There may never have been a better sax section ever put together. The modern day four brothers!!!! Dick Oatts lead alto, Ted Nash - 2nd alto, Joe Lovano - 1st tenor, Ralph lalama - 2nd tenor, and Gary Smulyan - bari sax. WOW!!! Kenny Werner is a bad mother fucker too and Dennis Irwin is the secret weapon!!!
THX Man ... Thats a section and don't forget EARL Gardner on Lead trumpet, who brought the unique style in this band ( phrasing wise together with Dick Oatts and of course MEL)
Kenny Werner is smokin'
uncoveredheartfilm 1 year ago
Fantastic, the band is smoking and Mel Lewis is on fire!
CymbalVault 1 year ago
great!
bendinggreenvans 2 years ago
insane, fantastic stuff
ion507 2 years ago
The best band in the universe, ever!
ffighera11 2 years ago
No arguement from me on that one ~
MarkR1957 2 years ago
Who is the soprano player?
314freebopclub 2 years ago
Dick Oatts is on lead alto/soprano.
suckinair 2 years ago
alright already. Where the hell is Part I with Glenn Drewes trumpet solo? We've waited long enough already.
trane1959 3 years ago
Man, daddy-o -- Mel could keep that up tempo
groove going for soooo long. NOT easy.
I loved the way Thad wrote for the sax section, substituting two sopranos for the altos ~
MarkR1957 3 years ago
Mel was truly amazing, so relaxed, yet so much undercurrent of energy.
tzotzo 3 years ago
Mel is my favorite drummer / musician of them all.
I could watch him all day long.
What a concept.
It's a shame that he was not more widely known. He was a real force in Jazz, and his bands were second to none.
A true Jazz Master ~
MarkR1957 3 years ago
who's the piano player?
tzotzo 3 years ago
kenny werner
trane1959 3 years ago
Yeah....intense and fantastic....thanks
tonyfreejazz20 3 years ago
Intense ~
MarkR1957 3 years ago
GREAT! thanks for posting.
YRSAL 3 years ago
joe lovano sounds so different now
tehssb 3 years ago
Mel is a force of nature :-)
dizzib 3 years ago
There are no words to describe just how cool Mel Lewis was ~
MarkR1957 4 years ago
Great band! Kenny is very fluid as he slips & slides around the harmony. Joe is also most intense. Great sounds.
0652mike 4 years ago
AMaZING!!!!
IvetteNOW 4 years ago
There may never have been a better sax section ever put together. The modern day four brothers!!!! Dick Oatts lead alto, Ted Nash - 2nd alto, Joe Lovano - 1st tenor, Ralph lalama - 2nd tenor, and Gary Smulyan - bari sax. WOW!!! Kenny Werner is a bad mother fucker too and Dennis Irwin is the secret weapon!!!
trane1959 4 years ago
THX Man ... Thats a section and don't forget EARL Gardner on Lead trumpet, who brought the unique style in this band ( phrasing wise together with Dick Oatts and of course MEL)
tobiwan1977 4 years ago
Joe Lo
trane1959 4 years ago
Thx But wheres part1 ? :)
tobiwan1977 4 years ago
yeah, part I has a Glenn Drewes solo. let's go, buddy!!!
trane1959 4 years ago