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Posted: December 29 2010 at 21:18
I tend to prefer lower frequencies, and I did for a long time with sax also.
I really started to fall in love with the alto sax though. It can be so abrasive and cringe inducing, but at the same time versatile enough to run the gamut of emotions. John Zorn really opened my eyes to it, which diminishes my street cred with real jazz fans, but it's cool because Eric Dolphy rocks the hell out of it too.
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Joined: May 26 2008
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 21:29
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
I really started to fall in love with the alto sax though. It can be so abrasive and cringe inducing, but at the same time versatile enough to run the gamut of emotions. John Zorn really opened my eyes to it, which diminishes my street cred with real jazz fans, but it's cool because Eric Dolphy rocks the hell out of it too.
The alto doesn't have street cred? Anthony Braxton and Ornette Coleman primarily played alto, not to mention Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Damn jazz nerds. :(
I probably will say alto too, high frequency harshness is the best.
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 21:33
Henry Plainview wrote:
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
I really started to fall in love with the alto sax though. It can be so abrasive and cringe inducing, but at the same time versatile enough to run the gamut of emotions. John Zorn really opened my eyes to it, which diminishes my street cred with real jazz fans, but it's cool because Eric Dolphy rocks the hell out of it too.
The alto doesn't have street cred? Anthony Braxton and Ornette Coleman primarily played alto, not to mention Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Damn jazz nerds. :(
I probably will say alto too, high frequency harshness is the best.
No I mean John Zorn doesn't have street cred.
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
Joined: April 29 2006
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 21:57
This is kind of funny. The first thing that popped into my mind was Boots Randolph's Yackety Sax. I got a copy of that single as a free givewawy as a kid from a radio show called Name It And Claim It when a was young kid living in Virginia. I'll guess and probably get it wrong. Was it an Alto?
Edited by Slartibartfast - December 29 2010 at 22:01
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Posted: December 29 2010 at 22:51
Love the low tones myself. Though will choose Baritone over bass for reasons unknown.
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