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Branford Marsalis Gets Creative with Major 7ths on Sting’s “Mad about You”
Every month we do a group transcription challenge inside the Stablemates forum. This month it’s one of my all-time favorite saxophone solos in a pop song: (The break from 2:27-31 and the deliciously crafted solo from 2:50-3:14.) Notice…
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Compare Branford Marsalis and Sting Performing Roxanne…22 Years Apart
I often point to this as my blueprint for what saxophone in a pop setting can be: For my money it gets no better. But thanks to YouTube, we have the opportunity to compare and…
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Chris Potter & Kenny Werner’s Beautiful Rendition of Tom Harrell’s “Sail Away”
When I first heard this I thought it was the single greatest soprano saxophone performance I’d ever heard. That was more than fifteen years ago. To this day, I feel the same. (Though Branford’s soprano…