
Categories Widget (top-down)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...
Last Post By: Beer Can 05-21-2013, 07:40 PM
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...
Last Post By: tomsch Today, 04:17 AM
Well, check out Bob's Facebook account and read the good news. I'm happy for Rafy who is such a nice guy and great mouthpiece wizard. I'm sure Bob will be more than happy!! http://www.facebook.com/robertmintzer
Last Post By: Mike F Today, 09:11 AM
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...
Last Post By: MojoBari 05-21-2013, 01:37 PM
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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