Okay, okay, What's the difference between a sax and a lawn mower ? Vibrato Couldn't resist Jon At 11:14 PM 08/25/1999 -0400, you wrote: > > Indeed it depends on who's playing, Vince. From my perspective, I'm referring > to those who are given 32 bars, "say" everything they know in the first 8 > bars, and just blow for the sake of blowing for the other 24. I call this > "honking" instead of playing. Of those you mentioned, Paul Desmond was NOT > guilty of this... he never "said" the same thing twice. Instead, he built > consistent, artistic, musical lines while -still- revealing his prowess on > the instrument. Although I'm familiar with the other two, I've never studied > their playing styles. > > Reference: I particularly -like- Bob Mintzer's big band -and- the > arrangements... fresh, moody, poignant, but still powerful arrangments, and > reminiscent of much larger bands of a bygone era. I'm not sure, but suspect > that Mintzer himself is a single-reed player of the persuasion being > discussed. If so, the arrangements I've heard have far too many solo sax > breaks written into the scores. Within those solo breaks, the fresh, > improvisational ideas are not forthcoming fast enough. What starts out really > good becomes honking in short order. > > Jim Harvey, RPT > [is that me honking?] > > At 07:50 PM 8/25/99 -0600, you wrote: >> >> Man, I can't believe you guys. You must be listening to pop artists or >> something. Depends on who's playing, right?? Coltrane, Adderly, Desmond, >> to name a few, were outstanding. >> >> At 04:06 PM 8/25/99 -0400, you wrote: >> >> >BTW, I don't much care for saxophones either, especially played solo. In >> >ensemble with tight harmony lines (Glenn Miller band)... well, that's a >> >different story. >> > >> >Jim Harvey, RPT >> > >> >At 08:14 AM 8/25/99 -0500, you wrote: >> >> >>>He says he can't stand Saxaphones. >> >> >>>Michael Wathen >> >> Vince >> <mailto:vince@byu.edu> > >
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