What is the Best Saxophone Song?

[Kevin_Axion]

Here are two more I just began learning on piano:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1-TrAvp_xs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuaGzzFmUKo

 

[ThomasT]

Here are two more I just began learning on piano:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuaGzzFmUKo

This is one of my favorites by Satie. Just beautiful stuff. This is a really well played version I think. But I'm no expert.

When I was much much younger I used to learn Satie, Ravel, DeBussy, Bach, Beethoven, etc. measure by measure with no formal training. Of course, even when I hit all the right notes I'm pretty sure I wasn't interpreting the music quite right.

The beauty is in the subleties of the attacks and resonances.

Anyway, I can identify with your affinity for this stuff and what I suppose to be what you're experiencing in wanting to, and trying to learn to, play it really well.

 

[ThomasT]

Here's Ravel playing his Jeaux D'eau.

 

[Kevin_Axion]

Here's Ravel playing his Jeaux D'eau.

Very beautiful.

 

[ThomasT]

A particularly nice version of Debussy's Claire de Lune. I used to, 40-45 years ago, get the Musical Heritage Society discs to the good stuff, and the sheet music, and work through it measure by measure. This was great music 100 years ago, it's great music now, and I'm guessing that it will be considered great music for as long as human beings are playing and listening to music.

 

[Kevin_Axion]

I absolutely love listening to that song and playing it, it's so soothing, like sitting lake-side with the moon and stars hanging above you and glistening on the water. It makes me happy.

 

[ThomasT]

I absolutely love listening to that song and playing it, it's so soothing, like sitting lake-side with the moon and stars hanging above you and glistening on the water. It makes me happy.

Me too. Great stuff. But when I play it I always make some little mistake that pisses me off. So, when I really want some sublime peace, I just listen to the masters. God save the internet (and the recording industry -- except for their rather high prices). (I'm an atheist, by the way.)

Anyway, your musical avocation (or is it your profession) will, I think, serve you well for the entirety of your life.

What are some more of your favorites?

 

[Kevin_Axion]

I'm an atheist too, and I just began taking lessons but I learn more advanced songs for fun. I'm also in grade 11 so this isn't my job .
Here's a list of my favourites:

Vladimir Horowitz - Chopin Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53:
Beethoven's Tempest Sonata mvt. 3 -- Wilhelm Kempff:
Wilhelm Kempff plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata mvt. 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSulR9Fymg&feature=related
Vladimir Horowitz - Variation on a theme of Bizet's - Carmen:
Vladimir Horowitz - Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2:
Horowitz plays Chopin Ballade 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhnRIuGZ_dc&feature=related
Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1:
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLFVGwGQcB0&feature=related
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No. 3:
Erik Satie "Gnossienne No. 4" (1891):
Clair de Lune:
Mozart Piano Sonata in C, K. 545: (part 1), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK4vWzQCQxU&feature=fvwrel (part 2)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 - Andante: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-eLzao63I&feature=related
Mozart - Requiem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8vJ_lMxQI&feature=related
Mozart - Lacrimosa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1-TrAvp_xs&feature=related
Mozart-The Marriage of Figaro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OZCypLcGw (for fun!)
Chopin Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (Arthur Rubinstein):

Chopin's Op.25 No.12 'Ocean' Etude:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony 40 in G min KV 550:
Beethoven Symphony 9 in D minor Op. 125:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4OMXkiPu8Y&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9tJjrxTA2I&feature=fvwrel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77sCwyjAhhU&feature=fvwrel
(Sony took down the rest of the symphony, there should be no restriction on historical pieces.

 

[ThomasT]

I'm an atheist too, and I just began taking lessons but I learn more advanced songs for fun. I'm also in grade 11 so this isn't my job .

I thought you might be a bit older. I got into the classical stuff after high school. Still young though.

Here's a list of my favourites:

Vladimir Horowitz - Chopin Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53:
Beethoven's Tempest Sonata mvt. 3 -- Wilhelm Kempff:
Wilhelm Kempff plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata mvt. 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSulR9Fymg&feature=related
Vladimir Horowitz - Variation on a theme of Bizet's - Carmen:
Vladimir Horowitz - Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2:
Horowitz plays Chopin Ballade 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhnRIuGZ_dc&feature=related
Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1:
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLFVGwGQcB0&feature=related
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No. 3:
Erik Satie "Gnossienne No. 4" (1891):
Clair de Lune:
Mozart Piano Sonata in C, K. 545: (part 1), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK4vWzQCQxU&feature=fvwrel (part 2)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 - Andante: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-eLzao63I&feature=related
Mozart - Requiem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8vJ_lMxQI&feature=related
Mozart - Lacrimosa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1-TrAvp_xs&feature=related
Mozart-The Marriage of Figaro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OZCypLcGw&feature=related (for fun!)
Chopin Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (Arthur Rubinstein):

Chopin's Op.25 No.12 'Ocean' Etude:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony 40 in G min KV 550:
Beethoven Symphony 9 in D minor Op. 125:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4OMXkiPu8Y&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9tJjrxTA2I&feature=fvwrel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77sCwyjAhhU&feature=fvwrel
(Sony took down the rest of the symphony, there should be no restriction on historical pieces.

