Hi Keith
This is good stuff, the ones you chose are spot on with my choice
this is what the sax is to me, good chilling blues played by a brilliant
sax player.
Good stuff Keith–thanks for sharing 🙂 A good thing to do is to take note of what these guys are doing in their playing that stands out to us and incorporate that in our own playing.
You’re welcome y’all – and I’m glad you all dug his sound too. He was a totally new name to me when “I’ve Got A Right To Cry” played on Pandora. I looked him up and was surprised to read that he was the first person to record Night Train – which is a song I’ve known since I was in first or second grade (and have always liked) due to the movie Back To The Future.
Yes, love the Jimmy Forest sound. I was first turned on to him from Night Train many years ago.
as for panning the sax to one side, this is simply a choice made by the producer, and or mixing engineer.
normally the lead instrument would be mixed down the middle just like a lead vocal so it’s a little unusual
to have it panned like that, especially on an instrumental blues or jazz recording.
early 60’s pop recording like the beatles had vocals panned to one side but that technique didn’t last very long.
Hi Keith, thanks for the reference. I’m trying to collect CD’s from different sax players to hear how their tone differs. I came across this CD which has four of Jimmy Forrest Albums on 2 disks. Four Classic Albums (Out Of The Forrest / Sit Down And Relax With Jimmy Forrest / Most Much / Soul Street) by Jimmy Forrest Label: Avid Jazz ASIN: B01K8KPNQC
While buying this CD I came across King Curtis’ Have Tenor Sax Will Blow / Live CD so that one had to be urgently acquired as well – LOL
wow I never heard that King Curtis recording! sounds like thew record company was trying to sell records to the ball room dancing crowd.
it’s a lot more starightly played and laid back compared to his regular rock and blues stuff…of course his tonne is all there but boy, what a difference in approach!
It sounds quite cheeky doesn’t it? Here’s another track from the CD.
King Curtis, Noble Watts (ts), Al Casey, Jimmy Spruill(g), Herman Foster (p), Jimmy Lewis (b), Belton Evans (ds)
Album：” King Curtis / Have Tenor Sax Will Blow ” Recorded： New York City, July 8, 1959
Ha, ha !! Funny thing about ” Night Train “; the original is a lot slower than people think. Its been used , abused, covered, but yeah check Jimmy’s original take. Slow and Steady !!
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