Can I Play Alto Saxophone After 13 Years?

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Video by Austin Kruczek + Astrid Asmundsson
Mixed and Mastered by Noah Flaharty
Chad LB is an international recording artist who has toured globally as a bandleader, and with superstars ranging from Chris Botti to Taylor Swift. He has been a featured soloist with premiere ensembles like the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, and was formerly a member of the multi GRAMMY winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. Despite his demanding tour schedule, Chad is on faculty as a visiting artist at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for their new Roots, Jazz and American Music degree program.
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  • @ChadLefkowitzBrown
    @ChadLefkowitzBrown Жыл бұрын

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  • @albertizonluzuriaga3797
    @albertizonluzuriaga3797 Жыл бұрын

    Definitely yes

  • @ChadLefkowitzBrown

    @ChadLefkowitzBrown

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha thanks man!

  • @albertizonluzuriaga3797

    @albertizonluzuriaga3797

    Жыл бұрын

    You're my inspiration of my saxophone journey 🔥

  • @vepiru5734
    @vepiru5734 Жыл бұрын

    Incredible that you retain your tenor sound on alto !!

  • @lionellyles4716

    @lionellyles4716

    Жыл бұрын

    Most dominant Sax cats retain their vibe on lesser dominant saxes. I.e. if you main tenor then you tend to keep those tendencies on alto and vice versa. It’s interesting that isn’t quite the same thing if you play soprano or bari.

  • @maisonMaple

    @maisonMaple

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s not a wholly good thing…

  • @aidanstorm1649
    @aidanstorm1649 Жыл бұрын

    It seems like you settled into the alto sound more towards the end, you can definitely hear how he gets more comfortable playing the alto

  • @tacos2837
    @tacos2837 Жыл бұрын

    this is so fun! crazy to see how the techniques don’t transfer over with the same tonal outcomes…also i feel like your alto tone changed gradually from the first clip to the last lol, you sound incredible as always!

  • @maexmaestermann471
    @maexmaestermann471 Жыл бұрын

    Chad, you sound amazing on just anything!

  • @GUmbolyaa5112
    @GUmbolyaa5112 Жыл бұрын

    I had a very similar experience, I initially started out on alto (like many) but then switched to tenor shortly after. A few months ago I tried playing my brother's alto and I could barely even play a low B, I found the entire saxophone a little resistant but after a bit of playing a figure it out.

  • @Ajaykohli1971
    @Ajaykohli1971 Жыл бұрын

    Your alto lines on Body and Soul are so sweet and melodic...amazing!

  • @danielryanmusic
    @danielryanmusic Жыл бұрын

    Chad I love this Body and Soul on Alto sounds great!

  • @DL1GKC
    @DL1GKC Жыл бұрын

    It is great to see that practicing on one saxophone type (tenor) keeps and improves your skills on the other reed instruments as well. Especially helpful if one has to switch between instruments. Cheers from Chris

  • @saxmanrex
    @saxmanrex Жыл бұрын

    Man, you sound fabulous on both horns!!!!

  • @Cubsfan122112
    @Cubsfan122112 Жыл бұрын

    if i ever needed another horn i'd love to get the nexus alto. sounds so smooth.

  • @pede1959
    @pede1959 Жыл бұрын

    Great to hear from you! As for the comparison for me you sound much better, more rounded, more soulful on tenor. In Body and Soul and in Cherokee Alto was very close. Not so in the other ones. I felt that on Alto for the most part it sounded ‘technical’ while on tenor it sounded soulful. Anyways - i hope that the touring eventually will bring you to the Northeast US - would love to hear you live. And just as a note - I am very grateful for the online work you are doing and the content you have created - to me that was and is a lot of inspiration.

  • @ssgtjohnjohnson4921
    @ssgtjohnjohnson4921 Жыл бұрын

    Nice my Mannnnnnnnnn! That alto is smokin! Wish I could play like that!

  • @ianbot
    @ianbot Жыл бұрын

    5:27 lol look at the left knee action incredible

  • @patheddles4004
    @patheddles4004 Жыл бұрын

    Damn man, whole video sounds gorgeous.

  • @altariabeats
    @altariabeats Жыл бұрын

    That alto tone is giving me some of the Rare Lee Konitz...very nice!!

  • @memubri5072
    @memubri5072 Жыл бұрын

    Remembering that Sonny Stitt did that more than a half century ago ! See the "New-York Jazz" session on Verve records ...

  • @TheOwenValentine
    @TheOwenValentine Жыл бұрын

    Awesomeness ❤❤❤ I love to hear Soprano added in for a comparison too 🖖🏽💪🏽💪🏽

  • @davidolahmusic
    @davidolahmusic Жыл бұрын

    Cool. Love it 👍😎

  • @Gravity461
    @Gravity461 Жыл бұрын

    I may not play any saxophone, but this is really cool.

