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I have a Yamaha YAS-61 that I purchased new in 1979 or so. I played it a year or two in band and it has been stored in its case all the years since. It is in near perfect condition, with a cracked cor...
...em to beleive of it's very narrow table that deforms the reed. It did managed to cut thro' my band....
Hello, My name is Scott Robinson. I am a brass and woodwind band instrument technician in the Brandon area. I am new to newsgroups, so just wanted to introduce myself and try to follow a few topics. N...
...e biggest instrument manufacturers in America during that era, and was quite a huge monopoly in the big band era. ...
... new pads/ regulation for sale. Not sure which zephyr he has, send him an email and check. Scott owns a Band Instrument Repair business. He does work for me!
John Van Zandt...
...039;s him. Forgot that he did percussion too. Haven't heard anything about him since he left their band though....
...eplies to my questions. I've decided to search the area I know in the midwest. My father was a big band trombone player and I'm still in touch with some folks.
It will be interesting to ...
I started a ton of beginning band sax players just this week. There's just 'something' about the instrument that is infectious to them, and I think that the sax will never die because o...
...ike to see a group of 9th-11th graders play Fingers, or Three and One... That stuff is good-college-jazzband level, or professional band level....
I have played the tenor and alto saxophone for a few years now and my school band teacher is trying to get me to try clarinet as well and was wondering what it is like in relation to the saxophone bec...
...L ME IF I PAID TOO MUCH MONEY FOR IT AND IF THAT WAS A GOOD CHOICE. MY STEPSON, A FRIEND AND I ARE IN A BAND AND I WANT TO KNOW IF I SHOULD STAY WITH THE JEAN BAPTISTE OR TRY TO GET ANOTHER BRAND. I H...
I heard the last part of this song today on the radio. A 1977 hit by Sanford/Townsend Band. Does it have any sax solos in it. I thought I heard some before it went off the ai but not positive. If so, ...
...z Orch. featuring who else but the famous Wynton Marsalis. It was so good to be able to listen to a big band. As expected they were splendid.
Did any one else attend? Comments? Critiques?...
...tuff from the Conversations with Warne Marsh is golden, but his solo on Big Daddy with the Ramsey-Kleeb band takes the cake, all 7 pages of it, including cadenza....
...hey will find you a private instructor. Private lessons are the best way to make progress quickly. Your band teacher will likely be able to help with referrals.
Good luck!
Randy
jazz books ww...
...rick used by many of the oldtime saxmen. The gentleman who sits next to me in the Cleveland Post Office Band has done that several times in my presence. Did I say 'oldtime?' Well he played w...
... school in the fall and she has been playing the clarinet for some time now, she wants to get into jazz band in a year or so but there is no clarinet section. She is interested in the soprano sax and ...
Hello, I used this amp in my band and am selling it. I thought that a few of you people in the group are in bands that use this type of equipment so pass it along!
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayI...
...vner Eddie Daniel's Model. Versatility is the key. I want a sound that will really project for big band playing but that can mellow out too. Which is better?
if it'll make a difference, ...
...t finding an authentic case. You should, however, be able to find a generic case through just about any band instrument retail store that will fit it. Be certain to specify the make and model sax befo...
My (Big) Band has an outdoor community gig on Saturday afternoon. We're the closing act, and the producer of the event JUST called me to see if we could close with something patriotic.
We don...
...hen I really have to sit upright so that I can breath with my diaphragm (having a ring around the waist band).
Tony...
...tion for alto and bari is to think down a minor third, or to the sixth step of whatever concert key the band is playing in. If the band is playing a Bb scale, you'll play a G scale on alto (scale...
... the berkeley fakebooks.
i cant wait till he puts book 3 up. ive been itching to update my personal band in a box fakebooks
andrewfus...
...to examine that in my playing - Note I'm a clarinet player mostly, though I do play Alto in a Jazz band.
Thanks for the information.
Rich R....
...e has developed a preferance yet as he has only been playing 3 years but he has started playing in jazz band this year and has really enjoyed it. His YAS-23 has been a great sax so far but he is real...
... but even then that will have a lot to do with your mouthpiece and so on,If you entend to play in a big band and even a sax quartet and even as a soloist it is a beautifull instrument with the low A.E...
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Chase, Bud Brisbois and Dalton Smith were in the section at the same time when I was on the Kenton band. They did a little high note stuff....
...eed to bang the lig to fit around the ridge on the back of the piece, though (i think there is a little band of metal on the lig that matches up fairly well with that ridge). I found that it fits pret...
...;ve had no problems at all with the mechanics. I've been playing it with the Canadian Glenn Miller band for most of the past year. I recommend it without reservation.
Visit my site 'Merl...
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