http://www.articles.saxstation.com Saxophone Wisdom Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:14:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Depending on your saxophone and how long you play, you may have some neck pain.  And if you play often with a larger instrument, this soreness can develop into real problems.  With the soprano saxophone, players often do not use a strap and the alto sax tends to be small ... http://www.articles.saxstation.com/neck-and-back-pain The Monterey Jazz Festival finished up last night. On the weekend I saw Maceo Parker, George Young, Christian McBride, Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Herbie Hancock, Ernie Watts, Tom Scott, the Next Generation Band, Kurt Elling, Anet Cohen, Spencer Day, and Terrance Blanchard. I had wanted to see Maceo Parker for ... http://www.articles.saxstation.com/monterey-jazz-festival-review When I started learning saxophone, my teacher had me get the Rubank method books. I have them for saxophone, clarinet, and flute. Even though I mostly play jazz, I actually just got the second volume of advanced method for saxophone last week. George Young told us about how important ... http://www.articles.saxstation.com/rubank-advanced-method-saxophone The Monterey Jazz Festival is this weekend. Some great musicians are scheduled to play including Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Maceo Parker, Herbie Hancock, George Young,  Wayne Shorter, Anat Cohen, Spencer Day, Yaron Herman, Maria Schneider, Terence Blanchard, Tom Scott, Ledisi, Matt Wilson, Bill Frisell, Ryan Shaw, Cassandra Wilson, Tuck & ... http://www.articles.saxstation.com/monterey-jazz-festival Two words, to describe your music, can change your career. David Feder and his band Salagua-Azul always wanted to get into big music festivals.  They had been performing for years, and doing OK, but the agents that book music festivals would never give them a chance. At a show, a drunk fan ... http://www.articles.saxstation.com/hillbilly-flamenco-story Pacticing . . . . the first thing is to be sure to practice everyday. Even if it's only for ten minutes. By practicing a little each day you'll get better, and practicing a bit more each day will speed it up. You can get reeds, mouthpieces, and other equipment you ... http://www.articles.saxstation.com/practicing-saxophone I saw a poll on Sax on the web at today about who the greatest sax player ever is. Here are their results: Charlie Parker 48 27.75% Ornette Coleman 0 0% John Coltrane 38 21.97% Brecker 18 10.40% Mule and Rascher 10 5.78% Branford Marsalis 3 1.73% Lester Young 11 6.36% Plas Johnson 1 0.58% Cannonball Adderley 14 8.09% So Charlie Parker and John Coltrane get the top two spots. Makes sense. The other ... http://www.articles.saxstation.com/greatest-saxophone-player-of-all-time Here are a few books that I have used in learning the sax Jazz- Patterns For Improvisation By Oliver Nelson, Charlie Parker: Charlie Parker Omnibook - E-flat, Charlie Parker: Charlie Parker Omnibook - B-flat Basic Aebersold Play-Alongs- Volume 54 - Maiden Voyage, The Aebersold books are great fun to play with and ... http://www.articles.saxstation.com/saxophone-books Starting with any note if you ascend by fifths you will reach all twelve keys. Descending by fifths is the same as ascending by fourths. If you begin with C major there are no sharps or flats. F Major has one flat. G Major has one ... http://www.articles.saxstation.com/circle-of-fifths-fourths [caption id="attachment_63" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="George Young"]f[/caption] I went to Carmel this week for a master class by George Young.  The week started off with a concert on Monday night.  George played classical music for the first set and then jazz for the second. Talking about his piece "For Diz" written for Dizzy ... http://www.articles.saxstation.com/just-got-back-from-george-young-saxophone-master-class