Larry Kart Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 More Gullin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymbalgroove Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 There is a fanstastic young baritone player named Frank Basile. I'm using him on my next record. This guy is my favorite living baritone player. A true bebopper!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durium Posted May 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 There is a fanstastic young baritone player named Frank Basile. I'm using him on my next record. This guy is my favorite living baritone player. A true bebopper!! I still haven't heard Jan Menu .............. !! He's a Dutch baritone saxophonist Keep (it) Swinging Durium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 There is a fanstastic young baritone player named Frank Basile. I'm using him on my next record. This guy is my favorite living baritone player. A true bebopper!! Frank & I worked for a little bit in a wedding band down here before he moved East. He was a gas even in that context. Glad to hear he's on the path! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Gullin, yes, brilliant composer and player. When I was in Sweden about 15 years ago Keith Knox (who used to run Silheart) showed me a stack of old Gullin arrangements that he had. Would make a nice project. To me he represents one of the best examples of how a non-American jazzer can make good use of native materials, while still swinging and making it jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 ....and Lars Gullin. Indeed! Should be easy to get Collectables 6278, which has the two LPs "Baritone Sax" and "Lars Gullin Swings". He was a good pianist too, playing it exclusively on his 1973 album of originals "Like Grass" (EMI/Odeon 7234 4 75206 2 4) with Lee Konitz, Bernt Rosengren, Red Mitchell and Island Ostlund. Anyone mention Sahib Shihab's bari work yet? And, Toronto's Jim Galloway is known as a mainstreamy soprano player, but his bari work is very interesting and much more modern. It's as if his musical mind switches with the big horn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rep Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 I really like Ronnie Cuber, but then any baritone sax player grabs my attention, that deep fruity sound. Two more who have not been mentioned David Schumacher and Alan Barnes, both make a lovely sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 any baritone sax player grabs my attention, that deep fruity sound. Yes - baritone sax players have an inbuilt advantge over those who play ANY other instrument. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brignolafan Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 I have always been a fan of Mulligan, Adams, Cuber, and Brignola but I have to say I keep coming back to Nick Brignola when I really want to hear a master of the instrument. His altissimo control was outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 (I wore out a copy of "Cuber Libre" on Xanadu). Superb record, w/Barry Harris---and now I forget who else. Sam Jones and Tootie Heath? I'm getting old and have CRS Also great by Cuber on the same label (Xanadu): THe 11th Day of Aquarius, w/Tom Harrell; Mickey Tucker; the late Dennis Irwin; the late Eddie Gladden. 1978, I believe.... The '70s were amazing times for jazz, don't let anyone snow you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 The '70s were amazing times for jazz, don't let anyone snow you. Unless you were a bass player. Then, all your recordings sounded like you were playing a loud bumblebee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 But a loud bumblebee with gigs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Cuber's "The Scene is Clean" (Milestone) is a beaut -- he really soars melodically through the largely Latin-grooves. Rewarding album. http://www.amazon.com/Scene-Clean-Ronnie-Cuber/dp/B000000XUA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1302969475&sr=8-5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 (I wore out a copy of "Cuber Libre" on Xanadu). Superb record, w/Barry Harris---and now I forget who else. Sam Jones and Tootie Heath? I'm getting old and have CRS Also great by Cuber on the same label (Xanadu): THe 11th Day of Aquarius, w/Tom Harrell; Mickey Tucker; the late Dennis Irwin; the late Eddie Gladden. 1978, I believe.... The '70s were amazing times for jazz, don't let anyone snow you. I don't have too much Ronnie but Cuber Libre is a great, great album that I've enjoyed listening too many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 The '70s were amazing times for jazz, don't let anyone snow you. Unless you were a bass player. Then, all your recordings sounded like you were playing a loud bumblebee. Jack MacDuff called it the 'nasalbass' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) I don't have too much Ronnie but Cuber Libre is a great, great album that I've enjoyed listening too many times. Cuber Libre aside, 11th house was sort of recorded like shit, poor Mickey Tucker having to play a pile of rocks to begin with, and Dennis Irwin might have been underwater---but the music was first-rate. Tom and Ronnie were in great shape and on Tom's tune open Air---a beaut in 3/4 that he later reprised with Phil Woods--they both play wonderfully, with the rhythm section stirring the pots. Cuber quotes the melody in the altissimo zone after a perfect Harrell solo, his solo is a highlight in a recording with a lot of them. Tom himself played way different then, a stone bebopper (post-bopper? Ah, screw these dumb terms). Plus the material is interesting: of it's day but not dated. Nice Mickey Tucker tune, can't remember the title just now. Also originals by Ron McClure and a nice one, Klepto, by Cuber himself. To overstate the obvious, I really recommend this. Edited April 16, 2011 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 The young Gullin: Yes, beautiful, thoughtful, reflective playing with good sound and spacing. Good guitar, too. Any ideas who it was, anybody? Thanks for posting that, Larry. I hardly heard of the guy, let alone knew he was this good. The young Gullin: Yes, beautiful, thoughtful, reflective playing with good sound and spacing. Good guitar, too. Any ideas who it was, anybody? Thanks for posting that, Larry. I hardly heard of the guy, let alone knew he was this good. Now that I think about it didn't Lars Gullin record w/Warne Marsh on an album he did with Danish guys? Funny, his phrasing in one spot was Warne-like and it triggered my memory somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Lars Gullin-bs, Carl-Henrik Norin-ts, Rolf Berg-g, Georg Riedel-b, Alan Dawson-d 11/53 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 More Gullin: Beautiful! A very nice moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 BOOM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Some of Ronnie Cuber's best solos can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Essence-George-Benson/dp/B00004YZXU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 My favorite Ronnie Cuber playing may be on the first 2 tracks on this CD. He is a triple threat on "Nostalgia In Times Square". Cuber does the narration, arranged the piece, and has a fine solo. He also has a damn fine solo on "Moanin". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 My favorite baritone sax player is Harry Carney. He's such an integral part of Ellington's sound. Even when he wasn't soloing, you can feel him laying down that foundation. Among more recent players, I really enjoy Pepper Adams. BTW, I completely agree with fasstrack's assessment (earlier in the thread, from a few years ago) of Ronnie Cuber's Eleventh Day of Aquarius. LOVE that record. (Among the reasons why: Mickey Tucker!) I actually prefer that LP to Cuber's more well-known Cuber Libre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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danasgoodstuff Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 Love hearing Ronnie play that lick on this! But my fav bearytone player is probably Cecil Payne. 'nother tune not generally associated with baritones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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