Very fine music on a Sunday morning. Coltrane is one of "my favorite things" Always interesting to hear the tonal difference between two instruments, Sax as example, Coltrane and Dolphy. Each adds personal subtlety, interpretations. I was at a local bar last week with some jazz being played and I noted how mechanical the sax is with all its hardware... "At intervals along the tube are between 20 and 23 tone holes of varying size, including two very small 'speaker' holes to assist the playing of the upper register. These holes are covered by keys (also known as pad cups), containing soft leather pads, which are closed to produce an airtight seal; at rest some of the holes stand open and others are closed. The keys are controlled by buttons pressed by the fingers, while the right thumb sits under a thumb rest to help keep the saxophone balanced." Also it always seems sax players have old worn and tarnished instruments.
Very fine music on a Sunday morning.
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Always interesting to hear the tonal difference between two instruments, Sax as example, Coltrane and Dolphy. Each adds personal subtlety, interpretations.
I was at a local bar last week with some jazz being played and I noted how mechanical the sax is with all its hardware...
"At intervals along the tube are between 20 and 23 tone holes of varying size, including two very small 'speaker' holes to assist the playing of the upper register. These holes are covered by keys (also known as pad cups), containing soft leather pads, which are closed to produce an airtight seal; at rest some of the holes stand open and others are closed. The keys are controlled by buttons pressed by the fingers, while the right thumb sits under a thumb rest to help keep the saxophone balanced."
Also it always seems sax players have old worn and tarnished instruments.
...i really dig Eric Dolphy...
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...he used to walk around outside playing his flute communing with birds...seriously...man was a talent...and really out there...
...not the least, but, playing a bass clarinet on A-Train - Eric, come on...
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