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Category Archives: Saxophone
Rousseau and Brockman
Brother at arms, saxophonists extraordinaire Eugene Rousseau and Michael Brockman were captured in this picture at my sax instructors’ Master’s of Music program in Oregon in 2004. Both men are educators as well as world-class saxophonists. And I’ve long had … Continue reading
Posted in Classical, Music, Music Instruments, Saxophone, soprillo
Tagged Eugene Rousseau, Michael Brockman, Seattle Sax Orchestra
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Lament in Bb: Soloist Block
Ever wonder why more players can’t solo? I do. I used to think I was a decent soloist. That was until I started taking lessons. I’m in year 5 of lessons and I find that now that I understand more … Continue reading
Posted in Clarinet, Health and wellness, Hobbies, Saxophone, Seattle, soprillo
Tagged contrabass clarinet, jazz, leblanc, solo, TV, vibrato
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Ngram Viewer: Most Popular Instrument Ever!
I have been playing around with Google’s Book Ngram Viewer. There is a nice and humorous introduction on this TED video, What we learned from 5 million books. It’s an addicting tool that lets you search for words and ideas … Continue reading
“In the Mood” theater run, take two
This year wife Suzy (tenor, clarinet), friend Bob (bass bone), friend Bill (lead trumpet), and I (alto & bari sax, sop & bass clarinet) will be a part of the “In the Mood” big band. It is a theater show … Continue reading
Posted in Band, Big Band, Clarinet, Saxophone, Theater
Tagged bass clarinet, Duke Ellington, in the mood, Nutcracker, Sugar Rum Cherry
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Trivia du Jour: Name that Sax
Came across this oddity today. Can any name this square-keyed sax maker? This stumped my friends on Facebook. Let’s see how my WordPress readers do.
Posted in Art, Facebook, Hobbies, My World, Nerds, Photograph, Repair, Saxophone, Woodwind Forum, WordPress
Tagged trivia
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PGSQ: A little Ragtime Music on the Weekend
The Professor Gadget Sax Quartet is a labor of luv for me. But we really don’t practice enough. Work, family, and other band commitments are constantly getting in the way. That said, this is our Labor Day performance at the … Continue reading
Posted in Heros, Music, Sax Quartet, Saxophone, WCB
Tagged ballard locks, corps of engineers, ragtime, wcb
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Playful Sax Girl
This picture by Fernando Meyer (Flickr) is interesting on a number of levels. It’s a nice shot taken at a unique angle that has me wondering how fun it would have been to setup and take this picture. Fernando has … Continue reading
Subcontrabass Saxophone
I noticed that in the last couple of days some people have been searching for “subcontrabass sax” and getting hits to my blog. I go to Jay Easton’s Subcontrabass Sax page or Helen’s Bassic Sax blog for my researching needs. … Continue reading
Posted in Bass Sax, Music Instruments, Research, Saxophone, soprillo, Toys, Wikipedia
Tagged Adolphe Sax, Bassic Sax, Benedikt Epplesheim, bourdon, J'Elle Stainer, Jay Easton, sarrusophone, subcontrabass sax, Tubax
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Saxophone Sheet Music Archive
Did you know that the Clarinet Institute maintains archives of Saxophone music? There are currently over 250 works in the collection. Solos, duets, trios, quartets, chamber music, studies and more. Over 3,700 pages of Saxophone sheet music from over 100 … Continue reading
Posted in Clarinet, Music, Sax Quartet, Sax Quintet, Saxophone
Tagged Clarinet Institute, sheet music
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Borgani Flexitone Ligs
I purchased a set of these and use them on my sop and bari sax mouthpieces. Besides being gorgeous, they are screw-less so way easy to adjust. The Borgani Flexitone ligature is a remake of the classic Selmer Magnitone adjustable … Continue reading
Posted in Hobbies, Music, Music Instruments, Saxophone
Tagged Borgani, Flexitone, Ligature, Stohrer Music
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The Bis Key Chronicles 