Plas Johnson played tenor saxophone for the Pink Panther theme.
He has recorded a few CDs under his own name including The Blues, Hot Tracks, After You’ve Gone, and Positively.
I saw Plas Johnson in Carmel when I was 12, he signed and gave me a copy of his album “Positively”
The Pareto Principle (80/20 rule) says that 20% of your efforts will produce 80% of the results. And many many things follow similar patterns.
It seems to be coming up in a lot of books I have read lately.
For saxophone, it might be the long tones you play for five minutes in your practice that account for most of the improvement in your sound.
Or it could be the two minutes you spend practicing the single difficult measure in a song that makes you sound a lot better overall.
Another way to get much more improvment is to simply pracice LESS. Maybe practice 20% of the material that you used to practice. And that smaller amount of material will become much better, strengthen your fundamentals, and therefore turn you into a better player faster.
Heard about this guy from Evan Tate.
http://www.jonsass.com/
If you dig into the site a little bit you’ll find a few mp3s you can download from his CD so you can check out his style.
“Sassified” – selection of MP3 Tracks
Without music, life would be a mistake.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
From a generally negative German philosopher, I love that he came out with this.
Probably most people would agree with the statement, even if they don’t play, they listen.
And you play saxophone, so you actually create music.
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Videos spliced with a funky beat
Even a little saxophone in there
Stan Getz Plays Wave
Brazillian style jazz- the tune is called Wave by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Joe Henderson’s tune Recordame.
With Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams
Joe Henderson- Tenor Sax
Freddie Hubbard- Trumpet
Bobby Hutcherson – Vibraphone
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Ron Carter – Bass
Tony Williams – Drums
I love sound of Gato Barbieri here. First heard about him in the movie Calle 54.
From his 1978 album, “Ruby, Ruby” here’s Gato Barbieri with “Latin Reaction”.
“I found out as a young musician in Memphis that if you weren’t reaching people, and having them pat their foot, then there was nothing happening,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “So I’ve always played for the average listener, rather than the jazz die-hard.”
Hank Crawford had a soulful sound on the alto sax. Born Dec. 21, 1934, he hailed from Memphis and had played with Ray Charles and Jimmy McGriff.
He told jazz writer Cam Miller, “When I pick up my horn, I’m never far away from voices in the church choir I grew up with.”
Hank Crawford passed away January 29.
Sonny Rollins on tenor sax playing ‘Kim’ on David Sanborn’s show ‘Night Music’
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