I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else. - Coleman Hawkins If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice. - Stan Getz The tenor's got that thing, that honk, that you can get to people with. - Ornette … [Read more...]
Archives for January 13, 2010
Brecker and Blake
Speaking of Seamus Blake (see the item below), I looked for a video clip with him in action and came across one of the 28-year-old Blake in heavy company. He follows the late Michael Brecker in solo on Charles Mingus's "Goodbye Porkpie Hat." All of the other information I can give you is that this … [Read more...]