MELISSA ALDANA QUARTET Ask Me Now | Bergen Jazzforum - Norway
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- čas přidán 1. 12. 2017
- SARDINEN USF: 1.des 2017 Written by Thelonius Monk
MELISSA ALDANA saxophone
SAM HARRIS piano - PABLO MENARES bass -
CRAIG WEINRIB drums - TOM SVENDSGÅRD sound
Prodused by egilandersen1844@gmail.com - Zábava
She's got so many fresh ideas yet is steeped in tradition. And that tone. Jesus.
I know!! Her tone always blows me away. One day I hope to sound something like her
She can play a diatonic major scale and it sounds glorious.
Holy frick this is some excellent sax playing. She's also like the only person to do the "cadenza" type melody AND the melody in rhythm. I love both the way she does it. I also love her dynamics and tone and tech, not to mention those growls and trills, OOH!. Truly impeccable.
Grandissima ❤
I know it's normal and healthy for jazzers to circulate around playing with each other, but this sounds like a dream quartet to me; very impressed.
Thanks
Can't stop smiling!
WOW! Remarkable
i hear the tune "you know i care" by Mark Tuner from her. i admire her dedication to express it by herself. She knows music so deeply. Certainly one of the great musician in our time.
Expression. Feeling. Sense. Touch. Discretion. Passion. Spirit. Sensibility. Surely she's as good as anyone ever was or is or will be.
Magnifique! Some seriously inventive comping and imaginative soloing here that take off from where the innovative postbop giants left off.
Thank you Egil for this evening in Bergen with Melissa and her quartet of the moment! I wish I could have been there, but today I discover the talent of this musician. What a sound this MarkVI has, without a doubt a good year and an excellent production series .... what luck! I love this cabaret atmosphere where Jazz is king. From France my greetings.
Thank you...yes it was a great jazz evning :))
now i wanna watch the hustler with Gleason again.
She is sooooooo AMAZING! Love her style of playing.
i used to play a reed instrument it is hard.
So expressive ! So beautifull !
me hizo llorar... me conecté mucho con toda la canción, yo también toco saxo y me llega tanto el jazz, muchas gracias
Los inextricables laberintos de los sonidos del alma, ¿cuándo dejarás de sorprendernos, Melissa? Simplemente, gracias.
the most beautiful rubato
Such a great artist..
Absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing!
What a great sound and modern ideas, Melissa Andana!
Fantastic playing. Makes me think about Joe Henderson ;-)
Absolutely fabulous. I think I want to move to Bergen! :D
Damm good sound and damn good groove!
Really nice!!!!!!!
Enjoyed those triad pairs, she’s so great.
Wow!
Wow! Just wow!
No words needed, I agree
Exellentissime Respect!
Que talento más grande. Gracias Melissa !!!
holy cow.
Your voice is absolutely essential for jazz today. I absolutely love your style and your creativity. You have your own voice and that is amazing to me. Amongst all the virtuosity that is out there and you stand alone, unique, one of my favorite players. And it's even cooler that you're a woman. Just another thing that's sets you apart. Go baby, go!!
@Paul Miller Everything is stolen. We are the sum of what influences us.
@Paul Miller I'd say she sounds more like Melissa Aldana. The only thing proven here is that you're a fucking idiot.
@Paul Miller Mundane oaf. (Edit a year later: Oh, @CPA Jazz Guitar, you've disappeared. Because you were just another troll, or because your account was deleted because you were such a dreary twit, or because you were so flustered at having exposed yourself as such a twerp, or who knows or cares? Except that it's so nice to see you're gone.)
this argument reminds me of what I always hear: imitate, assimilate, and innovate. Aldana sounds like Sonny Rollins at times, Joe Henderson at times, and even Coleman Hawkins. She's done her homework and it REALLY shows. She has found her voice by really digging into the masters. In the end, she sounds like Melissa Aldana. That's why she's an in demand saxophonist--an in demand musician first and foremost. She continues to practice and hone here craft while we continue to squabble about originality. Food for thought.
Wow, I love how she improvises using arpeggios...
Well, I can't forget the Joe Henderson recording either! Great stuff!
MELISSAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
VOCÉ É O MÁXIMO !
VOCÊ VEM DO PROFUNDO AZUL DO MAR! É VAI PARA TODOS OS LUGARES , POIS QUANDO VOCÊ TOCA VOCÊ TROCA DE LUGAR!
MUITA GENTE DO BRASIL SABEM quem VOCÊ É!
She gets a great sound out that Selmer - Love it!!!
Saw her play in NYC at a place called fat cats (now cellar dog) 🎶blew my mind. #talent
Joe Henderson would be proud
Bellissima voce, bellissime frasi, bellissimo vibrato.......!!! Ma la dizione ???
Melissa, when are you coming to the UK? No-one's heard of you over here, but the word will get out , and everyone will go nuts to hear you live on stage!
You are doing something amazing, which is to single-handedly drag the tenor out from what has been one of the longest culs-de sac in jazz: what I'll call the Brecker-Wayne Syndrome - few tenorists, however fast and/or academic and/or inventive-lyrical, have escaped from its bleak and vapid prison. In 1982 I thought I had discovered the player who would release the chains of the music, and bring back in warmth, humour, freedom, and the legacy of the great swing masters (Prez, Hawk, Byas, Webster etc). The guy's name is Benny Wallace, and I thought his LP The Free Will was and is a masterpiece to put alongside Giant Steps and Saxophone Colossus (Tommy Flanagan plays on all three LPs). For some reason, however, his work has proved just that bit too edgy and personal to be a revolutionary force. It was many years before I gave up waiting for someone to shake the place up...
But now.... here you are, having taken the Sonny road ( well, as far as the end of the 1960's, after which he became a big venue guy, and a follower rather than a leader). It is so refreshing to hear that era being explored again and used as a springboard for a future jazz that will have you as one of, if not THE, major figures. Cool!
Dan Usiskin 5
Absolutely agree!
Playing on Monday (15/07/19) in Edinburgh at the Jazz & Blues Festival
Coolth!
I saw Bennie Wallace at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the eighties. Unforgettable!
조만간 군림하겠군요. 재즈의 여왕.
That piano solo tho...
Like +++++
That tone is a rare gift and she clearly has all the rest of the package too... very gifted young lady.
13:17
I don't know ... This is some pretty good sht ... This lady has serious potential .. She can bring the jazz back to America
She sure has the right looks to do that but, jazz never left!.............
You think?
2:46
🙄💮🌱💛
Voila! ORGANIC REAL JAZZ EXERCISES for REAL JAZZ IMPROVISATION, her introduction...
Pues no sé qué quieres que te pregunte, ya lo has dicho todo.
Looks like she got a new VI. Her other one has no lacquer and this one is pretty shiny.
This girls talking on that horn
Melissa Aldana
Camille Thurman
*Anat Cohen ...great tenor saxophone "organic real jazz" Jazzicians.
Anat is also a master clarinetist.
may the anonymous drummer remain anonymous.
Jerry: And an inelegant sufficiency of his brotherhood
21 very jealous people gave thumbs down? really?
real music lovers....hahaha...
The drummer ruined the piano solo 😩
Mark turner clone...Joe Henderson
Melissa..........you demonstrate dexterity on the keys, but this melody lacks beauty........I suggest you
substitute it for a better sound ........... perhaps mood indigo
Mark turner clone