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Inspired by the energy, passion and free expression found in the writing of Jack Kerouac, Dr Sax borrowed the name from one of his books and set about creating their own unique blend of Jazz, Rock, Soul & Latin.
“You guys rock!” was the review posted after the band performance at the Glastonbury Festival 2002 and six years and two albums later the band are still rocking, now with guitarist Cliff Moore (younger brother of blues legend Gary Moore) playing in the band.
For the 2009 4th album, 'Take It to the Bridge' there are new singers too: Steve Williams, who has been playing keyboards with the band from the beginning (he also plays keys for Jamelia) delivers two awesome vocal performances as does new guest vocalist 18 year old Sarah Davies who has taken over the chair from Beth Rowley, who herself, was last seen singing with Bert Bacharach at the BBC Proms(!). You can still, however, hear Beth singing with the band on their last album, ‘The Gospels According to Dr Sax’.
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Coleman Hawkins Meets the Big Sax Section
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
An interesting Coleman Hawkins album that's unavailable and virtually unknown today is Coleman Hawkins Meets the Big Sax Section. Originally entitled The Saxophone Section, Featuring Coleman Hawkins, it was recorded in April 1958 for the World Wide label. When Savoy re-issued the album, the label changed the title. The LP featured 4/5 of Count Basie's sax section plus pianist Nat Pierce (one of the best Basie imitators), Basie's guitarist Freddie Green, Basie's bassist Eddy Jones, and drummer Bobby Donaldson. who ...
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Sol Schlinger, Baritone Sax Extraordinaire
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the 1950s, when the 12-inch album became dominant, many studios recording jazz LPs needed musicians who could record perfectly in the fewest number of takes. Such skills included top-notch sight reading, the ability to play multiple instruments flawlessly and artists who could blow beautiful solos. To streamline their operations, producers began forming groups of musicians who could come in and make magic together. In Los Angeles in the 1960s, one such team specializing in pop rock was known as ...
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Videos: Nine Live Sax Solos
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
This week, the weather in New York has been all over the place. On Monday, the temperature was in the single digits. Yesterday it was 60 and pouring rain. In celebration of the thermometer's versatile range, let's end the week with nine live smokin' saxophone solos: Here's Sonny Rollins playing On Green Dolphin Street... Here's Joe Henderson playing Recorda-me... Here's Harold Land playing Invitation... Here's Sonny Stitt playing Everything Happens to Me... Here's Stan Getz playing Desafinado... Here's Zoot Sims ...
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Digging into the boisterous side of the tenor sax
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Saxophonist Paul Duffy has been influenced mightily by the “Texas tenor" style of saxophone- the brawny, honking, at-times boisterous R&B-tinged sound made famous by Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Buddy Tate, David “Fathead" Newman and King Curtis. That's quite a stretch for a versatile musician who grew up- and developed his passion for jazz- in Dublin, Ireland. That sound was on fine display on Friday, December 7, in the South County Jazz Club's matinee concert series in Venice FL. Duffy's quartet ...
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Two More Sax-Section Albums
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I melt at the sound of a swinging reed section. But I don't keep the swooning to myself. As readers know, I routinely add to our list below of reed-centric albums that I've posted about. Today, I'm letting you know about two more—Frank Tiberi's 4 Brothers 7 (Jazzed Media), released last year, and John Williams' Baritone Band (Spotlite), from 1997. At 89, Tiberi is still a monster player and remains director of the Woody Herman Orchestra. The section Tiberi leads ...
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The Sax Section: Oh Gee!
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
From time to time, I post on albums that showcase saxophone sections. What can I say, I'm a sucker for reeds. The last time I posted on such an album was in June, when I wrote about Jay Cameron's International Sax Band from 1955 and provided a long list of my favorite sax section albums (go here). Here's the list thus far... Woody Herman's Four Brothers band (1947), Gene Roland's Boppers (1949), The Brothers!—Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca ...
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Jay Cameron: Sax Band, 1955
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Saxophone bands hold a special place among jazz fans. Reeds playing melody and harmony in unison is tremendously exciting, whether they are alone or as lead instruments in a band. As reeds, they assume a vocal harmony group feel, which engages the ear. That's why so many saxophone bands have been featured on recordings over the decade. Here's a fairly comprehensive list of the best ones: Woody Herman's Four Brothers band (1947), Gene Roland's Boppers (1949), The Brothers!—Al Cohn, Bill ...
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The Sax Section:"Shazam"
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in the 1950s, a group of guys in New York were in such demand by local recording studios that they became known informally as “the sax section." This prolific reed section often swapped out players and included Phil Woods, Sam Marowitz, Gene Quill and Hal McKusick (as), Al Cohn, Eddie Wasserman and Zoot Sims (ts) and Sol Schlinger (bar). The constants were Cohn and Sol. The crack section was the brainchild of Jack Lewis, RCA’s A&R man in California ...
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Jessica Jones Quartet New CD "Moxie" - Two-Tenor Sax Madness!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
This rare two-tenor quartet busts things wide open with new music, joined by old friends! Moxie is the new release (December 8, 2015) from the Jessica Jones Quartet, reuniting band members from one of the band's original incarnations from over 30 years ago. Jessica recruited bassist Stomu Takeishi and drummer Kenny Wollesen in the early 1980's when they were both still studying at the New School. Since then they have gone on to stellar careers in the creative jazz world, ...
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Legendary Crusaders Sax Man Wilton Felder Passes Away
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Michael Ricci
Houston and the world lost a giant today with the passing of Wilton Felder, saxophonist for the fabled Crusaders. Mr. Felder was 75. Word of his passing reached the internet via longtime collaborator Ray Parker, Jr.’s Facebook page around 2 p.m. today. Felder’s passing comes only a year after the death of his lifelong friend and fellow Crusader Joe Sample. Crusaders trombonist Wayne Henderson died in April, 2014, which now leaves drummer Nesbert “Stix” Hooper as the only living Crusader ...
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Dr Sax
Location: Bristol
Instrument: Saxophone, alto
