Learn Funk Sax From Maceo

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @GetYourSaxTogether
    @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад +6

    Quick! Before it goes! Enjoy my free Sax Solo Masterclass Series➡️www.getyoursaxtogether.com/saxsolomasterclassoptin

  • @sampowellmusic
    @sampowellmusic 2 года назад +15

    i think the greatest point of this whole thing is how maceo is able to mine little nuggets of gold out of very few notes by exploring rythmic variations. like he said you dont always have to play a solo up and down the entire range of the horn. great lesson

  • @johnycat7373
    @johnycat7373 2 года назад +12

    Hey Jamie, thank you so much for doing this. I love everything you do. My Sunday morning email is like being called to Prayers🙏. Jazz legend shoot outs are great to have an insight in to, but this particular lesson is so accessible to beginners and advanced players., No matter what level you are , you can get something great from this. I have a soft spot for this kind of funk with someone giving me a couple of Junior Walker albums when I first got a sax in 79. Life got in the way and after a few years, I put it away for 35 years 😔 Got back in to it a few years ago and I have made rapid progress. Now playing in a Springsteen cover band. Anyway. What I really want to say is that back in 79, there was no internet, really difficult to get sheets and books…and totally unaffordable if you were a teen.
    If only I had a Jamie Anderson back then…..But Jamie, this gift that is you, is accessible to every teen that dreams of being a sax player today. A lot of saxes are definitely not going back in the case thanks to you. You are without doubt the best on the net. Your enthusiasm is what makes you stand out from the rest. Music should be fun. And you rock the fun. Thanks again Jamie.

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад +3

      You’re so kind. What a wonderful and generous comment. ❤️
      Even in the 80s I wish I had a “me” to check out! 🤣

  • @bikermousefrommarz6739
    @bikermousefrommarz6739 2 года назад +5

    The effort and talent that has gone into this vid is sublime. A homage to Macro (my fave Sax player), in itself. Thank you 🤘🏼

  • @leroyharper4513
    @leroyharper4513 2 года назад +3

    Maceo came to James Brown as a tenor player.
    He had to go into the army and when he returned to the band JB switch Maceo to alto and the rest is history. Definitely Definitely Definitely the creator of funk sax a true Creator🙏
    PS also a must to lock in with the drummer
    against with choice notes with the drummer
    great video

  • @robstevens9590
    @robstevens9590 2 года назад +1

    Cold Sweat! What a groove! Maceo Parker-- king of funky sax! 1967 is the year I started playing sax! -- but I didn't become aware that Maceo was James Brown's sax player, or how awesome he was/is 'til (after a 25 year break) & I learned that he was a mentor for Candy Dulfer. When I first started playing sax I was listening to: John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Charles Lloyd, Pharoah Sanders, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Cannonball Adderley, Eric Dolphy, Yusef Lateef, some local Detroit and Chicago sax players (like Joseph Jarmen) and the only funk saxophonist I was aware of was Junior Walker. I had an incredible vinyl collection (which someone stole in 1970.) When I re-started playing sax, the internet had come into being and everything was available! And now we even have your incredible on-line sax lessons. Thanks Jamie!

    • @Simon.the.Likeable
      @Simon.the.Likeable 2 года назад +1

      Fred Anderson, Von and Chico Freeman!!!

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      Great comment, thanks so much rob. Broke my heart about the vinyl collection! 😮‍💨

  • @grrregetienne8401
    @grrregetienne8401 2 года назад +1

    Good job man, Maceo is really the man.

  • @gabrieln3613
    @gabrieln3613 2 года назад +2

    I have spent hours doing this for many years with Maceo. I have played harmonica for 46 years (was full-time player at age 20 but not now) I am not NEARLY as fast as you are though! I always have this with horn players in studio sessions, they can get their parts much faster than me. I had a swing dance, R&B, Jazz & Blues band for 10 years and worked with many horn players. We had a female vocalist to cover cool material but we could hold an audience on a 3 hour gig doing all instrumentals. I adapted a bunch of Dave Koz, David Sanborn, Maceo tunes & grooves that we could jam on in addition to Jazz Standards and then for swing course those were more arrangements.....just for lines, solos still improvised. With Maceo I do as you suggest, try to pick up on some of his licks and phrases, work to get a feel for the timing and phrasing and then HOPE, HOPE, HOPE some of it may naturally integrate and come out though my own playing, without thinking about it. Thank you for these videos, love your playing and I am on the mailing list.

