I’m really enjoying the mellow sax rides of my main man Boney James and gospel-drenched singer Dave Hollister. I tip-toe around the fact that I like many of the jazz lite, aka mellow jazz, aka smooth jazz saxophonists, but there it is in black and white.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t limit myself to smooth jazz, often listening to diverse saxophone greats like Charlie Parker, recently deceased Boots Randolph, or Joshua Redmond. In fact, I probably own CD’s for over a 100 name-brand saxophonists. And the most controversial stack of sax CDs I own would most likely have to be those by Kenny G.

But, I luv stickin’ a Kenny G CD on and trying to figure out the form and tune without music. Some of his stuff is pretty easy, pop music with an AABA form and in an easy key like G. Contrast that with rock stuff that is usually in a key suitable for the human voice but a killer for a sax like C#…minor…augmented.  ;o)

You can check out Boney’s CD titled Ride at Amazon.com, with musical excerpt to whet your taste.