My 12 year old son has joined band.
He's really good on piano,and keyboard,but wants to play Sax.
I'm looking for cool solos to hike his interest.
Here's my favorit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyDT828gmFc
How 'bout yours?
Mike
My 12 year old son has joined band.
He's really good on piano,and keyboard,but wants to play Sax.
I'm looking for cool solos to hike his interest.
Here's my favorit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyDT828gmFc
How 'bout yours?
Mike
Ummmm, no I'm not peeing in my gas tank :)
Trane might be an inspiration. At least as much of an inspiration as you'll find other than perhaps Bird.
Last edited by n2ize; 09-24-2010 at 07:25 PM.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
And, as a bonus I'll throw down some Bird and Coleman Hawkins.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Go solo too much and you might go blind.
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....and soloing is perfectly natural and he shouldnt be ashamed.
The louder the monkey, the smaller its balls.
Anybody here know of Tom Scott? Groovy jazz, very nice...
This tune is planted in my brain... a favorite since I first heard it.
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
Search out Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Jimmy Hamilton (more clarinet than sax, but both) and Charlie Parker. If the kid is not sufficiently inspired by them, switch to a cello and Google Morey Amsterdam.