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ava maneux ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Aug 2020 Location: Cocos (Keeling) Status: Offline Points: 13 |
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Most of them... Eric Dolphy, for instance...
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Shrdlu ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: 31 Jul 2014 Location: Azerbazian Status: Offline Points: 36 |
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Let's not forget Danny Bank. He was on many jazz sessions with a medium to large orchestra. His primary instrument was the baritone saxophone, but he also regularly played an arsenal of woodwind instruments: regular clarinet, bass clarinet, flute and alto flute - and probably others. He played bass clarinet on the sessions Miles did with Gil Evans, and was a regular on Blue Note sessions when more than a quintet was required. Michael Cuscuna told me that Danny had a platinum flute and that he got to try it out. Danny, along with Gerry Mulligan and Pepper Adams, hated the stupid low A extension that has plagued the baritone saxophone since the 1950s. It isn't needed, and it messes up the harmonics on the instrument, partly because the extension isn't conical.
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Frederic_Alderon ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 25 Oct 2018 Location: Maiami Status: Offline Points: 99 |
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I think of an Marcus Miller, known to be seen around his clarinet, keyboards, guitar, and saxophone.
And of course one of the best players of a jazz solo parts. |
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Shrdlu ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: 31 Jul 2014 Location: Azerbazian Status: Offline Points: 36 |
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Might do.
I was wondering, do two saxophones count, bearing in mind that most saxophone players have at least two instruments? If so, then we have Sonny Stitt and James Moody, both of whom regularly played both alto and tenor saxophones equally well. That is a little out of the ordinary, because most alto and tenor players play only one of them normally. Moody was also one of the finest flute players. When you get into flute, you find that it is mostly played by saxophone players, and so you have a large number of doublers. Speaking for myself, I have always felt a need to play more than one horn. At first, it was alto saxophone and clarinet, and now (restricting it to saxophones) it's tenor and soprano saxophones. |
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js ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 34388 |
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Hey Shrdlu, you sound like someone who could probably write good reviews. Have you checked out our album review and/or ratings feature?
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Shrdlu ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: 31 Jul 2014 Location: Azerbazian Status: Offline Points: 36 |
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Here are a few.
Bob Brookmeyer mainly played valve trombone, but he was also an excellent pianist, good enough to record a two-piano album with Bill Evans. Bob recorded on piano with the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band. Gerry Mulligan was, of course, of course, mainly a baritone saxophone player, but he was also great on the clarinet, on which he had a Lester Young approach. He also recorded on soprano saxophone (and, occasionally, on alto and tenor). But most of us reed players play more than one horn. Gerry was also a fine pianist , and you can hear him on the piano on some of the Concert Jazz Band recordings. Lester Young played a mean clarinet, too. You will have to hunt a bit to find recordings of that, but there are one or two with the early Basie band, and he played clarinet on a great Commodore session. Benny Goodman gave him that clarinet, and it was one of the rare metal ones. He only stopped playing it because it was stolen. Edited by Shrdlu - 31 Jul 2014 at 9:35am |
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Dick Heath ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Jul 2011 Location: Loughborough UK Status: Offline Points: 98 |
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How common is it for drummers who also play keys and vice versa e.g. Gary Husband, Jack De Johnette, Jan Hammer, Billy Cobham?
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Matt ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Jazz Reviewer Joined: 16 Jan 2011 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 2527 |
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What about Bobby Valentin.........started on trumpet and now bass "el supremo" for me anyway. Only took up the bass because his band player did not turn up so he did it and that was that......bass was his instrument pretty much from then on.
![]() Or Louie Ramirez..............Vibes or Timbales...................(take it away Louie) I am a big fan
One other note does arranging get you included because these two above a pretty good at that as well
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And, Gary Husband also performs on the piano.
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js ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 34388 |
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Keyboardists Jan Hammer and Chick Corea play drums on a couple of albums.
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Violin that Allan Holdsworth plays. Or, piano of playing of Ralph Towner. And, tenor sax of Ornette Coleman. These are unique. However, I do not feel the drum that Jaco Pastorius plays as a too peculiar performance. |
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dionisio ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Aug 2011 Location: Bucharest Status: Offline Points: 20 |
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In fact, at least for the clarinet / sax players i know.. all the clarinet players end up playing pretty well (in a very short time), flute, trumpet and sax.. while the other way around doesnt happen as easily, bt still happen !
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darkshade ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 1973 |
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I haven't read through this thread yet, but it should be known that a lot of sax players usually know how to play flute or clarinet-and visa versa. A lot of brass players (trumpet / trombone / tuba / french horn) know how to play them all (For trombone, you have to know the slide positions, but there are valve trombones. French horns are tuned differently). Also many guitarists can play bass, and visa versa.
I'm pretty sure most jazz musicians in general have a basic understanding of piano as well. Even drummers (many in music colleges must know some piano / take piano classes.) Just wanted to throw them facts atcha Edited by darkshade - 16 Aug 2011 at 6:05pm |
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js ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 34388 |
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Jack DeJohnette is one of the greatest drummers ever, and a very good piano player too.
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His sound on the violin is.. weird (weird not as a bad thing here), i really like it, bt i cannot think of anything else similar to that, and i know a lot of violin jazz players (from more traditional to avant garde ones), he plays the violin like somethin else.. it's clearly more about the sound than a melodic approach, i think and i feel that as a violin player, that he doesnt have some skills developed, so instead of a more conventional approach, he just.. grab the violin and make sound coming out of it, and damn, it sounds great, really great.
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Hermeto...Keyboards, flute, saxophone, accordion or squeeze box if you prefer, melodica, guitar, anything Brazilian plus others. Miles said he was a genuis.
Henry...Alto sax, flute, hubkaphone
Eric....Alto, flute, clarinet, piccolo, bass
![]() And last but not least, Dave........drums and guitar
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dionisio ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Aug 2011 Location: Bucharest Status: Offline Points: 20 |
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Ornette coleman, beside the sax, played the violin and trompet ! And damn, he is good.
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