Al-Hajj Sayyd (Russell Linwood) Abdul Al-Khabyyr (Thomas), Baritone Sax (and clarinet), makes a special featured guest appearance on the Pepper Adams Jazz channel.
Kicking off with a musical joke on the clarinet (Ravel's "Bolero"), the multi-instrumentalist then switches to the bari sax, playing a powerful (Pepper Adams-like) background riff under the trumpets.
Arturo Sandoval's solo break is a nod to the famous Charlie Parker solo break (also recorded by "Supersax").
Al-Khabyyr's bari sax solo follows that of Sandoval. Just as in the "Manteca" video of the same concert, he plays some EXTREME altissimo on the "little" big horn, going into the stratosphere of the soprano sax (and beyond)...
Towards the end of the video, Al-Khabyyr plays another solo part on the baritone sax, ending the tune like he began -- with a second musical joke that fans of Peter Sellers movies will much appreciate.
Maybe Al-Khabyyr had an innate sense of humor (shared with Gillespie), or perhaps he had heard Pepper Adams play "The Muppet Show" during the 1982 Grammy Awards...
Bio:
Al-Hajj Sayyd (b Russell Linwood) Abdul Al-Khabyyr (b Thomas). [Muslim named adopted in 1971]. Soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist, composer, b Harlem (New York) 22 Mar 1935, naturalized Canadian ca 1965.
Al-Hajj Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr studied clarinet and saxophone in New York with Cecil Scott and others. After travelling in 1954 with the trombonist Snub Mosley to Montreal, he worked there 1954-5 with Al Cowans and then led his own band in local nightclubs. In Ottawa 1957-70 he was a member, variously, of the Canadian Jazz Quartet (with Richard Wyands, piano, Wyatt Ruther, bass, and Doug Johnston, drums), the Ottawa Saxophone Quartet and studio or dance bands led by Champ Champagne, Buster Monroe, and others. He led his own orchestra 1959-63 and 1963-5 at the Gatineau Country Club.
In 1970 he returned to Montreal, where he taught 1970-80 at the University of Montreal. His pupils included the flutist Jennifer Waring, the trumpeter Chris Place and the saxophonist Mary-Jo Rudolf. Abdul Al-Khabyyr performed on occasion during this period in contemporary music settings (eg, the SMCQ ensemble, Walter Boudreau's Infonie, Dionne-Brégent, TRIO 3), worked in studio and theatre orchestras, and was heard regularly 1971-8 playing jazz at his own Café Mo-Jo, first with the percussionist Dido, then with his own sons Ameen (flute, percussion), Nasyr (percussion), Muhammad (trombone) and Zayd (piano).
Dividing his time between Montreal and New York during the 1980s, Abdul Al-Khabyyr had returned permanently to the USA by decade's end. He was a member 1980-2 and again, beginning in 1987, of the Mercer Ellington Orchestra, and toured internationally 1983-7 with Dizzy Gillespie. He also recorded and/or performed in New York with the Savoy Sultans, Illinois Jacquet, the Afro-Asian Jazz Ensemble, and the Charli Persip Superband. Abdul Al-Khabyyr made several appearances with his sons and other musicians at the Festival international de jazz de Montréal during the 1980s, displaying both his instrumental versatility and his stylistic breadth. His own music is bebop in style but often devotional in nature.
Abdul Al-Khabyyr's sons Nasyr Abdul Al-Khabyyr and Muhammad Abdul Al-Khabyyr have followed in his musical footsteps.
Bibliography:
Sobol, John. "Jazzman [Muhammad] Al-Khabyyr steeped in music since his childhood," The Gazette, 3 Jul 1988
Brunet, Alain. "Les trésors cachés de la famille Abdul Al-Khabyyr," Montreal La Presse, 25 Jun 1994
Gilmore, John. Who's Who of Jazz in Montreal: Ragtime to 1970 (Montreal: Véhicule Press 1989)
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