Bobby Watson@UMKC Fine Arts Bldg

Bobby Watson UMKC Fine Arts Bldg Studio 2004

[@willdavis9549]

This guy has enough wind to blow wherever he goes at master level for both he and any audience, with such virtuosity. Bravo!!! Will Davis

[@merri999]

Bobby visited my shop a few years ago!...Amazing Soul!

[@leycroftcoman5487]

Amazing performance.

[@tatakiul]

this video is about Bobby watson , I don`t believe that we have to talk about kenny g because the player is ``bobby watson´´ playing a theme of the great Charlie Parker¡¡¡

[@jmreinke]

@grrrroink I hear what you're saying. I think Bobby does an amazing job of playing the piece accurately while taking ownership of his performance, nonetheless. I especially like the way he swings it. There are lot of notes to squeeze in there, so it's common to hear it come out sounding more mechanical. Bobby puts some swing and soul into Donna Lee in a way that I've not heard others do it..

[@DroppinDABEATS92]

It's funny. Everyone is hating ok Kenny g. Music is music. Straight ahead or "Instrumental Pop" , its music. Bobby Watson is a master at what he does as is Kenny G. So shut up and enjoy listening to people who do what they do well and what u can't.

[@liandrogoes2649]

Majestoso!!!

[@paxwallacejazz]

The part of us that isn't ok with being small isn't our best part . but without the freedom of lateral movement and depressurization that comes from being nobody special ,any mastery is so much more difficult ! Butch you are a powerful force . In the end though it's humility that provides the advantage . Being nobody special is actually a great gift ! In the face of history who can even breath ? It is artistic respect (because you have mine) that prompts me to speak so frankly.

[@freeport54]

I always heard that the champ in this area was Rahsaan: "According to The Guinness Book of World Records, saxophone milquetoast Kenny G won the official title for the longest sustained note after a 45-minute circular-breathing performance in 1997. But those familiar with arcane jazz history know better. Rahsaan Roland Kirk played a nonstop circular-breathing sax solo for two hours and 21 minutes in front of a roomful of witnesses in a London jazz club in the early '70s."

[@JakeBotts]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH 1:13 is such a good lick!

[@radiokid2]

Very well said Mr.Pax...profound actually. I will reflect on that!

[@FerrariDude24]

@ ricjai: yeah, he plays on a yamaha custom. i saw him play a show at Friends University in wichita, kansas not too terribly long ago, and afterwards got a chance to play my sax and jam with him. that yamaha he plays is one of the nicest i think i've ever seen. expensive, too; sells for about six thou at one of the music stores in town.

[@JesusGil90]

best solo ever

[@TheSkinDoctorCSGO]

this is Donna Lee bro.

[@saxplayer59]

yes your are correct on the Yamaha Custom Z

[@redrecordsitalia]

Jazz Giant

[@tracyolivermusic]

At 1:33 that quote of Jersey Bounce is genius!

[@dordulek]

That's where you are incorrect...Not only was he famous for his musical genius, he was also an amazing player...about 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x better than kenny g will ever be.

[@L1stener]

Might want to put the name of the tune in the title. I came across this by accident.

[@ricjai]

+L1stener - i don't have any idea what this improv was titled: then or now. maybe someone can help.

[@sayb6167]

+ricjai Donne Lee. The tune name is Donna Lee written by Charlie Parker, the inventor of bebop. He is also from Kansas city like Bobby Watson is.

[@fullmoon7192]

*@ Ben Saylor* I tip my hat to you sir for correct info on the tune title and its composer but, that thing about Charlie Parker being "inventor of Bebop" (?) is pure bulshit. Every style in music (and jazz is not exception of that) gradually evolved from what people played earlier. There was no such thing as sudden inventing of Bebop, Cool, Fusion or whatever came after that... Please educate yourself before you make such nonsensical statement ever again, especially publicly and in writing.

[@TheGreenTucan]

LETS ALL HUNT DOWN THE ONE DISLIKE AND TORMENT HIM!!!!

[@Bookwormjr]

kenny g shouldn't even be considered a sax player. i mean he can play, but nothing as intense and awesome as this. .

[@jiyujizai]

🌱💛🙄🌾

[@RomZomCom]

Guys, really? Are we flaming Kenny G? Jazz is great, no matter who it comes from, and artist fighting shouldn't spread itself to jazz.

[@FerrariDude24]

@malloyflyman17 There's something different about his, not sure what. It's almost like his own signature model, but it is based on a Yamaha Custom. That alone is a big part of the cost. Plus, the store I saw it at is known for being overpriced anyways, so that could be it too lol.

[@luisiguenza]

what sax is he playing? i mean the brand..

[@loributts3469]

Nice

[@Saxohouse]

@ricjai yup yami custom it is

[@Sax121Man]

that is some intense circular breathing

[@ricjai]

i think a Yahama Custom, but not really sure.

[@dordulek]

hate to burst your bubble, but Kenny G DOES NOT hold the record any longer. A guy by the name of Vann Burchfield broke it in 2000.

[@tylersanford5134]

No disrespect but lame is not a word that should be used to describe Bobby Watson.

[@dordulek]

Coltrane that is

[@ricgus3]

Sounds just like charlie parker but abit slower :)

[@ratiocinativeness]

@fatalknivez kenny g and most smooth jazz players can play straight ahead jazz VERY well, especially over chord changes. I have a friend who's a jazz musician who heard kenny g warming up before a concert and said kenny g was playing giant steps, changes and good solo by himself. Most smooth jazz artists choose not to do straight ahead because there's no money in it. If guys like bobby watson want to keep playing straight ahead jazz making NO money then IT'S THEIR FREAKING CHOICE. Seriously!!!!

[@fatalknivez]

Just throwing this out there, anyone with ears can tell Kenny G is NOT a fantastic sax player. Listen to him live, he consistently plays SHARP, SIGNIFICANTLY SHARP. (like 20 cents and does nothing to adjust) He is a hack, and has done his best and succeeded at insulting jazz and saxophonists alike. I don't dislike him for his selling out, I dislike him because he's getting paid to be a talentless hack, while Watson busts his ass and gets paid little to nothing. In other words, eff Kenny G. :)

[@Kride-1954]

great playing, I have an 82z doesn't sound like that. Ksaxman.com

[@Bookwormjr]

smooth jazz? what kenny g does shouldn't even be considered sax playing.

[@radiokid2]

It just goes to show what a genius Charlie Parker was...ie: 60 years have passed and the lame player in this vid can't even do a very good imitation of him let alone INVENT the style!

[@GARRY3754]

You must have stones in your ears.