"honk with pelvic thrust" "Splat" "ominous honking" and "multiphonic" are my favorite sounds now. "Return to frog" and "knee shimmy" are now my favorite dances.
There is absolutely nothing quite like the sound of a perfectly played baritone sax. It's just so MEAN, I love it. Don't get me wrong, other saxophones are great too, but the baritone just has the "OOMPH" quality that is such a vibe. Love it.
Has played or played it once because that's a big difference, he plays with a relatively small tip opening which makes it so he needs to use less air than most bari players. His endurance to dance while doing so is really impressive but the length of his phrases is doable
I mean it's a jazz tune lmao, it's Moanin' by Charles Mingus, an extremely famous jazz bassist and bandleader. Dude also used to play for one of the most famous and important jazz bandleaders and songwriters in history, Duke Ellington.
The dancing was what got me. Bari saxes are NOT light and this dude is getting consistent sound all while doing his best Elvis. That's freaking impressive.
@@patavinity1262 there truly is something amazing about seeing the way people move while playing! For us flutists rocking back and forth (while not good for tone lol) can really go to show just how connected you are with your music
Sorry to burst ur bubble, but this is all staged, the song was played but not by the guy on stage, he was just a performer. You can't play all those notes by not moving your fingers and taking one hand of the instrument
obscene honkage aside, i think my favorite part of this is how seamlessly he slots back into the band. he cranked the showmanship up to 130, had his fun, and then reigned it back in right when it was appropriate. awesome performance
Man, everytime I come back to this video I'm reminded how fucking tight the drummer is. That synced up soloing is such a groove, he's an absolute master in producing a beat and the kit is tuned beautifully and mixed so incredibly well, all of the band is. Live perfomance mixes have come such a long way in the last decade and it's excellent to see. If I ever get back into sound engineering & running a desk in studio or concert, I hope I can keep up the new bar of incredibly tight and balanced mixes & masters that engineers have been pumping out over the last 6 or 7 years as the old guard have finally stepped down and appointed talented fresh blood that have a better grasp on the technology & access to better gear & environments.
@@samstandard4715 this isn't even about the text above and below the staff, It's just apparent in many of these that the actual notes themselves and improperly written
This felt like the epic climax of a 2 hour movie of a young upcoming saxophonist finding his life destiny through childhood struggles, musical montages and that one last uphill battle -- with the love interest watching and cheering on, of course -- and then the happy ever after.
I see more of a final chase, a band of thieves racing across a bridge, closely followed by cops, with the hope of crossing and being home free, known for the biggest heist the city has ever seen.
Funny, when you posted the cleanest trumpet solo and I could start to hear this guy play at the end my first thought was, I hope there’s a dirtiest sax solo coming haha
Ya know, you can take the performer out of the street but not the street out of the performer and Leo is a PERFECT example of that. He just has fun while playing no matter who or what is around and despite that this is still an AMAZING bari solo.
sax player here, that shit is really easy, especially in the range he's playing in and the key, the palm keys on the left hand make it super easy with nearly a whole octave, nevermind his altissimo which I know piss all about
Strictly speaking, we all do. The CO2 we produce when burning sugar is greater than the amount of O2 we inhale. Which makes sense considering sugar & fat have tons of oxygen as part of the chemical structure and we're attaching carbon molecules to the O2 we breathe in to turn it into CO2.
I was at this prom. Leo P absolutely stole the show with this and another solo just before. Went from not knowing who he was to becoming a fan for life!
The whole show was impressive, and I watched it solely because Leo P was part of it; he did not disappoint (and neither did any of the rest of the orchestra - they were all staggering performers, huge respect to them). I've now seen the whole performance a few times, and it still blows me away every time. As to Leo P... Well, the man's a skilled lunatic. It takes strength and stamina to carry a bari sax, never mind DANCING while playing one as expertly as he does.
@@BibleStorm It was a BBC Promenade Concert (or BBC Proms for short) - a concert series that has been running for over 100 years. This particular concert was part of the 2017 season. The idea of a "promenade concert" was originally that where the audience could just stroll about whilst the music was played. For this concert series some of the audience can pay a small fee to stand for the whole concert, either down at platform level (Arena promenaders) or high up in the gods (Gallery promenaders). The venue is the Royal Albert Hall in London.
The Proms is a national institution in this country. Takes place annually. Its normally not like this particular video, but every now and then it goes rogue and we get some genius creativity. Check out Beardyman at the proms.
