{"id":4482,"date":"2009-01-12T20:32:17","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T04:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=4482"},"modified":"2024-05-30T11:07:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:07:44","slug":"my-fascination-with-boots-randolph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2009\/my-fascination-with-boots-randolph\/","title":{"rendered":"My Fascination With Boots Randolph"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the days before Jamey Aebersold & Hal Leonard, and all the other play alongs that we can buy now, there was Music Minus One. Way back in junior high, in what feels like the stone age now \"winking0007\"<\/a>, I got my first Music Minus One LP.<\/p>\n

The other day, while I was at the new Long & McQuade store in Vancouver, I found a relatively new (2005) Music Minus One (MMO) book. This one was done with the legendary Boots Randolph (who died July 2, 2007 at age 80).<\/p>\n

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Now, Randolph’s playing has always held a certain fascination for me. His style and technique were of course so uniquely his own, that you could always tell it was him playing.<\/p>\n

His signature piece was Yakety Sax, which of course became the theme song for the Benny Hill Show. You’ve got to wonder, when he co-wrote the song and played it the first time, did he have any idea that he’d be playing it for the rest of his career, and that it would almost become his signature?<\/p>\n

I love this particular version, but there are A LOT to choose from if you check out YouTube. \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n