[LateNiteSax]

Take my advice, when you do your own take on a massively, nauseatingly overdone cover, try to bring something special to the performance. Try to, if not distinguish yourself with something interesting and innovative, then at least try to present yourself with dignity and maturity...

I have reached deep into my mouthpiece draw and pulled out an Otto Link with no markings I used for a about 10 years back in the 90s when I was trying my hardest to sound like Joe Lovano. To my ears it still has some of the Lovano-ish think in there. Its some sort of late-ish Early Babbitt with a very short clamshell baffle that I got from good old Bob Ackerman in the mid 90s, originally set up by Ted Klum, then worked out multiple times by a few people... Adding some baffle TWICE, refacing, I kept tweaking and messing around with this piece, until you have this. Its now in its happy forever place and I will never have it touched again. Its too dark for most of my loud commercial work but its really got some unique, darkly luminous sparkle.
And no, I'm not going to Careless Whispers next, so don't ask me.

 

[mrpeebee]

Re: the 1,000,001th sax cover of Ev.Br. YouTake

Nice one Larry, very tasteful and not overdone.

 

[Keith Ridenhour]

Your bends up and down are smooth and done well. cool K

 

[Squiddy]

Nice job! I especially enjoyed when you went down and played low notes, it added some variety to the song. Incidentally, are you wearing a bullet proof vest? Where do you play at, brother?☺

 

[LateNiteSax]

Your bends up and down are smooth and done well. cool K

Thanks Keith.

Nice job! I especially enjoyed when you went down and played low notes, it added some variety to the song. Incidentally, are you wearing a bullet proof vest? Where do you play at, brother?☺

I just got back from a black ops mission and didn't bother to change my work clothes. I took the kevlar vest off though.
I play, live and love down here in the land of Pura Vida...Costa Rica. I moved here last April. I got off to a bad start, but things are working out great and I'm very happy down here right now. I was totally ready for a slower pace of life that NYC, and I got lucky. I rent an apartment above a carriage house on a mountain estate. It like living in a fairy tale. I've got a few gigs coming. Tonight I'm very excited because the amazing Greg Osby is in town and I will get hear him and participate in a workshop with him.

Living around NYC, I didn't have any need to post these sort of things since contractors knew me well and I was working steady as much as I wanted. But down here in paradise, I've left all of that behind and I need to hustle some gigs. I need some decent tracks ready to show restaurant, club and resort owners and any other clients so I can start working more commercial-pop solo/duo $$ gigs in addition to doing straight ahead jazz gigs.

 

[kfoster]

I am glad that things are working out for you. You deserve to have a great life!

Also, interesting and nice use of palm keys to keep the the timbre uniform prior to going into the upper register. That horn/mouthpiece combination tunes well with those choices.

 

[LateNiteSax]

I am glad that things are working out for you. You deserve to have a great life!

Also, interesting and nice use of palm keys to keep the the timbre uniform prior to going into the upper register. That horn/mouthpiece combination tunes well with those choices.

Hiya Ken! Ken is a hero of mine BTW, one of the great working musicians also inspiring generations of kids with his incredible band program in upstate New York...

Yeah things are going great. I am on a bit of a Quest right now, focusing on playing great melodies with as much expressive perfection as possible. It's always walking on a balance beam, playing with depth and profundity, making a statement ...something that withstands many repeated listenings.

I've got some more coming too. It's amazing how much concentration and focus it takes to play a melody in a way that doesn't make me totally cringe when I listen back to it!