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I liked them both for different reasons. IMO both were at their best in the 1950s. Before Little Richard was a rock and roller, he was an excellent R&B singer (in the original meaning of the term R&B) Check out this album. I liked it so much I bought a download copy and burned it to disk.

"Blue Rondo ala Turk" - Dave Brubeck Quartet When I was a kid we played at a Muscular Dystrophy telethon. We played right before the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Backstage after the gig, Paul Desmond the sax player was very kind and encouraging to this teenage sax player just cutting his gigging teeth. We played during the commercial break so we didn't get on TV (mom was disappointed) but we loved the experience anyway. This tune for me is infectious. When it goes from 9/8 to 4/4 it makes the swing seem even more intense, and Paul's alto sax lines are just brilliant (the rest of the band excels too)

RIP Richard. The music in heaven will be rockin' tonight. He was one of the early greats. I guess Jerry Lee Lewis is the last man standing now. Question: if Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll, Little Richard was the _____ ? Soul?

Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra We learned this song for a club owner who hired us once a week for a few years. It was her favorite song. I really enjoy singing it too. I think I sing it better than frank does (now)

Sometimes I just need a little Thelonious Monk "Well You Needn't" - Thelonious Monk

No becan for me today - fried chicken. I porked out on it too.

"When I Grow Up" - Pussycat Dolls

Get rid of the fig leaf and the bathing suit and you shift your major to the liberal arts. ?

Funny thing about saxes and guitars in the same band. When the ambient temperature gets colder: Guitars raise in pitch and go sharp: The guitar strings tighten up due to the constriction of the metal Saxophones lower in pitch and go flat: This is because sound travels slower in colder air, which takes longer time to get to the opening making it seem like the sax is longer. And the longer the sax, the lower in pitch. Vise versa when the temperature rises. This is mostly prevalent in outdoor gigs. So in all my years of playing with guitarists, when the temperature changes a lot, I have to readjust my tuning using my ears. That's logical because the sax is tuned by pushing the mouthpiece in or out on the neck. Only one tuning mechanism, as opposed to 6 on the guitars. The amount the sax drifts in temperature more in the bigger (longer) saxes than in the smaller ones. Although I can play any of them, I mostly play tenor with alto coming in second. I used to play a lot of soprano when Kenny G songs were popular, but they became passe and I prefer the tenor and alto. Probably TMI Notes

That's because those gals practice safe sax.

Nope, it's my night. You can have tomorrow night if you want.

"Dreamsville" - Henry Mancini When Henry did 'cool school' jazz it was the coolest. The music was more memorable than the TV show.

"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" - The Hollies

How about these chicks - "The Darling Four" One thing I know is this: saxophones are better looking today. The two bell keys are on the right side of the sax, the key guards are more ornamental, and the necks are more gracefully bent. Left to right: Bass - Tenor - Alto - Soprano

Mr. Big - Free

Car cleaning? What? Remove that protective covering and expose it's paint to the damaging rays of the sun?

From the very interesting movie about "gypsy" music from Spain to India: Taraf de Haidouks is the name of the group, a Romani taraf from Clejani, Romania They have two songs on the DVD and audio CD I couldn't get either one to embed, but they are worth your time. In the first one the violinist pulls a string over the violin strings to get some very haunting and unusual sounds. The second one is just a joy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS-_W-dOYeo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQn6Qb-9mD8

Concierto de Aranjuez ( Joaquin Rodrigo), Recuerdos de la Alhambra ( Francisco Tarrega) - Pepe Romero I saw the Romero family play guitar in concert, and although they are all extremely talented, I thought Pepe had that something extra that can't be described.

Here in Florida, thanks to Corona, Bands have been Banned. If we demonstrate in front of a government building, will it be a Band Stand?

Perhaps the bari player got her dress at a 20% off sale? :D Or cut rate? Notes

Yes the one with the biggest sax has the shortest dress. There must be a message there, but I be damned if I can figure it out. For those not familiar from left to right: Alto, Alto, Tenor, Baritone (usually shortened to Bari in conversation). The altos and bari are in Eb. When the piano plays Bb, they play a G The tenor is in Bb. When the piano plays Bb, the tenor plays C. Why is this done? So the player can finger the notes on each horn identically. There is a soprano (think Kenny G) also in Bb and a bass in Bb. There are other seldom seen saxes, contrabass, sopranino and no longer manufactured altos in F and tenors in C. Unlike the guitar, the sax is not a transposing instrument. To play a C scale and a D scale requires entirely different fingering. No moving it up one fret like the guitar, but completely different. On the other hand, it's a lot easier reading music on the sax. Every instrument has its gifts and challenges. Insights and incites by Notes

"Rip It Up" - Little Richard

"Wild One" - Bobby Rydell The song and style are definitely dated, but Bobby was a good singer (better than his pop stuff showed)

Leilani and I spent a day there and still didn't see/hear everything. There was even a very early Les Paul Gold Top owned by Les there. Leilani and I were on our way to The Badlands and we stopped in a motel in Vermillion to spend the night. We noticed a poster in the lobby. It featured a vintage poster of an all female saxophone quartet and an ad for the museum. Since we had a rough itinerary with no pre-booked hotel reservations, we decided to visit it. WOW! What a find. If you ever get near it, it's worth the day. Here is part of the poster we saw: Notes

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