RockinRobin

I working on some Sam Cooke among other artists. Public TV presented Sam Cooke’s whole music life from Dick Clark days through the 50s, 60, up til he was killed. Muhammad Ali paled around with Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan, Beatles,

William

I’m also working on “A Little Bit is Better than Nada’. Written by the late Doug Sahm> Doug has spent a lot of time here in Taos, New Mexico, You can hear it in his music. Johnny might played the sax in Doug’s band with Flaco Jimenez, Freddy Fender and the rest of the band.
William

Thanks Ja Br and Mark for stopping by. Well I’m working on “Night Train”. I’m using Johnny’s sheet music with my own bits added to the solo. And I’m working on “Under the Boardwalk” in A major for tenor sax. That puts it in Concert G. I always have “Sweet Caroline” waiting in the wings with “The Power of Love” and “Flash Dance” and a few more.…[Read more]

Thanks Pete

Thanks Johnny. Right now I’m working on “Under the Boardwalk”. To my surprise I’m able to keep up with the backing track. Sounds like an oxymoron. Keeping up with a backing track

Ya I like Johnny’s and I like Jimmy Forrest’s “Night Train”. Jimmy Forest’s is three pages long not four. Jimmy’s backing track is a slow swing. I like Johnny’s ending from the Coda to the end. I have both versions on my music stand, both are in Bb. My new printer arrived yesterday. took all day to install the drivers, with the help of a live…[Read more]

I’m told by my computer that “Night Train” is a 12 bar blues. Looks like a complicated 12 bar blues
William

Thanks JB. So I was practicing “Night Train”. Slow Swing in my sax Classics song book. making the High D sound like a train whistle. The music is 4 pages so I need to turn the page. So I need to to print all 4 pages so i don’t have to turn the pages. Printer crashed, broke. So I ordered a new HP printer from hp.com. So I can’t print Johnny’s…[Read more]

So I looked in my Sax Classics music book. “Night Train”. Slow Swing in Bb. Lots of 1 5 4 and 1 4.Sheet music is about the same as Johnny’s. Trying to not drive the house members crazy blowing the High D. “Night Train” is a good one to learn.
William

I’m doing this in all 12 keys and this the order i play. Daily practice.

1 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 6 8 7 9 8
e.g F A G Bb A C Bb D C Eb E D F Eb G F or C E D F E G F A G B A C B D C
William

I was looking at some of my music. “Do You Love Me” is almost all 1 4 5. In my Aebersold book, How to play Jazz and improvise is the page with the Circle and 2 5 1 exercises
William

Thanks JB. Something to work on.I can see the 125 or 241 or 251 is good for improvising. How can any of those 251 etc progressions help me play “Wonderful World” by Sam Cooke or “Sweet Caroline” by Neil D1amond?

Thanks JB
I know the format. I have trouble in the transition from the 1 to the 4515 in a melodic way/sound. Easy if i have the sheet music. Doing it from memory is almost impossible since I’m mostly tone deaf. We’ll work on it

I need some sheet music for “Sweet Home Chicago”. I get close playing by ear but no cigar. I have lots of “Sweet Home Chicago” music but nothing is correct. Nothing fits the “Sweet Home Chicago” backing tracks I have.
William

Nice blowing on the alto

The sheet music is not the same.Doesn’t sound right