{"id":30023,"date":"2012-01-24T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=30023"},"modified":"2024-05-29T09:03:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:03:42","slug":"ernie-watts-thoughts-doubling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2012\/ernie-watts-thoughts-doubling\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernie Watts’ Thoughts On Doubling"},"content":{"rendered":"

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     Photography by: William Claxton  Source:  ErnieWatts.com<\/h6>\n

I happened to come across an interesting quote by legendary saxophonist, and two-time Grammy winner, Ernie Watts. This quote is interesting, because some might perceive his view on doubling, tripling, quadrupling, etc., to be provocative.<\/p>\n

I worked in L.A. for 25 years, … I played oboe, English horn, piccolo, flute, clarinet. But what happens when you do that is you spend your practice time on instruments you are weaker on to make them stronger. The instruments you are strong on become weaker. At some point, you end up in a mush of mediocrity. I was working for quantity, and I wanted to get back to my primary interest, which was to play jazz on the saxophone.<\/p>\n

Source: thinkexist.com\/quotes<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you’re not familiar with Ernie Watts and his 4 decade-long career, then a visit to his website<\/a> may be helpful\u2014as might be the following video. It’s from a television program that aired in June 2011, on RTHK’ s The Works<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Works<\/em> focuses on Hong Kong’s arts and cultural scene, and features news and reviews of visual and performing arts, design, literary and other works<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Depending on what side of the Pacific you’re on, you might find the host’s pronunciation of saxophonist<\/em> rather odd. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard it pronounced quite like this\u2014and know a lot of people from Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/podcast.rthk.hk\/podcast\/item.php?pid=76&eid=14487&lang=en-US#<\/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><\/div>\n
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