Dave Matthews Band - Two Step - Jeff Coffin Solo - 4/21/02

[perlandsson1]

If you don't get goosebumps from this, you aren't a human.

[baxatak]

LeRoi and Jeff's solos are like night and day: LeRoi's solos were more stately, discreet, and controlled, yet were very beautiful and blended with the songs. Jeff's a very wild, unpredictable soloist who along with Rashawn has brought the horn section to the very front row, and also comes up with some amazing background riffs (ie. #41, Tripping Billies). He's content sometimes playing high squawks for several minutes, but it makes the song very positively untamed and wild! Keep it up, Jeff!

[Drmstrack]

00 dislikes!!!! LOVIN IT!!

[philberz]

I need to download this show yesterday

[glezpower]

Jeff is amazing....best new addition to DMB family.

[nathanvergin]

If you listen closely at 2:55 you can hear Jeff laughing

[butzers03xtreme]

damn, the more i see this dude, the better the band seems, rip LeRoi, but this guy gets it too.

[dmandtm]

what the fuck that just happened

[DMB4564]

Coffin just freeked his sax on that solo. Unbeliveably talanted..

[MultiJohnk]

I didnt know Leroi, but i know that Jeff Coffin is a super talented sax, flute, etc player with the Flecktones. He is in my opinion one of the best musicians today.

[MRoane41]

@MultiJohnk He's the one man that can fill in LeRoi's spot on stage.

[butthead275]

cofflin is amazing but i dont think he will ever replace leroi who by the way the best sax player in the world my opinion

[25Ragz]

@butthead275 i love leroi but jeff honestly is better.

[ratiocinativeness]

@25Ragz I agree. Jeff is a little more refined....

[biglonie]

wow i can see why they dmb picked him.

all-tho he could never replace liroy moore R.I.P.

gru grux

[jrox007]

I'm def a poser then, ninja.

[smiecheltje]

Jeff is more the 'cool' jazz player, as were Leroi - may he rest in peace - was a very warm sax player. Completely different styles so I don't think it's fair to compare the two.

As a big DMB fan I must admit though, that Leroi was very much my favorite too, as he was for many others. So it might be a while before fans are used to Coffin's style.

[unacal76]

jeff coffin is very talented and is as close as to filling in for leroi as they are going to get i believe.... yes the styles are completely different but both are very talented musicians, as for electric, you're deaf sir.

[electricninja69]

There's nothing at all melodic about this "solo".

[stovetop19]

"opinions" vary

[electricninja69]

As does "talent".

[lotusesprit5]

he plays variations on a theme in this solo, mainly focused around a single note. pretty cool actually, although opinions will vary and you're more than welcome to your own. I think its cool as an experiment with what you can do with a single tone. It brings the motif development of Sonny Rollins to mind for me. Coffin can play a single thing and really wring every drop of creativity from it.

[electricninja69]

Variations on a single note? Do you even realize what you're saying and how tacky that is?

[lotusesprit5]

I'm very aware of what I'm saying and don't think it's tacky at all. It's a cool way of building a solo and the musician is forcing himself to do alot with a little. But as I said, opinions, vary and you're welcome to yours. But even if you don't like Coffin's style, its hard to ignore his technical facility.

[ArchiStudent42]

Even if you don't like this solo, have you heard anything else this guy has played?!?

[electricninja69]

When he plays real music he's a legend.  This stuff is just mindless squalking, and you can ferret out the posers when they say it's godlike.

[hornplayer28]

i think ya'll should use leroi and jeff to find a vibe between them but of them r nice , and the trumpet 2 he great also,i tryin 2 get lik them lol

[PagnGodOfWarChnt]

More jazzy feel than Leroi - which is strange. He also is friggin flawless. I have friends who are sax majors that can't believe this guy isn't more well known. He also has a THICK sound - which is great. Still, I'd rather have Leroi any day. I'll miss him...

[TwoStepN41]

This solo is great but I actually like the one he played on 9.19.03 more.

[rockrhapsody123]

I like how he keeps playing the fourth over and over again for like a minute XD

[lalobaloo]

ahhh I just saw him peform live today at a jazz competition! It was awesome.

[danuuuz]

AWESOME!

[rick8285]

one of my fave solos of a DMB guest

[wjnsixers55]

hes no leroi

[catseyeweb]

No, he's not. He's not supposed to be.

[killthefurries]

I take lessons with the man that made Jeff the sax player he is today; Arthur Lagassee. Art is very proud of Jeff, and I cant blame him

[ThomGaetano]

This guy's tone is FLAWLESS!

[lifesabeach0920]

i met this guy today! he came to my school and played for us!

[Torcova]

do u go to UTC?

[musikyle]

RIP LeRoi.

[Zombbg4]

he's one of the few dudes that can pull stuff like this off. kind of playing that comes strait from the soul. jeff is an amazing guy, and i recently found out his son goes to a college in my area, pretty crazy.

[GregoryJ67]

simplecreativity, I'm with you there!

The more I listen to Jeff the more I get inspired to keep goin

[kastmaster11]

yeah, jeff coffin is now up to the plate. show us your stuff. heal fast, roi

[NateMcMurph]

I guess get ready for a summer of this. Get well soon LeRoi.

[simplecreativity]

This entire solo is focused around one central note, and he only takes it maybe four steps above and below, before starting to jump the octaves. I'm a saxophonist, and I have to say, it's exactly this sort of thing that I admire in other players - the ability to control the tinstrument so much that that sort of a solo becomes absolutely incredible.

[simish1a]

I was at that concert at NC State. Specifically I was in the ensemble and I can say that the things he did on stage just totally blew my mind. He has such control over every sound the saxophone is capable of making, and i shows anytime he plays. This is a great clip.

[wolfman21]

he played at NC State with our Jazz Ensemble last week, i went and saw it and he is amazing. He did so much cool stuff, and he is just.....i dunno, i was speechless at his talent with the sax after i left that place

[andromeda138]

i saw him play... he did cool stuff like jamming the bell on the mike to blurt out low notes, and taking off the neck and playing that alone, and using the keys as a percussion instrument, and you should see him play alto and tenor at the same time

[protocol66]

Imagine how much better Bean would sound if he had hair. ;-)

[totAlly828]

This past weekend I went to this jazz festival, and Jeff Coffin was there. And I was able to get into on of his clinics he held, and wow...... he is amazing. He played by himself for over 30 min. It was incredible.

[masturboide]

I love Jeff's style. Is the full version around somewhere??

[stovetop19]

wow....he's incredible

[Saxement]

And he doesn't even play that many notes or special things. but still it's great and pure magic

[andromeda138]

actually he does play a lot of cool special things but you have to go to one of his clinics or a more private place, like when he's playing at a school

[Saxement]

Yea i know, but i mean that in this particular solo he doesn't play that many notes.

[lckeeper1]

I swear the saxophone is a living entity in Jeff Coffin's hands. He just makes that thing sing.

[SuperGuran]

Yeah its like the sax just plas in he tryis to hold it XD