Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Baritone Sax - “Night In Tunisia“ (Gillespie/Sandoval, Live in Havana, Cuba 1985)

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“).