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад +1

      Fantastic comment! Thanks so much for watching and congratulations on your wonderful sounding band! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @gabrieln3613
      @gabrieln3613 2 года назад

      @@GetYourSaxTogether I have only a couple samples posted on RUclips but if you click on my channel the first one up is an original song called Latin Moon. My solo is not till 5 minutes and 30 seconds in since this was an outdoor concert but the guy playing sax on that had one of those nice vintage 1940s selmer (Mark V or VI?) like all of the swing people used. Keep up the good work!

  • @kevintownsend3840
    @kevintownsend3840 2 года назад +1

    JAMIE I am learning so much from you it's crazy and this is right up my alley as I grew up on Maceo Parker and James Brown. God bless you for this 1 my man.

  • @cheshirecharlesmahoney4353
    @cheshirecharlesmahoney4353 2 года назад +2

    Thanks so much for this Jamie. Your showing super skills here! Fantastic challenge for us.
    I'm one of the fortunate who enjoyed Maceo live with Fred Wesley and Peewee Ellis in a small venue in San Francisco. One of the ultimate pleasures of my life.

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      Man - sounds amazing. I’ve seen maceo a few times too. What a great time!

  • @marklangsax1168
    @marklangsax1168 2 года назад +3

    Absolutely crushing it as usual Jamie! This style of playing is what made me first want to pick up a sax over 3 decades ago. It never gets old does it?

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      Killin!

    • @jackcraven7979
      @jackcraven7979 2 года назад +1

      What about pop sax I'm a decent blues & smooth jazz improvisation player but I have trouble with pop & funk rhythms & scales

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      @@jackcraven7979 good suggestion for a video, thanks.

  • @ouzalghost8411
    @ouzalghost8411 Год назад

    Bloody he'll Jamie, I watch all your video's and some how this one from 2022 slipped through the net it's absolutely brilliant thank you.

  • @cheknfaks
    @cheknfaks 2 года назад +3

    Jamie you are amazing and this was a whole lot of fun watching this video w you teaching us this funky method! Thanks for this segment and I was really glad the choices of songs you picked to dive into. :)

  • @walterholland1251
    @walterholland1251 2 года назад +2

    Wow excellent choices! The first two that come to mind are "Mother Popcorn" and "Soul Power". If you're talking funky sax, there's gotta be some props for "Soul Vaccination", "Oakland Stroke" and "Squib Cakes" from Lenny Picket.
    As the urban legend goes, James Brown originally wanted Maceo's brother, who played drums. He said no unless Maceo came with him. It's safe to assume growing up with a drummer influenced his rhythmic sound.

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад +1

      Really good point. And don’t get me started on Lenny! 🔥

  • @josefmoveyourself7234
    @josefmoveyourself7234 2 года назад +1

    Another massive brick in the wall! Well done Jamie🎷

  • @pirsquared3251
    @pirsquared3251 2 года назад +2

    If you want to do this kind of exercise with funk blues sax recordings but at a slightly more easy level, check out most any recordings by A.C. Reed. He sings and plays sax on dozens of original funky blues tunes. His sax licks and solos sound real good but are relatively simple and easy pentatonic blues scale notes in their entirety. You can follow along, echo him and fill in using similar note - rhythm devices as he uses without much difficulty. i.e. do what Jamie did here. This is a good option for beginner-intermediate level players who may find Maceo a bit challenging at first.

  • @ellwoodblooz
    @ellwoodblooz 2 года назад +1

    Yep. That was funky that was. Right there. Funky as feck.
    Treats Jamie, and thanks for the three free improv vids. I learn every week. 🙏

  • @walterlee2439
    @walterlee2439 Год назад

    Too awesome as always Jamie! I am inspired to try Maceo's funk grooves!

  • @JazzMessenger1218
    @JazzMessenger1218 2 года назад +3

    Cold Sweat was written by the the great Pee Wee Ellis!!!!! RIP Pee Wee. A great read is a book entitled 98% Funky Stuff by Maceo.

  • @rickbennettartmusicvideo7720
    @rickbennettartmusicvideo7720 2 года назад +2

    Awesome lesson! Maceo is so great and there's not much out there about his playing style.

  • @a1saxy
    @a1saxy 2 года назад +1

    Fabulous. You make it look so easy Jamie

  • @g.mcca.1924
    @g.mcca.1924 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely fantastic to take us through the FULL process here, thanks Jamie. Will be jumping on more of this than I've actually been doing!

  • @livingtheapocalypse8248
    @livingtheapocalypse8248 2 года назад

    Thank you for that wonderful lesson, that is just what I needed today, I've probably been driving the neighbours mad with the same old stuff but that should have got them funked up with something new, much appreciated

  • @Hefferidge
    @Hefferidge 2 года назад +1

    Thanks Jamie really enjoyed that. Even tough I am intermediate level and some of it was a bit above me, I took something away from it.

