Sidewinder on Tenor Sax and Guitar (written by Lee Morgan)

[Greg123greg321]

Fantastic!!!!

[cattleprods911]

Great!

[cheesicles]

god man that was beautiful!

[Lifesblood1]

truly awesome man, great job sax sounds great

[shreddymurphy]

I love this

Its so good

[rocsil]

Thank you.

Your work is great.

[loganeski]

This is a wonderful piece, I am still listening your Autumn In New York piece that I used in my youtube video.

[martintennant]

nice sound cool track very nice :-)

[Zorrothar]

Mate you're a fantastic musician, I wish you wouldn't put yourself down so much about the tiniest mistakes! Makes the rest of us think we must be screwing up massively with our own playing and not even realising!

Liked the Kenny Burrell bit by the way!

[crazydaisydoo]

Thanks mate, hey I am English, we do specialise in putting ourselves down ;-) I would not post anythig I am not rpoud of, but I don't have a huge amount of time to perfect stuff, so it goes out with just a couple of takes, and I do spot the mistakes and tend to dwell on them..... still that is all part of self improvement!

[YaniT991]

I've often wondered where the dwelling on the mistakes and not enjoying the achievements came from (glass 1/2 full etc). This msg is from NZ but my Dad is a Tyne-sider (does dwelling worsen further North?). That reed/mp combo sure has changed the sax's tone!! I'm kinda doing the opposite and ignoring the sax 4 the AF105F. Had 3 stiches in my right index finger from June that have left it still very weak and slow. Can hold a pick ok though.

[crazydaisydoo]

Hi yani, it is more the reed on this, it is the same mouthpiece I have used for a few months now, but yeah, get a buzzy reed and it makes a huge difference. I nearly sliced my finger yesterday when cooking, I was a fraction away... scary stuff. Ibanez make a nice guitar, I used to have a GB10.... now that was classy

[spacepatrolman]

@Zorrothar Didnt kenny burell play on kai windings version of this song hes on other records with him and everything from the badboy by the jive bombers to bill evans to john coltrane to teaching courses on duke ellington to running the jazz department at william paterson college

[c4rv3r]

it makes one's body to start moving around and nodding one's head to the rhytm!!! It's wonderful and I dig your guitar playing, too! Please keep this kind of stuff posted!:)

[crazydaisydoo]

Cheers c4, nice to hear from you. I get huge guilt about the guitar, but I just don't have time..... at least a lot of theory work transfers itself across from the sax, but my fingers will not do what they could!

[ulrichhoebler]

Another great fun tune from you! It is indeed a good tool to practice rhythm and I makes me want to dance to it, which is a clear indicator that once again you did a great job! Motivated by your rendition of Ceora I have started to have a closer look at Lee Morgan's work and last week I bought his "Sidewinder" CD at iTunes. So I was very happy to see that this is your new video. You really feel at home on the tenor now and your performances show that practicing pays.

Thank you again, Matthew.

[crazydaisydoo]

Thanks Ulli, I am a recent convert to his music too. Ceora really does it for me, but this is a good tune too. regarding the practicing, I am certainly working hard, particularly on scales and those 2-5(7)-1's. That aebersold 2-51 book is a winner, I ignored it for a long time, but now it has become my friend :-)

[crazydaisydoo]

Uli, I am just listening to Tina Brooks's Minor Move album, from itunes, I think you would like it, stellar line up, and a great rendition of star eyes and everything happens to me. Lee Morgan stars too, "Tina" had a great tone, a real find.

[ulrichhoebler]

Thank you for this tip, Matthew. I must admit that I do not know Tina Brooks's music but just his name.

[Solar55]

Another gem !

Love those pop-up comments .. they're great.

[RedRobin2010]

dude you might be rusty on the guitar but i could still learn some things from you. good sax stuff too.

[StradMan37]

Wow - an actual HIT jazz tune! From the late, great Lee Morgan.

It actually made the POP charts in the USA in '64!

I still love to hear & play it - yes, it's yet ANOTHER favorite - catchy tune (to say the least), bit of a complicated melody which may even take more than only a one-time sight-reading to make it sound just right - and a touch relaxed, too.

Your version also has that relaxed & swinging sound - on both instruments, which I just '8' up! (Couldn't resist.)

Thanks!!!

[crazydaisydoo]

Thanks SM, I always look forward to hearing from you, it is actually a tricky tune to play, and I slip up on the first chorus. Certianly not a sight read, at leats not for me, it took a few run throughs with the original recording to get somewhere close. I love Lee Morgan's work, a great musician and composer. To think.... this was considered album filler by him.....