@@zewensenpai yeah and theyre not three minutes. They have tempo and thematic variations whereas this has no real variations, a few minor ones but allegro to andante? Doesn't happen
@@SicRBS there are plenty of three min long concertis, i.e. Chen Gang's Kindness. Not to mention the full performance is 9 minutes, not three, and there are A LOT of 9 min long concertis. Also concerto is not a form, a concerto is just a soloist or a group of soloist vs a larger force, be it an orchestra or a chamber orchestra or a string orchestra
Bari sax players are always gigachads, there’s just something about people who play an obscenely large instrument that sounds like a Taco Bell toilet (in a good way)
Semi-unrelated but the band at my school just casually brought a toilet and replaced their band director's chair yesterday. I saw them carrying it out of the band hall before our full orchestra rehearsal.
He became famous busking, but that's immediately after he graduated from conservatory at the Manhattan School of Music. He's a trained musician who happened to become famous on UA-cam. He's no random busker that was self-taught and lurking in the shadows.
Leo P does not fuck around, in fairness to him. He knows what he has and what he can do, and he *FLAUNTS* it, sometimes a little too proudly. Man's a peacock, he can't help himself.
It rarely happens that I become obsessed with a piece of music. Then I hear it, first many times and in the following weeks and months I hear it several times a day until it finds its place in my mind over experiences that I will never forget. This video and audio experience is one of those.
this is why i love jazz/ big band so much. there's just so much more freedom of expression and spontaneity as opposed to other forms of music which are usually more focused on repetition or more minor changes of common things for their creation of new bits of art
It's nowhere near as spontaneous because it doesn't have the same focus on improvisation, but progressive music gets you plenty of that freedom and lack of repetition. It's progressive death metal but go listen to Ghost of Perdition by Opeth - it's a goddamn musical journey.
The funny thing is, I'd normally say dance moves like that are a huge gimmick. But the funny thing is, even without any of the dancing this is one of the best bari solos of all time.
Leo P is a wizard with that bari sax. I keep Gravitating to Too Many Zoos - Bedford though for some crazy playing. however they have a lot of good insanity at a trio.
The man's a peacock, he can't help himself. He simply *HAS* to dance, and he LOVES to solo. Trust me - I've seen him play live with his band, Too Many Zooz.
My first year or two with the saxophone were spent as a 12-13 year old on the Alto - my tutor promised he'd let me try a Tenor one day when I grew into it, but the Baritone was way, way beyond my weedy little frame. I'm an adult now, but I can't help be impressed by this dude's ability to throw a Baritone sax around like it's a plaything.
As a fellow baritone sax player, it kinda frustrates me how much altissimo is used because it means I can NOT play this for the life of me (and I desperately want to!)
I’m a drummer, but acquainted with many sax players and anyone who has the lungs to blow this is not human. What a monster! Especially his reed banding!
Imma do u a favor a bring u back to this brilliant performance lol. I'm also a drummer and I'm curious if others have noticed the same as me. That is, every time I've listened to this, I feel like the drums, esspecially those beautiful fills and accents, makes this entire solo so much better. To the point where while Leo's talent can't be denied, but the musical performance is equally, if not more, on the drummer. Edit: More or less, do you (or anyone else) feel the same about the drums here? Like the more I listen the more I'm blown away.
@XmanAdanacLax I said the same when I first started getting this recommended to me last year. The symbiosis of Sax & drums throughout this solo really elevate both, the kit is mixed really great for a live mix and has a nice timbre to it within the rest of the band which is still somewhat rare to see with recordings, it's very well done
The first part really shows the importance of groove. Most of the solo is arpeggiations and simple harmony outline, but the way he plays it sounds amazing.
"Honk with pelvic thrust" - "Return to frog" - i imagine it is a multiplication of joy - Leo likes to dance while playing - The Audience likes to watch Leo, enjoy moving while playing - You enjoyed notating Leos Moves (i bet!), i actually enjoyed seeing this in the transcription - somebody might even find joy reading this... :-)
@@javierxhr nah that's definitely the easiest part to play in the whole solo lol. Doesn't mean it's easy or not good, but relative to the rest of the solo it's easy
Leo has amazed me since the first time i watched Too Many Zooz on the metro about 10 years ago. the whole band is impeccable as well. nasty funky vibes. keep it playing till the world melts
as a sax player, this looks so good on our part 😭 of course i’m only in 8th grade but that’s literally so impressive i could only imagine how proud he was of himself after this masterpiece
this man is high key one of the modern sax greats - still remember when our middle school band director introduced us to Too Many Zooz, and I’ve been enamored with the bari sax since … it’s been almost seven years since then and this guy still rocks and I’m glad he’s getting some attention in other collectives too 🤘
As a bari player who got to perform this with his collegiate band, I love every part of this. Those jump cuts were amazing. Also appreciate seeing these types of solos written out. Yeah it’s great to see what you can do just by ear, but seeing some of this written out gives me a better idea of what to do to spice up solos and how to phrase better. Thank you!
