World Music and the Saxophone

Kinda · Mar 28, 2008

I'm interested in World Music and was recently blown away by Salif Keita (an absolute must see) and this has never happened to me before.

Anyway the point is I'm learning to play the alto sax and thought is it possible to fuse sax in with world music and has anyone actually done this and who are they as I have a napster account and can probably look them up if they aren't too obscure.

phil_edwards · Mar 28, 2008

Is this any help? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiQ0uyqySBg

We're practicing this in the band I'm getting together. Can send you the parts in concert, Eb and Bb if you like.

Phil

Jules · Mar 28, 2008

World music is a pretty wide concept- there are plenty of East European alto sax players (pretty much any Klezmer band), Africa is well represented- Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango, a lot of South African township jive, a very odd Etheopian school of serpentine noodling, lots of Latin American/Afro-Cuban horns out there.....

Pete Thomas · Mar 28, 2008

Check out Tim garland

http://www.timgarland.com/

Kinda · Mar 28, 2008

Thanks guys I like the Ibrahim track and hadn't realised he was South African and the clip you have posted is of Cape Town where I used to live and it brought back happy memories so that was great and many thanks. In fact I used to live just under Table Mountain overlooking Robbin Island which are both in the film.

Yes I would be grateful for the sax music to that piece but not sure I'm capable of playing nor how you would send it to me but thanks again.

Nachoman I will listen on Napster to the guys you have mentioned, the only real South African I know is Hugh Masekela but guess everyone knows him.

PT - I've looked up Tim Garland but he's not in Napster so I will have to find another way such as UTube to listen to him.

Thanks again everyone for indulging me.

Jules · Mar 28, 2008

Tim Garland's old band, Lammas, are excellent- jazz/celtic fusion- quite folky and very atmospheric...

phil_edwards · Mar 29, 2008

PM'd you regarding Mannenberg.

Phil

spike · Mar 30, 2008

Devin Thomas with Eric Marienthal on sax - Extraordinary World Band.
Some of Andy Sheppard's recordings could find their way to the world music dept, and Courtney Pine knows no boundaries.
and talking about S.A. - have you heard Capetown fringe from Dave Sanborn?

bobk · Mar 30, 2008

nachoman wrote:
World music is a pretty wide concept- there are plenty of East European alto sax players (pretty much any Klezmer band), Africa is well represented- Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango, a lot of South African township jive, a very odd Etheopian school of serpentine noodling, lots of Latin American/Afro-Cuban horns out there.....

I'd love to try playing some Klezmer on the sax - anyone got any recommendations of books to start off with?

cheers,

Bob

old_git · Mar 30, 2008

Bob,
I have heard that it is impossible to play good Klezmer without the operation, painful at your age. >:)

bobk · Mar 31, 2008

old git wrote:
Bob,
I have heard that it is impossible to play good Klezmer without the operation, painful at your age.

Luckily I'm already qualified!

jools · Mar 31, 2008

Find some Didier Malherbe - more recent stuff. He plays tenor, soprano and flutes. Very fine player

Also Yusef Lateef had some adventures in so-called 'world sounds' in the 60's and 70's.