Supersax

[Quasimado]

Live, of course, there were solos galore (Warne Marsh, Med Flory, Jay Migliori, Frank Rosolino, Conte Candoli etc., depending on the various incarnations).  Med was also a very hip, witty MC.

[sidewinder]

I never saw Supersax (although enjoyed their LPs in my younger days) but did get to see Med Flory over several days of performances in 1999 along with Bill Perkins, Conte Candoli and others. He was excellent both as leader and soloist.

[jazzcorner]

On 1/17/2008 at 7:47 PM, BillF said:

I'm very pleased to have found a used copy of Supersax's Stone Bird. I already have Supersax Plays Bird, Chasin' the Bird, Dynamite!, The Japanese Tour and Live in '75: the Japanese Tour Vol 2. Is anyone else a fan of this band?

Yes I am!

These are here:

Supersax     Supersax plays Bird        1973  Capitol

Supersax     plays Bird Vol 2 Salt Peanuts""  1974  Capitol

Supersax     Supersax plays Bird with Strings       1975  Capitol

Supersax     The Japanese Tour Vol I 1975  Hindsight

Supersax     The Japanese Tour Vol II        1975  Hindsight

Supersax     Dynamite!!   1977  MPS

Supersax     Supersax chasing the bird / Dynamite 1977-79      MPS

Supersax     & LA Voices-Vol 2  1984  Columbia

Supersax     & LA Voices-Vol. 3 [rec at Capitol Studio A] 1986  Columbia

Supersax     Stonebird    1988  Columbia /Sony

Supersax & LA Voices     The complete edition      1983-86      CBS(2)

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[Rabshakeh]

14 hours ago, JSngry said:

Big bands!

A good sax section is a winner by default, and they were that. But a one trick pony is what it is, and they were also that.

Let it speak to the diversity of what was then the "jazz audience". Plenty of room for plenty of things for plenty of people. 

But the answer can't just be "big bands"? There were other big bands. Why them?

[JSngry]

Because Bird.

All the music, none of the dealing with the person. Or any of the old records. And they were all old in one way or another. 

And yes, big bands. Section playing. Jazz performance as interpreting written musics instead of improvising. The thrill of not having to worry about the outcome, just about how well it will be played. 

[jazzcorner]

[rostasi]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Wow! I remember that issue.

Delivered to my door in little (at that time) Allen, Texas.

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[JSngry]

I got mine in Gladewater. It now lives in Plano. 

[rostasi]

I was thinking about those early issues of downbeat the other day - especially 1974,
because I was mentioning, on my radio show, that it was 50 years ago that Alan Watts
had died and I didn't know about it until I read the obit in the issue from January 31 -
the one with the illustrations of Don Ellis, Lester Bowie and Freddie Hubbard on the cover.

[JSngry]

[rostasi]

WOW!