Introduction Greetings from Seattle

[marty_jourard]

Hi everyone.

I stumbled upon this website and was deeply impressed with the loads of great, free sax instruction.
I played sax and keyboard for the Motels (1979--86) and have recently begun to focus on sax again after a few years of concerted effort on the piano, because I've formed a bossa nova band and those Jobim chords will humble you...
I am influenced by R&B players: King Curtis, Jr. Walker, Earl Bostic, Illinois Jacquet, Gene Ammons, and by Stanley Turrentine, and the late great Boots Randolph.
My gear? Mark VI tenor and alto, Yamaha Soprano. I use a Vandoren Java on the tenor with a Rovner ligature I just got and love...a Beechler on the alto, a Ria on the soprano...I like Hemke 2 1/2 reeds, having gone through the Berg Larsen/stiff reed years like everyone else 🙂
Anyway, great site and I hope to contribute what I can regarding sax playing and all.
Marty Jourard

 

[Tenor Sax]

Welcome Marty from Lichfield, staffs in the UK.

Im looking forward to hearing some sound clips of the band. 8)

 

[phil_edwards]

Welcome aboard Marty, from a damp East Sussex. Good to have you with us and looking forward to hearing more.

regards, Phil

 

[griff136]

hi Marty and a warm welcome from Devon.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Hi marty, welcome to the Breakfast Room, nice to have a few more overseas visitors

 

[Larn]

Hi from Shropshire.

Larn.

 

[spike]

Hi Marty, welcome to the lounge, ditto - wish someone had told me that a Berg 120 with a five reed wasn't cool for a beginner, if only we'd had internet in the sixties. regards - spike

P.S. Great website, I shall be spending some time visiting in the next few days, so please don't turn it off at night.

 

[Pete Thomas]

BTW, the reason your avatar looks squished is because the forum software makes all avatars square. If you can crop it to a square one it will look better.

 

[justin_chune]

Hi Marty welcome from another newbie.

 

[saxismyaxe]

Welcome Marty, from Dallas/Nashville!