saxomonica

Well played, Leo!

5 4 timing
howz that, looks like some bars have 4 notes to the beat and others eg bar 3 have five notes?
cheers

Amazing.

Ole!

It grows as it goes.

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Hi Kerrie,

Says Reddit, the opening alto sax riff on “What’s Going On?” was unintentional (the saxophonist thought he was recording a demo). When Marvin Gaye heard the playback, he let the sax player go. When the player said he was “just goofing around”, Marvin replied, “Well, you goof off exquisitely. Thank you.”

free score on this link (for…[Read more]

Hi James, sound pretty interesting, and, at that price sounds like it is music to your ears?

🙂

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Farewell, Finale

Hi Ewaid,

Great to hear your access problems well taken care of and that you are happy.
Well, now, you have the key to the highway, say!
From all of us here, enjoy the ride.
Things have a habit of working out ya.

Letz get it on, keep on rockin’

Cheers,
Mark

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Let’s Get It On Saxophone Music & Backing Track

Hi Leo, yes he plays the air very well, with good articulation and some nice well played growls ya.

A Swiss tenor and alto player, fyi his You Tube site, is “Sax Element”. Also Facebook and Tic Toc.

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► Says Felin Fach

‘Claude “Curly” Putman Jr originally wrote the song. It was first performed by Johnny Darrell in 1965 but was then m…[Read more]

Hi William, trust you’re well,

cheers Mark 🙂

Thanking you, Leo, for bringing this dark song to life for us being in a radiant and positive fashion.

Well played, Sir!

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Says Google ~

Background and composition.

Singer and songwriter Bobby Hebb wrote the song “Sunny” in 1963. He wrote the song after two tragedies. Both happened on November 22.

The first tragedy was a n…[Read more]

Thanking you for sharing, James. Great interview. Tom Jones was in Perth earlier this year.
Sensational.
Mark

Says Tom Jones, I don’t think you can sing about certain things when you’re a teen-ager or in your early 20s, because you haven’t lived long enough. So I think living gives you character and that comes out in your voice.

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Says
Brian Wansink
Retired – Cornell University

Abstract

Where have all the saxophones gone in pop music? Quantifying their popularity over time could give useful insights into the trends and psychology behind hit songs. An analysis was conducted of 1081 Top 40 songs (1955-2020) with sax solos. A rollercoaster of popularity was found with two…[Read more]

‘For a thing unknown there is no desire’.
No disrespect intended ya
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‘Beat It’
Song by Michael Jackson

Lyrics

They told him, “Don’t you ever come around here”
“Don’t wanna see your face, you better disappear”
The fire’s in their eyes and their words are…[Read more]

Hi James,
Mate check this beauty vid at aprox 54 mins, day, but the whole thang is very grooovee, he later talks about incredibly warm tone of Ben Webster whom I knew not what prior.Have you heard of him? There is a docco, The Brute and the Beautiful I try and source for us. Meanwhile.
cheers
Mark

see

further,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4JWqK6r6N4