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    I'm certainly not the most experienced individual in the world, but I've been playing in a jazz combo of some form or another for the past 5 years, and a bit over a year ago I started up the group I'm currently with, Zarathustra.

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    Beginners/Intermediates post your recordings here - 2013

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    Listening to your recordings makes me pretty hesitant to post anything. The level is very high here! Great job everyone! Here are 2 tunes I recorded recently, far from good as you will see. Lullaby of Birdland (much too long and has no ending) Someday my prince will come (December's TOTM on a...

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    ajcomputers

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    After seeing how popular this thread was in the Tenor section. Why don't we give it a shot here? My alto setup is as follows: Selmer Mark VI Alto Early Babbit Otto Link 6* mouthpiece Francois Louis "Ultimate" ligature and smart cap Runyon Palm Key Risers Vandoren or Rigotti Reeds Oleg...

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    Nefertiti

    Tenor Mouthpiece Website

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    Hey Everyone, New website is www.neffmusic.com I just got a piece back from Ed Zentera and decided to put a recording on there. I'm always trying different pieces so I figured I'd see if this might help any of you out there who are like me. I have 8 tenor piece right now and am trying to...

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    disgruntleddave

    What albums are you currently really diggin'?

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    A couple of my recent favourites are: Brian Blade Fellowship and Pat Metheny group - Still Life (talking) I find this kind of more modern jazz absolutely inspiring, emotionally, musically, everything. I love 'old' jazz too, but there's something about this kind of music that has been...

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    Improvisation Course Taught by Gary Burton for Free

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    Coursera, the free (so far) MOOC platform, just announced a few new music courses to be taught in the spring by Berklee faculty: https://www.coursera.org/university/berklee . One is a five week improvisation course taught by Gary Burton. Coursera is an online platform for presenting courses to...

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    Harri Rautiainen

    Starting a combo

    As much I am for democracy, you've got a point there, JayePDX!

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