![]() So I’m not 100% sure this is Mark Rivera’s solo, but it sure does sound like him. Mark Rivera, Ronnie Cuber and Jon Faddis played Synthharmonica?!?!īut, there was another new track released on this album and you can see Mark Rivera was playing the Synthharmonica… whatever that is, along with Ronnie Cuber and John Faddis. Now in the liner notes of the Greatest hits album it does not say anything about the re-recorded solo. I’ve never heard of another instance where a solo was re-recorded for a re-release of a track. When I first heard the original Richie Cannata version it made me feel like I was in some kind of alternate reality since everything else on the recording is identical. I grew up hearing this newer re-recorded sax solo so that’s the one that sounds right to me. I’m pretty sure it was by Mark Rivera who replaced Richie Cannata in Billy Joel’s band in 1982 and has been with him ever since. New York State of Mind was re-released on the Billy Joel Greatest Hits Vol 1 and 2 album with a new sax solo. Now this sax solo has a bit of an odd story since it’s not actually the original that you would find on a hard copy of the Turnstiles album from 1976 when the song was first released. ![]() Then I’ll show you how you can learn to play some of that stuff in your own solos. Today, I’m going to analyze this classic solo and we’re going to go over some of the techniques used. If you’re around my age and from Long Island like I am… You definitely recognize the sax solo from the Billy Joel hit song New York State of Mind. ![]()
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