[Dixielandjazz] Thinking in Sax

[Michael Woitowicz]

Gary,

Acquire a copy of "Soprano Summit" by Kenny Davern and Bob Wilber. 
Primarily soprano sax, they also mix it up quite well with C melody sax, 
alto sax and clarinet on these CD's (It's a 2 Cd set). Rhythm guitar is 
by Marty Grozz on these tracks and includes a "Jazzspeak" track by him 
describing his role in the CD. You can get it from Amazon.

Great listening, and a wonderful learning tool.!

On 7/20/2014 3:04 PM, Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote:
> They say a man thinks about playing sax about once every six seconds; I
> don't know how they'd measure that, but I suspect it is true ;)
>
> Up to now I've been playing mostly bass lines in dixieland sessions, taking
> a bass-sax role with the bari, but I'd like to learn more about soprano (ie
> Bechet) and c-melody (ie Trumbauer) roles in the music.
>
> Outside of their recordings at half-speed (which I fully intend to explore)
> where else should I begin?  Is there any particularly unique 'concept' to
> the role of the sax voices that I should know starting out?
>

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Mike Woitowicz
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