Rudy Wiedoeft sax, Oscar Levant piano - Sax O Phun (1925)

[jjdivall]

I love his slap.

[ORCOHUARANGA]

A SMALL JEWEL THANKS FOR SHARING

[Mark18240]

Love the old grammaphone sound

remnds me of Laurel and hardy

[sati516]

楽器が笑ってるよー**

笑い方がおかしくてこっちまで笑えてきたwww

[RRaquello]

Rudy Vallee, whose real name was Hubert, took the name "Rudy" because of his admiration for Rudy Wiedoeft.

[unclejuniorsoprano]

There will never be anything even close to an Oscar Levant anymore than there will ever be another Gershwin. Levant's piano rivaled Rubinstein & Horowitz, yet he could do so much more than any concert pianist could do. This recording is an example. Of course, Levant used too much pedal & often blurred passages. But I treasure everything he played & have acquired a rather large collection of his recordings.

I really appreciate this clip.

[acr08807]

@unclejuniorsoprano Levant didn't use too much pedal.

[unclejuniorsoprano]

@acr08807 According to Levant, himself, he had tendencies to play with a heavy foot. His recordings are among my favorite interpretations. He is never boring.

[acr08807]

@unclejuniorsoprano Levant was a much better player than he was a critic, then. Anyway, I agree, he was a great pianist who was never boring.

[Leyuann]

haha

[sergio8aarvizu]

in some part of the music there's 2 saxophones?

[saxtek]

Rudy Wiedoeft was arguably the greatest saxophone player of the early 20th century. The photo here is one of the few showing Rudy playing anything other than the Selmer C-Melody that he always used

[KawhackitaRag]

Wow! Oscar Levant plays some fantastic novelty piano on this track! THANKS!!!

[CoolKevin5]

ahahahahaha funny.  brilliance!!!!!!!!

[saxophoney]

Outstanding posting! What's doubley amazing is that the great Oscar Levant is playing piano on this track. And another thanks for the complete notes you've included. Thanks alot for the information.

[Corrie121]

This is remarkable! What a marvellous achievement this "laughing" saxophone is.

Thank you for sharing.

[charliebubblesoar]

laughing saxophone!! brilliant

[dangerousdaveT]

There should be more "fun" like this.Modern musicians take themselves tooseriously.

[LillyC68]

Marvellous! I enjoyed listening very much... 5* and thanks for sharing,

Lilly