#saxophone tenor

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“I start in the middle of a sentence and move both directions at once.”

~John Coltrane

John Coltrane

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What if I wanted to break out my tenor sax and play in the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Fest, too!?

Plus, the outfits the Kirby crew wear are PEAK, look at them!!

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One of the Boss Tenors.

AllMusic Staff Pick: Booker Ervin Structurally Sound

Mixing the dusky romanticism of Dexter Gordon and the progressive tonal ideology of John Coltrane, Booker Ervin is often filed under “A” for amalgam alongside other overlooked tenor masters such as Tina Brooks and Hank Mobley. Structurally Sound is perhaps not Ervin’s most provocative album, but a solid and tasty endeavor featuring the suspended chord sounds popularized by McCoy Tyner during the late ‘60s.

- Matt Collar

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Elliot Shavers - Butter Bean (1963) One of my favorite slices of early 60s rock & roll from tenor saxophonist Elliot Shavers. It's 2 minutes and 30 seconds long and I dig every second of it. Shavers was also an occasional singer and, I think, the bulk of his work was more in the style of rhythm & blues than rock & roll. This 45 was the only piece of his musical output I ever purchased so I'm hardly an expert here.

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sammy once again showing why the thirst tweets were too tame for them

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MUSIC: Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Roy Haynes, and Ahmed Abdul-Malik at the Five Spot Cafe, September 1958. ph. Marvin Oppenberg

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‘I want to be a real force for good. In other words. I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.’

~John Coltrane

John Coltrane tournée giapponese, Luglio 1966

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GAYEST SECTION QUEST

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Recent comm

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ALERT TO ALL FELLOW ARTISTS!!!!!

I’ve noticed recently that some people have been drawing the saxophone very inaccurately. Not necessarily the saxophone itself, but the person playing it. (I know how hard it is to draw the sax. Trust me, I’ve tried.)

1. Neck straps

I’ve gotta tell you guys; unless your character is absolutely RIPPED, I doubt that they’ll be able to carry the hunk of metal. The saxophone is heavy. And by that, I mean really heavy; especially tenors/baritones. So add some weight!! If you want to be a bit more accurate, don’t be afraid to add a little neck strap on there. Trust me, your character will thank me later. They’ve been saved from years of severe back pain.

2. Hand positioning

The hand positioning on this instrument is crucial as it well. The left hand always goes on top. This is because the palm and pinky keys are on the top left side of the instrument. Same with the right hand, but on the bottom right side.

3. Mouthpiece/blowing into the sax

Whenever you’re drawing a character blowing into the saxophone, do not draw them with their mouths puffing out. This is the same for all the other woodwinds as well. We want our air to be fast as possible, so having pockets of air in the way as we’re blowing isn’t as efficient/effective as we’d like it to be. So we try to avoid puffing out our cheeks as much as possible.

And that’s about it! Now go make your saxophone dreams come true!!!

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Dig that mohawk!

Sonny Rollins , 1964

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Nick Rossi and His Swing Four, last week at The Hot Club of Shh

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Wayne Shorter – The Best of Wayne Shorter

Recording Date: March 4, 1964 – December 24, 1969 Label: Blue Note

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I love Ghost so much omg.

SANDSLASH I LOVE YOU TOO.

I now have two children : my cat (She's 4 in 3 weeks ♥) and that Sandslash. (Her name is Swiss and I love her)

Papa Nihil ♥

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Heyo chat I run a YouTube channel where I post covers. Should I do more sax or stick with guitar covers?

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In the band room. straight up "playing it". and by "it", haha well. let's justr say. My saxophone.