# Jazz Recommendation: Sublime Sax & Piano Duo, Live **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recommendation-sublime-sax-piano-duo-live/431794 "2007-12-31T14:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recommendation-sublime-sax-piano-duo-live/431794/1 "2007-12-31T14:04:20Z")
Just a note to say that if you enjoy straight-up jazz - Miles Davis, Monk, Rollins, Parker, Gillespie, etc. - you will love [**Kids: Live at Dizzy’s Coca-Cola by Joe Lovano and Hank Jones**](http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Duets-Live-Dizzys-Coca-Cola/dp/B000O5BP5U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1199108601&sr=1-1). Joe Lovano is one of the - if not THE - best Tenor sax players working today - but he tends to take his music pretty far out, making it less accessible to some listeners. Hank Jones is 88 - one of the Jones brothers (Elvin on drums, Thad on trumpet) and he can carve a clean, melodic jazz line through any song. Lovano has so much respect for Jones that he parks his playing right inside Jones’ pocket, rendering music with perfect balance: superficially beautiful to hear, but charged with emotional moments and subtle exchanges. And it’s just the two of them, hanging out there - no safety nets - communicating their way through some great songs. The CD sits nicely in between classic recordings from decades ago - and, like them, sounds fresh and new since the communication between the instruments feels spontaneous and, I guess, honest. Some other recent threads have commented on jazz - some folks feel it has been poorly handled and represented by some of today’s more popular practitioners. Well, this is it folks - real jazz. The Good stuff. Get a glass of wine and a fire going, grab your honey and hit Play. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recommendation-sublime-sax-piano-duo-live/431794/2 "2008-01-01T18:58:53Z")
one _bump_ for the new year… ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recommendation-sublime-sax-piano-duo-live/431794/3 "2008-01-01T19:53:37Z")
Thanks for the heads-up. My favorite saxmen are Ben Webster, Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan, and Stan Getz. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recommendation-sublime-sax-piano-duo-live/431794/4 "2008-01-01T23:10:00Z")
Damn – I don’t drink and don’t have a regular squeeze – so I guess there’s no point in getting this. **heads back to the blues thread** ☹ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recommendation-sublime-sax-piano-duo-live/431794/5 "2008-01-02T01:40:12Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Damn – I don’t drink and don’t have a regular squeeze – so I guess there’s no point in getting this. **heads back to the blues thread** ☹ [/QUOTE] Oh, c’mon \*\*twicks \*\* - you’ll love it! \*\*AskNott \*\* - cool! my faves are Ben Webster, Sonny Rollins and, well, I guess Cannonball Adderley - you’ll love this. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recommendation-sublime-sax-piano-duo-live/431794/6 "2008-01-09T17:27:00Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] Oh, c’mon \*\*twicks \*\* - you’ll love it! [/QUOTE] Right again, mon ami! It’s a very nice album. (I had a couple of B&N giftcards coming out of the holiday season, so went ahead and bought it _for full price_ despite the car bill.) I esp. like the first song, which has been the top play on my mental jukebox for the last week or so. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recommendation-sublime-sax-piano-duo-live/431794/7 "2008-01-10T13:17:21Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Right again, mon ami! It’s a very nice album. (I had a couple of B&N giftcards coming out of the holiday season, so went ahead and bought it _for full price_ despite the car bill.) I esp. like the first song, which has been the top play on my mental jukebox for the last week or so. [/QUOTE] Wonderful! So glad you like it. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recommendation-sublime-sax-piano-duo-live/431794/8 "2008-01-10T14:05:40Z")
Hey, as a slight hijack, my FIL is getting a new MP3 player, and I get to fill it with stuff he would like. He’s already got Elis Regina, Tom Jobim and Joey Henderson. Any suggestions other than Ella Fitzgerald? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recommendation-sublime-sax-piano-duo-live/431794/9 "2008-01-10T15:29:06Z")
[QUOTE=Shecky] Hey, as a slight hijack, my FIL is getting a new MP3 player, and I get to fill it with stuff he would like. He’s already got Elis Regina, Tom Jobim and Joey Henderson. Any suggestions other than Ella Fitzgerald? [/QUOTE] Sax Players: Ben Webster: King of the Tenors Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus Cannonball Adderley: Something Else Dexter Gordon: Go Teddy Edwards: Sunset Eyes Coltrane: Blue Train or the new live at Carnegie release with Thelonious Monk from the 50’s that was just found and released. The CD I mention above with Hank Jones and Joe Lovano… That oughta keep him super-happy for a bit. As for vocalists - there are so many good jazz threads on this forum, so a search on the word “jazz” and go through a few - but Ella is a wonderful place to start - start with her Songbook series.