Sax No End - Clarke/Boland Big Band
BackBased on the changes for 'Chinatown', here's a 1968 recording (slightly abbreviated - live, it could go on for 20 minutes) of Francy Boland's 'Sax No End', featuring one of the best saxophone sections of any jazz orchestra ever. Soloists in order are: Johnny Griffin, Tony Coe, Ronnie Scott, Sahib Shihab & Derek Humble. The solos are great, but just wait for the soli section where all five play as one. Having Kenny Clarke and Kenny Clare behind you helps a bit too...
Channel: Music
Uploaded: January 17, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Author: Cheeseford
Length: 00:05:10
Rating: 4.75
Views: 28298
Tags: sax no end jazz clarke boland coe scott shihab griffin humble
Video Comments:
essaljay (October 4, 2008 at 8:01 am)
As far as I can recall Tony Coe has always had that style. Someone once said that "he doesn't play the saxophone, he paints notes in the sky with it" Some call it quirky, others call it genious. Count Basie liked it so much that TC was asked to join his band but he declined. Mancini liked it enough for TC to play the theme for "The pink Panther" for him.
Cheeseford (August 8, 2008 at 8:03 pm)
Yes, Seffrid. Quirky's the right word. Tony's a unique player, and I think he was just trying to do something different to Johnny and Ronnie either side of him. They were both linear, so he went for angular. Bear in mind that this is a much abbreviated version of the number - all of the other live versions I've heard are at least 10 minutes long, giving each player a longer solo.
hitmanisback (September 9, 2008 at 11:17 am)
i think all the players up there are great only 1 missing is tubby hayes but tony coe how original to play off the chords that way space and timing not quirky genius it is what seperates us mortal plyers from them
idancejazz (June 17, 2008 at 8:18 am)
What is the cool if this movie/track is not cool...
cbonew (June 12, 2008 at 6:31 pm)
Ahhh! The nostalgia. Remember Tony Coe on alto in Humph's band - at the Conway Hall?
luisamarte2000 (May 11, 2008 at 11:42 pm)
When you're improvising, there are no mistakes; because you're creating your own masterpiece at moments notice. There are too many anal-retentive perfectionists in this world who are just freaking bores.
jazzflutist (May 3, 2008 at 1:40 am)
Sometimes, listening too closely, as either armchair critic or musician, can reveal seeming "mistakes". If you listen less critically - as a five year old might hear it, these mistakes become miraculously subsumed into a strange thing called music. All sounded good to me.
bossanovasax (May 2, 2008 at 8:21 am)
Everyones an expert! unless your a sax player, SHUT UP !
AL10Hermann (April 2, 2008 at 7:52 pm)
für mich die geilste(verzeihung für dieses wort,aber bei "sax(!)no end"kein anderes wort möglich)big band aller zeiten.
Clarke/Clare an den Schlagzeugen sind einfach tierisch!dazu
die Mörder-Bläser Sektion.uuuiiihhh.Sehr gross!!!!!!!
Clarke/Clare an den Schlagzeugen sind einfach tierisch!dazu
die Mörder-Bläser Sektion.uuuiiihhh.Sehr gross!!!!!!!
Egbert1957 (May 30, 2008 at 4:43 am)
... kann ich nur beipflichten.
Die Sax No End Version LIVE at RonnysClub
ist noch um einiges besser.
Aber es gibt NOCH eine SUPER-Live-Version
von Orchester Kurt Edelhagen ca. aus dem Jahre
1962 oder 64, aus Tour-Ostdeutschland,
wo Boland viele Titel arrangierte und ein großer Teil
der Boland-Musiker NOCH bei Edelhagen in Köln waren.
Die Sax No End Version LIVE at RonnysClub
ist noch um einiges besser.
Aber es gibt NOCH eine SUPER-Live-Version
von Orchester Kurt Edelhagen ca. aus dem Jahre
1962 oder 64, aus Tour-Ostdeutschland,
wo Boland viele Titel arrangierte und ein großer Teil
der Boland-Musiker NOCH bei Edelhagen in Köln waren.