Most overrated jazz saxophonist [Archive]

DoctorD

25 Nov 2004, 07:57 PM

Phil Woods. So the guy has Bird's saxophone and Bird's wife, but played some of the most boring solos in the history of jazz. Somehow he managed to play superfast but boring. Not enough "passion" in his music.

Then he went off and played the same solo for Billy Joel and Steely Dan.

nicodemus

26 Nov 2004, 06:28 PM

Almost all of them. Good grief, what an overused and abused instrument.

BlueMeanie

26 Nov 2004, 06:35 PM

Ornette Coleman, unless you're considering alto sax a separate instrument.

Dischordant horn noise never worked for me. Saw him live (opened for the Grateful Dead in Oakland), and wanted to poke my own eyes out.

655321

26 Nov 2004, 06:37 PM

Ornette Coleman, unless you're considering alto sax a separate instrument.

Listen to The Shape Of Jazz To Come and get back to us...

DoctorD

26 Nov 2004, 07:50 PM

Almost all of them. Good grief, what an overused and abused instrument.

True. It's not the accordian, is it?

shwantzme

29 Nov 2004, 09:18 AM

Ornette Coleman, unless you're considering alto sax a separate instrument.

Dischordant horn noise never worked for me. Saw him live (opened for the Grateful Dead in Oakland), and wanted to poke my own eyes out.

:confused: Ornette overrated?

I saw him at Jazz fest and was blown away. Even my wife loved it and she is not a fan of jazz at all.

Crimen y Castigo

29 Nov 2004, 12:43 PM

I doubt he qualifies as overrated, but Charlie Rouse appears on a number of T. Monk albums and he bugs the crap out of me. I just don't know what Monk heard in his playing that he liked so much -- his tone kills so many recordings for me.

royalstilton

30 Nov 2004, 11:17 AM

I doubt he qualifies as overrated, but Charlie Rouse appears on a number of T. Monk albums and he bugs the crap out of me. I just don't know what Monk heard in his playing that he liked so much -- his tone kills so many recordings for me.
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i like charlie rouse. kind of a honker, but he's good in the right group. if you look at his output, he played in quartets a lot.

maybe monk liked him cuz he did what he was told...

Claymore

30 Nov 2004, 11:20 AM

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:D

royalstilton

30 Nov 2004, 12:00 PM

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i think the key word here was "jazz"...

Kenny G no more plays jazz than cheese is the main ingredient in welsh rarebit. no, wait. that's wrong. anyway, Kenny G is not a jazz saxophonist.