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Also Colin Stetson! Either with Sarah Neufeld or not.
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He does an amazing gig! Go see him live if you get a chance.
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NEEDS MOAR COWBELL! TANDKDRUM!
JK, but seriously, glad saxaphones are on their way back. Sure, in the wrong hands, so evil, but most enchanted cosmic weapons are.
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Generally not a fan of the saxophone. Takes something along the lines of James Chance or Too Many Zooz to make me appreciate it. Definitely, do not play blues around me. This, I like! Imagining a double bill with Dawn of Midi
I want to. What he is doing is just incredible.
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I played B-flat clarinet (and bass clarinet) and tenor sax for a few years. Sometimes I’d hum or sing while playing and your voice distorts that instruments sound, played expertly and dramatically in this clip – I wonder if there’s a term for that?
Didgeridoo players do the same thing, although technically a didge is played more like a brass instrument than a woodwind.
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Reminds me a bit of Ewan Dobson.
How to play the saxophone, for people who already know
While I didn’t not like Rushing Past Willow, I’m feeling like the moldy fig around here.
As an (occasional) alto saxophonist, I’d aspire to being able to play even remotely like this:
(That said, I am a big Ornette fan; his birthday’s Tuesday IIRC The Shape of Jazz to Come was recorded 59 years ago on Tuesday)
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Thanks now that is gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of the evening.
No, no, no - you’ve got it all backwards. The instrument distorts the humming.
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