  • @jakeperalta4670
    @jakeperalta4670 Жыл бұрын

    UPLOAD MORE PLEASE!!!!

  • @OliverWolfe
    @OliverWolfe Жыл бұрын

    Phenomenal. Maybe a cheeky transcription is in order :)

  • @XavierJordanMusic
    @XavierJordanMusic Жыл бұрын

    Sounds great man

  • @ChadLefkowitzBrown

    @ChadLefkowitzBrown

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Xavier!

  • @randimator9881

    @randimator9881

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Julialady6 but am what watch bruh teacher🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

  • @MrSweet59
    @MrSweet59 Жыл бұрын

    Chad you are marvelose play 👏👏👏🤗

  • @CarSimping
    @CarSimping Жыл бұрын

    Sometimes i wake up and i just want to be chad lb. life seems like my dream

  • @freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942
    @freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, I just started to play the alto more often after playing tenor the whole time lol.

  • @ianbot
    @ianbot Жыл бұрын

    7:26 i love this minor blues alto part i was squinting so hard

  • @imuawarriors
    @imuawarriors Жыл бұрын

    you definitely seem more comfortable with the tenor. I'm a clarinet/bari sax/flute guy myself...

  • @Zelimited
    @Zelimited Жыл бұрын

    His name is literally Chad. Like hes a chad

  • @xxczerxx

    @xxczerxx

    Жыл бұрын

    He actually looks like the GigaChad meme

  • @dalebutler8898
    @dalebutler8898 Жыл бұрын

    Hi. You really playing the Havana International Jazz Festival this week ...Jan 2023

  • @Cubsfan122112
    @Cubsfan122112 Жыл бұрын

    what ligature were you using for the alto? do you not have one for the alto the same you have for the tenor? do you find playing the alto again challenging to keep a tighter embouchure compared to the tenor after all those years?

  • @lyntedrockley7295
    @lyntedrockley7295 Жыл бұрын

    Great thanks. I notice the Nexus saxes don't have the link bar on the left hand pinky table. More like an SBA than a VI. Apologies if you've explained that before, if not, care to?

  • @undeadja33a
    @undeadja33a Жыл бұрын

    hey chad, i was wondering what tip opening and reed size you used for your tenor? i’m currently on the nexus 3’s on my jody hr dark 7* and i’m hopefully getting a edge soon. i wanted to know what works best for you.

  • @scrappysbootlegs3676
    @scrappysbootlegs3676 Жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @jazzlessonvideos
    @jazzlessonvideos Жыл бұрын

    🔥

  • @damienallouch
    @damienallouch Жыл бұрын

    Fabulus ❤

  • @solomonheinkel3305
    @solomonheinkel3305 Жыл бұрын

    You think there will be a Nexus Bari? Also LOVE the Alto sound

  • @ChadLefkowitzBrown

    @ChadLefkowitzBrown

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Solomon! We hope to release a Nexus Bari soon :)

  • @MLHunt

    @MLHunt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ChadLefkowitzBrown how about a soprano?

  • @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou

    @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou

    Жыл бұрын

    When are you releasing the Nexus triangle? After the Nexus wood block? Not before the Nexus dripping faucet!

  • @barryoverstreet4876
    @barryoverstreet4876 Жыл бұрын

    Dude! Two things.... One, you read my mind, was wondering where you'd gotten to...... Two, was that a Jamey Abersold backing t ack I heard? Been a long time..... Oh, and....... Three, you were owning that alto; apart from the fact you actually DO own that alto. 🌟

  • @Osnosis

    @Osnosis

    10 ай бұрын

    iRealPro

  • @soulsaxmurrill
    @soulsaxmurrill Жыл бұрын

    Hi, why did you stop playing alto, to play tenor most often?

  • @emekefe
    @emekefe Жыл бұрын

    En iyi videon

  • @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou
    @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou Жыл бұрын

    In addition to yourself, who are your KZread pro musician friends you recommend checking out the channels of?

  • @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou

    @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou

    Жыл бұрын

    By the way your KZread channel is underrated, feed it so it will grow.

  • @simonsimon5124
    @simonsimon5124 Жыл бұрын

    TWNBAY was a little warm up for the alto feel...

  • @LukeDoorMan
    @LukeDoorMan Жыл бұрын

    Trying to play alto again after playing bari for a few months was weird also

  • @rythmaniac3762

    @rythmaniac3762

    Жыл бұрын

    Same bruh it was weird

  • @MLHunt
    @MLHunt Жыл бұрын

    I've never seen an exercise exactly like this where the same player improvises over the same chords with two differently keyed instruments of the same type. Seems like your approach is slightly different on alto and tenor though I'm not technical enough to explain how or perhaps why. Really interesting though, thanks!