It was a "late night prom" so it was a bit looser but there were a lot of people who stuck around from the classical prom earlier and had their minds blown (myself included). The BBC coverage was so sneering towards Leo P it really annoyed me when I re-watched it, though they did make the fair point that Charles Mingus (the prom being a tribute to him) would've probably wanted to thump him!
@@swalsh91 He had the crowd on their feet, in fairness to him. The Proms is usually pretty tame, prim-and-proper, but Leo had them mesmerised and they just went along for the ride. Music is *supposed* to take you away like that, and jazz especially! It flows from and speaks to the soul.
That was incredible. I played alto for 10 years with some tenor and soprano mixed in during high school but could never do baritone. I tried many times but was never able to get a note out. This guy playing so smoothly and hitting the altissimo register with such ease is amazing.
Pls: give me a bit help, (I am not the youngest one) What is R2D2? What is meant? Thank you, played trumpet in BB, when I was young. >> So: long time ago.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
He's been my favorite subway busker for almost a decade. Love to see the recognition. He was in Lucky Chops and Too Many Zooz if you want to see more OG subway dancing. Favorite vid is probably "the coolest saxophone player ever"
I always luv this sax guys videos. He is the complete package,IMHO. His solos are listenable. Be honest, a lot of Jazz solos sound like someone is practicing. The guy has the ability to create very melodic solos & the showmanship of a true entertainer. In his case, if he only had his level of ability in either category (his musicality or talent as an entertainer), he would be star material. BTW, it's not just talent. I am certain he has spent a lot of time working on all his skills. Sorry, I am just a fan.
"ominous honking" pretty much sums up anything I could produce on a sax.
The sun ra arkestra is calling
Could be worse, at least it isnt normal honking.
I feel like I personally would be more of the obscene honking hahah
Describes half the noises I make in everyday life
Also sums up the entire of the Untitled Goose Game, somehow
Leo looks like he tricked someone into letting him on stage every time he performs
Hey Leo, look at the band they are doing great.
Wait… were did Leo go?
He's a musical SCP, containment level Keter, liable to cause an XK Class Funkpocalypse event.
@@cristhianc5580 LMAO
@@tjenadonn6158 i definitely agree
Dude these reply’s are amazing
this man has dedicated his life to four things:
1. leg workouts
2. cardio
3. the sax
4. impeccable style and goofiness
And obscene honking
@@SkaterBlades ah yes, and the pelvic thrust and the return to frog and the splat
So in one word.
"Showtime."
And pink
Close my friend. Number 5 is sexy hip thrusting😍😍
"honk with pelvic thrust" "Splat" "ominous honking" and "multiphonic" are my favorite sounds now. "Return to frog" and "knee shimmy" are now my favorite dances.
I mean arent multiphonics real things?
@@camkillhack Who said no
“spin”
I do believe you forgot "OBSCENE honkage"
@@TheWickedLep Forgor :skull:
This solo is so crazy that now it has three transcriptions on UA-cam.
yes.
They should do that with other music, too as a standard for all music as optional ! :OO
I just realized my simple comment was incredibly liked! thank you all for the appreciation!🥰
@@OrbiliusMagister aw np haha u deserve it
rly? i only saw two (obviously this one, and another one made by Xtela 10(?))
There is absolutely nothing quite like the sound of a perfectly played baritone sax. It's just so MEAN, I love it. Don't get me wrong, other saxophones are great too, but the baritone just has the "OOMPH" quality that is such a vibe. Love it.
Absolutely. I come back to this video so much, and mostly for the sound of the bari. It's just so greasy and intense
It's the embodiment of Jazz i can't lie. Always reminds me of the mask
Also one of the best songs for bari
It's just so guttural, there's really no other way to describe it
Wait’ll you hear the bass sax in jazz
Every clip I see of Leo P just makes me think he's been set loose on the stage
and at the end of the show, his owner comes over with his whip yelling, "Back IN YO CAGE, BOY!!!"
True. You don't "hire" Leo to play. You unleash him.
lol, indeed.
@Mike no he's an animal
@Mike no
As someone who has played the baritone sax, the lungs on this man must be the size of a whale's.
