Introduction Well, hello there!

[SteveS]

Hello from near Baltimore, Maryland in the USA. I'm a local professional sax player, playing in several big bands and several "variety" bands (jazz, rock, funk, Motown, R&B, pop, etc etc).

I do a lot of substituting and freelancing, but I am a "regular" member of the Blue Moon Big Band, sitting in the 1st Tenor chair. (See www.bluemoonbigband.com)

I play about 50% alto and 50% tenor these days. Okay, I do throw in a little bari and soprano too.

The current "arsenal" includes:

1987 Yanagisawa S-880 Soprano, Selmer Super Session "I" mpc.

1971 Selmer Mark VI alto, Bilger-Morgan mpc refaced by Johannes Gerber.
1953 SML Rev D alto.

1937 Conn 10M Tenor, SR Tech PRO .108 mpc
1961 Selmer Mark VI tenor

1963 silver plated Buescher 400 bari, Runyon Quantum mpc.

I double a bit on clarinet and flute when required.

I'm also SteveS on Sax on the Web (SOTW).

Always happy to discuss gigging experiences, equipment, and music in general!

Regards to all,
Steve

 

[Pete Thomas]

At 03:01:36 AM 13/03/06, SteveS wrote:
Hello from near Baltimore, Maryland in the USA. I'm a local professional sax player, playing in several big bands and several "variety" bands (jazz, rock, funk, Motown, R&B, pop, etc etc).

I do a lot of substituting and freelancing, but I am a "regular" member of the Blue Moon Big Band, sitting in the 1st Tenor chair. (See www.bluemoonbigband.com)

I play about 50% alto and 50% tenor these days. Okay, I do throw in a little bari and soprano too.

The current "arsenal" includes:

1987 Yanagisawa S-880 Soprano, Selmer Super Session "I" mpc.

1971 Selmer Mark VI alto, Bilger-Morgan mpc refaced by Johannes Gerber.
1953 SML Rev D alto.

1937 Conn 10M Tenor, SR Tech PRO .108 mpc
1961 Selmer Mark VI tenor

1963 silver plated Buescher 400 bari, Runyon Quantum mpc.

I double a bit on clarinet and flute when required.

I'm also SteveS on Sax on the Web (SOTW).

Always happy to discuss gigging experiences, equipment, and music in general!

Regards to all,
Steve

Hi Steve (and all those impressive horns), I recoginise you from SOTW. Welcome to the brekfast room

 

[SteveS]

Thanks, Pete. I'm always interested in what you have to say, and like your practical, no-nonsense, hype-free approach to things. Thanks for shairng your knowledge and experience.

By the way, my favorite horn of the bunch is that '37 10M. The Mark VI tenor is a great all-around horn, but the sound of the Conn is just so hard to beat.

Steve

p.s. -- Could I please have access to the "extra pages?" I'd like to poke around and see what's over there. Thanks!

 

[Pete Thomas]

At 6:59:52 PM 18/03/06, SteveS wrote:
Thanks, Pete. I'm always interested in what you have to say, and like your practical, no-nonsense, hype-free approach to things. Thanks for shairng your knowledge and experience.

By the way, my favorite horn of the bunch is that '37 10M. The Mark VI tenor is a great all-around horn, but the sound of the Conn is just so hard to beat.

Steve

p.s. -- Could I please have access to the "extra pages?" I'd like to poke around and see what's over there. Thanks!

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