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Big Nick
User ID: 9133663 Nov 14th 10:39 AM
I think this might be helpful to a lot of people (I couldn't see it anywhere but sorry if it's been done before).
Could anyone who knows of particularly good examples of altissimo playing tell us about them.
Not just the player's name but track and CD information as well.
Thanks.

stevew
User ID: 8868883 Nov 14th 11:06 AM
I think a good example of altissimo, and just about every other trick that can be done on a sax, can be heard in Michael Brecker's solo 'Naima' on his recent album 'Directions in Music, Live at Massey Hall' with Herbie Hancock and Roy Hargrove. You get multiphonics, altissimo glissandi, subtones, the works. Other than that its a pretty boring album, and I suppose this track is self-indulgent, but one thing I come back to is the amazing range of moods, tones and so on he produces out of the one set-up. If you look at it on Amazon you can hear a clip, but IIRC, thios track goes on for 9 minutes or something!

steve
User ID: 2365684 Nov 14th 11:21 AM
Lenny Pickett...Tower of Power "Live and in Living Color"..."Knock Yourself Out". 1976. You will either throw your horn away, or practice a lot more.

Dig Gonsalves
User ID: 1105234 Nov 14th 11:26 AM
Bert Wilson.
A must.

JI
User ID: 0512724 Nov 20th 10:44 AM
Yes, Lenny Pickett, at T.O.P. album of Tower of Power. Tracks 2 and 4, also The Educated Bump! There.

Take a try at Warren Hill's version of Hey Jude at his Shelter album. It is the track nine, I guess. He gave me a good reason to try Vandoren Jumbo Java A45 mouthpiece.

Michael Brecker's album with his brother, The Return of the Brecker Brothers has good examples of altissimo. One of my favorites is the Spherical one. After the trumpet work of Randy, Michael burns the place!

Best Regards,

JI.

SteveC
User ID: 3124754 Nov 20th 11:21 AM
Any recording of John Edward Kelly.

JI
User ID: 0512724 Nov 22nd 6:54 PM
I FORGOT IT!
If you have heard Foreigner, the rock & roll band, at the 80's they made an album named 4. There is a song called Urgent. Junior Walker plays the extreme altissimo with such a quality. Simply, breathtaking!

If any wonders, that was a Berg Larsen 130/0. WOW!

schnibbler
User ID: 9182423 Nov 23rd 1:41 PM
Tower of Power - Mr Todd's Wild Ride
Karl Denson - Sunday School
Just about any piece by the Brecker Brothers

they all have good altissimo in

Terry B
User ID: 2895334 Nov 30th 8:38 AM
Listern to Gerald Albright, My My My. He is awsome.

Big Nick User ID: 9133663	Nov 14th 10:39 AM I think this might be helpful to a lot of people (I couldn't see it anywhere but sorry if it's been done before). Could anyone who knows of particularly good examples of altissimo playing tell us about them. Not just the player's name but track and CD information as well. Thanks.
stevew User ID: 8868883	Nov 14th 11:06 AM I think a good example of altissimo, and just about every other trick that can be done on a sax, can be heard in Michael Brecker's solo 'Naima' on his recent album 'Directions in Music, Live at Massey Hall' with Herbie Hancock and Roy Hargrove. You get multiphonics, altissimo glissandi, subtones, the works. Other than that its a pretty boring album, and I suppose this track is self-indulgent, but one thing I come back to is the amazing range of moods, tones and so on he produces out of the one set-up. If you look at it on Amazon you can hear a clip, but IIRC, thios track goes on for 9 minutes or something!
steve User ID: 2365684	Nov 14th 11:21 AM Lenny Pickett...Tower of Power "Live and in Living Color"..."Knock Yourself Out". 1976. You will either throw your horn away, or practice a lot more.
Dig Gonsalves User ID: 1105234	Nov 14th 11:26 AM Bert Wilson. A must.
JI User ID: 0512724	Nov 20th 10:44 AM Yes, Lenny Pickett, at T.O.P. album of Tower of Power. Tracks 2 and 4, also The Educated Bump! There. Take a try at Warren Hill's version of Hey Jude at his Shelter album. It is the track nine, I guess. He gave me a good reason to try Vandoren Jumbo Java A45 mouthpiece. Michael Brecker's album with his brother, The Return of the Brecker Brothers has good examples of altissimo. One of my favorites is the Spherical one. After the trumpet work of Randy, Michael burns the place! Best Regards, JI.
SteveC User ID: 3124754	Nov 20th 11:21 AM Any recording of John Edward Kelly.
JI User ID: 0512724	Nov 22nd 6:54 PM I FORGOT IT! If you have heard Foreigner, the rock & roll band, at the 80's they made an album named 4. There is a song called Urgent. Junior Walker plays the extreme altissimo with such a quality. Simply, breathtaking! If any wonders, that was a Berg Larsen 130/0. WOW!
schnibbler User ID: 9182423	Nov 23rd 1:41 PM Tower of Power - Mr Todd's Wild Ride Karl Denson - Sunday School Just about any piece by the Brecker Brothers they all have good altissimo in
Terry B User ID: 2895334	Nov 30th 8:38 AM Listern to Gerald Albright, My My My. He is awsome.