This man is a god of the saxophone. I somehow managed to learn the first portion of this tune in this key, 3/4 the speed of this. To do it like he did, you've gotta have supersonic fingers.
Charlie Parker always credited Jimmy as he inspiration on alto. Personally I always felt he alto was better than his clarinet which was a distant third to Goodman and Shaw.
In this video, the fingerings I'm seeing do not match the pitches I'm hearing. I think the video/audio has been sped up, and the original key is C major (that's what I'm seeing from the fingerings used anyway). Also explains why this sounds so mind bogglingly fast. That said, what a player he was! Fantastic!
It’s sped up by a little. I’ve heard this song in a different soundie and the tempo is slightly slower but only by a little bit because J. Dorsey is still quite fast while playing the alto saxophone.
Kris is right: Jimmy is playing in the alto's C (Eb concert pitch). I can see the third note of the scale is the alto's E, not F. The video audio is in concert E, which is C# on the alto. Jimmy could probably have played it in that key. I would hate to have to play that old alto, with its awkward keywork. I heard someplace that the one in the video is a Selmer before they brought out the Balanced Action model, which has vastly better keywork and is essentially the same as just about all saxphones since about the mid 1950s. The Balanced Action keywork was tweaked a bit for the Super Action and the 1954 Mark VI, but it was not altered drastically. I was once without my own horn and I was lent a 1920s Büscher alto. It was solidly built, and had a good sound, but the keywork was awkward and I missed by Selmer Mark VI.
@@SirDerp909 You can look up his last interview from 1959, which is on UA-cam. There's an excerpt from this interview in which Young described who influenced him the most. It should not be hard to find.
Dorsey and Earl Bostic can hardly be surpassed on the alto, technically. But as musicians, they were not first rate. There are other, much finer and more creative altoists.
I was wondering the same thing in a different soundie that featured the same song. But in the beginning of this soundie, it says the name is called Beebee (or something close to that)
back when music required talent good old days i miss em
This man is a god of the saxophone. I somehow managed to learn the first portion of this tune in this key, 3/4 the speed of this. To do it like he did, you've gotta have supersonic fingers.
Damn, Jimmy Dorsey is one inspirational sax player.
"So Rare" by J.D. is my all time favorite melody...
WOW is all I can say. What a musician.
Awesome talent !!!
What can you say. Wish i played like him.
What a man
Charlie Parker always credited Jimmy as he inspiration on alto. Personally I always felt he alto was better than his clarinet which was a distant third to Goodman and Shaw.
SICK!
if it wasn't hard enough , he also plays it in c#, which isn't the most conducive key to play in for playing fast. Insane.
In this video, the fingerings I'm seeing do not match the pitches I'm hearing. I think the video/audio has been sped up, and the original key is C major (that's what I'm seeing from the fingerings used anyway). Also explains why this sounds so mind bogglingly fast. That said, what a player he was! Fantastic!
It’s sped up by a little. I’ve heard this song in a different soundie and the tempo is slightly slower but only by a little bit because J. Dorsey is still quite fast while playing the alto saxophone.
Kris is right: Jimmy is playing in the alto's C (Eb concert pitch). I can see the third note of the scale is the alto's E, not F. The video audio is in concert E, which is C# on the alto. Jimmy could probably have played it in that key. I would hate to have to play that old alto, with its awkward keywork. I heard someplace that the one in the video is a Selmer before they brought out the Balanced Action model, which has vastly better keywork and is essentially the same as just about all saxphones since about the mid 1950s. The Balanced Action keywork was tweaked a bit for the Super Action and the 1954 Mark VI, but it was not altered drastically. I was once without my own horn and I was lent a 1920s Büscher alto. It was solidly built, and had a good sound, but the keywork was awkward and I missed by Selmer Mark VI.
The Dorsey Brothers TV show was what Charlie Parker was watching the night he died. Jimmy was an influence on Parker when 'Bird' was developing.
He was a bigger influence on Lester Young, by Young's own admission.
@@kafenwar Really? Show me! Show us all, cuz that's news.
@@SirDerp909 You can look up his last interview from 1959, which is on UA-cam. There's an excerpt from this interview in which Young described who influenced him the most. It should not be hard to find.
@@kafenwar I'll check it out. I hope anyone else who loves Swing and Bop does as well. 🙏
sure hope so man.
Just like the Finnish "Säkki Järven Polka"!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🎷🎷
WoW
que te puedo decir Jimmy !!!!!
Shout out to Don Graves for the recommendation!
Trumpet player behind Jimmy was sporting a pre-Hitler 'stache
someday human race might get tired of now days music and we might come back to talent requirment.
what is the name of the piece ?
It's called bebee
👏👏👏👏 🎷 🩵
Dorsey and Earl Bostic can hardly be surpassed on the alto, technically. But as musicians, they were not first rate. There are other, much finer and more creative altoists.
He probably wouldn't have done anything with an electric guitar. He was a sax player!
What is the name of this song?
I was wondering the same thing in a different soundie that featured the same song. But in the beginning of this soundie, it says the name is called Beebee (or something close to that)
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Make you wonder what he would have done with an electric guitar!
This is technically impressive but it is not really a jazz solo.
True.
Please explain
@@jonathan160899 Listen to Benny Carter and Charlie Parker to see the difference.
It's pop and it's genius.
It is very corny - just a party piece - but it is a dazzling display of technique. Trane couldn't have done better.