Name your favorite sax solo.

The late Grover Washington Jr / Live at the Bijou

The Crusaders / Scratch..."So Far Away" is it Wilton Felder or Wayne Henderson who holds that one note like forever.

Gregg Allman / Laid Back..."Queen of Hearts"

Cannonball Adderley on the Nancy Wilson Album of 1962--the song, "Can't Get Started". One of the best ever solos. It is stylistically similar to the Charlie Parker works of a half a decade earlier. Certainly Cannonball was, as all artists must be, influenced by his works. Beautiful...just beautiful...Haunting really.

So many great solos. I agree with Lrsky, beatiful solo by Cannonball on "Can't Get Started". Check out Cannonbal on Mile's "Live At The Plaza". On the tune "Straight No Chaser", Cannonball is on fire.

Lrsky & Frog,

Good to find I'm not alone on "Can't Get Started", as everything I've ever seen written about the Wilson/Cannonball record seems to focus on Nancy Wilson - probably no surprise. As I'm still kind of new to Jazz (about 5+ years, now), I thought that I might get some grief for the choice, particularly since my taste tends toward the more traditional, while many here seem to prefer the bold innovators.

Since I'm still "connecting the dots" in Jazz, I had a couple of questions. Lrsky mentions earlier works by Charlie Parker that "predict" Adderly's solo. I was wondering which Parker recordings were being referenced here. Also, I haven't really warmed up to the later, "harder" soloists (e.g. Coltrane). So I was wondering if there are "transitional" records in which the seeds of this style are first seen. I find that I'm more receptive to new music when I understand how it has emerged from a more familiar reference point.

Thanks in advance.

Marty

Michael Brecker's. You pick the solo and I won't argue. What a player he was!

Enjoy,
Tom