{"id":2924,"date":"2008-11-09T16:09:32","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T23:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2009-08-08T14:15:15","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T21:15:15","slug":"jorge-polanuer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2008\/jorge-polanuer\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Polanuer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: http:\/\/www.autores.org.ar\/polanuer\/index.htm<\/a><\/h6>\n

Like many sax players, I used to be a regular reader of the Saxophone Journal<\/em>. In their September\/October 2001 issue<\/a>, the enclosed CD was a Rock Sax Masterclass by Argentinian-saxophonist, flutist, & composer,\u00a0Jorge Polanuer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: dornpub.com\/saxophonejournal\u00a0<\/h6>\n

I had never heard of Jorge before, but since I love rock & was working in a rock band at the time, I thought that this would be an interesting CD for a change. (By this I mean compared to what the Saxophone Journal<\/em> usually was including with their mag.)<\/p>\n

I put the CD in the stereo, and started putting my horn together. As soon as I started listening to the scales and phrases he was demonstrating, I was hooked. I loved Jorge’s playing.<\/p>\n

To my ears, he seemed to combine a lot of regular rock sax conventions, with a certain laid-back feel & ease, that wasn’t as conventional in the hard-hitting rock genre. There was just something about Jorge’s style and approach to the music, that was a bit different.<\/p>\n

This particular CD from the Saxophone Journal,<\/em> was actually a good one for me and the styles of music I played. I liked it, and have used it a lot. I still use it to practice to. It’s a great way to keep all those scales we don’t play regularly with our bands, under our fingers.<\/p>\n

Jorge has written a number of books, and\u00a0I’ve been able to find 2 of them\u00a0in music stores.\u00a0(They are also currently available new\u00a0on Amazon.com for under $20. Forget Amazon.ca! <\/strong>At the time of writing, they had none available, and the ones that were available through dealers, were over $200!!! WTF????)<\/p>\n

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Saxophone Styles<\/em> is a very useful book for working on the various styles it\u00a0mentions on the cover.\u00a0But just\u00a0as\u00a0importantly, it is a lot of fun to play\u00a0along with.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The book contains both Eb and Bb parts,\u00a0so if you play both pitches of horns, you don’t have to buy 2 books… Something I really like.\u00a0(That’s a\u00a0pet\u00a0peeve of mine: Books that are available in both Eb and Bb\u00a0versions, so you end up spending double if you happen to play tenor &\u00a0bari,\u00a0or soprano and alto.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tango Solos for Saxophone<\/em>, like Saxophone Styles<\/em>, contains both Eb & Bb parts, but, as the title indicates, contains nothing but\u00a0tangos.\u00a0It too is a fun play along. I often use it as\u00a0either a warm up, or a wind-down.\u00a0(Playing along with this book actually\u00a0reminds me\u00a0of my days\u00a0with the Latin band Cesar Morales y Sabor Latino<\/a>. Had I had this book when I first joined that band, it would have been a very handy tool.)<\/p>\n

Jorge Polanuer’s website<\/a> is in Spanish, with unfortunately only 1 page in English. I was able to make some sense of the Spanish, (spending time with Cesar, some Spanish did rub off on me) but using a web page translator like Yahoo’s Babel Fish or Google Translate would be one way to read the content if the Spanish was non-sensical to you.<\/p>\n

Jorge is one of those musicians who is very accomplished, but seemingly relatively unknown outside his own region. I’m glad he hit my radar screen 7 years ago, because his style of playing is\u00a0a bit different.<\/p>\n

If we’re open to change,\u00a0those small differences we’re exposed to on a regular basis, will allow us to continue to grow & evolve as\u00a0players.\u00a0Because\u00a0IMO, nothing is more\u00a0boring, than being stagnant & complacent with where\u00a0we’re at: No matter what style of music\u00a0we play, or how well\u00a0we play it.<\/a><\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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