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Hardest Sax Solo In Jazz...

carrotcake	Can anybody name some (for bari... alto or tenor would be fine though)? My middle school jazz band has music that's way too simple, and the solo I played for my concert was too easy. So, can anybody name a couple jazz songs with hard sax solos?	Can anybody name some (for bari... alto or tenor would be fine though)? My middle school jazz band has music that's way too simple, and the solo I played for my concert was too easy. So, can anybody name a couple jazz songs with hard sax solos?
	Posted: Dec 15, 2007 2:33 PM - Quote - Report!

Don't Read This	any coltrane or parker	any coltrane or parker
	Posted: Dec 16, 2007 1:11 AM - Quote - Report!

jammoe	Is it just me or does Coltrane always sound way, way more complex than Parker?	Is it just me or does Coltrane always sound way, way more complex than Parker?
	Posted: Dec 22, 2007 3:48 AM - Quote - Report!

Don't Read This	i think its the other way around but i havent heard too much of parker i think its cause coltrane has more speed and uses more syncopation and complex rythms	i think its the other way around but i havent heard too much of parker i think its cause coltrane has more speed and uses more syncopation and complex rythms
	Posted: Dec 24, 2007 6:10 AM - Quote - Report!

jammoe	You might be right, actually. I think superficially Coltrane's more complicated, but it's more of a stylistic thing than it is the actual content of what he's playing. Most of this is all subjective though, so it's hard to say.	You might be right, actually. I think superficially Coltrane's more complicated, but it's more of a stylistic thing than it is the actual content of what he's playing. Most of this is all subjective though, so it's hard to say.
	Posted: Dec 27, 2007 11:42 PM - Quote - Report!

Liberation	Tell me about it xD I played the solo in Soul Bossa Nova, and it was waaay too easy, so I changed it up a bit, adding a few "bends" on some of the notes, adding some accents, and other such things...I think it sounds better my way.	Tell me about it xD I played the solo in Soul Bossa Nova, and it was waaay too easy, so I changed it up a bit, adding a few "bends" on some of the notes, adding some accents, and other such things...I think it sounds better my way.
	Posted: Dec 31, 2007 5:22 AM - Quote - Report!

live4ledzep	hehe when i played my version of the frankenstien sax solo in middle school people thought it was too hard for them, but even though i changed it it was still easy :/ parkers solos are more about feelin the music and coltrane's more about impressing i guess. whichever you were lookin for, they are the best	hehe when i played my version of the frankenstien sax solo in middle school people thought it was too hard for them, but even though i changed it it was still easy :/ parkers solos are more about feelin the music and coltrane's more about impressing i guess. whichever you were lookin for, they are the best
	Posted: Jan 20, 2008 2:56 AM - Quote - Report!

Ultraturtle0	</span> ;Liberation, I got the solo for Soul Bossa Nova in our jazz band. It was ridiculously easy... but you can make it sound difficult if you bend and mix up the articulations. And I'm personally a Coltrane guy myself...	</span> ;Liberation, I got the solo for Soul Bossa Nova in our jazz band. It was ridiculously easy... but you can make it sound difficult if you bend and mix up the articulations. And I'm personally a Coltrane guy myself...
	Posted: Feb 2, 2008 7:38 PM - Quote - Report!

hippieboy444	coltrane does lots of arpeggios, but learn some sonny rollins, john coltrane, bird, coleman hawkins,etc	coltrane does lots of arpeggios, but learn some sonny rollins, john coltrane, bird, coleman hawkins,etc
	Posted: Mar 15, 2008 6:40 AM - Quote - Report!

live4ledzep	sax soli/ optional solo on moanin' by charles mingus. 16th note triplets at 200bpm? i think so.	sax soli/ optional solo on moanin' by charles mingus. 16th note triplets at 200bpm? i think so.
	Posted: Apr 5, 2008 4:51 AM - Quote - Report!

Jazzman91	Try Ornithology by Parker, I think it's his hardest	Try Ornithology by Parker, I think it's his hardest
	Posted: Mar 14, 2009 2:17 PM - Quote - Report!

columbianneckti	My favorite one has to be Au' Privave (sp) by Parker I freakin love that song	My favorite one has to be Au' Privave (sp) by Parker I freakin love that song
	Posted: Mar 25, 2009 3:47 PM - Quote - Report!