Ned Rothenberg Sax Solo

[@Vapor419]

The fact that you can circular breath while playing overtones on the melody and baseline all at the same time makes this one of the best videos I've ever seen. It might not sound too pretty, but you have to get past that!

[@Vapor419]

NO WAY!!! CIRCULAR BREATHING!!! I'm so jealous you have no idea.

[@sivadakano]

Great solo performance! Amazing technic.

[@igorgarbarek]

Wonderful

[@dikajora]

Check out Dirk Raulf playing a 10 min soprano sax solo here on youtube, using extended techniques (circular breathing etc.) as well.

[@thatyellow65]

I've been playing 7 years and it is really hard to do, but I bet you can do it.

[@adamtabl]

okay ...glad to see you join the you tube generation nice video....!

[@FerreiraOliverDrone]

SOLO BEM LEABAORADO PARABÉNS.

[@KevinGossJazz]

Admirable and impressive. Not my taste (I don't like Braxton or Evan Parker's playing either) but I tip my hat to his ability as a saxophonist.

[@seerskater]

sounds tight brotha. and dont listen to these guys that dont like it, they just dont understand it.

[@MatkatMusic]

it kinda borders almost on being a 20th century classical sax etude. using all those extended techniques like that.

[@loikju20]

i think its a difficult play nicely done

[@mikaylasax]

Interesting!

[@thatyellow65]

The circular breathing.

[@christophebassett]

Captivating. He should get together with Stetson, that'd be a pair to see since their styles are very similar.

[@jazzforJamie]

Great! Sound´s like a bagpipe from Scotland! Thanks

[@skysierra]

I know, right? Is it even possible?

[@thatyellow65]

how long have you been playing?

[@thatyellow65]

ALTO!

[@1simc1]

WTF? this is crazy. awesome. respect. if could play like that. (:

[@ferrari20092]

he's circular breathing, he breaths why blowing out at the same time.. It's pretty difficult to do.

[@ferrari20092]

Circular Breathing?? I've been playing 6 years and I can't circular breath.

[@shaggybreeks]

hehe, know how to get to Carnegie Hall?

[@cmskid20]

tenor or alto?

[@shaggybreeks]

alto

[@jordan8199]

Also if you circular breath while playing a wind instrument your tone begins to sound like shit. Although the tone he was trying to achieve in this video was intended to sound like an oboe or something of that variety so nothing lost.

[@JPSaxMan]

Yeah but he's not using any classical technique...he has a very distinctive jazz sound and does not use classical vibrato. Though I bet some of these elements put into a classical piece of 21st century nature would be pretty sweet.

[@herby1020]

so basically he has no larrynx ^^