Introduction Hello from Knoxville, TN, USA!

[Tennecmelodyman]

Hi Cafe Saxophone folks, I play baritone sax and bass clarinet in the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra <www.knoxjazz.org> and lead the jazz band and teach private lessons at Pellissippi State Community College. Tenor sax was my main axe in college, but, in addition to bari, I mostly play alto and soprano nowadays. I also gigged often on piano in a previous life. I discovered Cafe Saxophone while on Sax on the Web to post a missing instrument listing, but look forward to enjoying Café saxophone, as well!

 

[Tenor Viol]

Hi, welcome

 

[Pete Thomas]

Hello, you are very very welcome here.

 

[Ghr9204]

Welcome to the forum, @Tennecmelodyman . Another bari player, excellent. Looking forward to your further posting on this forum!

 

[Jeanette]

Welcome to the café

Jx

 

[peedeeblues]

Welcome to the site! Sounds like you have a lot to offer. Thanks for joining.

 

[thomsax]

Welcome.

Knoxville, TN ...... Don Wise (former Delbert McClinton sax man), "Amazing Rhythm Aces" ..... and now I can add Tennecmelodyman to the list as well. I'm looking forward to read more about the music and sax life in Knoxville.

 

[MikeMorrell]

Hi @Tennecmelodyman,

Welcome to the cafe! Great to have you here!

 

[ESJohn]

Hello Knoxville!
Ohio welcomes you!
Do you still have that giant mayor? Just how tall is that guy?

 

[skeller047]

Guy playing jazz on a C melody in a country bar. Drunken cowboy takes offense, grabs the guy’s horn and throws it against the wall. Turns to the jazzer and says:

“Now you’re playing the Tenor C Walls”

Wecome to the forum from the left coast!

 

[MikeMorrell]

Hi Cafe Saxophone folks, I play baritone sax and bass clarinet in the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra <www.knoxjazz.org> and lead the jazz band and teach private lessons at Pellissippi State Community College. Tenor sax was my main axe in college, but, in addition to bari, I mostly play alto and soprano nowadays. I also gigged often on piano in a previous life. I discovered Cafe Saxophone while on Sax on the Web to post a missing instrument listing, but look forward to enjoying Café saxophone, as well!

Hi @Tennecmelodyman, I've just visited the ca's website/ I've watched and listened to some videos and (as an amateur) I was completely blown away! I fully really realize that the band (and each member) has at least 10 times the quality of my amateur Big Band. That said, the repertoire 'featuring ...) turned my pre-conceptions of Big Bands completely on its head.

The first video I watched (at the top) was "Single Soul" featuring Philip Dizack. This piece truly gave me goosebumps - so beautiful! This was one of the videos that completely changed my preconceptions of what a Big Band (with a great soloist) could express.

Very occasionally, my amateur Big Band does do requests for (and even hire professional) fill-in replacements for members who - for whatever reason - can't play in concerts. I do know of (better, more well-known) Big Bands who sometimes hire in 'featuring' instrumentalists. Our budget is restricted so this is something we've never done up until now. Yesterday, at a concert, one of our trombonists was away on vacation so we hired in a 'professional' replacement who took on some of the trombone solos. The difference between our amateurs and the professional was like night and day!

So thanks to the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra website, my mind is churning. Could we (on our limited budget) perhaps create a win/win situation with advanced musical students whereby they would be willing to play for slightly less than fully professional tariffs in exchange for more exposure via social media?

At te moment, just a vague idea but thank you for this!

Mike

 

[Tennecmelodyman]

Hello Knoxville!
Ohio welcomes you!
Do you still have that giant mayor? Just how tall is that guy?

Thanks for the welcome! Reportedly, Glenn Jacobs is between 6 foot eight and 7 feet, depending on who you ask!