Has played or played it once because that's a big difference, he plays with a relatively small tip opening which makes it so he needs to use less air than most bari players. His endurance to dance while doing so is really impressive but the length of his phrases is doable
i marched a bari sax for 4 years in a very successful high school marching band and yeah this is absolutely amazing
It is amazing, don't get me wrong, but it isn't impossible for most people to learn
@@bruhspenning also true but it's time dedication and practice
maybe he does circular breathing? idk im a trumpet player
2:43 the sax’s in the background are just perfect. It gives off a major jazz feeling. This would be a song that would be played in a spy movie
I mean it's a jazz tune lmao, it's Moanin' by Charles Mingus, an extremely famous jazz bassist and bandleader. Dude also used to play for one of the most famous and important jazz bandleaders and songwriters in history, Duke Ellington.
“Major jazz feeling”
My guy, it IS a jazz tune.
The dancing was what got me. Bari saxes are NOT light and this dude is getting consistent sound all while doing his best Elvis. That's freaking impressive.
When the groove takes over, you are nothing more than the medium through which the music flows.
His is lighter than the average bari
@@patavinity1262 there truly is something amazing about seeing the way people move while playing! For us flutists rocking back and forth (while not good for tone lol) can really go to show just how connected you are with your music
Sorry to burst ur bubble, but this is all staged, the song was played but not by the guy on stage, he was just a performer. You can't play all those notes by not moving your fingers and taking one hand of the instrument
@@markrichardrb26 😂😂😂okay buddy. Look at any transcription it’s possible. Funniest comment of the year right here😂😂
obscene honkage aside, i think my favorite part of this is how seamlessly he slots back into the band. he cranked the showmanship up to 130, had his fun, and then reigned it back in right when it was appropriate. awesome performance
is 130 supposed to be a reference
@@sheeee7 no i just picked a number
@@Lmjacks ohh i thought 130=LEO
That's a Madeline pfp have you played Celeste by any chance?
@@splutteryelm a bit :)
Man, everytime I come back to this video I'm reminded how fucking tight the drummer is. That synced up soloing is such a groove, he's an absolute master in producing a beat and the kit is tuned beautifully and mixed so incredibly well, all of the band is. Live perfomance mixes have come such a long way in the last decade and it's excellent to see. If I ever get back into sound engineering & running a desk in studio or concert, I hope I can keep up the new bar of incredibly tight and balanced mixes & masters that engineers have been pumping out over the last 6 or 7 years as the old guard have finally stepped down and appointed talented fresh blood that have a better grasp on the technology & access to better gear & environments.
Great comment. He absolutely rocks and is an extreme professional. 1:06 is so good.
Yeah playing consistent swing that fast for the like 10 minutes this song goes on for is seriously impressive
this notation style needs to become canon
I would surely hope not. Musescore Notation isn't the best and many things are improperly notated
@@Snavels 🤓🤓🤓
@@samstandard4715 this isn't even about the text above and below the staff, It's just apparent in many of these that the actual notes themselves and improperly written
agreed
Nooooo
Those jump cuts get me everytime
I can't stop laughing xD
The one at 1:25 is perfection lmao
They're not jump cuts, just regular old cuts. A jump cut literally jumps forward in time, skipping over part of the film reel
@@bn3121 srry for not having used the correct term of the word, i'm not that smart you know 😓
1:42 is my fav 100%
“The stand user could be anyone”
The stand user:
Thank you for the "OBSCENE honkage" warning. I had just enough time to avert my eyes! xD
Hilarious comment 😂😂
Thank goodness there were no children present
Speaking as a trumpeter, you can't underestimate the amount of oral sphincter control you need to have . . . and lose . . . to play like that.
Let's be real here. Leo P has BBE: Big Bung-Hole Energy. That's how come you FEEL IT in his honks.
eyes averted, ear faqed 🤣
Man, I hope that sax is at least 18...
💀💀
Underrated comment 🤣🤣
Bro that is the funniest thing I’ve heard all year
Don't worry, the honkage was with consent...
LOL.
0:46 - 0:54 is so good. I love the splat and dirty playing and the muffled trumpets in the backround just make that part sound so funky and i love it
I couldn’t agree more, I’m starstruck
I can't stop repeating this part. Reminds me of some kind of disney villiain
0:50 *E. U. GG. HHH*
nah 0:00 to 3:16 the best part
EDM, punk, rock, psychedelics and anarchy got together and somehow decided to play high quality jazz.
What a perfect description😂
not just any jazz, but big band specifically...
For a moment, I thought you were describing Sungazer's musical style...
That’s Mingus for you. Some of his stuff was borderline punk music.
