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what is a good saxophone for advanced players, any comments on this
Hey everyone- quick poll-type question here- What magazines, especially of the music variety, are sax players reading? Are you getting into the general jazz magazines like Downbeat, Jazz Times, etc......
That I'm listening to: Gary Thomas* Chris Speed Tony Malaby Mark Shim David Sanchez Tim Berne Eric Alexander George Garzone* Who else? What does anyone think? Who do you like? * If anyone has any...
Thank you...........It feels good to be able to make a contribution to SOTW (they help a lot of players)and to all other players on line as well...........
...y bad mouthing the VII they would make their VI more valuable. the early numbered VII saxes were wonderful players and were assembled using VI parts for the most part, Selmer NEVER threw away anything...
...ld sound much better and smoother and the handling would be much better. What´s the opinion of other Bari-Players. Is it right, that most of the professional Sax-Players like Cuber, Mulligan etc only...
Glenn,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I'm tellin' ya...bari players
get ........no respect-
OK. Here's the deal... I think, more than seasoned players, a beginner HAS to have a good mouthpiece. I'm not talking some $200 custom thingy, I'm talking about a mouthpiece that has be...
I thought the Eventide was for guitar effects only. Do you know of any sax players who successfully use this processor?
Frank
...eem to have it right, but I've never owned one, so I can't say for sure. I know a lot of hotshot players get very nice sounds out of them, but hotshot players can often get good sound from p...
So THAT's why I hear so damn few players blowing on the Armenian scale !!!!
Collector value will be slightly less. No downsides from a players perspective IMHO. If it plays well and sounds good go for it.
Good point. Miles played with (and hired!) other horn players who would burn wheelies around him. The 'big three'
Complain to one of the pretty flute players - maybe a back rub is in order
(of course, if you were to wear it around your waist.......)
Mitch
has anybody here tried Alexander reeds? I have read some good reports but would like to hear from actual players and not just website hosts....... I play alto rico royale & bari vandoren,any ideas...
-Take it to The Windsmith on University Avenue. their number is 619-220-8984. Alot of the best players in town use Katie and Mark for thier repairs. Steve
...money for a repair will give you the financial return you are hoping for.
Couple FYI's -- Most sax players would rather buy a horn "as is" and take it to their own technician to have...
...er is the other tenor player and I think Peter Erskine is the drummer. Can't remember the rest of the players.
Stay on the scene like a sax machine....
Does your CD show the name of the sax players who did the solos on the following songs;
I'VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE-BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES HUNGRY EYES-ERIC CARMAN
Thanks
J...
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...
... to a Rico Jazz Select 2 Soft? Any advice?
In relation to another posting this week, I am one of those players who has gone to softer reeds over the years
thanks, bill...
...o love my work too, it's fun for me still. It makes me very happy to think that I can really help the players of this incredible instrument to get to their 'real' sound that they should...
...usiness has straightened out the lousy reputation that they had in the past. I know that quite a number of players had really bad times with them under the name of Youffers music and now I see they ar...
Hey fellow players I love this tenor Barone Contemporary/Traditional so much after playing on it for the last month I really felt it warranted another round of praise. I have finally gotten off that m...
...d experiment with opening your throat. A very open throat sounds different than a very closed throat. Some players really work hard to keep their throats open as much as possible, and always blast lar...
...as to where your preferences lie. I think you will find as many opinions about that as there are saxophone players.
I don't know if this exists where you are located but couldn't you �...
I just bought a gret book from windplayer.com called saxophone master class. It has articles but top sax players on pedagogical issues. It has great article by Lenny Pickett on the things he practices...
... now, there's a prime example of 'to each his own!'
I think you will find that MOST sax players would rank the Yamaha near the top, the Cannonball next, and the Bundy as just about ...
... the Yamaha, because it plays great! With the right mp, reed, ligature, etc....I'm sure most seasoned players would agree, 'It's not what you've got, it's how you use it. It a...
...he town hosts a get together of saxophonists. The next is on November 9th, 2002.
At the last one 1,200 players got together and played.
Dinant is the birthplace of Adolph Sax and they've ...
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