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Tears June
01-23-2004, 05:22 AM
Dexter Gordon have play this song before.
J. Mclean also rexcord this.

Who else? Especially Tenor player.
paullanfermeijer
01-23-2004, 02:28 PM
A lot..........

see http://www.allmusic.com/ and search for smile!

745 hits!
Good luck!

Paul
Tears June
01-23-2004, 02:42 PM
A lot..........

see http://www.allmusic.com/ and search for smile!

745 hits!
Good luck!

Paul

Yes, a lot but what about sax player?

:cry:
paullanfermeijer
01-23-2004, 06:23 PM
June,

this hint means ........that you have to search! :D :D
I will not do that for you!

Regards,
paul
frasermanx
05-24-2004, 02:24 PM
I have been learning this song .. since it always makes me cry and the words are written by Charlie Chaplin as well as winning an Academy Award in 1933. On my YTS-23 horn this song comes out sounding kinda sterile though .. one of the reasons I am still looking for a pre-war Tenor I can love ...

Fraser in Toronto
usda
05-28-2004, 10:28 AM
Fraisermanx;

I am new to the forum, and have posted a couple of places about a prise WW I era tenor, low pitch by Werlitzer...actually a stencil by Beuscher, I think..an old true tone.

It plays so beautifully...the low register particularly is so rich and mellow that one doesn't need technique...no fancy blowing, no tricks....nothing but pure sound that rattles around in your head and heart. It's good consistent sound all throughout...but those low tones blow me away.

I did put a metal Wagner mp on it...my Otto link made it too laid back. The Wagner brightens it just right.

Find one of those old horns...I am sure it will be worth it...I paid 200 bucks for mine...a band owner had let it set for the past upteen years because it didn't fit his very small hands. He retired long ago. I figured, and rightly, he wouldn't have bought it if it was a dog.

He was an alto player and had a Salmer balanced action...the old ones...Paris...I played it...a very good horn...but my alto, an old Bundy sounds almost as good. In truth the best horn he had was the tenor, in my opinion,,,and he let it go for a farthing.

He had developed Parkinson's and shook too much to play much.