The Randy Kemp Trio
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An excellent musician based in Connecticut, Randy Kemp on his You Tube video of “Tale As Old As Time” from Disney’s Beauty And The Beast aminated classic, is featured on both tenor-sax and piano. The video at first shows an excerpt from the beloved movie and then Kemp plays his version of the song for a touching scene in which the Beast dances with the Beauty. The video alternates very effectively between the dance and Kemp’s saxophone playing.
Throughout this performance, Randy Kemp effectively turns the movie music into a memorable jazz ballad. While the song is reharmonized a bit, the sweet melody is beautifully played and his melodic variations add to the piece. In fact, Randy Kemp’s playing is so warm and his swing so natural that the romantic ballad sounds as if it was a jazz standard.
---Scott Yanow, jazz journalist and author
On a concise version of “Fly Me To The Moon,” he both sings and plays tenor-sax. Kemp has a nice appealing voice, swinging naturally and getting his message across in his easy-to-understand singing. His tenor playing, heard behind his vocal (via overdubbing) and on an excellent solo chorus, is accessible and melodic while also being both subtle and creative. This is an enjoyable performance.
---Scott Yanow, jazz journalist
Jazz historian reviews studio work
Scott Yanow is an American jazz reviewer, historian and author. He has authored 11 books on jazz and reviewed over 20,000 recordings since the mid-1970s. He approached me to review some work of mine and asked that I select three youtube videos for him to watch. Here they are, in no particular order. You can check out Scott's review of my Latin Jazz here.
Hope you enjoy the reviews and the videos :)
Randy Kemp, an excellent tenor-saxophonist, pianist and singer from the East Coast, has quite a few fine jazz videos on You Tube. His version of “You And The Night And The Music” is one of the best examples of his tenor-sax playing.
The standard is performed in a pianoless trio with bassist Bryan Swain and drummer Dave Hermantin. Kemp’s cool light tone is reminiscent of the great Stan Getz. He caresses the melody, trades off with drummer Hermantin and creates some melodic variations that perfectly fit the song. His version is fairly brief but complete. This performance is well worth hearing several times.