Downbeat Readers Poll – Baritone Saxophone
The 77th annual Downbeat readers poll has been released in the December issue. Check out the results for baritone saxophone here. James Carter and Gary Smulyan tied for the top spot this year.
Author: JazzBariSax Curator, Andrew Hadro
Scott Robinson – Metal Master!
Scott Robinson’s plethora of musical instruments
No one without years of experience should try and describe Scott Robinson, so we’ll leave that to the New York Times. It is highly recommended that you read the review of Scott’s most recent presentation as a leader at the Jazz Standard in NYC.
Scott is an amazing and very in demand baritone saxophonist. However, if you bring this up Scott is likely to tell you he fancies himself more of a bass saxophonist than baritone (not to mention the dozens of other instruments he has mastered). Since the bass saxophone doesn’t seem to have a more permanent home on the internets we hope you will excuse our interest in the baritone’s bigger brother. If you haven’t checked out Scott’s work and his ScienSonic Laboratories or DocTone label you should do so!
Baritone Madness this weekend at Dizzy’s (NYC)
Be sure to check out Dizzy’s club Coca Cola in NYC this weekend for some tremendous baritone line ups!
Featuring Marcus Printup, trumpet; Brianna Thomas, vocals; Gary Smulyan, baritone saxophone; Jonathan Batiste, piano (Oct 5-6); Tardo Hammer, piano (Oct 7 only); Philip Kuehn, bass; Joe Saylor, drums; Paul Nedzela, baritone saxophone (Oct 5; Frank Basile, baritone saxophone (Oct 6): Tony Lustig, baritone saxophone (Oct 7).
Also check out the gigs page to find out where Brad Hubbard is doing unaccompanied performances this weekend.
New Pages – Ronnie Ross and Dale Fielder
We have added two new pages, one for Ronnie Ross and one for Dale Fielder.
Sad news. RIP Andrew Carrico
Seattle native and Baritone saxophonist Andrew Carrico passed away Tuesday morning. The baritone community has lost a beautiful musician. Last I heard him a couple years back he had really found his sound. It’s sad that we won’t hear his later musical destinations. Too soon, & too young. Rest in peace, Andrew.
-Hadro
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Joy Road: The Complete Works of Pepper Adams!
Historian Gary Carner has launched an epic project in dedication of Pepper Adams that includes a week of performances in New York City, a new book about Adams, the release of 2 CDs, and a digital box set.
Click here for the full story!
Updates – Late August 2012
Howard Johnson featured in a TV commercial!
Any one over the age of 25 might remember seeing this commercial on tv from the 80’s. It is a Miller Lite commercial featuring baritone saxophonist Howard Johnson! Jazz, 80’s, baritone saxophone, what more could you want? Howard is definitely a syncopater of progressive riffs.
PS – JazzBariSax.com does not endorse Miller Lite, or beer in general for that matter.
UPDATE – December 2013, found a print ad for this campaign:
Updates – August 2012
A new page was added for Mario Rivera – a great baritone saxophonist long associated with latin music (Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente etc).
Some new videos were added to the videos page, and a bunch of other pages were cleaned up.
60th Annual DOWNBEAT Critics poll results
Congratulations to Gary Smulyan who won the 2012, 60th annual DOWNBEAT magazine critics poll for Baritone Saxophone!
Greg Tardy won the “Rising Star” Category.
If you are a DOWNBEAT reader, the 77th annual reader’s poll survey is now open. Click below to vote!