Thanks for the list. Mozart hasn't been one of my favorites. However it's almost a certainty that I might be missing something and still have a lot to learn. No doubt he was supremely talented. Maybe I'm just jealous. Anyway, though I've heard some (most?) of the stuff here, there are probably links to music that I've either not listened to yet, or not listened to closely enough.

I notice you've listed some Chopin. A particular favorite of mine, after the French Impressionists -- and Bach. The 'Revolutionary' Etude was somewhat difficult to learn to play well. All of the compositions present particular technical hurdles (little 'Everests' in a manner of speaking -- sort of like solving integrals in the early days, but more difficult).

Anyway, thanks again for the list. It will keep me in great music for the foreseeable future (I'm 64 so I don't project too far ahead).
And keep practicing! You'll be glad that you did when you get to be my age.
Cheers

 

[Kevin_Axion]

Mozart like most composers is either deeply enjoyed or disliked. I very much enjoy his music but there are some songs that I don't.

 

[ThomasT]

Mozart like most composers is either deeply enjoyed or disliked. I very much enjoy his music but there are some songs that I don't.

Good point. But I can't say that there's anything by Mozart that I don't like. Just that his stuff isn't my favorite. This might be due to a predisposition toward other sorts of music that I was exposed to before listening to Mozart. I've heard some of his stuff performed live on piano and it's absolutely wonderful music. Just not my favorite music. There's no accounting for taste, right?

 

[ThomasT]

For example Kevin, I would say that I like this stuff more than Mozart (but not necessarily more than, say, Handel, or Neil Young -- in any case, I think one has to admit that this is cool stuff, and fun, as in joyous, to play):

 

[ThomasT]

Here's something by a guy, Carl Eichman, that I did a couple of tunes with (not including this one). He's a very gifted and accomplished guitarist, composer and arranger.

 

[lisab]

Love that freaky banjo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmy113gMds0

 

[mugaliens]

Love that freaky banjo.

Me, too, but he's really missing some freaky bongos.

 

[BobG]

Mean Mary


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX-SeEf2P-o

 

[DevilsAvocado]

A particularly nice version of Debussy's Claire de Lune.

Absolutely wonderful. :!)

I don’t know if you guys dig jazz?? Anyway, this ballad "Too Young to Go Steady" performed by John Coltrane (recorded in 1962) puts me in the same mode as Claire. Turn down the light, pour a glass of wine, light a candle, smoke if you smoke, and enter the parallel "Coltrane universe"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07WYPIX8Nuw

I’m sucker for jazz ballads/standards... I just can’t help it... started out as "nuttyheavy metal guitarist", and then it all went down the jazzy hill!

By chance I bumped into this guy; http://www.podiatrysoftware.com/jazzpiano/" . He uses computer MIDI backing tracks with a real groove. Some might groan "LOUNGE music!", but he’s really good! And it’s also fun if you want to learn...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKepagIwljg

 

[ThomasT]

I don’t know if you guys dig jazz?? Anyway, this ballad "Too Young to Go Steady" performed by John Coltrane (recorded in 1962) puts me in the same mode as Claire. Turn down the light, pour a glass of wine, light a candle, smoke if you smoke, and enter the parallel "Coltrane universe"...

I’m sucker for jazz ballads/standards... I just can’t help it... started out as "nuttyheavy metal guitarist", and then it all went down the jazzy hill!

By chance I bumped into this guy; http://www.podiatrysoftware.com/jazzpiano/" . He uses computer MIDI backing tracks with a real groove. Some might groan "LOUNGE music!", but he’s really good! And it’s also fun if you want to learn...

Hi DA, sure I like all kinds of jazz. Great tune by Coltrane. And, yeah, that's the way to listen to good jazz done really well (low light, preferably candle, and some wine) -- the smooth/mellow stuff anyway. So you're a musician, eh? Glad to hear it.

Friedman can play. Maybe I'll use his videos to learn some of the stuff he does.

I found the following at soundclick.com -- the guy, calls himself Gatormon, has a nice fluid style. All his own stuff I think.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=6529307&q=hi

 

[lisab]

Dave Brubeck - Strange Meadowlark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HUEiUOCLeI

:!)

 

[DevilsAvocado]

Hi DA, sure I like all kinds of jazz. Great tune by Coltrane. And, yeah, that's the way to listen to good jazz done really well (low light, preferably candle, and some wine) -- the smooth/mellow stuff anyway. So you're a musician, eh? Glad to hear it.

