Seamus Blake - Body and Soul

[docsax]

I just played with Seamus yesterday, and I can't say enough positive things about this cat's playing, there must be sumthin in the water in Canada....I love this, his playing is emotional and full of command. All the stars you have, I'm going to be listening to Mr. Blake as often as I can.

[drlluc]

quin sonidarru mare meva

[maisqpoesia9999lcg]

Wonderful!!!!! Absolutely amazing!!!!

[MHerreraMusic]

Seamus is my favorite tenor player alive under 50 yrs old. Ted Nash on tenor is bad too!!!

[eric52199]

Hey Seamus--just checking your shit out. I really think you have the hippest harmoniic concept happening comparec to any of us "sub 50" tenor guys. Continue to inspire and play your ass off!! Eric Alexander

[EddieHaskelll]

woof!

[TheMollickBrothers]

His power is incredible. It has to be experienced live to be experienced at all.

[alesrybar]

super!!!

[joeywags]

This sounds incredible, such a deep, rich powerful sound with georgeous altissimo and amazing creativity. Can't get enough of this clip.

[davejazz]

man,.. seamus is the shit.. i love him.. he's as good of a person as he is playing..

[lipsman92]

His playing make drool. i almost want to eat his music.

[bobreynolds]

Love the ending, especially.

[stephenbyth]

oh man the depth of his sound even on the first note... incredible.

[saxophile1]

@stephenbyth "The depth of sound?" Are you joking? I mean, just listen to that echo. If you focus solely on sound here, just about anyone would sound just like this in a big concert hall unmic'ed.

[stephenbyth]

@saxophile1 i was just making a comment on how great i think his sound is.. obviously the acoustics of the hall effect the sound in this video, but he has a fat, beautiful sound regardless of the venue he plays in.. and i dont think a great deal of people could sound like seamus blake if playing solo in a concert hall.. lol

[joeywags]

@saxophile1 He sounds just as fantastic live. A saxophone sound like that is rare and remarkable. Its obviously taken years and years of work and it shows. He can play unmiked with drummers like Ari Hoenig and be heard just fine. Just a georgous sound and approach, one of the best.

[saxophile1]

@joeywags That's ur opinion of course; & I though I realize he's good, at the top of my list of the best are guys like Johnny Griffin, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Gene Ammons--or cats that played with a bigger, broader--and dare I say--more soulful sound to boot. I don't care for the sound of the current guys who all sound ultrafocused like Brecker "clones." In fact, if folks were not shown who this was, even experienced listeners would likely have a hard time telling this from say, Chris Potter.

[mxer6161]

@saxophile1 What makes a sound soulful? I don't think you know what you are talking about. Experienced listeners definitely know this isn't Chris Potter as well...

[MichaelBrandonSax]

@mxer6161 a soul

[rloomis3]

Love the "Parker's Mood" quote at 5:29.

[EddieHaskelll]

@rloomis3 ...and the "In Walked Bud"quote at 3:22. very nice.

[tekunetsu]

Man, I love it when he arpeggiated the altered chords and then altered the arpeggiations. MMMmmmmmmmm...........

[EricDolphy2377]

really great!

[suthnheet504]

man that high B at 1:59 sends chills down my spine. the first time i heard this i wasn't watching the screen and I honestly thought a trumpet player came through and started playing into his chorus. Killer sound, seamus.

[explicasax]

Ual, muito legal :)

[kostakithegreek]

There is no point in comparing Seamus/Joshua/Potter/etc. They are all great and have respect for one another...

I will state the following here, because this is an incredible video of Seamus playing sax... Joshua Redman once told me "I learned to play altissimo from Seamus".

[vanderbiltsax]

6:20 is awesome.

[olegsax]

Great!!! 

[hepcatbdr5291]

He needs to quit his rock band.

[gidnergg]

Unbelieveable control in altisimo range. He's personally my favorite.

[mmckeever23]

Blake's improvisational language is not as advanced as say Chris Potter or Joshua Redman, but holy s*** does he have a nice tone!!!! Love it!

[Bebopopotamus]

@mmckeever23 Not as advanced as Joshua Redman? Who paid you to say that? Joshua is ... not this incredible.

[Saxydude05]

*poops pants*

[EricDolphy2377]

great

[Joselitojazz]

UUUJJJJJUUUUU!!!!!!!!!

[tjc197]

Wow, great stuff.

[sheskimusic]

nice

[Eaglesax1]

hell yea man! Seamus has some great original ideas

[pablosaxo]

Remember some phrases of Michael Brecker...

[vanderbiltsax]

@pablosaxo ya, have you seen Michael's Hot House video where he plays a cappella? this reminds me of that vid.

[barisax7411]

so bad!!! Love Seamus' sound, harmonic thinking... the contour of his lines & thematic development.. just totally tasty!!

[CLYd93]

simply amazing. proud to say i was there

[JazzFanMan19]

Oh My God!.... Beautiful.... Im Speechless!

[alavasax]

Waou !!!! great Seamus

My favorite !!

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[4melirose]

i was there! such a great day!

[davelassell]

I'm in your soloz stealing your linz....

Seamus is ridiculous. I love it.

[nteimoori]

I also apologise for accidently rating 1 star. My finger genuinly slipped!! If it was up to me this video would get 10 stars!!

[nteimoori]

Man..... Huge sound!!

No Michrophone.

Seamus is amazing!