Watch this video with the Fly Trio. This trio counts with Jeff Ballard on drums, Mark Turner on tenor saxophone and Chris Lightcap on accoustic bass. The song is a composition by drummer Jeff Ballard, however, some people think it is kind of a remake of Billie’s Bounce, the famous song [...]
Scott Hamilton Quintet Performing the Jitterburg Waltz by Fats Waller
Watch this video with the famous tenor saxophone player Scott Hamilton playing the tune Jitterburg Waltz composed by Fats Waller. In this take Scott Hamilton presents us some very tasty saxophone playing. His sound is very warm and heats up the soul of the listeners.
Here he is accompanied by other great [...]
Tenor Saxophone Giant Sonny Rollins and Guitar Legend Jim Hall Performing The Bridge
Watch this video with the great jazz tenor saxophone player Sonny Rollins playing his composition The Bridge and being accompanied by Jim Hall on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Ben Riley on drums. This tune is written and performen in up tempo which is a challenge for all musicians. However, [...]
Saxophone Robot Performs Giant Steps Solo by John Coltrane
Watch this video here with a saxophone robot playing John Coltrane’s famous solo over his bebop tune Giant Steps. The song is in up tempo bu you might feel that this solo could be played a little bit faster. Well, there is another version of Giant Steps at a higher speed, [...]
Ben Webster Performing the Song Perdido along with the Oscar Peterson Trio
Watch this video clip with the great tenor saxophone player Ben Webster improvising over the chord changes of the song Perdido. Some time ago, we have posted the same song performed by another jazz legend: Sarah Vaughan, go and listen to this version too, then compare and try to find out [...]
Joe Henderson Performing Take the A Train on Tenor Saxophone
Jazz music fans know that Joe Henderson is one of the most important tenor saxophone players ever. In this video you can watch the jazz legend performing the classic jazz composition Take the A Train by Duke Ellington. Joe Henderson is the band leader and plays the tenor saxophone while Bheki [...]
Branford Marsalis Quartet Performing Yes and No by Wayne Shorter
Watch this video with the Branford Marsalis Quartet performing the song Yes or No, an original composition by Wayne Shorter that appeared on the LP JuJu on the label Blue Note Records in 1964. Branford Marsalis is one of the greatest tenor saxophone players ever. Whenever he plays you will notice [...]
Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster and Billie Holiday playing the blues
Watch this video with some of the greatest jazz musicians ever playing and singing the blues. Listen to Coleman Hawkins sweet mellow tone and enjoy Lester Young leaping in on this song.
At the beginning of the video, Billie Holiday is talking about the blues music, dividing it into sad blues and [...]
Lester Young – The smooth Tenor sax player
Lester Young is one of the tenor saxophone players with a very smooth sound. Watch this music video produced by the Warner Bros from the early days of jazz music. Here Lester Young plays his horn together with other important jazz musicians, all of them black guys with the exception of [...]
