great rendition!

@fredcavesemusic

12 күн бұрын

Thank you

I love how us musicians are able to give a show anywhere..great job!

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Agree…music makes almost everything better…Thx much for the kind words!

I asked Fred about his reeds before and now I am using Vandoren #1 reeds with a yanagisawa 8 .Thank you very much I am very comfortable with the 1 reeds.❤️✌️

.....nice and smooth , beautyfull sound and famous music....

@fredcavesemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks much.

Bravo! Regards from Italy

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Grazie mille! (Sono Italiano-Americano)

My 7y/o son is constantly listening to you as he try to learn take five. Thanks for the inspiration.

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks much for the kind words! Hopefully, I'll be able to hear your son play Take Five someday... :)

@edwardsfactory

3 жыл бұрын

@@fredcavesemusic he has now able to play the whole song with you but has a lot of polishing needed. I tried letting him play with a take five karaoke but he’s having difficulty as they are arranged differently. I’m wondering maybe if he uses the one you are using, I think he’ll be able to do better.

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

The backing track I use is available at this link: Only $2.99. Be sure you remove the saxophone from the recording before downloading. www.karaoke-version.co.uk/custombackingtrack/the-dave-brubeck-quartet/take-five.html

@edwardsfactory

3 жыл бұрын

@@fredcavesemusic this is great! Thanks a lot!

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

My personal favorite cover of take five

@fredcavesemusic

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words.

Beautifully done!!!

Beautiful playing sir. 👍We love it. 😍 Greeting from Firda Fifi (Indonesia). 🙏

@fredcavesemusic

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Music for the soul ❤

Paul Emil B.'s song makes goose bumps! I started playing the Alto two years ago and from time to time I take these sheets of music to learn more and more and step by step. Well it will still takes some time ;-) One of my favorite songs, great performance, Fred!

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks much. It's one of my favorites to play. I recently picked up a sopranino sax and have been experimenting with Take Five on it, although in a different key from the original. Sounds kind of funny on such a high-pitched instrument, but here's the video anyway: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIBkq86fh5XYnc4.html

@thomasc.2153

3 жыл бұрын

@@fredcavesemusic Oh yes, very funny :-) My friends and I (www.ambiosonics.de) are playing improvisation only, that's why every song is different, new and not repeatable - and, sometimes: funny too Btw, when I hear Paul Desmond playing, it is not only "like a dry Martini", for me it is like "Tinker Bell, the happy pixy, is dancing soft and easy on the first morning sunrays in spring, delicately touching the colored blossoms and the light green leaves covered with dew in the mystic garden". Nice picture, isn't it? Regards from Munich

Giante , gigante !!!! Desmond in si bemol !!!! Soprano virtuoso !!!!!!

Mr. Cavese, I just came across your video this evening & heard your rendition of this classic & I must say you are wonderful! Very unique in your approach! 🔥👍 Lovely sound....and a VERY beautiful sax you have there as well!! I so wish that my soprano has that patina yours has. 🎶🎷

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the kind words, thank you. FWIW... The sax is a 1977 Selmer Mark VI which has lost nearly all of its original lacquer. Kind of ugly, but it plays nicely.

@williemoore9999

3 жыл бұрын

@@fredcavesemusic Well, if that's "ugly", then I definitely wouldn't know the difference lol 🙏 Personal preference & I totally understand that. If that were the case, I'd gladly trade you my Mark VI soprano for your ugly one because I absolutely love it!! By the way, is that your horn you're playing in this video & how long have you had this particular saxophone?

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the Mark VI soprano is mine, and no... it's not up for a trade. :) Sorry. Actually, I have 2 Mark VI sopranos, and I love them both. The other one is also a 1977 model (very close serial #s), but it still has nearly all of its original lacquer. I call the two of them "Beauty and the Beast." I've owned each of them only a few years. :) Here's a video with "Beauty:" kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaSu3JqFpM-wj5s.html

Excellent Monsieur!

GREAT

Meus parabéns. show!!!!

WOW!!!

Wow!!~good sound !~ Good play!~ 👍👍👍👍👍 👏👏👏👏👏

👏👏👏 love it, nice tone

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Muito bom mesmo, excelente interpretação parabéns...

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Good Very good.

@fredcavesemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Parabéns lindo skm !!!!

The best songs are always the most awkward to play, especially on a Bb instrument! Well done!

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks much! Funny thing is... for this song, Bb instruments (tenor and soprano sax) are all I've ever played, so trying it on the original instrument for which it was written (alto sax) would be really difficult for me!

@richardwallace3524

3 жыл бұрын

I'd much rather play it on Bb... I did it awhile back in an ensemble with an EB alto.... pretty tough...

@marcelcarter861

2 жыл бұрын

@@fredcavesemusic what kind of soprano is this

@fredcavesemusic

2 жыл бұрын

1977 Selmer Mark VI

Muito lindo 👏

Parabéns! Umas das minhas músicas preferidas. Difícil de ser executada. E está muito bonita.

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Nice 🎷

I enjoyed your rendition of the Paul Desmond classic, I play it on the b flat clarinet sounds ok as well.

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thx much. I used to play a lot of clarinet, but don’t have the embouchure for any sustained playing anymore. You have my admiration...The fingerings for Take Five in F minor must be brutal.

Great

Agréable

👏👏👏👏👏

🎷🎷🎼🎵🎶🎶🎶🎷🎷🎷

음색 너무좋다~

The soprano in the alto frequency- the sound of those low notes is more beautiful than alto. Also in classical, an oboe or clarinet concerto is much better on a soprano sax. It holds your attention (you don’t sleep).