@@InventorZahran bird on the wing go brr
1:29 When I hit toad with a blue shell in Mario kart
You deserve a round of applause for that one XD
@@constantin26 I agree. Best comment in here
I'm crying. 🤣🤣🤣
This needs to be the pinned comment
😂
This felt like the epic climax of a 2 hour movie of a young upcoming saxophonist finding his life destiny through childhood struggles, musical montages and that one last uphill battle -- with the love interest watching and cheering on, of course -- and then the happy ever after.
This comment has dictated the way I experience this video and I’m not complaining at all 😊😂😂
not just the love interest watching and cheering on, they absolutely jump hug all over him afterwards and then credits roll
I see more of a final chase, a band of thieves racing across a bridge, closely followed by cops, with the hope of crossing and being home free, known for the biggest heist the city has ever seen.
Whiplash but sax
bur first they told him hed never make it with his style, that saxophone and jazz are formal affairs, and that he needs to dress conservatively
The fucking splat at 1:42 is the single greatest thing I have ever heard, this man is a GENIUS.
wild how he gets it in key too, especially just after jumping.
@@mightbedelta Right?? I could never lol
Absolutely my favorite part of this solo, and it's an 11/10 solo start to finish so that's saying something XD
Vavelam!
0:50
Funny, when you posted the cleanest trumpet solo and I could start to hear this guy play at the end my first thought was, I hope there’s a dirtiest sax solo coming haha
I recommend watching the whole 2h show it's great.
Same here!!
Ya know, you can take the performer out of the street but not the street out of the performer and Leo is a PERFECT example of that. He just has fun while playing no matter who or what is around and despite that this is still an AMAZING bari solo.
he's a better performer than some dancers, and i think that just adds to his musicality
Helps keep tempo too
bro, basil?
Almost everyone is a better performer than some dancers
@@kos-3327 tik tok
@@carcinogens.4900 What
DAMN that intelligence to free up hands to add to his performance and still find a cool line to play.
It's just a little trick not a novel lol
He was a street performer for a long while, so he got tons of practice interacting with crowds of people while playing
sax player here, that shit is really easy, especially in the range he's playing in and the key, the palm keys on the left hand make it super easy with nearly a whole octave, nevermind his altissimo which I know piss all about
They should give the audience a big dance stage if they're gonna play music like this.
Ikr
Goddamnit I want a return to big band music and ballrooms.
YESSSS😊😊😊
I'm so relieved that the notation used matches how serious Leo is.
"OBSCENE honkage" has to be the best note I've ever seen. We need more "OBSCENE honkage" in all music!
And that, kids, is how uncle Hans Zimmer started his musical carreer
this man has the ability to breathe out more than he breathed in
Strictly speaking, we all do.
The CO2 we produce when burning sugar is greater than the amount of O2 we inhale. Which makes sense considering sugar & fat have tons of oxygen as part of the chemical structure and we're attaching carbon molecules to the O2 we breathe in to turn it into CO2.
That trumpet coming in was so smooth.
I was at this prom. Leo P absolutely stole the show with this and another solo just before. Went from not knowing who he was to becoming a fan for life!
The whole show was impressive, and I watched it solely because Leo P was part of it; he did not disappoint (and neither did any of the rest of the orchestra - they were all staggering performers, huge respect to them). I've now seen the whole performance a few times, and it still blows me away every time.
As to Leo P... Well, the man's a skilled lunatic. It takes strength and stamina to carry a bari sax, never mind DANCING while playing one as expertly as he does.
Why do you call this a prom/why does anybody call this a prom/what is a prom?
II asked google but it only talks about the american school dance.
@@BibleStorm It was a BBC Promenade Concert (or BBC Proms for short) - a concert series that has been running for over 100 years. This particular concert was part of the 2017 season. The idea of a "promenade concert" was originally that where the audience could just stroll about whilst the music was played. For this concert series some of the audience can pay a small fee to stand for the whole concert, either down at platform level (Arena promenaders) or high up in the gods (Gallery promenaders). The venue is the Royal Albert Hall in London.
The Proms is a national institution in this country. Takes place annually. Its normally not like this particular video, but every now and then it goes rogue and we get some genius creativity. Check out Beardyman at the proms.
I love how at 2:33 you can just tell that the guy playing the trumpet is like “oh hell man this shit is craaaazy”
The real question is did he pick his outfit based on his hair or coloured his hair based on his outfit?
You out here asking the important questions in life
The latter, for it is easier to change
I heard the outfit started from the shoes and progressed from there! (Best way to assemble an outfit btw)
Throw a dart at the color wheel and adapt.
The real real question is what next? Will he color his sax pink or change his clothes and dye his hair yellow?
at what point does it stop being a sax solo during a tune and turn into a whole sax concerto
at the point that theres only one movement...
