As a former student at the Paris Conservatory with the Master, Marcel Mule, (1958-1961, same time as Eugene Rousseau), I would only like to specify one thing. The recordings played by Marcel Mule which are published on UA-cam, give only a very approximate idea from how his sound really was. These are recordings made more a 60 years ago, with poor equipment and afterwards passed trough filters in order to clean the noise out. During the lessons (always class lessons) he played all the time for us. He never did bring a horn, but take one from a student and it was not always a Selmer. His timbre was simply incredible, also the vibrato does not sound exactly at it did in real. Even his best students felt very small playing after him. I am in the process of recording a video, which will be published on my new website, in about one month’s, where I will speak about my experience with this great virtuoso and teacher. I think only survivors as Jean-Marie Londeix, Fred Hemke, Eugène Rousseau and myself can give the real dimension of Marcel Mule as a saxophonist and creator of playing this instrument in classical as well as in jazz style. Marcel Mule and Sigurd Rascher were the fathers of modern saxophone playing they were both great players and made enormous contribution, but Marcel Mule had a natural talent, which has never been reached by any player until today. Iwan Roth
What a wonderful comment, Iwan! Your explanation will give an important perspective to younger saxophone players. I am sharing this video with a student, and your comment will be valuable in her understanding of Marcel Mule. I was fortunate enough to study with Dr. Rousseau for some years, and so I have a great appreciation of Marcel Mule's gifts to the world - as a musician and as a person.
I did hear this Caprice with Marcel Mule when I was about 7 years old. I have never forgotten this fantisk player of alto-saxophone. Mule was the first international classic sax player. I still think he is the supreme player on this instrument 75 years after I heard him first time. With respect Brynjar Hoff. 2024
3:03-3:07 Ghosts be like 👻 Okay but honestly, I haven't been able to stop listening to this for the past few days. Thinking of purchasing the sheet music and trying it, myself.
Beautiful, even the recording quality, gives it its character. I have a recording of Jean- Marie Londeix doing this piece, one of Mule's students and his is also amazing.
I personally like Al Galladoro as the best their ever was ! Played ,alto sax ,clarinet,and base clarinet till he was in his 90's every weekend. Played the opening clarinet slide in Rhapsody in Blue over 10,000 times in his lifetime ! Played classical, jazz, and everything in between . R.I.P. Al.
Yeah, dang it! He sounds like Rascher minus altissimo...that characteristic ringing resonance at forte and louder dynamics is either damped out by 1958 on-site recording or else was never there to begin with. ;)
I really like Eugene Rousseau, Daniel Deffayet(although no longer here today :() Keith Zimmerman, Ed Fraedrich, and Amy Dickson(although she makes circular breathing such a big thing and I dont see why people need it, 99 percent of literature doesn't need it)
In reality, Marcel Mule's students say that he had a very dark sound, what happened is that the instruments for recording audio were mediocre and only the high frequencies resonated more, not the low ones, which is why any saxophonist sounded bright, although in reality it was not like that. its real sound
@homeskillet544 Harvey Pittel even plays this solo. They sound very much alike. I'm surprised Pittel doesn't get as much recognition today as Mule did.
I played this for a Solo & Ensemble competition my senior year in high school (many, many moons ago). It was - uh - not quite this good ... Best of luck!
La technique est vraiment parfaite. Dommage que cette espèce de chevrotement (que Mule appelait son éloquence) nuise à la qualité du son. Mais c'était au siècle dernier.
Idk about Lulloff. His technique is spectacular, but his sound is very hollow. Not my type of player and definitely subjective to claim he's the best. I personally think McAllister is probably closer to the right answer. No one is really The Best. It's all preference.
Despite the elegance, tine, and sheer difficulty, this is sell just one of those solos that lacks the sound of a song.it's like he took a perfectly impossible song and rearranged the notes in the most awkward of ways.
I know this is like a whole year later but you also have to consider the fact that the equipment used to record him is very old so it doesn’t really represent his “true” sound
As a former student at the Paris Conservatory with the Master, Marcel Mule, (1958-1961, same time as Eugene Rousseau), I would only like to specify one thing. The recordings played by Marcel Mule which are published on UA-cam, give only a very approximate idea from how his sound really was. These are recordings made more a 60 years ago, with poor equipment and afterwards passed trough filters in order to clean the noise out. During the lessons (always class lessons) he played all the time for us. He never did bring a horn, but take one from a student and it was not always a Selmer. His timbre was simply incredible, also the vibrato does not sound exactly at it did in real. Even his best students felt very small playing after him. I am in the process of recording a video, which will be published on my new website, in about one month’s, where I will speak about my experience with this great virtuoso and teacher. I think only survivors as Jean-Marie Londeix, Fred Hemke, Eugène Rousseau and myself can give the real dimension of Marcel Mule as a saxophonist and creator of playing this instrument in classical as well as in jazz style.
Marcel Mule and Sigurd Rascher were the fathers of modern saxophone playing they were both great players and made enormous contribution, but Marcel Mule had a natural talent, which has never been reached by any player until today.
Iwan Roth
You discount all of the wonderful jazz saxophonists of that time, and of today?
Thank you Iwan. Please pass along any other stories about the great Maestro. Anything in lesson, masterclass that you experienced Thanks.
What a wonderful comment, Iwan! Your explanation will give an important perspective to younger saxophone players. I am sharing this video with a student, and your comment will be valuable in her understanding of Marcel Mule. I was fortunate enough to study with Dr. Rousseau for some years, and so I have a great appreciation of Marcel Mule's gifts to the world - as a musician and as a person.
@saxbruce the video is literally about marcel mule. you missed the point of the comment.
This man was fantastic….no one better to day.. this recording is the very best from Mule in 1958? You will never hear anyone better..
