"Inside/Outside" Saxophonists

[relyles]

yes - MARTY KRYSTAL - simply one of the greatest saxophonists alive (David Murray does not even compare) - some of the older LPs he made with Niedlinger are amazing, particularly one of Monk tunes -

I won't take the bait on the comparison to Murray, but what I have heard confirms for that Krystall is indeed a strong player. By coincidence just this past week I had taken Big Drum off the shelf for further investigation. Maybe it is time for me to check out something else like the Monk recording.

[AllenLowe]

sorry - I wasn't trying to start a fight - I just find Murray a useful frame of reference stylistically as someone who has certain of the same goals as Krystal - at any rate, Krystal is a brilliant player. I had a conversation with him some years ago that was very interesting - he told me that he rarely gets the gig or studio calls because he's not a Coltrane-clone, not slick enough even for some of the straight-on jazz dates. Just goes to show, as I've often observed, that fellow jazz musicians are far from the best judges of talent -

[Chuck Nessa]

From my perspective on M Krystal (after 20+ years listening), he's a very bright guy and a "more than competent" saxophonist. That's about as far as I'd take it.