WHO'S THE GREATEST SAXOPHONE PLAYER

In this Series of Posts, I will Writing about the Artist's who are in My "Who's the Greatest Saxophone Player" Poll. 

The Poll is over to the Right of this Blog, its been Running for a Couple of Day's, so if You Haven't already Voted, Please do so!

The Saxophonist's in the List are the One's Who have had Albums and Single's Released in Either The Soul, Funk, Dance or Commercial Jazz Sections of Music, I have not Included any Pure Jazz Musicians!

The Saxophone the Artists Play can be Anyone of the Following Tenor, Alto or Soprano or all of them of Course!

In these Post's, I will write a few Facts, Figures, Stats and Interesting Stuff on the Artist in Question, I will also include a Playlist of their Greatest Songs.

I will Write a Post on Each Artist, One Every Other Week!

This Week I will Mention a Few, Who Have Not Made the Top 10, but should be Mentioned, as I said I am Not Including any Pure Jazz Musicians, Just the Ones that have been Involved in R&B Music in Some Form! 

Over the Years I have Brought Albums (or Album's where they have Appeared) by All the Following Saxophonist's:

Stanley Turrentine

Ernie Watts

Gary Bartz

Walter Beasley

Sadao Watanabe

Jay Beckenstein

Don Myrick

Andrew Woolfolk

Some Great Saxophone Player's there, (I Don't Think I have Missed Out Anybody) but it is Only A Top Ten List!

If You have Read My Blog before, You will Probably Know My Favorite Sax Player of All-time is The Great "Junior Walker" I

have Written a Few Post's Concerning Him in the Past, and I have also a Page (Above) Concerning Some of Junior Walker's Great Music Video's!

The First Post Concerning this Subject will be in Two Weeks Time!

Here's One of My Favorite Junior Walker Tracks!

THE 193rd MIX FOR FSVB

Here's the 193rd Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "80's Groove Special"  its been Presented by Mike Pantelli and it Features some Great Dance Tracks from the 80's, its in 2 Parts, so Pt 2 Next Week, Artist's  Include: Sos Band, Change, Zapp, Howard Johnson, Patrice Rushen, Stevie Wonder, Fat Larrys Band, Kahif and Donald Byrd amongst Others!  

              For Full Track Listing, see Mikes Web Page! 

   

COOK-IN-CHARGE and JUNIOR WALKER

The Time was now December 1988, I had been in my New Job for about 2 Weeks, I was Called "Cook-In-Charge" I had a Small Kitchen to Look after and a Stores Room, and I had to Feed about 25 Clients and about 5 Staff Per Day!

As I said Previously the Clients at the Day Centre had Dementia, so this was Very Different for me, as I the Clients Walking in and Out of the Kitchen, so I had to Learn about "How To Deal with them" which was Quite Difficult!

Some of them you could have a Long Conversation with, but Others were the Complete Opposite and Could be Very Bolshy and at times a Bit Violent! 

As I said before, I was the First Male to Work Inside the Day Centre as well as the First Chef, so the Food they were Used to having, I Never Cooked, so I was Told by "The Boss" what they were Used to and What they Liked, it was was Very Plain Food, as you would Expect, so I Started Cooking a Load of Basic Stuff!

After the First Week, I Remember, I went to see "My Boss" and Asked her about the Food Situation, I asker her whether I could Start Cooking a bit more Adventurous Food for Everyone, to my Surprise, She Agreed!

So the Following Week, I Starting Cooking Different Types of Food, For Example, Sweet and Sour Chicken or Pork with Pasta, All Types of Meat in a Curry Sauce with Rice, Lasagne, Fish Pie, Chicken Chasseur Etc Etc.

I also Started Cooking Better Vegetables and Potatoes, I mean all they were Used to Before was Just Different Vegetables all Boiled Up to a Near Pulp, I Started Using Different Cooking Methods and Sauces with the Vegetables, and a Lot of Different Potatoes, Cooked in Different Styles, Not just Boiled or Roast!

I also had to Provide a Sweet/Pudding Every Day, this I did, Using all New Things (for the Day Centre) including Various Steamed Suet Puddings, Trifle's, Bread and Butter Pudding, Meringues Etc. 

Another Thing I had to Cook, Every Day, before I Clocked off Work, was a Piece Cake or Something Similar, for Everybody, the Types of thing I used to Cook were, Vanilla Slices, Scones, Fancy Cakes, Shortbread, Egg Custards, Etc Etc!

Something else I Cook, soon after Starting the New Job, was a Christmas Cake and Some Christmas Puddings, I Knew it was a bit Late, Normally but it was Better Late than Not Having Any at all!

All in All I was Enjoying my New Job and Looking Forward to Christmas, which was only a Couple of Weeks Away!

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Now for Some Music, Next Week I am starting a New Voting Poll, this Time its Going to Concern "Who's The Best Saxophone Player"
I have Picked 10 of The Best and will Feature Each One of them Every Other Week in My Posts! 

There will also be a Voting Section as there was for "The Best Soul Singer" and "The Best Funk Bass Player" 

I Artist I will Start the Posts with is "My Favorite All -Time Sax Player" The Man by the Name of "Autry DeWalt (Mixon) Jr" in Other Words The Great Junior Walker! 

He is a Long Time Favorite of Mine, Dating Back to the Very Early 70's, in Fact, Me and the Wife had the Privilege Back in the Early 80's to see him Live in Concert.

What a Fantastic Show he put on, in Fact it was One of the Best Live Shows I have Seen, Check My Previous Posts, (for the Artists I have Seen in Concert), in Fact the Reason for this Post is a Video I Found a Few Months Ago on YouTube!

This Video Reminded me a lot of the Time I saw "Junior Walker" and that's what gave me the Idea of the Up and Coming "Who's The Best Sax Player" Posts!

Just Watch the Video, it is Brilliant, you will Not See this Sort of Performance Anywhere Today, How Junior Walker Could Play the Sax Like that and Sing is Fantastic, also see his Great Backing Band The All-Stars!

The Actually Recording is from 1967 and was at The Ram Jam Club in Brixton London, it Lasts for about 7 Minutes!



              

THE 192nd MIX FOR FSVB

Here's the 192nd Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "The Azymuth Remix Project"  its been Mixed by Psykhomantus of A Few Good Men and it Features some Great Old Jazz Tracks from Azymuth Including 7 of their Tracks All Remixed and Mixed Again!

For Full Track Listing, see Psykhomantus Mixcloud Page! 

                             The Azymuth Remix Project by Psykhomantus Of A Few Good Men on Mixcloud

                              

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

THE 191st MIX FOR FSVB

Here's the 191st Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "I Just Cant Say Goodbye"  its been Mixed by Soulfulfella and it Features some Great Old Soul Tracks from the 70's  Including Johnny Moore, Betty Wright, Philly Devotions, Fredrick Knight, McFadden and Whitehead  and Jimmy Bo Horne, amongst Others!  

For Full Track Listing, see Soulfulfella's Mixcloud Page! 

Podcast 41 - I Just Can't Say Goodbye by Soulfulfella on Mixcloud