{"id":43234,"date":"2015-01-08T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=43234"},"modified":"2024-06-17T11:35:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T18:35:43","slug":"out-for-lunch-meets-bassically-sax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2015\/out-for-lunch-meets-bassically-sax\/","title":{"rendered":"Out For Lunch Meets Bassically Sax"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow it will be exactly four weeks until my show as part of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s, Out for Lunch Concert Series<\/a>. On February 6, 2015, I’ll be performing the show that I’ve titled, Bassically Sax: An overview of the saxophone’s evolution.<\/p>\n

\"Out<\/a><\/p>\n

During that 60 minute show, I’ll be performing on 12 different saxophones: 2 sopranos, 3 altos, 1 c melody, 3 tenors, 3 baritones, and 1 bass. Am I crazy? \"\"<\/a> You bet your ass I am, because I’m also taking along a couple of extra saxophones from the late 19th century\u2014including one that will be passed around the audience so that they can see for themselves what a really old saxophone looked like. (This cheap soprano is in its pre-lamp phase, so I’m not all that worried about it.)<\/p>\n

Yesterday, in preparation for the show, I took five of my favourite horns to my tech’s shop<\/a> for a bit of tweaking. Two of them (my Toneking alto<\/a> and tenor<\/a>) went for their post-overhaul adjustments. Of the other three, my poor neglected Conn C mel <\/a>is in the worst condition. It hasn’t been seen by a tech since I moved back from the Martimes in 2004.<\/p>\n

This Out for Lunch Concert Series performance was also the perfect excuse to finally get my Pan American curvy<\/a> overhauled. It has been due for an overhaul for the past 12+ years, but I kept pushing through and compensating for the leaks, until one day it finally became totally unplayable. It’s been sitting around in its case for the past three or so years, while my Mark VI<\/a> has been doing the few soprano tunes I have to occasionally perform.<\/p>\n

Well no more will I always have to play a straight soprano. Although I am very loyal to my tech, I knew due his commitments that he couldn’t get my soprano overhauled in time. Therefore when the opportunity presented itself, I sent it to Vancouver Island to have Claudio Fantinato<\/a> do the work.<\/p>\n

Claudio and I had had a meeting at my house anyway, so I sent my curvy along with him. I just got an email from him letting me know that the horn is done. I had it done with black roo pads and flat metal resos.<\/p>\n

If you’re in the Metro Vancouver area, and you’re free on February 6, come on down to the Vancouver Art Gallery. It should be a lot of fun. There will be lots to look at and hear.<\/p>\n

I’ve got a couple of wonderful musicians backing me. Jillana is a great drummer who I met last year, and Elias is a fabulous pianist who can hear something once, and play it back pretty much note for note. I’m probably the weak link in this trio. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Our music spans from the 1920s to the 80s, and all the tunes will be familiar to even non-jazz fans… I think… I hope.<\/p>\n

The whole point of my Out for Lunch performance is to make our instrument’s rich history in the pop music of the day, accessible to everyone in the audience. Music appreciation classes not required.<\/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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