  • @andrewpray1982
    @andrewpray1982 2 года назад +1

    OMG!! This is the coolest lesson I've seen and it is right up my alley as far as what I love about the Sax. Is there any way you could make a short video of how you stand or what moves you make with your body when you play or solo? I'm talking about performance moves that all sax players should know (and practice). Really a video not so much about playing but how to look awesome while you are playing so people would feel like you are really getting into it. Big attitude. Think rockstar moves or classic stage moves or body positions that make you stand out as a performer. Moves that look great but don't affect the quality of your playing that much. Easy things to try. In your video with your family playing the sax you told them that "no sway = no pay" or something like that. What do you mean and how do you do that?!??

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      Interesting comment! Honestly I have no clue how to answer it!! lol Just move to the music I guess!

  • @couchphotography8861
    @couchphotography8861 2 года назад +1

    Whoa! love me some Maceo!! People think it's simple, but if they don't have the rhythm, then they are stumped!!! Funky Drummer was a new one for me, but there are (I think still there) a couple of videos with the full James Brown Funky Instrumentals albums to play along with on the Tube.
    Also, when you talked about building the solo, a great one for that is the wonderful Eddie Harris Funk Project, doing Listen Here. Love anything by him too. Bring on the 70's!! LOL

  • @wschrad
    @wschrad 2 года назад +1

    Awesome! Learned so much from this vid in ways I didn’t think possible. Thanks so much!

  • @wildman166
    @wildman166 2 года назад +1

    Thank you , that was freaking cool and funky !! I loved it ! Big hugs from the Smith family

  • @montesfam5
    @montesfam5 2 года назад +2

    😩 I miss my saxophone’s.
    Can’t try the funk sound on what I have right now.
    😑
    But you got it going really 😎 cool Jamie. You put the spunk in the funk and the sound is all around 🎷that ain’t no jive give us a high five 🙌 !
    🤓🎷

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад +1

      Bust out some funky clav sound on that thing instead! 😉

  • @bassofone1
    @bassofone1 Год назад +2

    Thank you. I've been working on Maceo solos for a while. So glad you're doing this on tenor. I love your energy and enthusiasm! One thing I'd like to hear you address more in depth is his articulation and tone. You have a natural ability to mimic. What could you suggest I do to get the clarity and the bends at the front of the notes?

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  Год назад

      Just transcribe and shadow the original recordings to get that down.

  • @garywhitaker9854
    @garywhitaker9854 2 года назад +1

    Thanks so much Jamie! I really appreciate your level of expertise and commitment to post these great vids whether you're having tech issues on the production side of things or not. Cheers!

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      No sweat Gary. Thanks for your support as always. Hope things are cool over in Canada. Have I got that right?!

    • @garywhitaker9854
      @garywhitaker9854 2 года назад +1

      @@GetYourSaxTogether You sure do. Niagara Falls.

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      @@garywhitaker9854 yeh, I always remember your kind testimonial!

  • @eduardopizarro1961
    @eduardopizarro1961 2 года назад +1

    Wicked!! Thanks Jamie for this awesome lesson AGAIN!!!!

  • @neilwoo5143
    @neilwoo5143 2 года назад +2

    Fantastic lesson Jamie, thank you. Whilst it’s awesome to learn the licks and tricks, it’s your method which makes this easy to adopt. Btw you’ve reminded me I should’ve spent much more time listening to Maceo Parker! Mesmerising stuff 👏👏

  • @davekingdon9995
    @davekingdon9995 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for sharing. Great piece

  • @pavelpatsenkov
    @pavelpatsenkov 2 года назад +1

    Very good stuff, Mister Jamie Anderson. Thank you so much! Good music, nice music, cool music...Funky Music. So many syncopated rhythmic notes. Can't playing right, without dancing. Cool!

    • @johnycat7373
      @johnycat7373 2 года назад +1

      Spot on. A funky chicken strut definitely helps to find the groove. Great comment👍

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад +1

      Awesome Pavel. Keep rockin’ it over there in Russia! 💪🏻

    • @pavelpatsenkov
      @pavelpatsenkov 2 года назад +1

      @@GetYourSaxTogether Mister Jamie Anderson, i started watching your lessons and after that sound of my sax became much more better. My solos are really cool, after your "Solo Masterclass Series"...i got a groove from that! Thanks to you! Thanks to you great videos!

