Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Masters of jass saxophone
The following lines are quoted form "MASTERS OF JASSS SAXOPHONE" (mojs)
"The saxophone is unique in one important respect. A violin sounds like a violin, a trumpet sounds like a trumpet, a barrel-organ sounds like a barrel-organ, but a saxophone can sound viturally any way the player wants it to. In the erudite words of Harvard Dixtionary Of Musix,' Being the intermediate between the timbres of wood and brass, it may pass from the softness of the flute to the broard, mellow tone of the cello to the metallic strength of the cornet'. "
"Young men bought saxophones in the 1920s in much the same way as their grandsons bought guitars in the 1960s."
jameus at 5:24 PM