Watermelon Man

[Jazz Cat]

lots of fun to play & riff over; great job Johnny on the track & sheet music. thx for writing out wide trill intervals (that would be a good lesson topic too; eg how do you finger the A/F# trill?).

Herbie’s tunes like this, chameleon & cantaloupe island are perfect for learning improv; easy-to-learn header & catchy tune.

Watermelon Man Saxophone Music and Backing Track

[john]

yes I think I may have done that lesson but will do another one on that kind of trill as it has different cool variations.

[Jazz Cat]

thx…. been playing this all week, its fun to improv over; also sounds good w/heavy echo reverb playing over. i run backing tracks into a mixer, mic my horn thru reverb boss ve-20 fx unit & its so much more fun to play that way; mixer out into sony 7506 headphones; like gigging w/audio stage sound for practice… imho its the most fun way tp practice; 10000% better than playing horn alone/dry

[john]

sounds like you got some fun toys JC
the heavy echo idea reminds me of John Clemmer, a sax player I heard in the 70’s that really used that effect a lot.

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