  • @mil3ston3s

    @mil3ston3s

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s all relative… in other words the fingerings are shifted by a fourth, which means certain affordances are going to be lost or gained, given that he stays in the same key. For the player, its like the whole song has been transposed… even though we hear the same key.

  • @MLHunt

    @MLHunt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mil3ston3s I understand all that, i played sax and a little trumpet as a kid into high school. I was thinking more about the character of Chad's soloing on the two instruments and how there seemed to my ear to be slight differences in his approaches, and why that might be. Is it that alto takes somewhat less wind so the breathing aspects are different? Or the fact that the keys on alto are slightly closer and have shorter throws? Or was it something about the particular keys of the grooves he was playing in that made him necessarily center his solos higher or lower in the range on a given instrument? Or how those particular keys transpose differently on the two instruments because they're pitched a minor fourth (i think) apart? There was definitely a difference in the character of his soloing on the two instruments and i was just trying to puzzle out what might account for it.

  • @sportsguy23
    @sportsguy23 Жыл бұрын

    My man coming on here sounding just like Cannonball Adderley

  • @youdontknowwhoiamimdawson8094
    @youdontknowwhoiamimdawson8094 Жыл бұрын

    W video

  • @drkeithnewton
    @drkeithnewton Жыл бұрын

    No fair! You took a break in-between edits!

  • @nexussaxophones
    @nexussaxophones Жыл бұрын

    🎷🚀

  • @AdventureAndySnM
    @AdventureAndySnM Жыл бұрын

    You can hear the Eric Marienthal in the last one lol

  • @georgefromgreece4119
    @georgefromgreece4119 Жыл бұрын

    Up to the end you had already adapted to the alto well.

  • @BamesJarton
    @BamesJarton Жыл бұрын

    baritone?

  • @christophemagis9768
    @christophemagis9768 Жыл бұрын

    Alto seems so like a toy in your hands 😄

  • @rongibbs390
    @rongibbs390 Жыл бұрын

    I have homes in two countries. In one I play tenor, in the other I play alto. It takes a few days to adjust between them, to find the right sound. Also, I play differently because of both the different sound (alto is more waily, tenor is more mellow) and the greater dexterity of the alto. It’s like changing personality.

  • @davidlaid6766
    @davidlaid6766 Жыл бұрын

    the alto looks so small in chads hands I thought it was a curved soprano for a second 😂

  • @bensen3325
    @bensen3325 Жыл бұрын

    There was a question like can I ride a bike after 13 years.

  • @raffosax
    @raffosax Жыл бұрын

    And now we want you on baryton ❤

  • @maveri.k

    @maveri.k

    Жыл бұрын

    Same!

  • @EzyPezyLemonChezy
    @EzyPezyLemonChezy Жыл бұрын

    I wanna see him play bari

  • @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou
    @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou Жыл бұрын

    Why pick between playing one or the other, play them both at the same time, them, a bassoon, and a full pack of cigarettes like a true one man orchestra because your Chad friggin LB #chad 3:16

  • @JorisPosthumus
    @JorisPosthumus Жыл бұрын

    yeah, an tenor player on alto;)

  • @owenanderson8509
    @owenanderson8509 Жыл бұрын

    2:45

  • @owenanderson8509

    @owenanderson8509

    Жыл бұрын

    2:47

  • @kwootamuckbear9294
    @kwootamuckbear9294 Жыл бұрын

    👍🏾🎶🎵🎷

  • @hyperbolaworldwide611
    @hyperbolaworldwide611 Жыл бұрын

    Chad sounds a bit like phil on body and soul

  • @grantdcc916
    @grantdcc916 Жыл бұрын

    It is safe to say….yes you can play alto after 13 years

  • @HylianAlph
    @HylianAlph Жыл бұрын

    He’s better than me at alto too, rip

  • @Jeremy-tg9yt
    @Jeremy-tg9yt Жыл бұрын

    Ur names chad u can do anything lol

  • @demonslayed8895
    @demonslayed8895 Жыл бұрын

    So if I order this sax, or better, come pick one up from you, can I get 10 free in person lessons from you? Or more if you want to be even more generous 😬

  • @negritokimba1614
    @negritokimba1614 Жыл бұрын

    you can play all sax whitout problems....

  • @shirleyfrancis4515
    @shirleyfrancis4515 Жыл бұрын

    It should be "can I play tenor after 13 years" .

  • @jq_music
    @jq_music Жыл бұрын

    Nice Jesus of Saxophone

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