As I’ve pointed out countless times in my blog, our instrument has become synonymous with many things. Saxophone imagery is arguably the most common symbol used worldwide to identify music venues.
Here is one such use of our iconic instrument to identify a music venue in Cordoba. (I’m guessing it’s Cordoba, Spain, but I’m not 100% sure.)
Jazz Café
Photography by: Comparsa Fotografia Source: Flickr
Jazz Café
Photography by: Comparsa Fotografia Source: Flickr
On an unrelated note, I was out at a music store the other day with my significant other. There was an abstract painting on the wall of a sax player in a similar pose to the one above. It was pointed out to me that I was standing in a similar—but less exaggerated—pose at that moment, and I wasn’t even wearing a sax around my neck at the time! 😆
Apparently not only do I stand like this when I play the sax, but also when I’m looking at saxophones in a display rack. Go figure! What’s that about?
Have you ever looked at photos that someone took of you when you’re playing? Do you stand like this? Why is that? Is it the design of the sax that makes us stand this way? The weight? The way we counterbalance the design and the weight? The way we get into the music we’re playing? All of the above?
My posture while looking at saxophones at the store can perhaps be explained through Pavlov’s dog theory… I must admit, I was salivating over some of their vintage horns at the time. 😉 😆
