Saxual healing

Charlie Parker once said: “Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.”

All this guy really needs to do is to play an ordinary solo for about 10 secs. But with a sexy sax bouncing againt his six pack he gets carried away. I really enjoyed this video. The only worry I had was that it would end up with an intercourse between the lady dancer and the sax player - making the video impossible to post on a chaste blog like PCL. Spoiler: It doesn't happen. But pretty much everything else happens if we are talking body language.


Thanks to Marina Stjernvall

Betty Smith Quintet

Music from British vocalist and tenor sax player Betty Smith and her Quintet, circa 1957 from Brit Jazz.

Sax Club

Gil Ventura - Sax Club. Available thanks to Lounge Legends.


Gil Ventura - Imagine

The Burbank Philharmonic

The Burbank Philharmonic, a project by three sax playing brothers, ex of the Kenton and Barnett Big Bands, who wanted to do a sort of concept album of dixie covers of current hits (1969).

The Burbank Philharmonic - Spinning Wheel

The Burbank Philharmonic - Big Noise From Winnetka

The Burbank Philharmonic - Light My Fire

The Burbank Philharmonic - These Boots Are Made For Walking

Rockin' With The Plas

from Be Bop Wino Done Gone

Robin's Nest Cha Cha

Here and Now and Sounding Good

Dick Morrissey - Here and Now and Sounding Good (1966)

Don't Fall Over the Bridge:

Cheek To Cheek

Fausto Papetti - Cheek To Cheek. Available thanks to Lounge Legends.


Too Much Tequila

Danny's Dream

Get and listen to Lars Gullin's wonderful tune - Danny's Dream at I'm Learning To Share.

Lars Gullin Group

There's not much live footage of the Swedish baritone saxophone virtuoso Lasse Gullin. But here is a nice clip of Lars Gullin All-Stars performing "Milestones".
Other than Gullin you can also see Rolf Ericson, Rolf Billberg, Harry Bäcklund, Eje Thelin, Rune Gustafsson, Nils Lindberg, Sture Nordin and Sture "Stubben" Kallin.

Uploaded by fredriklundin

Spooky Jazz

Dance Cadaverous by Wayne Shorter

from Speak No Evil (1965)

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Took the Spook by Sal Salvador

from Shades of Sal Salvador (1956)

Albert Ayler's First Recordings

Available this week At Houseplant Picture Studio:
Albert Ayler - First Recordings [a little more info here].

Wes Montgomery, Johnny Griffin - Blue Monk

Monk's "Blue Monk" as played by Wes Montgomery and Johnny Griffin in Hamburg 1965.

Lineup:
Wes Montgomery (guitar) Hans Koller (alto saxophone) Johnny Griffin & Ronnie Scott (tenor saxophones) Ronnie Ross (baritone saxophone) Martial Solal (piano) Michel Gaudry [Edit: in French] (bass) Ronnie Stephenson (drums)

Added by sleepycreek

Saxophone Colossus

... and Polar prize winner Sonny Rollins (awarded together with the also fantastic Steve Reich).

Here are the first 20 minutes of Robert Mugge's 1986 film 'Saxophone Colossus':

And Part 2 - Part 3
Clips added by sahishin