all jazz saxophonists play very dodgy notes imo.

I remember going to see a famous British jazz soprano saxophonist back in the seventies (I can't remember his name but I do remember that he was also a brain surgeon (fact, I am not making this up))

anyway, he was completely unlistenable to as far as I was concerned, sounded like he was practising scales, and hadn't quite mastered these scales.

judging by the applause following each number, however, the rest of the audience obviously didn't agree.

a clear case of the emperor's new clothes imo.

Michael Brecker's notes sound dodgy to me as well, but if M.Ted says they are OK, that's good enough for me ...