Phoenix, Arizona

[Tenorsaxer]

Any sax players here from Phoenix?

[SonnyMurphy]

Hey, howabout those quick-dryin' reeds?
Yes, I'm a tenor-player here in Phoenix. I play and compose for/with Subterranean Jazz. I'm 50 now but didn't really start playing til almost 40, so I think of myself as a "beginner" (and probably always will!).
I like Sonny Rollins, early Lester Young, Gene Ammons, Pharoah Sanders, Trane, Mobley, Wardell Gray...mostly and bits of everyone and everything.
Yourself?
We just played a gig outside of Kanab, Utah - a 6+hr drive to and fro Phoenix. Drove up in the morning and back after the gig!I suppose there's a paucity of Utah jazz outfits... :roll: :roll:

[Tenorsaxer]

you ever go to the Pita Jungle on Thursday nights? They have blues jams where you can play and stuff.

[SonnyMurphy]

I've heard of the Pita Jungle having some jazz but I didn't know about the open blues jam situation. Sounds like a great opportunity. We have a regular gig at a winebar on Thurs. so i normally wouldn't be able to make it.
If you're into blues, Warsaw Wally's in Phoenix also has an open jam night and i know that sax-players have often come down.
The band I play in is pretty devoted to playing our original tunes so the only time we play (as a band) "out of the book" is at weddings and private gigs where people are looking for standards.
I miss just wailing away in a freer situation sometimes - it seems as we get older, time and opportunity are a non-stop juggling act!

[Tenorsaxer]

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