"Laughing" on the Saxophone in your recent live video with the band…

[Michael]

Hi Johnny,
On your recent video of you guys playing live I saw a part where you were doing that ‘laughing’ on the Saxophone, really cool thing to do on the Saxophone! What are you doing to get that effect? I’ve seen a few folks do it, Robert De Niro on the movie “New York, New York” did it. Here’s the video clip below of him doing it.

[john]

ya it’s a cool little trick which Ive been doing for many years.
hit the note hard and drop your lower lip pressure right away

[Bill Mecca]

bend the notes down as you go down the scale chromatically, and breathe as if you are laughing, ha ha ha ha I find a little bit of a growl helps too.

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