Saxophone - Sax Station » jazz http://saxstation.com How to Play Saxophone Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:39:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Omar Sosa – High Energy Cuban Piano http://saxstation.com/omar-sosa-high-energy-cuban-piano.htm http://saxstation.com/omar-sosa-high-energy-cuban-piano.htm#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:13:00 +0000 Neal http://www.articles.saxstation.com/8

Santa Clara University, where I went, held ‘music at noon’ concerts sometimes on Wednesdays.  They brought in some really cool music.

One time, I saw Omar Sosa and he sounded incredible.  His range of dynamics and emotion was crazy.  He could play songs that were very beautiful and also songs with a ton of energy.

He came out dressed all in white and had a red candle burning on the piano with red cloth draped next to it.

The music began with solo piano and for the text piece a bass player from Mozambique came out. Both players had amazing rhythm. The bass player also played finger piano and the bass along with some vocals.

For the last song they got the audience to sing along. Afterward I bought Sosa’s CD’s Mulatos, Sentir, and Spirt of the roots. So far I like Mulatos the best.

Here’s a video of Omar Sosa playing

Omar CD’s

]]> http://saxstation.com/omar-sosa-high-energy-cuban-piano.htm/feed 0 Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto – The Girl from Ipanema http://saxstation.com/astrud-gilberto-and-stan-getz-the-girl-from-ipanema.htm http://saxstation.com/astrud-gilberto-and-stan-getz-the-girl-from-ipanema.htm#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:31:53 +0000 Neal http://www.saxstation.com/?p=353

Stan Getz on tenor saxophone, playing Jobim’s tune ‘The Girl from Ipanema’

This clip is from an old movie (1964)

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A few weeks ago while I was taking some music classes, I started writing a list of songs that I mostly know, somewhat know, or would like to know.  When I began learning saxophone, a lot of emphasis was placed on reading tunes.  These days I am playing more things by ear and trying to have more to play.

Paul Contos once made up a story about a hypothetical guy who had played third chair trumpet in a symphony for years, but when his friends asked him to play something at home he didn’t have a chart and couldn’t.  Don’t be that guy!

Here’s my growing list (in no particular order):

  • Nica’s Dream
  • Night in Tunisia
  • All Blues
  • Green Dolphin Street
  • Dolphin Dance
  • Freedom Jazz Dance
  • Come Candela
  • Mambo Inn
  • Afro Blue
  • Sabor
  • St. Thomas
  • Billie’s Bounce
  • Anthropology
  • Fee Fi Fo Fum
  • Wave
  • Desafinado
  • Girl from Ipanema
  • Favela
  • Four
  • Bye Bye Blackbird
  • Skylark
  • Crazeology
  • Bebop
  • Sugar
  • Midnight Special
  • Song For My Father
  • Ceora
  • Watermelon Man
  • Maiden Voyage
  • Impressions
  • So What
  • Scrapple From the Apple
  • Moose the Mooch
  • Don’t Stop the Carnival
  • Harlem Nocturne
  • Moanin
  • Work Song
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow
  • Spain (with intro)
  • La Fiesta
  • My Funny Valentine
  • There is No Greater Love
  • Have you Met Miss Jones
  • Black Orpheus
  • Softly as the Morning Sunrise
  • Alone Together
  • You and the Night and the Music
  • Shadow of Your Smile
  • Recordame
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