Got my soprano saxophone back from being repaired at KB Saxophone services in Long Island City. Those of you who don't know Kim, he runs a world class out fit.
http://www.kbsax.com/
Aaron and I had a session tonight that we kept nice and minimal. I played my soprano only tonight. Good to play something different. Soprano kinda forces me to take a different approach all together. Mine is quiet powerful, an old Martin from the 1920's. When I bought it 15 years ago it outdid many other horns costing far more. But what I like the most about it is I can not for the life of me get that saccharine smooth jazz sound out of it. I'm sure a better horn player than I can do that but the other horns I played at the time, they seemed to love that more than they loved my concept. I get a really big and clear tone from this horn, very eastern. May be the best five hundred Washingtons I've ever spent.
I tend to play less notes on the soprano and it's easier for me to get inside the feelings I am working with. Tonight I worked with some 4 note scales. That kind of simplicity makes better music for me at times. Music thrives in constraints for me, and almost always dies in freedom. I like boundaries. They force me to explore rhythm deeper than me using all 12 notes.
J
http://www.kbsax.com/
Aaron and I had a session tonight that we kept nice and minimal. I played my soprano only tonight. Good to play something different. Soprano kinda forces me to take a different approach all together. Mine is quiet powerful, an old Martin from the 1920's. When I bought it 15 years ago it outdid many other horns costing far more. But what I like the most about it is I can not for the life of me get that saccharine smooth jazz sound out of it. I'm sure a better horn player than I can do that but the other horns I played at the time, they seemed to love that more than they loved my concept. I get a really big and clear tone from this horn, very eastern. May be the best five hundred Washingtons I've ever spent.
I tend to play less notes on the soprano and it's easier for me to get inside the feelings I am working with. Tonight I worked with some 4 note scales. That kind of simplicity makes better music for me at times. Music thrives in constraints for me, and almost always dies in freedom. I like boundaries. They force me to explore rhythm deeper than me using all 12 notes.
J
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