7Q
What a curious one. I find it quite disrespectful, but I was a big Led Zeppelin fan so.. I loved Shut Up And Play Yer Guitar etc, and Sheik YerboutiThe genesis of Zappa playing Stairway To Heaven was due to the alto player Paul Carmen knowing how to play Jimmy Page's guitar solo note for note, teaching the horn section how to play it and then convincing Frank to do a "reggae" version of Stairway...Paul Carmen plays an amazing soprano solo on the album but I forgot which track...Inca Roads? Andy? the horn section on the album includes the Fowler Brothers on trumpet and trombone and the great Albert Wing on tenor sax...another album to check out is "Broadway The Hard Way"...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKgK91zCq44
Greg S.
A good one. A young Gato Barbieri there !YouTubes algorithms sent this my way this evening,. A friend said to me on Saturday they know you better than you know yourself. A strange thought but they did get it right
View: https://youtu.be/MwJRIiuJzIk
He is a new name to me, i have looked him up on YouTube, it's all been a bit cheesy so far, for my taste anywayA good one. A young Gato Barbieri there !
Try El Pampero. I bought the lp back in about '73 - 'twas a big influence on my notion of what a tenor sax should sound like.He is a new name to me, i have looked him up on YouTube, it's all been a bit cheesy so far, for my taste anyway
That's a bit more like it, I imagine it being a great experience hearing it liveTry El Pampero. I bought the lp back in about '73 - 'twas a big influence on my notion of what a tenor sax should sound like
Right ~ that is what was so interesting about the Abdullah Ibrahim group....he was just playing straight up and a bit 'out' there...no saccharine-y stuff which unfortunately he did a bit too much of later in his carreer....He is a new name to me, i have looked him up on YouTube, it's all been a bit cheesy so far, for my taste anyway
What a curious one. I find it quite disrespectful, but I was a big Led Zeppelin fan so.. I loved Shut Up And Play Yer Guitar etc, and Sheik Yerbouti
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That's a bit more like it, I imagine it being a great experience hearing it live
View: https://youtu.be/hegIgOETfdY
Yes, I feel like I'm a bit odd feeling that way. I think it's the guitar interjections of Zappa that don't sit with me. The singing is great!I'm a big Led Zep fan with albums on vinyl, CD, a quaint audio artifact called cassette tapes, and "The Song Remains The Same" on VHS tape (I think I also had the T-shirt and lithograph print poster as well and rare box set of 7" singles) and I didn't find it disrespectful. A lot of Zappa's stuff is tongue firmly planted in cheek , and obviously utilizing the skills of his great and underrated musicians to play a classic 1970s rock cover that isn't a Xerox copy. There is plenty of cover versions of "Stairway To Heaven" out there in the big wide world including a version done by an Ocker kiddie fiddler with a wobble board and another version done by a diminutive blond woman with large mammalian protuberances.
I have a feeling Page and Plant weren't too concerned when the royalty payments came flooding in...
Actually Joshua Redman does a version of "The Ocean" on one of his more recent albums...
Greg S.