That's essentially what Moanin' is, so... good question?
@@SicRBS the amount of one movement concertos there are far countless
@@zewensenpai yeah and theyre not three minutes. They have tempo and thematic variations whereas this has no real variations, a few minor ones but allegro to andante? Doesn't happen
@@SicRBS there are plenty of three min long concertis, i.e. Chen Gang's Kindness. Not to mention the full performance is 9 minutes, not three, and there are A LOT of 9 min long concertis. Also concerto is not a form, a concerto is just a soloist or a group of soloist vs a larger force, be it an orchestra or a chamber orchestra or a string orchestra
Wowww. This saxophone is phenomenal. Not only on the big pipe but I really appreciate how he puts his whole person into this performance.
Bari sax players are always gigachads, there’s just something about people who play an obscenely large instrument that sounds like a Taco Bell toilet (in a good way)
we are gigachads
Lol that Taco Bell toilet one got me
The toilet instrument is actually the contrabass sax. It sounds like a hippo ripping ass
Semi-unrelated but the band at my school just casually brought a toilet and replaced their band director's chair yesterday. I saw them carrying it out of the band hall before our full orchestra rehearsal.
@@thecatladytm7172 at my school someone took a shit in a tuba
This guy from the New York subways is a genuine legend. So pleased he's now stepping out! Superb notation as always, George!!
"Stepping out" I see what you did there
Too Many Zooz! Union Station.
He became famous busking, but that's immediately after he graduated from conservatory at the Manhattan School of Music. He's a trained musician who happened to become famous on UA-cam. He's no random busker that was self-taught and lurking in the shadows.
@@mar_man813 People rarely are. Everything on the internet is manufactured. Nothing is real.
@@mar_man813to be fair, nobody said that wasn’t the case
I've never seen a man emit this much raw sexual energy, hats off to him.
ZHWAATTT????
But like not the creepy sexual energy, it's more of an inviting energy
@@seavibesz689Alluring.
@@seavibesz689I believe the term Is saxual energy
like young elvis 😂
I love the little “return to frog” in the middle of the solo
It always amazes me to see extravagantly dressed people match their style with their talent. Truly an amazing lad that Leo P.
Leo P does not fuck around, in fairness to him. He knows what he has and what he can do, and he *FLAUNTS* it, sometimes a little too proudly. Man's a peacock, he can't help himself.
@@hydroknight01 and that's exactly what I love about him! Cocky with a purpose!
It rarely happens that I become obsessed with a piece of music. Then I hear it, first many times and in the following weeks and months I hear it several times a day until it finds its place in my mind over experiences that I will never forget. This video and audio experience is one of those.
The trumpet playing is impressive too. It’s not very easy to play that high it requires a lot of air too.
He needs to pull his cheeks in
that isnt even the worst part. you have to press your lips together so damn hard. this guy has like a six pack on his lips or something.
Ideally, playing in the upper register requires a small amount of air and is comfortable for your embouchure.
Not so much air volume but air pressure. Super strong embochure and diaphragm to get the pressure behind it.
@@Mr.Marbles reminds me of Dizzy Gillespie
1:06 can we take a second to appreciate the drums
liking for accurate description of pfp.
That's how you see how experienced the drummer is. Dude nailed those hits lol
Makes it seem non improvised while it’s also pure improvisational genius
Drummer is so solid
this is why i love jazz/ big band so much. there's just so much more freedom of expression and spontaneity as opposed to other forms of music which are usually more focused on repetition or more minor changes of common things for their creation of new bits of art
It's nowhere near as spontaneous because it doesn't have the same focus on improvisation, but progressive music gets you plenty of that freedom and lack of repetition. It's progressive death metal but go listen to Ghost of Perdition by Opeth - it's a goddamn musical journey.
Leo P.'s playing is the noise it makes inside an 11 year old's head when you tell them they can have extra mozzarella sticks.
Nice 😂
No thats ska music
@@aTF2player I mean... that IS the meme I stole the joke from, so you're not wrong.
The funny thing is, I'd normally say dance moves like that are a huge gimmick. But the funny thing is, even without any of the dancing this is one of the best bari solos of all time.
Leo P is a wizard with that bari sax. I keep Gravitating to Too Many Zoos - Bedford though for some crazy playing. however they have a lot of good insanity at a trio.
@@VillainOfBrandon his pop work with Lucky Chops was also super dope- super fun seeing him riff off the tuba and trombone players there
i feel like it'd be hard to play like that *without* dancing
another funny thing
he isnt playing the Sax
he uses it as a cover
The man's a peacock, he can't help himself. He simply *HAS* to dance, and he LOVES to solo. Trust me - I've seen him play live with his band, Too Many Zooz.