Friedman can play. Maybe I'll use his videos to learn some of the stuff he does.

I found the following at soundclick.com -- the guy, calls himself Gatormon, has a nice fluid style. All his own stuff I think.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=6529307&q=hi

Cool! Now I know you love this stuff...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMN4U-Alqfc

... amazing improvisation ...


P.S.
Me = happy amateur, Keith Jarrett = real musician

PS2
Is Friedman an 'established' musician over there? (I’ve never heard of him before)

 

[DevilsAvocado]

Dave Brubeck - Strange Meadowlark
:!)

Cool cat! High five, Take Five! :!)

 

[ThomasT]

Cool! Now I know you love this stuff...

I posted some Bill Evans a bunch of pages back.

... amazing improvisation ...

Yes it's really hard to solo improvise and be fluid and musically interesting and making somewhat emotionally moving music at the same time.

P.S.
Me = happy amateur, Keith Jarrett = real musician

Me too = happy amateur.

PS2
Is Friedman an 'established' musician over there? (I’ve never heard of him before)

I have no idea if he's an 'established' musician here. But from the video it's apparent that he can play. When I checked out his website that you linked to a cool tune automatically played. Good stuff. But, no, I've never heard of him before either -- at least I don't think so.

And of course any Dave Brubeck (recently linked to by lisab) is good listening .

But I like that banjo stuff a few posts back at least as much. Let the music (any kind of music played well by accomplished musicians) flow!

 

[Andre]

Related to "time is what life is made of"

 

[DevilsAvocado]

I posted some Bill Evans a bunch of pages back.

Great! He’s one of "My Favorite Things"! :!)

Yes it's really hard to solo improvise and be fluid and musically interesting and making somewhat emotionally moving music at the same time.

That’s what differ a "happy amateur" from a pro.

But I like that banjo stuff a few posts back at least as much. Let the music (any kind of music played well by accomplished musicians) flow!

Absolutely! My love #2 is blues. Nothing better than a real fat guitar!

Who said Swedes can’t play the blues...??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYqtQxlWYvU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN2QQ0I8Wj8&feature=BF&list=ULl9KPro6rETo&index=1

... gives me 'goose skin' ...Same guy and his Fat Guitar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDOPPbnLeIk

(amateur capture = bad mixing )

 

[turbo]

I have seen Bonnie several times in concert - she is a fantastic live performer.

 

[DevilsAvocado]

I have seen Bonnie several times in concert - she is a fantastic live performer.

Ohhh lucky you!

She’s a GREAT guitarist!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z04r_tlWdRs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzDUi_L6MzA

What to say?? "Stairway to Heaven"...

 

[ThomasT]

rT-FoZt95D4[/youtube] [MEDIA=you...outube] [MEDIA=youtube]_7VsoxT_FUY[/MEDIA]

 

[DevilsAvocado]

HEY JOE! :!) :!) :!)

 

[DevilsAvocado]

Steely Dan :!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSnL4_IhPHQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wsw3yd8zug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zmX6_ujBN0

 

[ThomasT]

I love Steely Dan's stuff. Thanks for reminding me.

You mentioned that Bill Evans is one of "My Favorite Things"! I couldn't find Bill Evans doing that, but here's something else by him:


And here's some different versions of 'My Favorite Things':








And here's Greg Howard doing 'Guitarresque' on the Chapman stick:


And now back to Steely Dan.

 

[nismaratwork]

Cee Lo Green... "Forget You", only, not that version. Obviously there's no posting it here.

 

[turbo]

Ohhh lucky you!

She’s a GREAT guitarist!

My future wife's first live concert was when I took her to see Bonnie. The band came out and struck up a song, and Bonnie held up her hand and the music stopped dead. She addressed the loons in the front row, and told them that she appreciated that that they wanted to dance to her music, but that everybody else in the fieldhouse (everybody sitting on the floor) paid to get in and deserved to be able to see the show without standing for hours. She told them to go to the back of the crowd to dance or sit down. I think 99% of them sat down. Tough lady, and she got my respect. I worked my way through college (in part) from performing at frat parties almost every weekend. If a musician can't make it possible for most of the people in the crowd to enjoy the performance, they are not fit to be called performers.

 

[nismaratwork]

Hmmm, I think there is a legal radio edit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKxodgpyGec



I'm ashamed to like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw


Now this... I love. Swedes... good meatballs, good music, absurdly attractive women:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN7FTph1S0s

Best Overtone (throat) Singing I've ever heard... the whistling sound is not an instrument.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1AWQ7O10Lg

Cheb Khaled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mIYnwwB__g

Shlomo Artzi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zk_cTSeLUk

One of my all time favs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrLdKYRBOEE

Andrey Gubin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp0IsHsvK7o

And of course...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVgvAokoyGw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMUQMSXLlHM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXrzHRSDFDc

 

[Char. Limit]

What, none of that Serj Tankian I showed you?

