R.I.P. Gerhard Julius Keilwerth
I received this today from Uwe Ladwig. This is of course incredibly sad news for the family. As they say in the obit: For us …
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Because One Is Not Enough…
Now under the category of: Instruments That Clowns Under the Big Top Might Play, comes the following combination of soprano and tenor saxophones. This combo horn …
Another Lafleur Varsity Alto Saxophone: But This One Is French-Made
A couple of years ago I wrote about a mystery alto sax whose pedigree has remained somewhat of a mystery. The Lafleur Varsity alto, which …
Buddy Savitt: The Most Heard Sax In The World
Sax = sexiness. That is an equation that we have seen since the 1950s—ever since the martini set was being sold music to entertain by. …
Some Great Varitone Recordings By Sonny Stitt
This morning, while looking for something totally unrelated, I happened across an interesting blog article written by Marc Myers, for his blog JazzWax. In Sonny …
