The Greatest Baritone Sax Players of All Time | bernie's bootlegs

[@MrBongoagogo]

Let's not forget leo Parker on baritone so soulfull Leo's playing was.

[@mambojazz1]

Huh?! This list means nothing without Leo Parker on it!! How could you forget him?

[@Thouveninpascal]

Leo Parker is an ordinary barit. sax. , as the overatted Cecil Payne, a kind of show-off crook who had a little sound and who played out of tune

[@mambojazz1]

@@Thouveninpascal Aint NOTHING ordinary about the first real bebop baritone sax player!!🤣🤣

[@lj3musicjulien855]

That's Facts. No Leo Parker it doesn't mean a thing.

[@j.g.c.vanderiet8123]

Coming to think of it, the omission in this series is Leo Parker. He was somewhat ignored in his day, but his recordings do put him among the best baritones over.

[@adriandelgado8709]

That sound from Joe Temperley is always so delicate and elegant.

[@vova47]

Pepper Adams is one of the best jazz artists ever, regardless of the instrument.

[@DoomerDad]

He should be as a household name as Charlie Parker and John Coltrane

[@christopherfischer6998]

@@DoomerDad agreed. I was transcribing some of his stuff and I am absolutely blown away (pun)

[@mrs.bloxx-li]

Sahib Shhab definitely belogs here also. Very original! Btw love all the choices here, too.🙂

[@mambojazz1]

The most amazing thing here noone is talking about is Harry Carney plays then right after him is Joe Temperly playing Harry Carney's actual saxophone with a completely different sound😁!!

[@vestibulate]

The excerpts are well chosen. They demonstrate the range of the instrument, sometimes overlooked. And the Cecil Payne number is a knockout. Sounds like a live performance.

[@zangsax]

Everybody listen to the John Surman recordings with John McCloughlin. An amazing bari voice that motivated me as much as Pepper in a different way

[@8House]

Good site. My second visit. The think the baritone sax in and of itself is underrated. Leo Parker is my favorite.

[@amenentuet]

I've Been Listening to Jazz All My Life . I Just Sampled Serge Chaloff for the First Time . I Must Admit That in My Opinion He Has The Best Tone and Improvisational Skills I've Yet to Hear on Baritone Sax . Pepper Adams, Nick Brignola , Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Mulligan Fan .

[@noahpettibon]

How did you find like the only picture of Mulligan on a stainless steel mouthpiece ever? haha interesting

[@Herehear49]

Great lineup of the big horn monsters! Can't help but love Gerry Mulligan for the feeling he always had behind his playing. Technically, Pepper Adams still startles me after many listenings. Thanks!

[@dancelli714]

What was left out was Leo Parker and James Carter. They are bound to leave some out. I have a recording where Leo Parker plays a blues like BIRD, then after the piano solo Parker plays like a Lester Young solo, it's a classic solo. James Carter has some great Idea's and tone. As much as I like the hard tone, Mulligans playing shows off the different note tones better. too hard, the notes sound all alike. Pepper Adams my first love, then Nick Brignola has some of the best idea's on the Bari. Ronnie Cuber plays simpler, and is very pleasing to my ears. If one of those guys play a lot of notes, it better be good, our don't waste the listers time. Simple is good too, and may say more than a flurry of notes. Coltrane made a recording with Cecil Paine & Pepper Adams, check it out.

[@Thouveninpascal]

James Carter... the Mariah Carey of the saxophone

[@UpNextWithNickLate]

Gerry Mulligan will forever be my Baritone Sax idol and tone goal. Gotta match his smoooooooooth sound.

[@paxwallacejazz]

Bari Sax 1st instrument I ever took a solo on. Man, I learned some stuff this time out.

[@paulpenelly5564]

Ronnie fucking cuber. road on the bus with him to Newport one year. what a character

[@phillipstall5622]

Yes the baritone! Cecil Payne! Pepper Adams! Charles Davis! I could listen all day....

