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Forum - Saxy Talk - Favourite Ska Sax Players

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Captian Sax
User 		Posted: 2005-11-25 20:30 CEST
I really like Mark Bedford from Madness, Tim Burton form The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Jimmy The Robot from the Aquabats. i know that they're not the best but I really like how they play.
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Kevin
User 		Posted: 2005-11-26 03:47 CEST
Neil Johnson from the planet smashers = super amazing. Best sax player in the scene in my opinion.
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catchbigdandthe22manifesto
User 		Posted: 2005-12-16 05:47 CEST
Jim conti and dan ross from SM, but Ryan eldred from catch is not bad hh! and Chris buch( which has now quit the band) from Big D was a really great player too,.....
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Kevin
User 		Posted: 2005-12-17 03:32 CEST
catchbigdandthe22manifesto wrote:
...but Ryan eldred from catch is not bad hh!...


I'm sure he's good but there's one small problem, you can't hear him! Well atleast in the Keasby Nights stuff there is only like 2 songs where you can hear him because he has a solo and then in another song for 2 seconds untill the trumpet starts playing the same thing and overpowers him. On that CD there is practically no point in having a sax because they treat it like shit giving it the same shit as everyone else and then it gets lost never to be heard unless you are delibrately listening to it, and that is if you try really hard. If they've changed, suggest me a song but I currently hate the fact that you cannot hear the sax and that is another reason that I really don't like Catch 22 much.
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sax machine
User 		Posted: 2006-02-02 21:28 CEST
i would definately have to agree with chris bush from big d and the sax player from the planet smashers...both are absolutely amazing
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widby
User 		Posted: 2006-02-11 16:29 CEST
whoever they are, the various sax players from Ska l'Man and Los Albertos should be up with the best
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Freddo Bar
User 		Posted: 2006-03-26 02:18 CEST
Jake from capdown is the man...
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Krebs
User 		Posted: 2006-03-31 06:33 CEST
CHRIS BUSH!!!!!!!
formerly from Big D and the Kids Table
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Faulk
User 		Posted: 2006-04-05 15:17 CEST
I like Lee Thompson of Madness. Perhaps not the best but he seems to be at the core of every song.
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Kevin
User 		Posted: 2006-04-05 22:58 CEST
Faulk wrote:
I like Lee Thompson of Madness. Perhaps not the best but he seems to be at the core of every song.


In my opinion I think he is an excellent player. If you listen to one step beyond he does alot of really good stuff. Infact the whole song is his solo. For a player to do that and keep it interesting is quite the achievement. He also growls like a fiend and I think that is definately amazing. I love growling. He is definately one of the top players without a doubt.

Another player that just came to mind is Freddie Reiter or The Toasters and New York Ska Jazz Ensmeble. I am most familiar with his work in NYSJE and I think he is amazing. I believe he is a professional level sax player and teachers and everything. He is also good at growling and just has a sweet sound.
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Peter
User 		Posted: 2006-04-09 23:30 CEST
Definetly Neil Johnson from The Planet Smashers.
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skallege graduate
User 		Posted: 2006-04-10 23:44 CEST
Tenor Sax player from Youngblood Brass Band, Alex Wilkens
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Faulk
User 		Posted: 2006-04-12 14:57 CEST
Kevin, after I wrote that post I started listening to some Madness and yeah, he does growl a lot. I'm not a sax player but I'm under the impression that growling's the sax equivalent of flutter tongueing??

After refreshing my Madness memory, I think that he probably deserves more credit that I initially gave him. I needa get more madness...
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Kevin
User 		Posted: 2006-04-12 19:26 CEST
growling is a vocalization into the sax. Simular to flutter tonguing I guess but you actually sing and to get an good growl it takes alot of control over your saxes tone and your vocal tone. It's my favorite technique. So yeah, I love madness.
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aquabat
User 		Posted: 2006-06-02 17:15 CEST
jake from capdown
that is some mega playing
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skaman31689
User 		Posted: 2006-07-08 07:10 CEST
I really like Jim Conti from Streetlight. Especially in Keasbey Nights he does a really terrific job at adding some incredible sax solos during Kristina and Riding the Fourth Wave.

But I'm a trumpet player, what do I know?
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cfomsax
User 		Posted: 2006-07-09 05:57 CEST
jim conti is one of the sweetest, but there's a band from wisconsin called urizen that is awesome
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AltoAllTheWay
User 		Posted: 2006-11-23 15:58 CEST
I like the Bari player in streetlight.... dont know his name but hes awesome
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Gremlin
User 		Posted: 2006-11-26 00:42 CEST
streetlights sax guys r two of the best guys ive heard, plus jim conti's live solos and even on keasby, like skaman31689 said, r out of this world. there at the top in my book
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widby
User 		Posted: 2006-11-27 11:48 CEST
joey from voodoo glow skulls
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volcanic ska
User 		Posted: 2006-12-02 21:23 CEST
its not really ska but has anyone seen the blues brothers films?
there amazing. and some of the sax solos are pretty damn good specially the one in blues brothers 2000 during auretha franklins song and the final big jam
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widby
User 		Posted: 2006-12-02 23:37 CEST
lou marini (from the b/b films) was my inspiration to commit to sax. and yea, i know what you're talking about, also, why did they chop him in half when he was soloing to the aretha franklin song (in her cafe) on the original film??

lou marini.
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danewvibe
User 		Posted: 2007-01-27 19:19 CEST
Angelo Moore of Fishbone!
aka Dr. Madd Vibe
He is truly awesome. been with the Bone since late '79
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Sergeant Fury
User 		Posted: 2007-02-12 03:26 CEST
I'd have to say my favorite Ska Sax player would be THe Tenor Sax Player from The Planet Smashers, he just knows how to lay it down and make it sound really beautiful.
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skajunkie
User 		Posted: 2007-04-11 03:50 CEST
[quote="Faulk"] he does growl a lot. I'm not a sax player but I'm under the impression that growling's the sax equivalent of flutter tongueing??
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surprisingly, growling is awesome on sax as well as trumpet. think sing, sing, sing. the trumpets come up all raspy...it's done byvibrating your vocal chords while playing, on trumpet. not sure if it's the same as sax....you can flutter on sax too...it's a lot harder for them then trumpet players.
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