Well, he played a lot of horns, but his main horn was a King Zephyr.
Yeah, greatest live album ever recorded, IMO. It mentions the horn in the liner notes, I think.coolsax2k7 said:He even played a plastic Grafton alto. There is a live cd I think it's from Massey Hall and he's with Diz and playing his Grafton. I could hear the difference in the sound.
Yeah, you can hear that story on his concert on Yamaha's Podcasts, its pretty funny.Agent27 said:Phil Woods owns (through his late wife) Bird's Super 20. They sold the Grafton to a museum in Kansas City a while back. Phil tells a story of pawning his horn to buy groceries for his wife and Bird's kids. He got called for a gig but his horn was in the pawn shop so he used Bird's Super 20. Charles Mingus walked into the club, saw the horn with Bird's name engraved on it, and gave Phil a dirty look. At the break, Phil got an advance for the gig and went and got his horn out of hock.
Yeah, that's where I got it from. I can't remember how much they sold the Grafton for, but I'm thinking in the neighborhood of $200,000. So when anyone asks him if he has Bird's horn he says "Yes, but I only have a few left."saxymanzach said:Yeah, you can hear that story on his concert on Yamaha's Podcasts, its pretty funny.
HAHAHA! Yeah, I rolled on the floor when I first heard that.Agent27 said:Yeah, that's where I got it from. I can't remember how much they sold the Grafton for, but I'm thinking in the neighborhood of $200,000. So when anyone asks him if he has Bird's horn he says "Yes, but I only have a few left."![]()
Famous photo. But I never realized it was a Martin.spiderjames said:Handcraft?
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