Tenor sax Battle - Sil Austin / Red Prysock

[@jerryferko8309]

2 of the best " screechers and honkers " ...........man , can these guys WAIL !!!

[@5saxman7]

Rhythm & Blues sax players like this are all but forgotten.

[@erikhayes3515]

We need to get em back out there. This music still keeps folks on the dance floor.

[@pegerockas]

Wore this album out 3 times trying to learn their licks... What a time to be alive... :)

[@russackerman5883]

Worked on Red Prysock horn when he came to Newark NJ Key club. I was saxophone repairman at music store Dorn and Kirschner next town over from Newark great guy one of who could play horn with many leaks amassing.

[@Trizno]

The leaks are full of overtones. 😉

[@georgemccormick4443]

My DAD Had THIS RECORD The 50s were a great time in my life!

[@institutakustikisputnika]

I have a Red Prysock 78rpm and I didn't until just down realize the magnitude of his power. This is just as good as any of the saxophone greats. So perfect love it!

[@ronofficial5958]

My uncle played with Red and is on a lot of his studio recordings. He was a vibraphonist and his name was Roland Johnson from a small town outside Philly. He might even have been on this record with the band.

[@jiffyhopper]

i love both these cats, and brother arthur too since i was 15 years old. later on i got to gig with sil austin-- literally a dream come true. what a swinger and gentleman he was.----if i feel down i can play reds "hand clappin" and lose the blues quick

[@excop820]

Red Prysock and Hand Clappin, Sil Austin and Slow Walk Rock. Two of my favorite tenor sax players. The third being Sam Butera and Return to Sorrento.

[@waltdamalt9752]

Personnel: Red Prysock, Sil Austin (ts) Dave Martin (p) Kenny Burrell, Everett Barksdale (g) Milt Hinton (b) Panama Francis (d)

[@davemacinnis9175]

I love RED PRYSOCK and SIL AUSTIN> Me and two friends saw RED in Bridgeport ct in the 50s. he was great.

[@lastknowngood0]

Sil & Red a couple of legends!

[@stevengoldstein7890]

Now this is when cats could really swing !

[@wyndhleodumegwu253]

Didn't know Red; never figured that Sil was such a swing Jazz ruffian. Both tenorists are great. Tks. posting!

[@radiokid2]

I wore this LP out when I was kid…I owned one of the first electric basses and played along with this…I think "A Train" was the flip side.

[@TheBluemopar]

Thanks Preacher for introducing me to these 2 great talents.

[@obergssin]

Epic .. ! Never heard of these great players before coming here. Nobody plays like this anymore .. Amazing ..."Without a Song" at 11:09 ...

[@spib65]

Great great players,..wish i'd seen them

[@FRANKENTWO]

I was a huge fan of Red Prysock all the way back to the 50's when I used to buy all his records that were on 45's. On Mercury records. But I was starting to play tenor then when I was about 14 years old, and I was drawn to the way that he phrased, his choice of notes, and his unique way of tonguing. Plus I would copy all his solos note for note. And as far as that album that he did with Sil Austin, Red just blew him away. Frank Collett

[@SaxJockey]

Red's phrasing and power is off the scale! You mention tonguing; that's one aspect that is difficult to follow and add to a score. Pity that there are no videos whatsoever of Red on KZbin; would have liked to have seen how he played.

[@AntonioBetancourt48]

Esta descarga con estos maestros..fantástico...

[@demetriucsnightshadeonyout877]

sax battle of the century

[@wesrace1]

Thanks for posting this'un. I've got it on a scratchy LP and it'll great to hear it on The KZbin.

[@BennyMax37]

I know from many years these two ..Grandi Sax one more beautiful then high Red with his sentences out octaves fantastic !!!

[@spib65]

Mindblowingly excellent, many thanks

[@zootacheech]

This is for TheBobbyfaria 4 comments down. If you'll just Google their name and go to images, you'll find that both Sil and Red are playing right handed tenor saxophones. I met Red personally many years ago, and he was playing right handed then and I believe he's still playing right handed. I'm with you; that they flipped the photos. Nice catch.....

[@Bomaniful]

man these cats really tore this up!!!

[@ClarinetistsMusic]

Great sounds!!

[@robertactkinson1138]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!

[@bigfootken71]

first one is sil, and next red. he is blowing the same phrase as 'train whistle' .

[@MrStranger1944]

Oh my Buddha

[@jor99912]

Did we forget how to make a Horn, or forgot how to blow one.

[@FRANKENTWO]

As far as that guy talking about playing right handed tenor saxophones, he doesn't know what he's talking about. I think that he's goes by the name of Nic Nack. The saxophone was only designed to play only one way. The right hand played the keys on the right side of the horn, and the left hand played the top keys of the horn. All the horn players that I ever saw all played that way, even if you stood on your head and played the horn that way. I suggest that this guy does some homework on that subject. Frank Collett

[@zootMKVI]

There's more tenor men you ain't heard of in the US of A that could play anything that'd knock modern players off the stage.

[@RAMLIA1]

♥♥♥

[@brownebrown100]

mine too

[@godley2]

Any tenor men out there? Keep blowing you slick cats.

[@milandro8682]

I wonder if they would sound better with a 10mfan brand mouthpiece?

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

NEXT BATTLE : BJM VS J.HOUSTON ...

[@tjcassidy2694]

Who else is in this band?

[@michaelsilverstein7356]

RED COULD RIP THE DOWN SEE HAND CLAPPIN

[@brickboo1]

If anyone can find a left handed tenor sax I'll give them $100,000,000 for it and everything I own. Good luck Ha ha ha a left handed saxophone is as rare as a lefthanded watermelon. Ha ha ha!

[@byronsigrano6849]

You'll need that left handed screwdriver kit too so you work on it when you get it.

[@chauncywashington2227]

For a hundred million bucks, I'll build you one. Show me the money!!!!!

[@crockmans1386]

I have a left handed watermelon at home.... we eat them at night time when the sun is out, standing at a corner in a circle, but they taste best when you eat them without ever touching them and use the left handed spoon with all your guests on the front porch in the rain while you are at the beauty parlor.

[@halhagy1766]

I love this album, but Sil talks too much sh*t…😎