Yes he was, that is who I meant, not Tower Of Power, my mistake.
Sol To Soul is an awesome album he released with that song being the title track from the album.

I totally agree with that.

A favorite track that features solos by Chick Corea, Al Di Meola and Stanley Clarke is Return To Forever's Dual Of The Jester And The Tyrant

With Nigel giving Tommy's performance a "thumbs-up," I'm going out on a limb here and hoping I don't get thrown out of the room!

I'd have to go with UD here.....a virtuoso guitarist, but "too many notes!" IMO....he butchered the song. It's the greatest example of where someone should have kept in mind that "silence is golden!" In this case, "silence is golden" between notes!

I think I liked Rico's Maria Elena better.

Mark

That would also help someone like me to navigate the messages. As it is, I have to scroll up and down to search for the writing between the Youtube posts.

Maybe just listing the site link would be better......or.......maybe it would be better if I got a bloodhound and trained him to look for the words?

Ian,

I forgot all about that one. It should have been included in my list of Top 10's.

I wrote out a transcript of the sax solo. You can have it if you want it (and I can find it).

Mark

I never expect everyone to agree with my opinion. Opinions are a personal view. Dunno why you would think I would take offense to that. You would have never seen me throw anyone out because they disagreed with me. We all have different personal opinions. That is only natural. I do realize you were just kidding though.

Gary your son can really shred. Please pass on my compliments to him from me. Being a guitarist/keyboard player in a classic rock band I can really appreciate his talent. Is he currently playing in a band or recording? If not he should be.

Gary ... not my style of music, but he seems to be quite a technician ... and if Nigel says he's great, that's good enough for me ...
Congrats ...

Yep, Phil's solo really elevated an already great tune to where it's often considered a "new" standard.

I have the Yamaha Electone Course Step 8 (last book in the course) that has the whole tune written out for organ (with left hand and bass pedals) and I used to teach the tune.

It has the sax part transcribed pretty accurately, especially the intro and outro of the solo and it's in the original key of "D".

I play the tune quite often and have even made a style for it on my Tyros4...I generally try to get the intro and outro of the solo as close as possible, and I sort of improvise the middle part fairly close to Phil's version, although some sax licks are still a challenge on keys.

In any case, the tune has some sweet chords in it...the second chord in the verse, Bm6th, is one some players play as straight Bm and it just doesn't sound right...there are some On-Bass chords that are also essential for a truly accurate rendition...Billy hit one out of the park with this tune, for sure.

Unfortunately I don't have a printer/scanner, but I may get one in the near future from a client. If I do, I'll post the transcription here.

Ian