BOTM BOTM _ Feb 2021 My Foolish Heart

trimmy · Feb 28, 2021

rhysonsax said:
I stumbled upon this nice alto recording by a player I hadn't heard of before - Erena Terakubo.

Rhys

That’s why i love alto, just listened 3 times on repeat absolutely love it, going to check her out

6441 · Feb 28, 2021

rhysonsax said:
I stumbled upon this nice alto recording by a player I hadn't heard of before - Erena Terakubo.

Great find, Rhys, because checking her channel, she also plays a few more outside jazz tunes, like Yes and No from the Juju album, one of my favorites back in the day. Haven't heard those great tunes in years.

Jeanette · Feb 28, 2021

U CAN CALL ME AL said:
Hi everyone. My time is nearly up for this month, thanks to @nigeld for inviting me to host. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this month, there have been some really beautiful posts this month. I began my contribution with a Tenor version and will finish with an alto Leblanc Rationel, Lelandia Vito Melodia MP, Rigotti reed. It's not the end and anyone wishing to post after the sell by date will be most welcome to do so. Kind regards Al

https://soundcloud.com/alun-parker%2Fmy-foolish-heart

Lovely, thanks for being a great host 🙂

Jx

nigeld · Feb 28, 2021

Many thanks to @U CAN CALL ME AL for acting as this month’s host and to all the contributors. This thread will remain open after the end of the month, and further contributions are welcome.

Pauly · Feb 28, 2021

I logged on today after a (much too) long absence and saw one of my favourite songs in BOTM. Here's an extremely rough and ready take of just the head made while I was cooking this evening.

Shared album from Paul 📸

Tap to view!

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Apologies for so many things:

Extremely poor production values (including fan oven backing track)
Very rusty playing (I've not really played for quite a while)
Loads of glitches / somewhat suspect intonation
Linking off to Google rather than embedding the video properly

Comments etc are most welcome. I'll try to do something more polished next time (work/kids/lockdown allowing).

U CAN CALL ME AL · Feb 28, 2021

Hi @Pauly It's a real pleasure when new members post here. You have lots of potential in your playing. your tone is good, the intonation wasn't perfect but you were playing w/o a backing which would have steered your ears. You obviously know and like this song as you played with confidence, your embellishment of the melody was also very good. Don't be so hard on yourself! I look forward to future posts from you in BOTM and SOTM. Kind regards Al.