gpoorman wrote:
... as I've gotten older I've gotten to dislike David Sanborn immensely.
That's got to be coming from your background playing Alto at APHS
You must be picking up the fine details of his playing having played sax youself. Years back I saw him play live on TV, forgot what the show was, but he was so bad I almost puked. He wasn't holding any notes, just squealing out jibberish that made no musical sense whatsoever. I was really bummed, as I was stoked beforehand to see him play. I have one of his live albums, as well as some of Miller's he plays on. I've always enjoyed his tunes otherwise.
On a side note a couple weeks ago I got to play my Stick in a bass role with Oz, Kenny on drums, and Dave Gilbert on sax. It was pretty cool playing with a saxophonist. I haven't played a sax since 1985, it was cool actually backing up someone as good as Pete. He has a curved soprano which is something I don't see too much of anymore; I'm thinking Kenny G's popularity killed off that style. Everyone now wants a straight one.
I had Dave play his soprano through my Fishman Loudbox, as it has a mic input. Turned up some reverb and it sounded really good. Unfortunately I couldn't set it up so we could both use it. That little amp has a thousand uses.
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