[78-L] Alto sax style

[Royal Pemberton]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> No one has yet mentioned (at least I  missed it if they did) two of my
> favorite lead alto players:  Hymie Schertzer (with Goodman,  etc.) and the
> remarkable Les Robinson,  who really added so much to the sound of the Shaw
> band.
>
> I'm not sure which category they go in,  as I've never heard a solo from
> either of them....but they were sure good.
>
> I don't know the Ayers record of Can't Get Out of This Mood.   The Kay
> Kyser
> version on Columbia is wonderful and features Jack Martin on lead...but on
> soprano,  not alto.  Jack was one of the greatest I've heard on soprano,
> and played it with Welk for several years in the late 50s.
>
>
> Taylor
>
> Here's Les Robinson's solo on 'Body and soul' from a 1945 recording on
> Black & White.  From an album called JUNIOR JAZZ.  The rest of the musicians
> are Jimmy Bunn, piano; Jackie Mills, drums; Red Callendar, bass; and Irving
> Ashby, guitar.


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