World's Greatest Tenors


1. Sony Stitt
2. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
3. Illinois Jaquet

What do ya think?
czarivey
OK tenor saxophone fans, four of the greatest, including one who is rarely
mentioned (Al Cohn). Can you identify the order of the solos by each of the
four tenor players? Two hints: 1) the four tenor solos each begin at :47,
2:24, 4:00 and 5:31 respectively. 2) the stated order in the Youtube
"comments" is incorrect. Any takers?

[URL]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MKBsQkZaYx0[/URL]

And no cheating! :-)
The only one I'm sure of is Coltrane is the fourth tenor.
I'll say Sims, Mobley, Cohn, Trane. Hope you're grading on a curve Frogman. Thanks for the music.
Charles,
Charles, good calls on Cohn and Trane. First two are Mobley and then Sims. The first two are tough. I remember the first time I heard this being surprised at how Sims (second solo) sounded more muscular than Mobley, not what I expected.
Hi Frogman,
It's funny as I went back and forth with the first two exactly for the reasons you wrote! Trane and Cohn have more distinctive signatures that I can recognized. I'd probably do better with the jazz trumpeters.
Charles,