[@MrBongoagogo]

Hey let's not forget from the uk one of the greatness baritone saxophone players Mr Ronnie Ross and his solo on walk on the wild side

[@billstotts2346]

Thank you for identifying that artist. That solo is my favorite bari solo. As I am a bari player, it is my inspiration.

[@ricaard]

Rest in Peace, Hamiet Bluiett...

[@joshualawn8721]

I love the Bari Sax. Even I was in highschool we played caravan. We started it off with a bari into. Brilliant!

[@waynesteffen8459]

Harry Carney is still holding that note.

[@j.g.c.vanderiet8123]

I feared for a while that Serge Chaloff had been overlooked, but he crowned this line of baritone masters -- rightly so, thank you Bernie, for in his hands the big horn sounded light as a feather (and Gerry Mulligan took his clue from him). On a sideline, Ronnie Cuber, now of blessed memory as well, was the only one featured in this master series to play a "low-A" baritone, and that for all of his career. That type, now the usual thing, was developed for big bands to create a firm low C in the sax section. Sadly, the definition of the entire horn became less articulate, especially in the low register and when played at full volume, as Ronnie used to. As a former addict of the baritone, I advise aspiring players to look for the old ones, Buescher and the like, then have their keys attuned (even Pepper Adams' left hand keys were open wide, to good effect though), because in general the old instruments are somewhat out of tune by the sheer size of their keys. Good luck!

[@mambojazz1]

I disagree. The Mark VI Low A in particular is both more focused, as Low A baritones are, and clear in the lower register. Some modern horns like the Series II are clear, in tune, and balanced from top to bottom but lack the full sound most of us that play straight ahead want to hear.

[@jsem94]

My favorites: Pepper Adams, Lars Gullin, Gerry Mulligan, Leo Parker. Rollin With Leo is a god tier jazz album IMHO.

[@lboy9889]

Dennis DiBlasio?

[@lwskiner]

Bruce Johnstone was a monster player and rightfully deserves to be on this list.

[@JacobSlocumMusic]

Parker, Leo Paul Nedzela Jason Marshall Scott Robinson Bruce Johnstone But nice list, thanks for showing love to the Baritone!

[@paulcombs-bomuse6172]

Nice compilation, there are a few more, as noted, but this is a good list to get folks started.

[@musimages23]

I love bob gordon thanks. not too crazy about "blew it" or those players after 1970. Jack Washington & Leo Parker are terribly missed from this list. and Lars Gullin. some recordings sound like they were made from a speaker? I love when stan getz played with Gerry on tnr. let's fall in love.Chu Berry plays Baritone on 1936's Knock knock with fletcher 2 takes.charles davis, shepp things aint what they used to be.

[@michaelhorton1350]

Hear, hear on Jack Washington for nomination.

[@rpkrauss1]

Each is a master in his own right....!!

[@instrumentalheadquarters7062]

Joe Temperly and Serge Chaloff, I want to have that sound.

[@guygrundy6647]

Sahib Shihab should really be on this list as should Lars Gullin.Check out Serge Chaloff on his 1955 Boston Blow Out album and his definitive version of Body & Soul.Simply breathtaking.

[@Thouveninpascal]

Of course, Chaloff and Shihad, the two great boppers of the barit.

[@paxwallacejazz]

Nick Brignola released a brilliant drummerless CD with David Holland and Kenny Barron I think called "About Time" doesn't seem to be on You Tube.

[@ricardoayala2023]

Very nice selection of baritonists where some of them are new to me. I was hoping to see something from Shahib Shihab.

[@rpkrauss1]

Oh man Pepper Adams....!!!

[@mrwruble1842]

Have an assignment to find a soloist I like that I can use to inspire my playing. I think I'm set =)

[@akitikallc6161]

Good list. How about Bruce Johnstone? Dennis DiBlasio?

[@worsley1000]

NICELY Done!!! You MISSED Lars Gullin, However...

[@rpkrauss1]

All these cats were / are cookin' creative musicians....!! Kick ass Bari sax....!!!

