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  • #67310
    Pete
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      Jak
      Hope you keep well take easy life is short mate, glad you are on the way up
      and getting back to normal.

      #67311
      Anonymous

        Hit the road Jak!

        Welcome back Jak! Glad to hear you’re back in the saddle!

        You haven’t missed much in here, a bone yard has seen more action…
        been real dead in the forums since xmas, everyone’s either busy practicing , given up playing sax or too busy to find the time.

        Since december, i had a sax overload, found i wasn’t improving on the sax.
        So i scrapped everything, went back to my grade 1 2 & 3 tutor books, and been concentrating just playing in time with backing tracks and not playing songs beyond my level of playing. Hopefully things will improve.

        #67313
        Anonymous

          Hi Jak, here’s another cool street performance

          #67330
          jak Swift
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            Thanks guys. Old friends are good friends; your best wishes mean a lot.
            Sxpoet, don’t worry man. This whole sax playing thing is a journey. Good days , bad days. You may not think you are moving forward but so long as you are playing and enjoying that’s the important thing.
            Life is short Pete. Post meltdown, I’m grateful for every day. I reckon this alto switch will see me through until I’m done. Man am I enjoying it !!
            Ray Charles. What can I say ?? I think we can all agree the guy was a musician in all the best ways. I’m going to have a little look around, and then load him up on Spotify…..
            Its good to be back. No more essays….that’s a promise….lol !!
            Again, thankyou. Have a safe and happy weekend.
            ( give up the sax…?? GOOD GRIEF !! )

            #67345
            jak Swift
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              😉

              #67406
              Mel
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                Good to see you posting Jak! Wishing the best for you in 2018!

                #67408
                jak Swift
                Participant

                  Thanks Mel. Great to cyber see you again. Hope your playing is going well ? Dick Oatts is the player we are getting into right now. Check out the clip Jeff loaded this morning. Man ; some GREAT BE BOP.
                  Take it easy, and I’ll look forward to speaking soon…..best…jak

                  #67413
                  jak Swift
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                    Sorry Mel, yeah hi !! Been one of those days. Fitting a new broadband box, re configuring the pad. I’m really going to have to get a laptop soon I guess.
                    Last year was tough. Lost a couple of very close friends. Getting older; these things happen. Where did the last thirty years go man ??
                    So; as you have seen, I’ve taken on a whole new challenge. The guy I buy my sax bits from has a birthday tomorrow. I was saying to him ” I think I’ve known for a while my playing days will end with a switch to alto “. Its like the old days; so enthusiastic; listening to new players, ordering sheets. I’m in a great place. Having a brand new horn is a blast. I actually polished it yesterday…. ( don’t tell anybody…lol !! ).
                    On top of the Bird omnibook, and if Johnny doesn’t mind, just a few bits I’m listening to, and watching on you tube….
                    Peter King….Lush Life. ( check out Jeff Beck looking on, totally entranced )
                    Art Pepper….Patricia, and The ballad of ( all ) the sad young men.
                    Paul Desmond….A taste of honey.
                    Finally, from the album ” With Strings ” the sublime ” Everything happens to me ” ( Charlie Parker ).
                    I guess I was unsure as to whether I could convey a ballad on alto. I’m a real sucker for a beautiful melody. It works !! Today ” Emily ” by Johnny Mandel. Always a favourite tenorsax tune, played by Zoot, it carries really well. Another Paul Desmond you tube view.
                    Its good to be back Mel !! I see you’ve loaded up a problem with your horn. I’ll take a look, see if I can shed any light……
                    Speak soon; thanks for the best wishes…jak

                    #67414
                    jak Swift
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                      No problems…… Good !!
                      Neck pain and headaches….ouch !!

                      #67415
                      john
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                        Hi Guys and Gals, I’m back, in and out. I read most every thing posted on the site. I’m working on a few things like “You Never Can Tell” by Chuck Berry. Most if not all the sheet music for this song is wrong. I find bit and pieces of the music but only bits and pieces. So that’s where I am, constantly searching for “C’est la vie” You never can tell. All the sheet music is wrong.

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