Ukulele & Bass Saxophone duet : Roses Of Picardy

[70FighterGuy]

Does the bass sax have a key kinda like the bari has a low a? For the lowest notes?

[ABrandsma]

@70FighterGuy Modern models like the current Selmer, include low A. There exists a Brazilian brand that offers even till low G. Vintage horns like my 1940 Conn, or the Martin shown in this video go to low Bb.

[scootersalih]

fantastic! the combination of instruments is very hot :)

[Hitamaru]

That guy has nice technique and tone on that Bass Sax 0_0

[DjangoVanGogh]

Didn't know bass sax was quite so agile....or whatever the word is.

Unusual instrument combination. Sounds fresh!

[manabozho]

Congratulations--an original and improbable pairing. Different Martin families, but interesting parallels. CF Martin, guitar builder. came to the US @ end of the 1700's to escape the German violin-maker guilds. He'd been here a half-century when John Martin, the sax maker came, likely for similar reasons.

[ELOCN]

Beautiful! "Roses of Picardy" is mentioned in Daphne Du Maurier's novel Rebecca.

[ABrandsma]

Thanks for listening,

Kind regards,

Bert Brandsma

[HarborGuy]

Great! - Only one thing though the song was from WW1 and I think it was meant to be romantic not as a swing number..

[Parsons4sax]

that was so funny

[newporter42]

Not the usual duet pairing, but all the better for it. A great old-timey sound, love it.

[atrwick]

You guys have a realy great sound. I just love listening to you guys.

[weesamin]

lol!!! this is wonderfully fantastical :D

[TributeToMusica]

absolut genial ein Duett aus BassSax und Ukulele einfach nur genial

[fortreque]

Thanks. It's great!!!!!!!!

[clochette67]

Nice duet ! But I dont remember my father's Sax was soooooooooo big !!

Thanks for sharing ;)

[Les2Doherty]

thoroughly enjoyed that.

Les (Dublin Ireland / Éireann)

[Harrybot]

Was this the original instrumentation? Or did you just decide to play it with a ukulele and bass saxophone? It seems like two instruments unlike to play together.

[ABrandsma]

No, it wasn't the original instrumentation. We both happened to have an instrument with the name Martin on it, and just wanted to find out what would happen playing them together.

So we looked up some nice pieces that I hadn't put on youtube in other settings.

[heinbanjo12]

Every instrumentation is the orignal instrumentation. Greetings Hein

[injenieus]

that is one HELL OF A JAM! really sick stuff

[ABrandsma]

Thanks for watching and listening.

Kind regards,

Bert Brandsma

[logophile]

That was really great!! Nice playing both!

[Sammyboy72]

Brilliant! This makes me almost as happy as the "Hang drum and bass clarinet" version of Smells Like Teen Spirit did. First class sax playing, and rare to see a bass at all - loved it.

[funkadelication]

two excellent and obscure instruments combined into a beautiful duet in other words

thats a sick nasty duet dudes!

[ABrandsma]

Haha thanks, it was a lot of fun to do this one.

[mcfrdmn]

Excellent Performance

[vendoboy]

Excellent! I love the combination.

[ABrandsma]

It was actually the very first time we played together in this combination, but a nice experiment and lots of fun.

Thanks for listening,

Bert Brandsma

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

A very nice arrangement. And a great song.

KEN

[ABrandsma]

Yes, Roses Of Picardy is a very nice tune. There was not much arringing work in this one. Hein picked the song, and I just made some fills and accompany and solos on my ears.

Thanks for watching,

Bert

[slashchords]

I love this!

[pangusen]

lovely instruments and great playing!awesomely :)

[ABrandsma]

Thank you!