Ronnie Cuber

[Durium]

RONNIE CUBER

RONNIE

I remember how I was fascinated hearing someone play the baritone saxophone. I listened to Gerry Mulligan 1954 Salle Pleyel concert more then a hundred times, before I learned about other great instrumentalists like Adrian Rollini, Serge Challof, Leo Parker and Pepper Adams. Most of them are gone now. Ronnie Cuber knows how to play this instrument in both the lower as the upper registers and is labeled as the jazz's greatest living baritone saxophonists.

Ronnie Cuber - a Tribute to the Past: Ronnie

Durium

Edited May 4, 2010 by Durium

[Free For All]

Some good candidates, although I always think the question should read "of the choices given", and I'd likely pick one of the given choices, although we mustn't forget:

Harry Carney

Lars Gullin

Cecil Payne

Joe Temperley

Hamiett Bluiett

Gary Smulyan

Scott Robinson

Nick Brignola

....and of course, our very own Duke City (Glenn Kostur). He laid down a few choruses at a concert we did two weeks ago that were truly burning.

[sonnymax]

of course, it's a baritone saxomaphone!

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I would probably vote for Nick Brignola if he were on the list. Of those listed, I really like Leo Parker's two Blue Note dates, but there really isn't enough there to declare him a clear winner in my mind.

[DukeCity]

Thanks for the shout out, Paul! When I first got into playing baritone, the list of guys who became my primary influences definitely included Ronnie Cuber (I wore out a copy of "Cuber Libre" on Xanadu).

Also on the list:

Pepper Adams

Nick Brignola

Bruce Johnstone (Woody's band, Maynard's band, and a funk group called New York Mary)

and some Gerry Mulligan

[Peter Friedman]

My personal favorite is Pepper Adams.

I wish more musicians played the baritone sax. We have a very very large number of good tenor players,

but only a tiny number of strong baritone saxophonists.

It seems far more people play the soprano sax than the baritone sax, but I much prefer to hear the baritone.

[DukeCity]

My personal favorite is Pepper Adams.

I wish more musicians played the baritone sax. We have a very very large number of good tenor players,

but only a tiny number of strong baritone saxophonists.

It seems far more people play the soprano sax than the baritone sax, but I much prefer to hear the baritone.

I hear you. And the reason is...

...the schlep.

[rpklich]

The first time I heard Ronnie Cuber was when he was with Eddie Palmieri.

There are lots of really good baritone players still around. Some living ones: Jim Hartog, Dave Sewelson, Clare Daly, Carlo Actis Dato, Howard Johnson, Alex Harding, Glenn Wilson, Roger Rosenberg.....

[BillF]

The first time I heard Ronnie Cuber was when he was with Eddie Palmieri.

There are lots of really good baritone players still around. Some living ones: Jim Hartog, Dave Sewelson, Clare Daly, Carlo Actis Dato, Howard Johnson, Alex Harding, Glenn Wilson, Roger Rosenberg.....

Gary Smulyan?

[A Lark Ascending]

Not wanting to get into any 'who's best?' debates but John Surman is still going strong with a vast and varied catalogue. Saw him just the other day in fine fettle.

I think he's earned his place alongside the others.

Edited May 4, 2010 by Bev Stapleton

[AllenLowe]

Rollini and that guy who used to play with Condon all the time (why can't I remember anybody's names anymore?).

Ernie..........

Caceres -

also, don't forget Jack Washington.

Edited May 4, 2010 by AllenLowe

[BillF]

Ellington clearly knew who were tops: his "Prima Bara Dubla" featured Carney and Mulligan.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Gotta go for Ronnie. I've got a huge bunch of his stuff from his early days with Slide Hampton to nowadays. He never fails to be exciting.

Leo Parker would be #2 for me. It's not just his 2 BN albums. I've got his King LP with Bill Jennings, which I like very much and a bunch of Savoy sides with Dex and Jug which are all very good. But, sadly, it's still not very much.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Other baritone players I like a lot, who aren't mentioned, are Hank Crawford, Leroy "Hog" Cooper, Jerome Richardson, Charles Davis and Paul Williams. Babe Clarke has a great sound in ensemble work, too.

MG

[Chuck Nessa]

Harry and Serge. My list has ended.

[Bright Moments]

WHAT! no James Carter? C'mon guys!!!

[Chuck Nessa]

WHAT! no James Carter? C'mon guys!!!

Are you kidding?

[Larry Kart]

Carney, Chaloff, and Lars Gullin.

[Chuck Nessa]

Is Gullin from Belgium?

[Bright Moments]

WHAT! no James Carter? C'mon guys!!!

Are you kidding?

I am as serious as a heart attack uncle chuck!

[Chuck Nessa]

sorry.

[Bright Moments]

sorry.

no apology necessary - hard to argue with the talent of the critics' choice award for baritone saxophone three years in a row from Down Beat magazine

[Chuck Nessa]

That is not my job.

[JSngry]

Ronnie Cuber's a bad motherfucker.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1376u_lionel-hampton-and-his-orchestra_music

Ok, let's try a simple link, then, since the media won't show:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1376u_lionel-hampton-and-his-orchestra_music

Edited May 5, 2010 by JSngry

[Larry Kart]

The young Gullin: