To the member asking where I got info !
Pardon my lack of knowledge of things forum ! I assume you were asking me ?
the post I sent was all personal experience. I recall as a teen hearing the reputation of Georgie Young who could play outrageously high notes.. and he was playing in Cape May New Jersey. I never investigated where Young was actually playing , only that he was this great player in Cape May.
I was a native of New Jersey so the story for a teen was exciting to me. Years later 1971 I played one session with him - the gasoline commercial. I played elec bass and sax on that session. It is unforgettable for me because that session paid me over a year and a half period about $7000 or 8000 dollars . A very high water mark for me!
Then a few years after that I played a few jam sessions with him and his pal Lou Del Gatto . They both were mainstays on SNL TV show along with Lenny Pickett.
I did not know of the passing of George Young. If this is true , he is making music somewhere in heaven.
I recommend you listen to his tenor playing on Tootsie ... the theme music of that movie, I read was Georgie.. playing one style of tenor sax
But the live dance scene with Dustin Hoffman is a rare gem. I don’t recall whether an actor is playing the part of the band leader tenor sax player ... in the schmaltzy nyc club date band
But George is given credit as the sax player - so I assume the player in the dance sequence is in fact Mr Young
I’ve heard and on rare occasions played with those nyc tenor players. And I respect them ... but Georgie , is imitating that style and his imitative style just knocks me out.
Now, it may “go over your head”. You may think what is this old geezer going on and on about. But I’m insisting that that ( too ) brief recording is a diamond in the rough. I’ve never heard a nyc club date player - or ANYONE sound that beautifully. Give it a chance and see. Maybe you will think no big deal.
Pardon my lack of knowledge of things forum ! I assume you were asking me ?
the post I sent was all personal experience. I recall as a teen hearing the reputation of Georgie Young who could play outrageously high notes.. and he was playing in Cape May New Jersey. I never investigated where Young was actually playing , only that he was this great player in Cape May.
I was a native of New Jersey so the story for a teen was exciting to me. Years later 1971 I played one session with him - the gasoline commercial. I played elec bass and sax on that session. It is unforgettable for me because that session paid me over a year and a half period about $7000 or 8000 dollars . A very high water mark for me!
Then a few years after that I played a few jam sessions with him and his pal Lou Del Gatto . They both were mainstays on SNL TV show along with Lenny Pickett.
I did not know of the passing of George Young. If this is true , he is making music somewhere in heaven.
I recommend you listen to his tenor playing on Tootsie ... the theme music of that movie, I read was Georgie.. playing one style of tenor sax
But the live dance scene with Dustin Hoffman is a rare gem. I don’t recall whether an actor is playing the part of the band leader tenor sax player ... in the schmaltzy nyc club date band
But George is given credit as the sax player - so I assume the player in the dance sequence is in fact Mr Young
I’ve heard and on rare occasions played with those nyc tenor players. And I respect them ... but Georgie , is imitating that style and his imitative style just knocks me out.
Now, it may “go over your head”. You may think what is this old geezer going on and on about. But I’m insisting that that ( too ) brief recording is a diamond in the rough. I’ve never heard a nyc club date player - or ANYONE sound that beautifully. Give it a chance and see. Maybe you will think no big deal.