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      @@pavelpatsenkov anytime man. 🙏🏻

  • @LarryKatz53
    @LarryKatz53 2 года назад +1

    So much funk! Listen to it. Sing it! Dance it! Play it!

  • @markgrogan144
    @markgrogan144 2 года назад +1

    Awesome Jamie, find the comments you put in the back ground funny

  • @grahamjackson6028
    @grahamjackson6028 2 года назад +1

    Excellent stuff Jamie.

  • @tomcollicott3680
    @tomcollicott3680 2 года назад +1

    Another great lesson, thanks Jamie. I always wondered where Maceo found that extra note - natural 6th.... got it now!

  • @SteuSax666
    @SteuSax666 2 года назад +1

    Great lesson!!! Thanks, Jamie!

  • @ian_s7481
    @ian_s7481 2 года назад +1

    Who knew, Maceo Anderson 😉😉. I’ve got all of Maceo’s stuff, it’s so catchy..
    You need your floor strengthening, your camera was bopping up and down with you 😃😃

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      Yeh, my camera is fixed to my desk and I was jostling it a bit. Sorry!! 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @michaelbrett5102
    @michaelbrett5102 7 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant thanks

  • @jimmyjones3675
    @jimmyjones3675 Год назад +1

    Great stuff

  • @daliborjaksic8528
    @daliborjaksic8528 2 года назад +2

    Jamie, i am absolutely mesmerized by this, thanks for the lesson! Qucik question though, how do you play the song without the sax? So i would like to practice along with the song (all tunes without the sax) all whilst i am playing sax.. just like you do it at mimicing part of the video

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад +1

      It’s hard to separate the sax from the song. I’m trying some software to do it though.

  • @podgesaxpiano
    @podgesaxpiano 2 года назад +1

    This is fab! Thank you.

  • @saxfish
    @saxfish 2 года назад +1

    Back where I belong ...EPICooL Gracias Jaime !>
    >

  • @NadavHbr
    @NadavHbr 2 года назад +2

    I think that while the notes are important - the emphasis in this case should be on rhythm

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      100% agree. It would be interesting just to play his solos on one note or even on a drum.

  • @graysaxofficial
    @graysaxofficial 2 года назад +1

    Thank you sir❤️🎼

  • @tumwinerwekanika8375
    @tumwinerwekanika8375 7 дней назад +1

    Nice

  • @koolkiwikat
    @koolkiwikat 2 года назад +1

    goodvibes!

  • @biggeorgemulti
    @biggeorgemulti 2 года назад

    Very Good---Clever!!!!!!!

  • @barrie9245
    @barrie9245 2 года назад +1

    fantastic as always Jamie. Are there any pdf's for this.

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад +1

      I’m afraid not mate. I didn’t transcribe the whole solo or anything on this occasion.

  • @michaelosullivan9339
    @michaelosullivan9339 2 года назад +1

    Have you done mezzoforte...garden party jamie

  • @Smackdabinu
    @Smackdabinu 2 года назад +5

    Jamie, you once again got my blood boiling! As a side note(no pun intended) Candy Dulfer got her style from Maceo when she was 17 years old. He actually gave her lessons and she called him her uncle. Check out Dave Koz’s car interview with her.

  • @coolitnow0013
    @coolitnow0013 2 года назад +1

    Maceo in dahh House!!!!

  • @derek_williams
    @derek_williams 2 года назад

    Hi Jamie, one more comment. At 7:46 you say he's playing like a drummer. I agree he's not playing dull strings of 8th notes like conservatory students, but what he's doing is more like a vocalist. He is mimicking what James Brown says to him before his solo. Vocalists have limited range and use few melody notes, but in a repetitive way and in funk deliver with punch. I think it's better to think of Maceo's solo as similar to a vocalist rather than a drummer.

  • @rameshrao3792
    @rameshrao3792 2 года назад +1

    awesome awesome awesome

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад +1

      Yes yes yes!

