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Today, 05:36 PM

Keith Ridenhour started a thread Following my 2 year rule this horn must go. in Saxophones For Sale

https://www.ebay.com/itm/132589751681?ul_noapp=true Bundy Special Alto with Barone silver plate neck and jody jazz custom mouthpiece. bid is 15...

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Today, 02:01 PM

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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Yesterday, 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, 12:49 AM

Keith Ridenhour replied to a thread Playing Phil Woods' Goodbye Mr. Evans in SOTW Member Recordings & Reviews

You have that ;pretty meyer tone. I was doing that in college. Nice job. K

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04-15-2018, 05:35 PM

Keith Ridenhour replied to a thread Saw Sanborn last night in Napa. in Brand Name Players ...

Yeah, I can't imagine not having good sidemen and spreading it all around. Unless you fall in love with your own voice and think its all about you. K

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04-14-2018, 06:54 PM

Keith Ridenhour replied to a thread Saw Sanborn last night in Napa. in Brand Name Players ...

I'd agree with Peter that the sound quality is good/ but we paid 130 for the two tickets and were almost to the side of the stage behind a post. They...

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04-13-2018, 09:22 PM

Keith Ridenhour replied to a thread Saw Sanborn last night in Napa. in Brand Name Players ...

His show as great as always and even better considering what he must have gone through recently. K

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04-13-2018, 05:16 PM

Keith Ridenhour started a thread Saw Sanborn last night in Napa. in Brand Name Players ...

Man he looked frail. I was on stage right where he had someone basically help him up the stairs onto the stage and then he made it to his stool. Put...

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04-11-2018, 01:57 PM

Randy Hunter replied to a thread Sax Licks, Tips, and Tricks in Practicing

Very cool! I'm sure we've played a lot of the same places. I played in a band called The League of Decency for about 20 years doing lots of funk,...

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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, 03:49 PM

Keith Ridenhour replied to a thread Bundy Special (Keilwerth) alto for sale 699 OBO in Saxophones For Sale

Price drop to 649. at this price you get the horn (I paid 600) , the barone neck (300cost) and the 500dollar overhaul I got. K

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04-10-2018, 03:47 PM

Keith Ridenhour replied to a thread An exciting new product, years in development! A must-have for EVERY saxophonist! in Saxophones For Sale

Stoolmaster ™

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04-10-2018, 03:46 PM

Keith Ridenhour replied to a thread An exciting new product, years in development! A must-have for EVERY saxophonist! in Saxophones For Sale

I don't mean to steal this thread but Ive developed a device for the aging saxophonist called the stool collector? Nots as sexy as drool but...

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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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04-10-2018, 12:14 AM

Keith Ridenhour replied to a thread Bundy Special (Keilwerth) alto for sale 699 OBO in Saxophones For Sale

I had a good question asked about the horn. Its a Barone silver plate neck not solid sliver. The previous owner said he paid 300 for the neck and I...

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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, 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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04-06-2018, 03:08 PM

Randy Hunter replied to a thread Sax Licks, Tips, and Tricks in Practicing

Thanks Man! I see you're in Atlanta- have we met before?

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