Sidney Bechet and the Soprano Saxophone

[@raulramos6393]

After the first time I listened to sidney betchet, the way I listened to music was never the same.

[@michaelosolosax]

I played the jazz trumpet ... and now the sax somehow trumpet-like ... and my teachers role model was ... Sidney Bechet! So I share your point of view ...

[@bnastali]

Sidney phrased like no one else before or since...love his tone.

[@Vinterprod]

Let's go! Hope to see more soprano content. It's hard out here

[@Vinterprod]

Also great sound 🤩

[@andrewcharley1893]

Just listening to these guys is inspirational👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@tinkerchel]

Sidney Bechet is one of my fav Jazz soloists, up there with Armstrong. What I truly love about Jazz, besides countless other things, is the pure joy on the musicians' faces they get from their music😍It really affects you~

[@DallasCrane]

That color tone demonstration is marvelous

[@alamooji3716]

That was a faaaaantastic video!!! The ending example was amazing

[@geoffparker6332]

Absolutely fabulous! Superb tones!

[@DAVIDMCFARLANE-y7o]

Pure magic! ❤

[@billducker7404]

Thanks Evan. I love your playing on that old Selmer clarinet You came to Nottingham UK a few years ago Please come back soon. And bring your soprano as well as your clarinet. God bless you and yours. Bill-UK

[@parkerchenault5537]

I love this. I just got the ok to use the soprano from my school and I’m excited

[@malcolmlakin5265]

Guys, I just love it and so informative. Thank you

[@belgianvanbeethoven]

This is such great content, thanks for making this available

[@lyndafoster9437]

Beautiful

[@donkotouc8377]

Evan shows astonishing technique instantly emoting Bechet...

[@minhtutarkar1531]

Amazing!

[@diogolozza]

Love it!

[@mathewetcheverry7964]

Does anyone know the full soprano setup here? Amazing sound.

[@glen.s9860]

Hi can you tell me how much practice did you do and how long you being playing the soprano Because I find most of you from the academy play so smooth. You are all brill. jaz

[@zvonimirtosic6171]

It takes about 12-16 months of practice to nail the seamless vibrato on a sax, across the registers (some notes are trickier than others). Alto sax is perhaps a bit easier than other saxes, but you must practice, practice... That is for vibrato only; multiply that by a number of techniques required and you end up with many years worth of practice, practice ... :-)

[@MatthewBanks100]

Nice to see Albert system clarinet

[@thechunkytrucker5111]

Does anyone know what soprano sax mouthpiece Evan uses? I know Sidney used a Selmer 20's large chamber, and i love how Evan sounds so similar to him. Thanks in advance.

[@michaelosolosax]

Right, it is the mouthpiece ... but also very much the very soft reed. Most like to demonstrate their power on a hard sax reed ... Sidney Bechet showed his talent in his own way ... soft reed. He is also my role model for my sax playing ...

[@theblueriverjazzbandmusic2540]

@@michaelosolosaxI had heard that Sidney used extremely hard reeds?

[@chandlerisbell5686]

Take a shot every time that dude lets Yamin finish a sentence. You’ll be designated driver.

[@정기청소세상의모든청]

Wow~♡

[@mikem668]

Bechet and Caruso. Oh my.

[@Sunnyside--Up]

💖💖💖💖💖

[@zacharysmith923]

How do you play such fast, clear vibrato

[@michaelosolosax]

It is the mouthpiece with the thin read which allows this much bending and wide pitch range vibrato. Bechet is also my role model for sax playing ...

[@masterdude2444]

Also you can try playing double lip embouchure as Sidney Bechet played

[@music_man_145]

where did you get that German system clarinet? how much did it cost?

[@georgebijacu7141]

Is this kind of vibrato the way to go on soprano? Or it’s a love it or hate it? Sounds very 20ish or 30ish.

[@GSP63852]

What is the opera quoted in this performance?

[@gamomaster8436]

Soprano brand??

[@thechunkytrucker5111]

H.N. King

[@the_hyt_trumpter8115]

What was the first piece called

[@duncanm716]

What is he playing song wise?

[@paolocarlini7772]

Summertime

[@edgemo3000]

Reminds Me Of Toy Story And Monsters Inc

[@duncanm716]

song?

[@luishuerta2505]

I will make high school music bands have a full saxophone family in it'll have soprano saxophone in it and I promise it'll make it sound beautiful I will change all high school bands for ever

[@olegvoron6111]

Clarinet🏆

[@samd7293]

I couldn't figure out why my soprano playing was always out of tune. I realized the instrument has an entirely different style with focus on vibrato and bending, not standard alto sax stuff!

[@dem4xed]

The Soprano Sax ist like the Clarinet but like 10 times more present and way more versatile

[@anonymousguy7723]

Max Onym The one he’s using is called an H.N. King soprano saxophone. It’s the deluxe model with the gold washed bell. I personally own one too but it’s a 1921 model that doesn’t have the gold washed bell.... they also came in silver plate...

[@dem4xed]

@@anonymousguy7723 Okay, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@votaveri]

Anonymous random Guy what would motivate someone to get a soprano that old?

[@KC-wf9zc]

@@votaveri The old sopranos have more resistance on the keys and generally a darker, less tinny tone, plus many of them were played with mouthpieces with a bigger chamber, closer to Adolphe Sax's design, giving it a distinctive tone you dont hear with modern horns. If you listen to a soprano in the traditional jazz genre, they wont sound like someone with a modern horn generally, unless that person studied Bechet.

[@michaelosolosax]

And in combination with the wide open mouthpiece ... a soft reed. So comes the tone with the rich overtone and the thin buzz ... if you like that tone Bechet is "the" role model ... also for me ...

[@cesarperkusionis9717]

This sound like klarinet.

[@sarahbeard8058]

that clarinet...