Waltz theme starting at :57 is absolutely beautiful. The melody with glissandi starting around 1:36 is a technical wonder! What a musician!!!
I don’t care what anyone says but Marcel Mule sound was amazing
I did hear this Caprice with Marcel Mule when I was about 7 years old. I have never forgotten this fantisk player of alto-saxophone. Mule was the first international classic sax player. I still think he is the supreme player on this instrument 75 years after I heard him first time. With respect Brynjar Hoff. 2024
Its Marcel Mule, he can do whatever he wants and its still perfect.
Thanks for posting! So glad there are performances like this of one of the saxophone's most important fathers.
He sounds like charlie parker, in the classical world =]
3:03-3:07
Ghosts be like 👻
Okay but honestly, I haven't been able to stop listening to this for the past few days. Thinking of purchasing the sheet music and trying it, myself.
Just looking forward to another saxophonist like him!
I'm playing this for Solo & Ensemble this year... I'm glad I got it in September and the contest is in March!
Beautiful, even the recording quality, gives it its character. I have a recording of Jean- Marie Londeix doing this piece, one of Mule's students and his is also amazing.
i love Mule's etudes
I've been assigned to play this as a solo.
God have mercy on my soul.
haha how did it go?
@@nakoav Went great!
Playing this for solo and ensemble contest this year. Wish me luck learning it! lol
I'm choosing on my own caprice. :) hope you did good.
Would have loved to hear Mule and Parker on stage at the same time
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I personally like Al Galladoro as the best their ever was ! Played ,alto sax ,clarinet,and base clarinet till he was in his 90's every weekend. Played the opening clarinet slide in Rhapsody in Blue over 10,000 times in his lifetime ! Played classical, jazz, and everything in between . R.I.P. Al.
When I was taking private sax lessons in high school I asked my teacher what the hardest piece for sax was. This was his reply.
Yeah, dang it! He sounds like Rascher minus altissimo...that characteristic ringing resonance at forte and louder dynamics is either damped out by 1958 on-site recording or else was never there to begin with. ;)
The greatest. Perod.
Que técnica... Demais!!!
Le Grand Maître du saxophone ..... sinon un très Grand Maître !
So this is where they got all of the Mario sound effects from!
@marcoaordonez
Considering this piece was written for Marcel Mule I think he can pretty much do with it as he wishes...
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Yes, agree with commenter re how wonderful would have been to see/hear Mule & Bird on same stage!!!
And how about Mule & Rahsaan Roland Kirk??!!!
A master !
well, there goes my summer.
chills.
I really like Eugene Rousseau, Daniel Deffayet(although no longer here today :() Keith Zimmerman, Ed Fraedrich, and Amy Dickson(although she makes circular breathing such a big thing and I dont see why people need it, 99 percent of literature doesn't need it)
Ooops... got mixed up with another video for some reason. It was the Desenclos that my teacher said was the hardest.
EXCELENTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Que locura, Mule era Dios!!!!
Why do classical saxophonists sound so soft today compared to this?!? This is how a sax SHOULD sound!
In reality, Marcel Mule's students say that he had a very dark sound, what happened is that the instruments for recording audio were mediocre and only the high frequencies resonated more, not the low ones, which is why any saxophonist sounded bright, although in reality it was not like that. its real sound
Hope it went well!
anyone could tell me ho is comparable to Mule today? i need to find someone!
Does anybody knows which mouthpiece Marcel Mule used to use????
Also he used any protection for the inferior lip??
DaV23 THPS he used a metal Selmer mouthpiece
@JDSandford You got that right.
Wow
was it hard for you, I was considering playing this for my alto sax solo
@homeskillet544 Harvey Pittel even plays this solo. They sound very much alike. I'm surprised Pittel doesn't get as much recognition today as Mule did.
I played this for a Solo & Ensemble competition my senior year in high school (many, many moons ago). It was - uh - not quite this good ... Best of luck!
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@0oihazcheezburger do you know where i can find a recording?
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ohje, ich bin sax-lehrer, das müßte ich seeeeehr üben ;)
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Neh
Pdf?
La technique est vraiment parfaite. Dommage que cette espèce de chevrotement (que Mule appelait son éloquence) nuise à la qualité du son. Mais c'était au siècle dernier.
Did he improvise on it?
no
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WHY IS THIS ALL STATE - oh hell nah.
Joseph lulloff from Michigan state is probably the best classical player in the u.s has of now he's an amazing player...
timothy mcallister
Idk about Lulloff. His technique is spectacular, but his sound is very hollow. Not my type of player and definitely subjective to claim he's the best. I personally think McAllister is probably closer to the right answer. No one is really The Best. It's all preference.
Tim McAllister best in US. Vincent David best in world (maybe all time). There are a few young Russian players who are amazing as well.
Guy777335259 I’ll believe that when Vincent gets called in to play with the Berlin philharmonic instead of Tim
@oriolska Harvey Pittel of the University of Texas at Austin is quite comparable in my opinion.
She died on my birthday...
Bartikus321 He died 4 days before mine.
Despite the elegance, tine, and sheer difficulty, this is sell just one of those solos that lacks the sound of a song.it's like he took a perfectly impossible song and rearranged the notes in the most awkward of ways.
KC Sutherland it's a waltz. It's not meant to be a "Song" and you can definitely hear the 'waltz' quality in this recording.
Tone, not tine
I really hate his tone! Many of his students have represented the French style better and have a more gracefully style and better tonality.
emomagica name them for me. Please. I would love to hear.
Don't know if you all are aware but he's considered one of the best classical saxophonists of all time
I know this is like a whole year later but you also have to consider the fact that the equipment used to record him is very old so it doesn’t really represent his “true” sound