[@coreywilcoxmusic]

Katz are asleep on Leo Parker for example check out his recording with Bill Jennings(Fine & Dandy).*

[@amenentuet]

Thanks for Turning Me Onto Some Great Artist !

[@Rosenkatt]

Check out Joe Temperley playing "Angel in blue" on youtube ! Untoppable !

[@xasma]

Smulyan is just crazy...

[@paulkompanowski9099]

You are missing Ernie Caceres, Jack Washington....perhaps you could do one on the origins of bari solos. Could list Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Clarence Hutchinson, Edmond Hall, Al Cohn, Charlie Fowlkes and a few others...Heywood Henry for example, or for the obscure, Charlie Bubeck.

[@nanooo2077]

Gerry Mulligan, Ronnie Cuber, Gary Smulyan, Leo P, Pepper Adams, and Denis DiBlasio are my top 6!

[@manualvarado2212]

Sophisticated lady, i can't with this tune

[@jazzydjent]

When Nick Brignola plays everyone listens

[@bobblues1158]

Beautiful!

[@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton]

James Carter and Bruce Johnstone deserve a spot on this list. Check out Maynard Fergueson's version of MaCarthur Park on "Live at Jimmy's." James is on u Tube as well.

[@adamstein7302]

dude. joe temperley?!?!?!

[@adamstein7302]

XJ didn't see him xdxd

[@Matthew-ll3fp]

May he Rest In Peace

[@sequoyahcisneros8719]

Hes in there

[@FCntertainr]

Romeo Penque played a nice bari sax also

[@rpkrauss1]

How about the amazing Leroy Cooper folks?!

[@paitenhood393]

7:30 what is the name of his solo

[@febreeze4677]

Lol the guy in the thumbnail is puffing his cheeks

[@williamedmundson6626]

15:42 Pepper Adams Among Us??? 😳😳😳

[@noahpettibon]

Hah!

[@nicolasblondel5501]

Pepper Adams the killer !

[@IanBenedict]

I got to meet Gary Smulyan last week

[@IanBenedict]

yea

[@noahpettibon]

Me too last week in Seattle. Second time. Always a monster!

[@paxwallacejazz]

Is he a Seattle resident? Port Towsend?

[@k.1784]

LUCKY

[@igordamnjan]

Just Great! TNX

[@jeanhodgson8623]

A strong plug for Ronnie Lang. He can be heard on the first Henry Mancini "Peter Gunn" album (where he also plays alto at times). He has a nice, light tone, without that horrible rasp.

[@markhiggins8315]

Sonny Stitt, incredible baritone player. Pepper Adams rated him among if not the greatest.

[@chauncywashington2227]

FRANCIS 'DOC' KUPKA of the Tower of Power

[@BKrystall]

He alway splayed the low A because the concert C i a very important note in funky and rock music.

[@aburaagekojima4528]

i like Nick Brignola's clarinet

[@Stizzedd]

Leo P. Is my inspiration

[@lizziechoyce2019]

oml same

[@lizziechoyce2019]

Can't believe they left him out...

[@OcelotWhisperer]

If you wanna play pop.. hes trash at actual jazz, Brignola and Pepper Adams are the best inspirations for the classics

[@billyretrogamer]

Leo P ain’t got shit on me. (Sorry it rhymed haha)

[@baguette6302]

hes pretty good at improvisation, and his altissimos are insane, and it has a great tone, but this is mostly a jazz video so i understand why they left him out

[@teddortch7433]

Let's not forget Leo Parker!

[@k.1784]

Leo pelligini right

[@akiya9216]

@@k.1784 Parker is a different player, much older

[@wsegen]

lars gullin to wit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqeZhoBnYsannKs

[@nylonsteel]

James Carter as well

[@k.1784]

I thought he was tenor

[@ricaard]

@@k.1784 he plays them all, but won an award for the baritone.

[@dancelli714]

Coltrane made a recording with Cecil Payne & Pepper Adams. One of the tunes was; DAKAR Something like that spelling ?

[@Thouveninpascal]

Yes and Payne was demolished in the operation.

