Hi Moose,
In my brief high school and college career as a musician, I played alto,
clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and baritone sax. The baritone had the most
"character". I agree, a sop sax is just a squeaky voice that should be
avoided.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Now THAT's an update
> On 4/11/2012 12:02 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> Would that be soprano, alto or tenor?
>> My brother-in-law had soprano - the kids hated the sound.
>
> We met couple recently, had dinner at their house, they are having dinner
> here in a couple of weeks. He turns out to be
> a semi known jazz pianist and gave us a couple of CDs.
>
> How do you tell a guy that the soprano sax player in his trio is
> undermining his music? The guy is goin' along fine, in
> balance with the others, bouncing off each other in improvs on Bach
> themes, sweet, subtle tone, great timing,
> intelligent variations - then whoa, - shriek, whonk, wail, brrrup. Like
> someone threw a metal garbage can down steel
> stairs during a string quartet.
>
> On the other album, the ostensible lead is a Middle Eastern singer with a
> softish voice. The sax just runs it over like
> a train - an EL outside the window. There's an ecstatic ME style singer I
> know of who could possibly stand up to that,
> but this one ain't her.
>
> Ah well, not my problem. And what do I know about jazz - nuthin'
>
> No Sop Sax Moose
>
> Still not likin' Miles. Just sayin'.
>
> Silent Way Project Moose
>
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