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I had the pleasure and honor to play on a session with him in 1971 or so. A Mobil gasoline spot
I recall him being in charge ( rightly ) of the small horn section
He was very precise about how long we would sustain a note value. Not just Eg a quarter note ... but for how long using an arithmetic number ( which I’ve forgotten ) .
I also played some bass with him at a jazz jam session in a building near Carnegie Hall
a great musician is George Young.
I was listening to a movie called “Tootsie” , and the tenor soloing you hear, was kind of generic for the time period , though spot on.
So I never paid much attention to it.
I haven’t seen the movie in a long time.
I recall Eddie Daniels, of all people, getting a similar generic tone ( 1980)
“smooth jazz “( sorry I don’t have a better description ) tenor sax tone.
I guess Tom Scott is a name that comes up for that sound / style
But Eddie Daniels normally had a tone that was quite different than that sound he mimicked ( I cannot recall circumstances )
I heard Eddie many times w Thad Jones Mel Lewis and he had a jazz tone with a rubber or plastic Link.
ok all of that to get back to George Young and “Tootsie” the movie.
if you listen to the whole movie
There is a scene where Dustin Hoffman is dancing with Charles Durning
Listen to THAT tenor player !
I was struck by it
It’s a different tone than the aforementioned tone Tom Scott / Eddie Daniels on that single occasion / and Georgie used For the theme song.
In the dance part , it’s a nyc club date band for Dustin to dance to.
Georgie nails that tone to perfection
He plays it better than the nyc club date guys ( he was imitating ) did....
A wide vibrato was Normal. But Georgie backs off on the over used vibrato
I find his tone on the dance sequence uniquely beautiful
I compare that tone to other iconic tones of Getz, Trane. Rollins etc
Conclusion
Georgie. You are one terrific musician
I recall him being in charge ( rightly ) of the small horn section
He was very precise about how long we would sustain a note value. Not just Eg a quarter note ... but for how long using an arithmetic number ( which I’ve forgotten ) .
I also played some bass with him at a jazz jam session in a building near Carnegie Hall
a great musician is George Young.
I was listening to a movie called “Tootsie” , and the tenor soloing you hear, was kind of generic for the time period , though spot on.
So I never paid much attention to it.
I haven’t seen the movie in a long time.
I recall Eddie Daniels, of all people, getting a similar generic tone ( 1980)
“smooth jazz “( sorry I don’t have a better description ) tenor sax tone.
I guess Tom Scott is a name that comes up for that sound / style
But Eddie Daniels normally had a tone that was quite different than that sound he mimicked ( I cannot recall circumstances )
I heard Eddie many times w Thad Jones Mel Lewis and he had a jazz tone with a rubber or plastic Link.
ok all of that to get back to George Young and “Tootsie” the movie.
if you listen to the whole movie
There is a scene where Dustin Hoffman is dancing with Charles Durning
Listen to THAT tenor player !
I was struck by it
It’s a different tone than the aforementioned tone Tom Scott / Eddie Daniels on that single occasion / and Georgie used For the theme song.
In the dance part , it’s a nyc club date band for Dustin to dance to.
Georgie nails that tone to perfection
He plays it better than the nyc club date guys ( he was imitating ) did....
A wide vibrato was Normal. But Georgie backs off on the over used vibrato
I find his tone on the dance sequence uniquely beautiful
I compare that tone to other iconic tones of Getz, Trane. Rollins etc
Conclusion
Georgie. You are one terrific musician
