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Jenda

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My new friend
« on: 12 August 2005, 00:34 »
Totally of topic:
Today I tried out the new friend I am getting - a beautiful Amati tenor sax. Hell that baby packs a wallop. I reserved it and can't wait to pick it up on the 23rd. 19600 CZK... = $830.77 = like all my cash...
A bit more to get the accessories, but then it's mine!
It'll look a little like this - I wish. In fact, I'm getting a gold one. These are much more expensive (about 24000 CZK = $1017). You pay for the silver galvanising and silver is especially expensive these days... oh well, maybe next time. Maybe once I get a soprano.

Anybody else here have similar passions?
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Re: My new friend
« Reply #1 on: 12 August 2005, 08:50 »
How long have you been playing sax? What's your style? For some reason, you strike me as a jazz guy.
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Re: My new friend
« Reply #2 on: 12 August 2005, 16:28 »
Sax is sexy.

Raaaad.
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Jenda

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Re: My new friend
« Reply #3 on: 20 August 2005, 15:30 »
Haha... playing for... umm nine years. You have quite some guessing skills I tell ya, jazz's my bag. But I'd go for funk or combinations of jazz-and-something-else anytime.
I'm a big admirer of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. For you p2p folks, the golden age of DBQ is 1959, with "Time Out":
"Take Five" - that's a 5/4 must by Paul Desmond
"Blue Rondo a la Turk" - Constantinople-inspired incredible 9/8 beat
"Strange Meadow Lark" - a sweet and gentle piano piece with a sax solo
"Three to Get Ready" - an amazing cross-rhythm 4/4-4/4-3/4-3/4 piece.
the three remaining pieces on the album are: "Kathy's Waltz""Everybody's Jumpin'"Pick Up Sticks"
The big day is coming. I'm spending my life's savings... got it all here... two more days. Can't wait.
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Re: My new friend
« Reply #4 on: 22 August 2005, 18:47 »
YES!!! It's home! WOOT...
Flashy, golden*, deep, strong and beautiful. I haven't played in two months, so I kinda suck, but the sound is incomparable to the alto - that was just sqeaking!
I also had the alto cleaned. It look like new. It's silver** (when I had it repaired in Canada, they said they have never seen one like it).

*  to express the color, and my undying love, not the material
** to express the color, but also the galvanisation - which happens to be real silver
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Re: My new friend
« Reply #5 on: 22 August 2005, 22:29 »

poop.
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Re: My new friend
« Reply #6 on: 22 August 2005, 23:30 »
Kintaro: I don't think I got that one...
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Re: My new friend
« Reply #7 on: 22 August 2005, 23:37 »
"Take Five" is the only jazz song in my music collection.  I got it on iTunes, and it was a great deal - a 9-minute song for the same price as a 3-minute song.

Screeching Weasel and Public Enemy and Sonic Youth make up probably 20% of my music collection.
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Re: My new friend
« Reply #8 on: 23 August 2005, 18:46 »
The names sound... great :D
BTW: the neighbours gotta love this...
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Kintaro

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Re: My new friend
« Reply #9 on: 23 August 2005, 19:16 »
Quote from: Jenda
Kintaro: I don't think I got that one...

Well have another look and at least get that it was skyman.
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Jenda

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Re: My new friend
« Reply #10 on: 23 August 2005, 20:37 »
OK... I think I got that part now.
Sorry...
feel like a dipshit now.
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Re: My new friend
« Reply #11 on: 23 August 2005, 22:08 »
one of my favourite lps i have is dave brubeck live at carnegie hall part one.

you guys need to listen to some jazz if you haven't. take five for a start, but also tons of other stuff...

can't think now, but will probably fill in many artistes later.

aha! the jacques loussier trio for a start! they play the music of johann sebastian bach (a german classical era composer) but in the style of a sixties jazz trio. and they're shit hot too.
and benny goodman too.
fire up yer gtk-gnutella and go for it!
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Re: My new friend
« Reply #12 on: 24 August 2005, 19:18 »
I've heard a band jazzing up Beethoven - that was real cool. I myself used to play piano, and most of what I played was classical - so I sometimes entertain myself by playing it Jazz...
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Re: My new friend
« Reply #13 on: 24 August 2005, 19:25 »
Oh, and all of you with p2p: You gotta try "Blue Rondo a la Turk"!!!
It's an absolute masterpiece!
9/8 crazy ass rythm gives way to 4/4 for the solos and the bass still plays in the exact same bom bom pum pum bum pom tempo (he does 3 strokes for each 9/8 measure and 4 for each 4/4, binding the whole piece together).... GENIUS WORK I tell you.
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Re: My new friend
« Reply #14 on: 24 August 2005, 19:34 »
That certainly does sound interesting.

Oh, and I play guitar.
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