I am disappoint.

 

[nismaratwork]

What, none of that Serj Tankian I showed you?

I am disappoint.

Heh... my friend, how much of it would meet posting guidelines? "Peter Piper picked a bunch of..." heh... no.

Maybe "Chop Suey"? Errr.. no. I'd post a whole lot more if there was profanity exemption for music.

 

[nismaratwork]

The original... great song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oolJ5G5Njxc
(lyrics)

Impiccherranno Geordie con una corda doro
un privelegio raro
Rub sei cervi nel parco del re
Vendendoli per denaro

Cos lo impiccheranno con una corda doro
un privelegio raro
Rub sei cervi nel parco del re
Vendendoli per denaro

English Version (original lyrics by Fabrizio De Andre')

And...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3FCpNBBmm8&feature=related

Note: the following contains graphic depictions of videogame violence:

Serj Tankian - Empty Walls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASY1PLv-2p8&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQeRG72E3OM&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjVkXlxsO8Q

KMFDM - Full Worm Garden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSFbMZkJJDk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvZqWq0ZNjk

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4_mVKI-bl0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojdbDYahiCQ

 

[DevilsAvocado]

@ ThomasT, Nismar & Greg; thanks great stuff! Girls girls girls, what would we do without them! :!):!):!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwTMyjTNBM8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQqTeB4KS44

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERzNIzrEnLg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQY7OdQv6n4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YPdzJYJ5ug

 

[DevilsAvocado]

My future wife's first live concert was when I took her to see Bonnie. The band came out and struck up a song, and Bonnie held up her hand and the music stopped dead. She addressed the loons in the front row, and told them that she appreciated that that they wanted to dance to her music, but that everybody else in the fieldhouse (everybody sitting on the floor) paid to get in and deserved to be able to see the show without standing for hours. She told them to go to the back of the crowd to dance or sit down. I think 99% of them sat down. Tough lady, and she got my respect. I worked my way through college (in part) from performing at frat parties almost every weekend. If a musician can't make it possible for most of the people in the crowd to enjoy the performance, they are not fit to be called performers.

Tough lady indeed! :!) Thanks for sharing turbo!

 

[lisab]

I know I posted this one before, some three years ago. But since we have a lot of members now who weren't around then...

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O-LDea7SHY

 

[nismaratwork]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI_Oe-jtgdI

Classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5MHNvOVl8Y

Hellsing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8shUiG24uc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CONUHPXH6gA

Noir: Canta Per Me... one of the best songs in any anime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O3-ohtxxsw

 

[nismaratwork]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIVgSuuUTwQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp9i3zm_64A

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

more amazing ladies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp3WOpo7Jus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9QNRvXH1HI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKZsZkH_MJc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P58tNCBlr3U

 

[nismaratwork]

Imogen Heap is terrific... I never would have known about her except for SNL either.

Here... as Frou Frou.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgNmTA728oY

Maybe you'd like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnJFi8lywQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrcsq0dyVG4&feature=related

 

[DevilsAvocado]

Maybe you'd like this?

Sì sì, molto buono, amo l'Italia!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrfvP11Hbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlYTz2JTkPI

... sob ... straight to the heart ...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSTCpzfZo3U


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok3eHAloBjg

This music works at its best in an Italian sunset at the Mediterranean... + a bottle of wine... :!)

 

[nismaratwork]

Heh... you're a romantic! I never would have guessed... good songs man, very good.

Here's one I enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_2t6v9i59g

and to switch to Spanish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt1IF9QOIZw

And another swtich:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttmrTZqH0do

and a mashup of the original Greek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGbZDSu5KFY

BOOM: Korean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NdVPTQkRaY

And...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJztXj2GPfk

 

[DevilsAvocado]

Heh... you're a romantic! I never would have guessed...

... well ... that’s just the "area code" ... canzone perfetta da dedicare a una ragazza ...

Seriously, if the shoes make the man, I say the situation makes the romance. Not so romantic: Monday 7 a.m. -30ºC out, a Mamut Storm has coated the car with 4'' arctic ice...

Time for mean old Carl Orff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDsffEtoF9A

'Slightly' different than a steamy Italian night...

I like your mixture. Spanish rap = cool! If you enjoy Nek, maybe you dig this Swedish lady with Moroccan origin: Leila K

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEgbW1FxR78

 

[Char. Limit]

Time for mean old Carl Orff!

You win the thread.

 

[DevilsAvocado]

I know I posted this one before, some three years ago. But since we have a lot of members now who weren't around then...

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O-LDea7SHY

Very cool version! :!)

I guess you’ve already heard this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccCnL8hArW8

 

[DevilsAvocado]

You win the thread.

Mean old Carl Orff fan?