My first year or two with the saxophone were spent as a 12-13 year old on the Alto - my tutor promised he'd let me try a Tenor one day when I grew into it, but the Baritone was way, way beyond my weedy little frame.
I'm an adult now, but I can't help be impressed by this dude's ability to throw a Baritone sax around like it's a plaything.
If you ever feel useless, remember there are other bari saxophones on that stage
They have an important use too! You need something to compare this genius to.
Lmfao
When the Bible says "Gabriel will blow his trumpet" when the world ends, it meant all the angels will play this banger.
What a way to go out
dude let’s hope leo’s gonna be up there playing with them
I've never heard anyone in my life dominate a sax like that boy just did. I'm completely blown away.
I love that the majority of the solo is outside of the saxophone's normal range. This dude has mastered the use of altissimo
As a fellow baritone sax player, it kinda frustrates me how much altissimo is used because it means I can NOT play this for the life of me (and I desperately want to!)
@@CookerSeven4 we believe in you fren
@@CookerSeven4 Practice brudder
@@CookerSeven4 switch to tenor it’s easier to hit altissimo and Bb is objectively better😏
@@q12aw50 Ever heard of low A? On bari of course
•far more honkage
•sound through the roof
•what more can one need?
The fact that he is also dancing while playing is real impressive
i will never understand how people can have so much talent that they can just jump around with a bari sax and play (almost) perfectly
I’m a drummer, but acquainted with many sax players and anyone who has the lungs to blow this is not human. What a monster! Especially his reed banding!
Imma do u a favor a bring u back to this brilliant performance lol. I'm also a drummer and I'm curious if others have noticed the same as me. That is, every time I've listened to this, I feel like the drums, esspecially those beautiful fills and accents, makes this entire solo so much better. To the point where while Leo's talent can't be denied, but the musical performance is equally, if not more, on the drummer.
Edit: More or less, do you (or anyone else) feel the same about the drums here? Like the more I listen the more I'm blown away.
@@XmanAdanacLax was just gonna comment on that. The drummer deserves fucking props for staying absolutely On It in this performance
Gonna bring you back to say that a good amount of this performance is 1-2 octaves HIGHER than what a bari sax is supposed to play
@XmanAdanacLax I said the same when I first started getting this recommended to me last year. The symbiosis of Sax & drums throughout this solo really elevate both, the kit is mixed really great for a live mix and has a nice timbre to it within the rest of the band which is still somewhat rare to see with recordings, it's very well done
Dancing at the same time ti
He plays like how all sax players think and want to look while playing. Utter talent.
as a tenor player i can confirm
as an alto player i can confirm
as a soprano player I can confirm
Skill, not talent
@@rykehuss3435 tbh no one gives a damn
is no one talking about the comedic gold that is george's commentary?
That "Honk with Pelvic Thrust" killed me 🤣
God Moanin is such a devastating groove as it is and Leo just kills it
I need a bumper sticker that says "Honk with pelvic thrust"
The first part really shows the importance of groove. Most of the solo is arpeggiations and simple harmony outline, but the way he plays it sounds amazing.
Thank God I'm subbed to this channel bringing me all these gems.
thank you for subscribing
me too!
Leo is clearly some kind of wizard. I'm out of breath just watching this
"Honk with pelvic thrust" - "Return to frog" - i imagine it is a multiplication of joy - Leo likes to dance while playing - The Audience likes to watch Leo, enjoy moving while playing - You enjoyed notating Leos Moves (i bet!), i actually enjoyed seeing this in the transcription - somebody might even find joy reading this... :-)
0:34 this part is amazing!!! I'm freaking out
Finally someone else appreciating that masterpiece
You know
and the thing is its probably the easiest part to play in the whole solo
@@wbeecroft the transcription is easy in this part but playing like that is another thing.
@@javierxhr nah that's definitely the easiest part to play in the whole solo lol. Doesn't mean it's easy or not good, but relative to the rest of the solo it's easy
Leo has amazed me since the first time i watched Too Many Zooz on the metro about 10 years ago. the whole band is impeccable as well. nasty funky vibes. keep it playing till the world melts
As a bari sax player that plays jazz, from a scale of 1 to fonk, this is FONK. The lungs on this man...
Those splats are legendary; they get me every time. This is what mastering an instrument looks like.