    • @rameshrao3792
      @rameshrao3792 2 года назад +1

      @@GetYourSaxTogether grateful if you could review Lionel Prevost/Torrence 'Moscow twist', 'Port Arthur shuffle' - MP and JB GOAT funk and soul

  • @Simon.the.Likeable
    @Simon.the.Likeable 2 года назад +1

    "The saxophone is a drum." - Milford Graves

  • @mikebullock8196
    @mikebullock8196 2 года назад

    HI GREAT VIDEO U HAVE A GREAT SOUND ON TENOR WHAT KIND OF METAL MOUTH PIECE ARE U PLAYING IF IT DOES NOT BOTHER U TO TELL ME BECAUSE Im LOOKING TO BUY A NEW METAL TENOR MOUTH PIECE AND THERE IS SO MUCH OUT THERE AND EVERYBODY IS SAYING THERE IS THE BEST METAL MOUTH PIECE AND RECENTLY I WAS VERY DISAPPIONTED BY THEO WANNA SHIVA MOUTH PIECE SORRY BUT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A WASTE OF TIME BUYING THAT MOUTH PIECE SO EXPENSIVE AND SUCH A THIN SOUNDING MOUTH PIECE SO IM STILL LOOKING FOR METAL MOUTH PIECE ANY WAY Im BIG FAN OF YOUR TONE ON TENOR THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE AND ANSWER Im LOOKING FOR A METAL MOUTH PIECE THAT WOULD SOUND LIKE David Sanborn OR CLOSE TO IT BUT ON TENOR THANKS ALL THE BEST SUPER GREAT VIDEO MIKE

  • @koolkiwikat
    @koolkiwikat 2 года назад +1

    Childrens World.....legit!

  • @couchphotography8861
    @couchphotography8861 2 года назад +1

    phew, sweating buckets lol!

  • @stephenkavanagh3560
    @stephenkavanagh3560 2 года назад +1

    Or as you yerelf good and kindly squire Jamie said , “ percussive !”

  • @edcherry9282
    @edcherry9282 2 года назад +1

    Kind of misleading title..i thought maceo himself was going to be talking to us and playing..but thanks for talking up maceo parker!

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      Oh, sorry about that! I never thought of it like that. My bad. Didn’t mean to mislead. Thanks for watching though. 🙏🏻

  • @gangofgreenhorns2672
    @gangofgreenhorns2672 Год назад

    "*tries to destroy your ears" lol

  • @MicahBox-p7x
    @MicahBox-p7x 2 месяца назад

    *🎉for😮 one😅nite😊only*

  • @saxfish
    @saxfish 2 года назад +1

    < This is Sax WhizZzDoom. " Find what YOU LoVe...and Let iT KILL You" -Carlos Bukousky >

  • @nelsongonzalez450
    @nelsongonzalez450 2 года назад +1

    Thanks, Jamie!! What's your mouthpiece?

  • @tombaristefano1388
    @tombaristefano1388 Год назад

    Why you not tell all note more easy for beginner

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  Год назад

      Trying to cover as much as possible for as many people.
      This might help? ruclips.net/video/UTpfVpZLCuw/видео.html

  • @closed13
    @closed13 2 года назад +1

    Maceo never plays the same solo line twice . Y BECAUSE there's was no way u could write that form of music according to the purest . Mr.Browns music isnt writable and I've never heard maceo play the same solo its all improv ......FEELING !!!!!! BE YOURSELF don't mimic .

  • @saxman14214
    @saxman14214 2 года назад +1

    Maceo is not the godfather of funk sax. Dozens perhaps hundreds of black American saxophone played funk. did I mention they were all Americans?

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад

      Yeh, of course you’re right, but sometimes on RUclips you gotta make a bold statement to stimulate interesting debate like this. 🤔

  • @ellwoodblooz
    @ellwoodblooz 2 года назад +1

    Fluff? Nah.

  • @gdotone1
    @gdotone1 2 года назад

    Soul, lol, not funk lol

  • @stephenkavanagh3560
    @stephenkavanagh3560 2 года назад +1

    What the hell does funk mean????
    “ I’m in a funk , = I’m somewhat bewildered or in a type of fog.!
    So, this term is insipid and meaningless !
    In reality it’s blues mixed with rock and jazz. I suggest they call these things by meaningful names not using a word that really means foggy as brought out in my splendid explain above .
    Capicho?

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  2 года назад +2

      Well, haven’t got time for some extended etymological debate here, but I think we all know what it means in context. ☺️

    • @MrArsg13
      @MrArsg13 2 года назад

      no rock dude, funk is not a derivative of rock, does not have a strong influence from the blues, it’s more correct to say that both rock and funk are an extension of rhythm and blues music, but unlike rock, funk is syncopated, polyrhythmic accented on the first beat of each bar music with the active use of sixteenth notes. funk is a mixture of rhythm and blues, soul, gospel, music of new orleans (second line), as well as Latin American and Afro-Cuban rhythms had a noticeable influence on funk. and generally funk is music of rhythm and dance, in which less attention is paid to melody than to rhythm, and rock and blues are more melodic and less danceable musical genres

  • @1Rockstok
    @1Rockstok 2 года назад

    Great lesson!