👏👏👏👏👏👏😍😍😍😍🤘

That was excellent, Sir!! Your sax sounds really really good!! Love the sound of the sopranos and I'm about to get one! ✌️😊 Keep it up, beautiful playing!! P.S: Are bronze saxes looking any better than the gold ones? Should I go for a bronze?

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. FWIW... In the video, I'm using a Sopranoplanet "Missing Link" mouthpiece and Vandoren Traditional #1 reed. However, this is not really a "bronze" sax... It's a 1977 Selmer Mark VI which has lost most of its original lacquer. I'm not the original owner. There are some companies that make saxes with an aged patina/bronze finish (I have a Cannonball tenor with their "Brute" aged finish), and some people say that finish gives the instrument an "edgier" sound.

@theodorkonstantinidis7456

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for answering! My fav is the Mark Selmer VI! Can't get a Selmer unfortunately at the moment but a decent sax with a good mouthpiece and reed would get me started! 😉 Almost 37yo, never too late to learn the saxophone! ☺️ Godspeed to you Fred, keep inspiring people!

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I can’t say anything bad about the Mark VI. I own 3 of them (2 soprano, 1 tenor), and love them. But there are many other good saxes out there as well. Good luck to you.

Hello, would you share this backing track ? Its very nice , aswell as you're playing ! :) Greetings from Poland

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words... Here's the link to where you may purchase the backing track ($2.99 USD): www.karaoke-version.com/custombackingtrack/the-dave-brubeck-quartet/take-five.html. Be sure to remove the saxophone before downloading the track.

What sax are you using? It almost looks vintage.

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

It's a 1977 Selmer Mark VI... Nearly all the original lacquer is gone, but otherwise, it's in top working order.

the sound sounds like a fly

@fredcavesemusic

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your very insightful commentary. You must be one helluva musician.

Hola, que micrófono usas?

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Microphone is an Audio Technica Pro 35cw cardioid condenser mic, with an Audio Technica System 10 wireless transmitter/receiver. I attached a fuzzy wind cover because I often play outdoor gigs.

What mouthpiece do you use?

@fredcavesemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Sopranoplanet “Missing Link” (www.sopranoplanet.com)

@Aki_same

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Yamaha?

@fredcavesemusic

2 жыл бұрын

1977 Selmer Mark VI

음색이좋으신데 악기회사 이름이 뭘까요? 😮

@fredcavesemusic

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Selmer Mark VI (1977)

ソプラノでそういう音出るとは❗

The original key of Take Five in the version played by Paul Desmond in concert pitch for Dave Brubeck’s piano and for Desmond to solo on the alto sax had 6 flats , that is the key of Db. I play both instruments professionally and there is no point in playing the tune in the original key on the clarinet or soprano sax, but this version of the tune doesn’t sound bad, but cannot compare playing it on the instrument it was composed for !

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

The original key of Take Five -- recorded by Brubeck/Desmond -- was concert Eb minor. That's C minor on the alto sax (3 flats, not 6). And that's F minor (4 flats) for clarinet and soprano sax. You say "there is no point in playing the tune in the original key on the... soprano sax." Well, I just did in this video, I do it all the time on gigs, and it goes over well. But I thank you for your professional insight and look forward to hearing your version.

@richardwozniak7025

3 жыл бұрын

This is an interesting question I struggle with. It's nice to play songs in the original key on a different horn, but do you think some songs work better if you just transpose them so that you are playing them using the original fingerings. That way your tone can be closer, and you don't (possibly) run out of low notes? For instance Ornette's "Lonely Woman" on tenor.

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

I like to try to play classic jazz standards in the original key if possible, despite whatever instrument I'm using. That way, the pitch and notes stay consistent to the listener's ear; only the timbre of the instrument is different. If running out of low notes is an issue, taking it up an octave usually works. Also, as a solo musician, staying with the original key keeps me from needing multiple versions of the song's backing track in my library. That said, however, I sometimes do change the key. For instance, I like to play Take Five on the sopranino sax in the same key in which I play it on the soprano sax (F minor). Two reasons for that: (1) Don't need to learn new fingerings for the sopranino, and (2) playing it on the sopranino in the song's original key would take the notes up too high for my taste on an already high-pitched instrument. So, to accomplish these goals, I did have to find another backing track. FWIW, here's how it worked out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIBkq86fh5XYnc4.html

@richardwozniak7025

3 жыл бұрын

@@fredcavesemusic Wow! That sounds great. You have really got the most out of that difficult little horn. Such a nice mellow sound. Thanks for your detailed answer. Much appreciated. Thanks

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you... Still working on keeping intonation steady (I was a bit off in a few spots in the video), but it's a fun little instrument.

Why is the sound very nasal

@fredcavesemusic

Жыл бұрын

I had a head cold that day.

@jeremx7094

Жыл бұрын

Oh ok.

Bad sound 👎😱

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

OK, help me improve... In what way is my sound "bad?" Can you be more specific? I'm sure you have a video of yourself doing a better job.

@matthewburger798

3 жыл бұрын

@@fredcavesemusic I think you have a great tone and you employ vibrato at the right times, however I notice especially in the lower register that it goes in and out of tune. It might just be a problem with the acoustics of the room but otherwise it sounds great!

@fredcavesemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback. I'll focus on that more closely.

@gameplaysasperos2585

3 жыл бұрын

I think that his sound is amazing, because he is on tone and his feeling is big

@ideascamekgabalatsane2775

11 ай бұрын

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