Famous multi-instrumentalists in jazz

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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?

Edited by js - 31 Jul 2014 at 9:46am

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js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Online Points: 34127	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jul 2014 at 9:44am
	Hey Shrdlu, you sound like someone who could probably write good reviews. Have you checked out our album review and/or ratings feature? Edited by js - 31 Jul 2014 at 9:46am

Shrdlu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Newbie Joined: 31 Jul 2014 Location: Azerbazian Status: Offline Points: 36	Post Options Post Reply Quote Shrdlu Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jul 2014 at 3:02pm
	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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	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.

Shrdlu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Newbie Joined: 31 Jul 2014 Location: Azerbazian Status: Offline Points: 36	Post Options Post Reply Quote Shrdlu Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Nov 2018 at 2:20pm
	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.

ava maneux Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Newbie Joined: 22 Aug 2020 Location: Cocos (Keeling) Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote ava maneux Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Aug 2022 at 2:22pm
	Most of them... Eric Dolphy, for instance...