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I have all his solo albums, he is the full package. Love it when he is singing in his native tongue. Been in a his company a couple of times, he has a wicked, dry sense of humour.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1499940014' post='3334636'] Fair enough. In that case I won't mention you mistaking my name �� [/quote] I wouldn't worry, 'PaulFenderBass' - He thought he was talking to 'Trigger'.

[quote name='Kevin Glasgow' timestamp='1499106716' post='3329240'] Hi folks, here's a wee solo version of the song Moon River. Hope you enjoy it! [media]http://youtu.be/Q4OWSiOfrMA[/media] Cheers, Kev [/quote] Quality musicianship, as usual Kevin... Love some of those ideas. (The lovely Moon River tune helps though). Very enjoyable.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1499766282' post='3333388'] I still print off a bit of manuscript and scribble down the dots because it helps (me)[b][i] to visualise it.[/i][/b] [/quote] Back in my teens, that's how I learned the circle of fifths. Of course, my ears eventually took over. But visualising was a good way of learning for me (when away from an Instrument).

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1499717155' post='3333153'] I've not listened to this , but many are able to distinguish Chopin after just a few bars; even the great JJ Cale could sound a bit 'samey' at times. I'll not go down the old 'AC/DC' path, nor ZZ Top, though. [/quote] Yes, amazing all that. Yet, some can't seem to distinguish between G and G#...

Plenty of working musicians (and part timers I should imagine) who read AND busk, take solos on heads and are excellent at many styles. So the bit about cruise musicians (above) is rather silly. Classical musicians, are a different entity all together. They are often playing many different things within one piece. They might be playing the tune/theme, they might not. They might be playing part of a tune for several bars before another section take the tune. They could be playing divisi chords, harmony lines, counterpoint lines, different bpm's, several metre changes, the conductor pulling the tempo all over the place, or even 40 bars tacet, trying hard not to get lost. Then you get the soloist that remembers complex solos pieces. The Repertoire changing every season, short rehearsal times for complex pieces. It's all very much worthy of music stands. So to turn up and just 'play' is quite often alien to them. The OP band needs to have a compromise really.

[quote name='LITTLEWING' timestamp='1499711394' post='3333091'] I've always said that people who have to read music to play have no musical soul. [/quote] Sorry, I have to disagree with that. http://youtu.be/N3MHeNt6Yjs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWcnQU0iVYw

Two outstanding solos on 'Street Life', especially the Tenor solo from Wilton Felder.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1499423151' post='3331459'] Check out the interview with Trevor Bolder showing how he played Jean Genie at approx 54 secs onwards. He seems to be playing the GAG on the G string Really good VID. [media]http://youtu.be/o0alKcvXzS0[/media] [/quote] As clear as day. Is there anyone they didn't musically rip something from on that track ? The Yardbirds, the Beatles (Harmonica Solo)....

@3:28., They all step up and play so casually at the speed of light... Fabulous musicianship from top players.

It's a 'G'..... The line/riff is Root/minor 3rd (G)/ 4th intervals. If you are playing Root/Maj 3rd (G#)/4th intervals, then you are playing 'Then He Kissed Me' (The Crystals) intervals.

I have found one from 1999 !!! (quite a good one as well). Carlos Santana...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcUxrpIwuQ4

Another lovely Tenor solo from the 80's ([font=sans-serif]Gerald Albright)[/font]. (I think Sax solos were then outlawed on Pop Records on December 31st, 1989). Any old excuse to post 'Forget Me Nots'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amzp7W0RkPA

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1499157959' post='3329516'] AFAIK nobody told HIM that. [/quote]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1499151064' post='3329465'] Hit records? [/quote] Oh come on, give him a Wes tune as a 'hit' 'Windy' (1967) reached #48 in the States (#44 in their R&B charts). http://youtu.be/VBGZgyl72_g

Amos Garrett. http://youtu.be/Yt2O4Y_sQ98

[quote name='oldbass' timestamp='1499107625' post='3329253'] masterclass of musicality, not another solo like it anywhere in pop/rock history..... [/quote] Apart from 'that' solo by Amos Garrett.

My favourite (pop?) Sax solo by a country mile is, Phil Woods with his Alto solo on 'Just The Way You Are'. Solo starts at 3:00. He improvises on the outro as well (at about 4:00). Just oozes taste and class. [media]http://youtu.be/bbyNrZqGyKs[/media] Another solo I love is the very melodic David Paich Keys solo on 'Africa' - Toto (The band, not the Dog). Not very long, so it's easy to remember (one of those melodies that just lodged in my brain over the years). [media]http://youtu.be/FTQbiNvZqaY[/media]

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1499036226' post='3328787'] WARNING! Controversial opinion coming up... Nile Rodgers is a brilliant funk rhythm guitarist and a cool guy. But.....he's a bit of a one-trick pony, isn't he? [/quote] He is a bit more than that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers

I am on an endless Jazz journey. In fact, a round and round with no Coda and I love it.

Massive Attack. Opening theme from 'Luther'. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=283kL_khAtc[/media]

I know this is not the original recording (I think it's just a rearrangement). 'The Money Programme Theme'. It was originally written by Lalo Schifrin as the title theme for 'The Carpetbaggers' and also on a Jimmy Smith album. The TV Theme. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnCRwsh2AkQ[/media] The Original film theme. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8HOv3Bx648[/media]

Mission Impossible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWGeRgFa-hI Magnum P.I. http://youtu.be/LBIgXhiOpeQ

Thanks very much people. It was a good picture for ideas. Quite a diverse range of styles and different musical views entered this month. Great stuff all round. Picture on it's way to Skol.

This tune was actually composed for 'Harry's Game' (not lifted from an album and slotted in). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KpNzalFKPo