Giant Steps on Kessler Custom Tenor with Otto Link STM 7 Mouthpiece

[saxchagas]

Very good sound,congratulations!!!

[IndelibLee]

Wow, Chayjazz, I was tied up here trying to decide between a Kessler Custom (but the plain raw brass w/ clear lacquer) and a barone or something, but shoot, I think I'll just go with that Kessler because that horn sounds good - in the right hands. You can tell you have a concept - you ever check out the interview by Wayne Shorter when asks why horns can't be like Stradavaris? Seems you strive for that. Right on.

[chayjazz]

@IndelibLee I dig all of these horns, playing a lot on the Kessler now but I'm sure next month I'll be playing one of my others. But to me a horn is just a horn, some may feel better or easier to play than another but it's on the individual to get their sound out of the instrument.. I know that I'm gonna sound like me whether I'm playing my Mark VI or if I'm playing Kessler...(same with mouthpieces).

[E10TheMan]

damn I got a lot to learn..

[andromedarr]

Very very great player.

Everything is good on you.

Cool Sax, wonderful tone, good fingering technique, you even look cool while playing :D

Can you tell me what reed and ligature you are using?

[Kride18576]

Dude, you've gained some weight since you left oakland. But still sound great. Ksaxman.com

[chayjazz]

@Kride18576 ...I've gained more than "some" weight since leaving Oakland...LOL Thanx for checking out the video..

[chayjazz]

@Kride18576 ...I've gained more than "some" weight since leaving Oakland...LOL Thanx for checking out the video..

[Chocola127]

Your tone is AMAZING

[ClickRec]

Sounds great!

[oceanrage]

Added your channel. 40 and started playing two months ago. Where do I find the rhythm changes, would love to start playing them. Great sound and tech.

[IndelibLee]

@oceanrage - there are lots of sources, but one that goes in depth while also starting out slow and made even for beginners - AND includes a CD - is the Aebersold book. He works with pros like Ron Carter, Liebman, etc, used to work with Woody Shaw - so you KNOW them changes are correct. Also, there's a great book called "The Jazz Theory Book" by Mark Levine - it's in-depth stuff for ALL levels, for real, and in there somewhere he's breaks down those changes in particular.

[IndelibLee]

Oh - and it's tight cuz he explains a good way for your EAR to start to understand by making it easy to navigate using pentatonic only.

[GILVANDO]

Good. The Mark VI is more fluent at Jazz phrasing.

[Gandalfe]

Luv the Kessler & Sons Music Shop in Las Vegas. Send all my peeps there first. :O)

[taguirre007]

Oakland!! My home town..Sounding killer..By the way this is proof that it's not all in the equipment. This cat blows like this on an Otto Link STM on a Selmer copy. Just awesome

[taguirre007]

Oakland!! My home town..Sounding killer..

[mrpeebee1]

Nice sound, well played. I hear some Don Byas in your sound. Thanks for posting!

[MrJazzChilli]

Hej guy! this soounds very cool!! greets

[MJPTHA3RD]

Really good sound, liked it a lot.

[maayan2000]

Hi

You always sound so good ! Is it a STM 7 or 7* ? I just got the new stm 7*

[chayjazz]

@maayan2000 ...it's a 7, I tried a 7* but it didn't feel quite right. I'm sure I could have gotten use to it though.

[FearTheBeans]

Dang. I got the Handmade Alto jazz sax and it's amazing! Im hoping to save up and get the hand made tenor.

[irockyouroll]

your so tank! playing alone you sounded amazing! did you study music in college?

[Sirvalorsax]

Sounds great dude!!  Know anything about the Kessler costum soprano saxes????

[irontailpikachu]

You sound like trane

[aeon7000]

Hi Chay

Good Sound , Kessler is a English Sax or German?

or Made in China?

[chayjazz]

@aeon7000 Kessler is a Chinese horn. I bought it as a back up horn when I was going back and forth between Las Vegas and Oakland. It's a good horn and I'm happy with it.

[saxplayer59]

@chayjazz correction on where these great horns are made. Vietnam

[chayjazz]

@saxplayer59 Thanx for that info saxplayer59, I didn't know that horn was made in Vietnam...Wow, you learn something new everyday.

[bobloblawvegas]

@chayjazz Sounding good man and yes, our horns are made in Vietnam. - Dave Kessler

[chayjazz]

@bobloblawvegas ...Thanx Dave...

[Beeflat79]

Love your rendition!...

i always thought of this tune as a challenge more than anything but now am really enjoying it... thank you.

[chayjazz]

Thanx Mordling and Darrel122 for listening. Darrel122, I never really worked on any tonguing patterns per se. One thing I know I do is almost alway accent when the phrase changes directions (but that's not a hard and fast rule). I just picked my phrasing up by listening to a lot of cats play. Sometime I feel I articulate a little to much. I'm working on being a little more legato lately. Thanks again for listening.

[rnordling]

I thought I got pretty decent finger technique. But look at his fingers, barely moving, effortless mastery! Nice playing man. And darrel122, he is not tounging every note, just the important ones...

[darrel122]

Great rendition man! Great technicality! What kind of exercises do you use to get your tongue to get to the speeds you demonstrate? Also what kind of tonguing patters are you using? I'm finding it hard to string quick phrases because my tongue has a hard time keeping up

[alirzb]

@darrel122

Metronome. Nuff said.

but yes, he is only tonguing selected notes