The amount of cardio this man has must be insane. For his lungs to support all of this is incredible.
as a sax player, this looks so good on our part 😭 of course i’m only in 8th grade but that’s literally so impressive i could only imagine how proud he was of himself after this masterpiece
Keep it up man, currently in hs band as alto, and it’s worth it. If you can, get into jazz as it unlocks a whole new world of fun
Its alright im older and you are probably better
i hope high school is treating you okay!! id say "well" but it doesnt treat anyone well haha. stick with the sax kid!!!
I have been play alto sax for 2 years and I can say this guy as giant 🫁🫁🫁🫁🫁🫁
My advice as a junior, get as good as you possibly can while you’re a freshmen. Make your senior year amazing
This solo and the one before it both have the air of "I own this stage now and I will do with it as I please."
This is so ridiculous and yet is my favourite video on UA-cam
2:06 this is why trumpet players are great partners for women.
Who then find out Sax players can use both hands not just one and don’t stay with the trumpet players very long.
this man is high key one of the modern sax greats - still remember when our middle school band director introduced us to Too Many Zooz, and I’ve been enamored with the bari sax since … it’s been almost seven years since then and this guy still rocks and I’m glad he’s getting some attention in other collectives too 🤘
THe multiphonic at 1:28 gets me every time
From the New York subway to the Royal Albert Hall...Leo P destroys it any time, any place.
I thought that was the dude from the subway! Thanks for clearing that up
I was there ... I cant decide what was better, his music or his moves
1:45 measure 105: casually has text of a primarily orchestra thing
I am FLOORED. Outstanding job transcribing this! This guy is INCREDIBLE! Absolutely INSANE
the pelvic honk is always a challenge for me
Can you imagine being in a high school jazz band playing bari sax and seeing THIS on your sheet music?
As a bari player who got to perform this with his collegiate band, I love every part of this. Those jump cuts were amazing.
Also appreciate seeing these types of solos written out. Yeah it’s great to see what you can do just by ear, but seeing some of this written out gives me a better idea of what to do to spice up solos and how to phrase better. Thank you!
Thank you for showing us this actual FILTHY performance.
10/10
2:27 some sax in the back just through down phat lick lmao haha
Holy shit lmao
After noticing this was at the proms, I just have this picture in my mind of somebody going to see a night of classical music and seeing this :D
It was a "late night prom" so it was a bit looser but there were a lot of people who stuck around from the classical prom earlier and had their minds blown (myself included). The BBC coverage was so sneering towards Leo P it really annoyed me when I re-watched it, though they did make the fair point that Charles Mingus (the prom being a tribute to him) would've probably wanted to thump him!
@@swalsh91 He had the crowd on their feet, in fairness to him. The Proms is usually pretty tame, prim-and-proper, but Leo had them mesmerised and they just went along for the ride. Music is *supposed* to take you away like that, and jazz especially! It flows from and speaks to the soul.
Believe me when I tell you this: this man has ALL the lungs. Bari is tremendous on the lungs and this dude banged that out like it was nothing
Pov: You walk into a speakeasy in 1928:
2:11 damn somebody broke his trumpet
When you have the cleanest trumpet as accompaniment 👌
That was incredible. I played alto for 10 years with some tenor and soprano mixed in during high school but could never do baritone. I tried many times but was never able to get a note out. This guy playing so smoothly and hitting the altissimo register with such ease is amazing.
This was actually the worlds first sax solo with an embedded Italian impression. 0:37
Man, the sax is gonna need a whole pack of cigarettes after being played like that!
You can not convince me that the multiphonic he played did not sound like a short R2D2 scream.
Pls: give me a bit help, (I am not the youngest one) What is R2D2? What is meant? Thank you, played trumpet in BB, when I was young. >> So: long time ago.
@@isabellabachler9764 RDR2 is for Red Dead Redemption 2 ,it's a video game :)
@@Monkey_Demon they said r2d2, a character from star wars
0:22 when jesus accidentally hired a Sax dude as the Doom guy.
This is the pinnacle of human evolution. This is what it was all leading up to.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
He's been my favorite subway busker for almost a decade. Love to see the recognition. He was in Lucky Chops and Too Many Zooz if you want to see more OG subway dancing. Favorite vid is probably "the coolest saxophone player ever"
The solo is awesome but the darn accurate transcription perfectly synced with the video is even more awesome, thank you
I don't usually listen to jazz but HOLY SHIT. That was something else.
I always luv this sax guys videos. He is the complete package,IMHO. His solos are listenable. Be honest, a lot of Jazz solos sound like someone is practicing. The guy has the ability to create very melodic solos & the showmanship of a true entertainer. In his case, if he only had his level of ability in either category (his musicality or talent as an entertainer), he would be star material. BTW, it's not just talent. I am certain he has spent a lot of time working on all his skills. Sorry, I am just a fan.