Baritone saxophonist Jeff Suzda has posted the first in a series of helpful short instructional videos to help others in their altissimo journey.
Be sure to check back on Jeff’s YouTube page for his additional videos in the coming weeks, and if you haven’t already checked it out, go take a gander at his 4 octave chromatic scale demonstration.
UPDATE: Check out Jeff’s subsequent videos Part 2, and Part 3!
Claire Daly’s “baritone monk” is currently NUMBER 1 on the CMJ jazz chart!
Congrats to Claire on a well deserved adulation. If you haven’t already done so, head to Claire’s website to check the album out. It is quite swingin.
Performers to include Samora Pinderhughes, Emmet Cohen, Mike Sailors, George DeLancey, and Jimmy Macbride. Sure to be a great time, go ahead and get some live music in for the holiday season.
Professional baritone saxophonist Steve Goodson has designed his own baritone saxophone to address all of the problems found in most baritone saxophones (especially newer models). All of these updates look great! A low Bb model would be a beautiful thing, but is unlikely to ever see the light of day because it is not economically feasible.
Baritone saxophonists often find difficulty in escaping the paradigm that the only place for them is anchoring a big band. So for baritone saxophonists with ambitions of improvisation and making creative music in a small group setting they often must set out and create groups and recordings for themselves. We are happy to announce two new such ventures from the baritone saxophone community.
Click here to listen to a track from the CD on YouTube!
“Sparkling solos in a decidedly post-bop setting. The music throughout this enjoyable CD keeps revealing new facets with each hearing.” –All Music Guide
Please visit his site (www.shiranthabeddage.com) for more information and sound samples from the CD. Physical copies are currently available, and Itunes and other online distribution will be up in a few weeks.
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!
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.
We have added two new pages, one for Ronnie Ross and one for Dale Fielder.