Fly Me to the Moon - Tenor Sax Solo

Jay Metcalf from @bettersax plays over our backing track for the classic jazz standard Fly Me to the Moon. This track comes with Essential Jazz Repertoire Vol 2, a collection of great tunes for practice and performance.

Jay is playing his Jody Jazz DV NY mouthpiece on a Yanagisawa TW33 tenor saxophone.

[jamesdarylthomas]

Nice tune hopefully one day I can remember the whole tune like that just now starting on the sax tenor for the last at least four years I am now 67 of age I love this sax practicing everyday I hear myself getting there soon thanks be safe God blessing to all

[robertgalardi]

NO BODY BETTER THAN METCAF .. HE OWNS THE SAXOPHONE TEACHING COURSES AS THE BEST TEACHER IN THE BIZ .. GO BABY GO .. BOBBY G..

[jackgaudet]

Well done, I hope to have a tone like that one day

[rudydieu]

Excellente interprétation sur un excellent saxophone ténor, pour un des meilleurs le bec parfait avec une des meilleur ligature tout cela est excellent bravo merci

[wyndhleodumegwu]

Jay, you remind me of the excellence of the great tenor masters via your great tone, articulation and melodic improvisation.

I am thinking especially of Lester Young, Paul Quinnochett, Paul Gonzales, Frank Wess and, yes, Clifford Jordan, Zoot Sims, Junior Cook and Scott Hamilton.

[pavollitauszki]

This sound 🤩 Yanagisawa Silver Tenor is the best 🎷 I play on the same sax.

[hansmathiasthjomoe]

Wonderful playing. This is How jazz should sound.

[sorenfuhrer]

Ohh, nice Scott Hamilton sound vibe! Lovely

[zumbadancesandy]

So glad to receive your email for new track!

[bartonephotography]

Jeez, Jay - great voicings, wonderful tone. Keep it up, kid... ;-)

[peterdraketeacherhexham]

Many thanks for this, Jay. You are my 'go to guy' for sax teaching resources. For those who don't know, you can transcribe this magnificent solo by clicking settings (the wheel symbol found on the bottom right of the screen) then selecting one of the slowdown options (suggest you do 50% first to get your ear in, then move up to 75%). Start with four or five notes. Hum them to yourself a couple of times then pick them out on your sax. I would do a couple of phrases a day, then really master them before you move onto the next ones. SOOO much improvement in just a week of effort.
Jay you are the top guy. Such a great player, but a lovely easy teaching manner too. I've learned so much from you.

[stevepethel]

Great sound out that soulful horn...Thanks for posting your. Gift of Music.Gods continued blessings ...Awesome sir

[m.w.]

Your sound is like a glass of redwine.🍷I like it. it's a old Selmer sax, but then i have read the description!😅👍🔝🎷Thank you for your work!

[kevsaxman]

Genius! Absolutely loved this, such great technique, tone and imagination!

[phooesnax]

Love the old time vibe and tone. Nailed it.

[jimburns]

Jay, just coming across this video 2 years after you posted it. Wow ! … that’s a lot of notes !! Well done sir. No disrespect… but I love your tenor playing than the alto. Maybe, because I am partial to the lower sounds resonance of a tenor. Again, nicely done mate.

[Nestor_Fernandez]

Sound, phrasing and such an exquisite taste. No notiness needed! Awesome.

[robstevens]

Thanks for playing & posting these standards!

[latigo]

Eres impresionante una de las mejores improvisaciones que e escuchado eres mi ídolo ánimo saludos

[harrypotter]

Super bien joué ! Bravo ! J'aime beaucoup le grain des diverses sonorités.