IOTM January 2014: Moonlight after the storm

[Colin the Bear]

I could play this for hours. I didn't bother with the dots. Just dived straight in. Miles away from my usual stuff.

https://soundcloud.com/colin-the-bear/moonlight-after-the-storm

 

[U CAN CALL ME AL]

Nice noodles Colin. Natural vibrato?

 

[Colin the Bear]

Can't stop playing it.

https://app.box.com/s/klpttfhh4yyv5w1r58mh

 

[Colin the Bear]

Nice noodles Colin. Natural vibrato?

Un natural some call it lol.

 

[TimboSax]

Anyway it's about time I joined in the fun 'Moonlight After the Storm'

Chris.

Well done Chris, sounding good

I could play this for hours. I didn't bother with the dots. Just dived straight in. Miles away from my usual stuff.

https://soundcloud.com/colin-the-bear%2Fmoonlight-after-the-storm

View: https://soundcloud.com/colin-the-bear/moonlight-after-the-storm

Very fluid sound, loving it

Can't stop playing it.

https://app.box.com/s/klpttfhh4yyv5w1r58mh

Addictive, innit 🙂

 

[dubrosa22]

Keen to give this a go as my IOTM thread debut - I'll work on it when time permits 🙁

Page 1 listening...

Timbo - nice one! Strong tone as usual and rhythmic ideas in the improv 🙂
eunza - good stuff, I particularly like dthe creamy run at around 1:57
Nick - awesome, really inspiring take! 😀
Alun - Good to hear a bari. Around 1:30 was the sweet spot 🙂
Chris - Sounding great always, tone and mix - confident playing throughout!

Cheers,
V

 

[aldevis]

Al, Chris and Colin, great stuff indeed. Thanks a lot for posting.

Colin's vibrato is a delicate issue, but it sounds like he is keeping it under control 🙂 (serioulsly: used more sparsely compared with other recordings, but vibrato is a never ending debate.)
Al, I have a crossbar too and i seem to recognize the tuning tendencies...
Two bari versions in such a short time is great.
More alto?
Soprano anyone?

 

[dubrosa22]

Can't stop playing it.

https://app.box.com/s/klpttfhh4yyv5w1r58mh

Loved both your takes Colin - beautiful vibrato!

 

[Jeanette]

Some lovely recordings above, great choice Aldevis

Jx

 

[Nick Wyver]

Two bari versions in such a short time is great.
More alto?
Soprano anyone?

Since you asked.
I did this the other day too. It's a mash up of 3 takes I did whilst I was mucking about with recording set ups. I wasn't intending to combine them so that's my excuse for the indifferent ensemble tuning and the disjointed nature of it.

moonlight sop alt bar.mp3 - Box
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More info:
sop - Yanag S991, Brancher metal J17, RJS 2H
alto - Keilwerth SX90 R, Ponzol Vintage 85, RJS 2H
bari - Conn crossbar (1937), PPT 8*, RJS 3S

 

[aldevis]

sop - Yanag S991, Brancher metal J17, RJS 2H
alto - Keilwerth SX90 R, Ponzol Vintage 85, RJS 2H
bari - Conn crossbar (1937), PPT 8*, RJS 3S

I cannot listen to it right now, but do you realize that you don't have any rolled tone hole on your soprano?

 

[Colin the Bear]

Colin's vibrato is a delicate issue, but it sounds like he is keeping it under control 🙂 (serioulsly: used more sparsely compared with other recordings, but vibrato is a never ending debate.)

Untill I started posting sound clips on this forum I was blissfully unaware of the controversy vibrato causes. I like it. It might be the pub singer in me. However I am getting used to the fact that lots don't. I'm trying to make sure I'm doing it on purpose now and not letting it happen on auto pilot. I seem to be finding more relevance turning it off and on. It does creep in un noticed when I'm learning a new piece and concentrating elsewhere. I'm glad it was brought to my attention. It seemed a fitting way to express shimmering moonlight on this piece.

 

[aldevis]

I'm trying to make sure I'm doing it on purpose now and not letting it happen on auto pilot.

My autopilot has some horrible habits. Some involve vibrato, some embelishments always on the same note...
Few times a comment from someone opened my eyes about my own playing. Recording helps really a lot.

Even Stan Getz had some bad habits on some specific notes.

 

[U CAN CALL ME AL]

Really didn't mean to stir up hornets over vibrato my curiosity was simply that it wasn't digitally applied as Colin, by his reply is obviously a master of the tequnique.
I enjoyed the effect.

 

[aldevis]

Really didn't mean to stir up hornets over vibrato

No hornets here. You should see what happens when vibrato on clarinet is mentioned.
Anyway, an interesting and useful read:

http://tamingthesaxophone.com/saxophone-vibrato

 

[Jamesmac]

I like the singer Tom Waits who has a whisky voice and a sizable vibrato.
But I don’t hear his vibrato. I just hear music.

http://youtu.be/iLB0VEUerBY

 

[Nick Wyver]

I cannot listen to it right now, but do you realize that you don't have any rolled tone hole on your soprano?

OMG!

 

[Jeanette]

Since you asked.
I did this the other day too. It's a mash up of 3 takes I did whilst I was mucking about with recording set ups. I wasn't intending to combine them so that's my excuse for the indifferent ensemble tuning and the disjointed nature of it.
https://soundcloud.com/nicksax/moonlight-sop-alt-bar
More info:
sop - Yanag S991, Brancher metal J17, RJS 2H
alto - Keilwerth SX90 R, Ponzol Vintage 85, RJS 2H
bari - Conn crossbar (1937), PPT 8*, RJS 3S

Really liked this one

thanks Nick🙂

Jx

 

[aldevis]

Since you asked.
I did this the other day too. It's a mash up of 3 takes I did whilst I was mucking about with recording set ups. I wasn't intending to combine them so that's my excuse for the indifferent ensemble tuning and the disjointed nature of it.

View: https://soundcloud.com/nicksax/moonlight-sop-alt-bar
.

Gorgeous.
I should have written a quartal chart for three saxes

 

[Chris]

Like Colin said it can be addictive playing this one.

Moonlight Afternoon

Chris.