Skip to main content

Home Alt Forums Repertoire One Mint Julep

Viewing 10 posts - 1 through 10 (of 21 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • #58638
    Michael Bishop
    Participant

      Hey Johnny,
      One Mint Julep…..GOOD stuff. That’s the Sax music that gets to me, puts me in a GREAT mood 🙂 Thanks so much for your great tracks/sheet music.

      #58649
      john
      Keymaster

        thanks Michael, ya I know what you mean.
        I used to sorta play the King Curtis version years ago but lately I been hearing Ray Charles version on my boat and every time it came on it floored me so I started playing it again and then decided to do the full tracks etc…..glad you like it.

        #58654
        Michael Bishop
        Participant

          Never knew King Curtis did a cover of that song. I checked it out; you made the right call there for sure about doing it in Ray Charles’ version, much more ‘groovy’ than King Curtis’ version. It’s not too often that we hear a cover of some song that King Curtis did v.s. someone else did a cover of the same song that was better.

          #58655
          Mark Casey
          Participant

            Excellent track Johnny.
            I’ll get some good mileage out of this one.
            I did use this http://onlinetonegenerator.com/time-stretcher.html
            to speed it up to KC’s version.

            When can we expect a few Lionel Prevost backing tracks?

            cheers, Mark.

            #58660
            john
            Keymaster

              thanks Mark, those tools can be very helpful that way.
              I’m not familiar with Lionel Prevost

              #58663
              Mark Casey
              Participant

                O.K. Johnny.
                It must be a different Johnny Ferriera I’m reading about.
                https://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?279073-Lionel-Prevost-Moscow-Twist

                cheers, Mark.

                #58709
                john
                Keymaster

                  Mark, that was me mentioned in that interview but I just realized what happened…
                  Lionel Prevost and Lionel Torrence are the same guy, but because he changed his name I didn’t recognize it when you mentioned prevost, sorry bout that….ya he has a huge juicy sound but hard to find a lot of his stuff and I don’t have any.

                  #58711
                  William Cingolani
                  Participant

                    While plying with ONE MINT JULEP I was able to hit Altissimo G for the first time. I was using my tuner to see how high I could go using the fork key, the octave key, the middle C key and this flat key behind the lower index finger and lower middle finger on the right hand. On my chromatic concert tuner the note showing first is concert E and with more blowing concert F shows and that’s Altissimo G on the tenor sax. I have Johnny’s Altissimo charts. Working my way up to the good times

                    #58713
                    Michael Bishop
                    Participant

                      Very cool William 🙂 Altissimo G is the hardest note in all of Saxophone to play consistently. Alt G# is a pain too LOL Once you get passed those 2 notes then it becomes relatively easy. If you can hear those notes in your head then you can play them. Don’t you just love Johnny’s Altissimo course? 🙂

                      #58733
                      Mark Casey
                      Participant

                        Ah..I thought after I posted that might be the issue.
                        Pity, stuff like ‘Moscow Twist’ or ‘Flim Flam’ would sit nicely alongside the K.C. material.

                        Also due to having a modern horn with an F# key, the altissimo G has been easier than falling off a log.

                        cheers, Mark.

                      Viewing 10 posts - 1 through 10 (of 21 total)
                      • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.