Great job Kevin 🙂 Very cool. You opened my eyes by doing it on Alto, I’ve learned this song and have played it for a couple of members when we met over Skype, but it was always on Tenor Sax and I will be uploading it here also. Just goes to show how cool the Alto Sax is and you did a great job with this song. Like we talked about in our e-mails to each other, those little squeaks from the Jody Jazz will continue to go away the more you use it/get used it it; it’s only going to get better and better for you 🙂 Very cool Kevin. The only thing I would recommend–and I know with this song it’s easier said than done–is to really focus on Articulating and tonguing some of the notes very distinctly. It sounds great what you’re doing for sure, but try to tongue them just A LITTLE bit more distinctly. I know with Pick Up the Pieces the “challenge” is to do the same thing, to articulate/tongue the notes distinctly. Again, easier said than done. You did a GREAT job Kevin 🙂
I’ve also noticed a HUGE difference in the recording of your Sax–better believe using 2 mics and mixing them with an Interface makes a big difference and many pro player do just that. It’s funny you do this at this moment in time, because that’s exactly what I’ll be doing myself LOL I’ll be using 2 mics, one is the Shure SM-57 (arrives this week), which will be placed in front of me. The other is the Apex 205 Ribbon Mic (arrived in the mail yesterday) and it will be placed on my right-hand side. Ribbon Mics are great for when playing ballads, Mellow tones, etc.. and are great mics to use when mixing 2 mics together. My Instructor does the same thing, as do many Sax players. Especially because of playing Altissimo, using 2 mics v.s. just one mic can create a much better recording. Have a look at the video below that I was shown myself. Hats off to you Kevin, and thanks for uploading this…I miss seeing your uploads! You’re playing is always very encouraging. 🙂

Thanks Kevin – for the feed back on the mic positioning, that has been very useful.

Nice one Kevin you did well with that,i keep coming back to this one again and again, its a great study and fun work out,that said my yakety is not quite up to the standard of your yakety here,but its coming along.On a side note to that you mentioned your squeaky mouthpiece well i was getting nowhere with mine so i had it professionally refaced and wow what a difference no more sqeaks super fast response just so much more playable,and the really interesting thing was was able to access the altissimo much easier i was able to hit notes a will where before it was hit and miss and a struggle,i not saying i can dance around up there yet but its much easier to navigate around.

Hi Kevin, that tune is nicely played and a good recording too.