[@adriandelgado8709]

Gerry Mulligan is a really good saxophonist and really elegant in his jazz solos

[@chrisisland7792]

Guud post!

[@BKrystall]

only two of them played on Low A horns.

[@Kevin-ek1su]

Ben Krystall Low a is a better and cooler looking horn IMO

[@scrammedeggs2322]

Kevin I find low a horns don’t sing as much. I’d rather have a sweeter tone than a low a.

[@erboch7124]

Low A has a more airy sound and coarse tone. It's made for a rustier contrast with the rest of the instruments in their respective ensembles, and to differentiate with the generally smoother sound of a tenor.

[@Kevin-ek1su]

Kenny Schultz yeah but I also like to hit a low a in a solo or a part. Plus you can still get a cool sound out of one of them

[@BariSaxGod25]

I quite like a low a, but if you can make an extension to a for a Bb horn, that is the ideal solution.

[@joesgotnobeans3246]

what the name of the very first song

[@paitenhood393]

Or the one that hamiet bluiett played

[@joesgotnobeans3246]

@@paitenhood393 huh

[@edyoung9374]

i tend ta think of bari (flute, etc.) as more of a horn to double on - hubert laws comes to mind - so does sonny fortune, here with mongo - he is not known for his bari work, but i dig it~ kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYGWY3tuh9OLkLM

[@FCntertainr]

Hamiett Blueitt!!!!, Howard Johnson, Calaire Daly.

[@BKrystall]

All of them played on selmer Low A models

[@diegomunozchavez8859]

ojo que no solamente los grandes exponentes del saxofón barítono están en el Jazz, y en EEUU. hay mas...

[@rpkrauss1]

Jeru was a master...!!

[@garysoucie5145]

Great list. One omission--Leo Parker--and a contemporary to consider: Joan Chamorro in Barcelona, Spain.

[@garysoucie5145]

How could I have forgotten to mention Lars Gullin and Sahib Shihab? My BAD!

[@Worldindecline690]

Harry Carney, the true OG.

[@Thouveninpascal]

Of course, the first of all. The father of the jazz barit.

[@TheWitchesHat]

No Lars Gullin?? That’s crazy. He’s top 5. He won best saxophone player award in DownBeat 1954, without ever having been in the US. And Helmut Brandt should be somewhere far down the list

[@Rickriquinho]

Chaloff is the greatest baritone sax player of all times.

[@vivianzorzenon9626]

Todos !!

[@finnnebel4223]

12:59 is what you all came for

[@juni4729]

mario rivera

[@oliverross5313]

No Jason Marshall?

[@paddylandreville8501]

Chaloff should be in the number position.

[@jacksonkessler3360]

Idk why I’m here I play trumpet

[@akiya9216]

bari is pretty good ey

[@7forRedst0ne]

Where is dennis diblasio?

[@lildiq9989]

BRUHH DID U FORGET LEO P

[@zachgross3299]

No charlie fowlkes??????

[@michaelhorton1350]

Had to ask myself the same question. Carney certainly belongs up here. And the cat was a bitch on bass clarinet, too.

[@jbramley07]

Leo Pellegrino is newer but nonetheless deserves to be on this list

[@antronrearden7982]

What about Sahib Shihab, and Leroy “Hog” Cooper.

[@demillethurman1006]

Where's Leo pelligrino? He was easily a pioneer of all the absurd techniques you can bring to a Bari saxophone, no matter if he's jazz or not he is phenomenal

[@nazarosetrov63]

I like Bob Gordon

[@musimages23]

left out leo parker.you included a lot of the more contemporary players who I dont think should even rate next to the earlier genius'

[@bensherman1628]

LARS GULLIN??????

[@chauncywashington2227]

Tubby Hayes

[@jannedavidsson2637]

Lars Gullin?

[@michaelbereckis]

John Surman?

[@williamrappaport930]

Ernie Caceres.

[@toughtenor]

No list can ever be complete...but I do mis Ronnie Ross on this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXnNhJames11aa8