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Roundmidnite replied to a thread TOTM - April 2018 - Friday Night at the Cadillac Club in SOTW Member Recordings & Reviews

I'm curious- would you call this tune hard bop, jazz funk- what genre? I ask because I'm putting together a gig and am looking for tunes like this to...

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04-18-2018, 04:22 PM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread How big of a tipper are you? in Working Sax Pros

I play jazz at an Irish pub on Thursday nights. I tip the waitress and she tips the band- just a little tradition of ours!

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04-17-2018, 10:33 PM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread Clark Terry Documentary in Misc. Saxophone Discussion

What a sweet memory saxoclese! I remember when I went to his "Great Plains" jazz camp in high school (I'm from Kansas)- at a school literally in the...

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04-17-2018, 08:00 PM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread TOTM - April 2018 - Friday Night at the Cadillac Club in SOTW Member Recordings & Reviews

I'm enjoying listening to you guys! I just had some dental work done so hoping I can get at it in a few days, this is a fun one!

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04-17-2018, 01:48 AM

Tim Price started a thread Phila Jazz Project; Satellites Are Spinning: A Sizzling, Sonic Celebration of Sun Ra ; MAY 30 ..8pm in Announcements and Bulletin Board

Satellites Are Spinning: Sun Ra Celebration This is the date- location for the next Satellites Are Spinning: Sun Ra Celebration I'm involved in-...

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04-16-2018, 12:34 PM

Bill Mecca replied to a thread Love my new Martin! in Martin

I recently picked up a 204xxx The Martin after playing more than a year on a completely rebuilt Indiana (my previous and only other tenor was a 61...

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04-15-2018, 03:18 PM

Tim Price started a thread Saxophone Coaching-Skype-NYC-Reading, Pa ( woodwinds -bassoon) in Teaching

Saxophone Coaching-Skype-NYC-Reading, Pa Saxophone Coaching, with instructor-coach Tim Price ; reach your goals.Expand your vision about what is...

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04-15-2018, 03:12 PM

Tim Price replied to a thread RIP Bob Feldman. . . in In Memory of ...

Thank you Charlie J...much appreciated.

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04-15-2018, 03:21 AM

Tim Price replied to a thread RIP Bob Feldman. . . in In Memory of ...

Bob Feldman memorial: a small gathering at John Baltimore’s- celebrating a great friend- musician: left to right- Jay Rosen- David Schnitter-John...

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04-15-2018, 03:17 AM

Tim Price started a thread RIP Bob Feldman. . . in In Memory of ...

Rest In Power , Bob Feldman : Bob Feldman (1938-2018). I was just informed Bob passed yesterday, in NyC in his apartment on 43 St. Bob was one...

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04-11-2018, 01:56 PM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread The Great Saxophone/Flute Players/Recordings in Flute & Piccolo

I appreciate all the input and info. on this idea of doing a presentation on the great flute/saxophone players. I'm trying to write up part of it...

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04-11-2018, 11:45 AM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread The Great Saxophone/Flute Players/Recordings in Flute & Piccolo

Re: Gazzelloni, I consulted Dr. David Demsey, Jazz Studies, Professor, and Curator of Living Jazz Archives at William Paterson Univ. and I will have...

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04-11-2018, 11:27 AM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread what's as far away from sax as possible? in Misc. Instruments and Voice

Plato and Pythagoras would disagree- according to the quadrivium's four disciplines. The first is arithmetic, concerned with the infinite linear...

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04-11-2018, 11:14 AM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread How to do Long Tone excercises/Shaky Tone while doing long tones. in Tone Producing & Embouchure

I'll check out Ravi Shankar- it will have added benefit since I got a weekly gig at an Indian Restaurant!

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04-10-2018, 05:06 PM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread How to do Long Tone excercises/Shaky Tone while doing long tones. in Tone Producing & Embouchure

This might be a dumb idea, but I've started thinking of ballads as being long tone "exercises", using different dynamics, octaves, etc. Drones are...

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04-10-2018, 11:01 AM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread Yusef Lateef? in Flute & Piccolo

It's still possible to get a horn with so much historical significance, that won't be the case for the next generation. Thanks for the info.-

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04-08-2018, 03:51 PM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread The Great Saxophone/Flute Players/Recordings in Flute & Piccolo

You guys have given me great input. This thing is only going to be an hour long, so I need to narrow it down to some of the main musicians who were...

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04-07-2018, 03:41 PM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread The Great Saxophone/Flute Players/Recordings in Flute & Piccolo

I'm working on my topic proposal for my lecture recital at the Univ. of Maine. I think I have decided to study about jazz musicians who are...

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04-06-2018, 11:41 PM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread Donald Sinta playing the Heiden Sonata in Classical Saxophone

I know that piece quite well and posted about it a few months ago. If I recall correctly, someone suggested some performance notes. I'm curious-...

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04-06-2018, 08:56 PM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread Classical to Jazz Music in Practicing

I'm kind of backwards to what you're doing. I'm more of a jazz player and I've been working on a couple of challenging classical pieces on alto and...

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04-06-2018, 07:30 PM

Bill Mecca started a thread Best NJ tech for The Martin Tenor in Martin

My go to repair tech retired several years ago. I have taken my horns to a local place and been relatively happy with the work and prices, but.......

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04-06-2018, 03:37 PM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread Yusef Lateef? in Flute & Piccolo

Man, wonder what the Powells would go for?

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04-05-2018, 11:34 AM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread TOTM - April 2018 - Friday Night at the Cadillac Club in SOTW Member Recordings & Reviews

Great to hear you Brendan!:)

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04-05-2018, 10:49 AM

Roundmidnite replied to a thread 50 reasons to nail a saxophone to the wall of your barn in Polls and Surveys

I couldn't disagree more- if we got rid of all the saxophones there would be no way to produce those horrible sounds. But what would we do about the...

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