Best posts made by Kehaulani

Yeah. I remember the feeling of having a kid show up for a lesson, surprisingly, with a new horn, a "bargain" off of the internet or by some hugry-to-sell something salesman, without talking it over with me, first.

ONE EXTREME WAS A SAX STUDENT OF MINE WHO GOT A PRETTY DECENT SAX THEN ENCASED IT IN A CLOTH GIG BAG BECAUSE IT LOOKED COOL. AN INSTRUMENT AS VULNERABLE AS A SAX BEING CARRIED TO AND FROM ON A CROWDED SCHOOL BUS? GIVE ME A BREAK.

p.s. I am sight-challenged and hit the Caps key. Don't want to type it again. Not shouting intended.

Once, in Scotland, I went from men's shop to men's shop looking for some suspenders. I was met only with quizzical and cautious looks. Finally, I was pointed to a women's lingerie shop, where I found out that suspenders in English meant garter belt in American! I guess they must've thought that I left my goat back at the hotel.

Bright horns and mouthpieces help, but concept and characteristic articulations are most important.

A guy walks into an auto parts store and says to the clerk,
“I’d like a new air freshener for my Yugo.”
The guy behind the counter shakes his hand and says,
“OK, sounds like a fair trade.”

Not much to say excep that it arrived. Here it is:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

Did these two for our NJ grandkids for Christmas. They both loved their paintings!

Sky surfing?

Very interesting, thanks.

Regarding changing names, I once knew an American-Indian guy named Charlie Humpaneagle. Other guys in the band kept telling Charlie he should change his name, much to his constant irritation.

Finally, one day he came to rehearsal looking very content. Like a burden had been lifted from his shoulders. Everybody noticed this. Finally, one guy asked him,

"Hey, man. You look so relieved. What did you do"?
"Changed my name", he said.
"Cool" the other guy said. "What'd you change it to?"
"Ed" he retorted.

A man with two buckets of fish was leaving Boca Chica Beach, well known for its fishing and was stopped by a game warden.

The warden asked the man, "Do you have a license to catch those fish?"
The man replied to the warden, "No, sir. These are my pet fish."
"Pet fish?!" the warden replied.
"Yes, sir. Every night I take these fish down to this beach and let them swim around for about a half-hour, When I whistle, they all come back, jump back into my buckets, and I take 'em home. We do this every night."

"That's a bunch of hooey," said the warden. "Fish can't do that!"
"No, really! says the man. "Here, I'll show you." And he releases the fish in the ocean.
"Well, I've GOT to see this!" the game warden replied.

The man and the warden stood and waited. After several minutes, the game warden turned to the man and said, "Well, when are you going to call them back?".
"Call who back?" the man asked.
"The FISH."
"What fish?"

First thing, being respected or otherwise, LOL, that wasn't an issue with me, at all. I have worked with musicians who had advanced formal training and those strictly from the streets. There was always much to learn from these street guys, so I don't think of a formal education as trumping anything.

The same goes with amateurs. There's always something to be learned from the next person. And, in my case, that particularly holds true, because I'm having to relearn a lot of stuff and what amateur players are dealing with may be exactly the same that I need. There are almost two complete years I don't even remember.

Regarding recordings of me, I've traveled light over the years. I've lived in nine different states and two countries, traveled/worked throughout the Western hemisphere from Saigon to Moscow, and have not carried much with me.

But to my current situation, I've moved from two hospitals, two rehab centers and two Independent Living facilities with little to no storage facilities. The only things I have (I'm old) are some VHSs and I don't know how to transfer that to this format. I'd be glad to, but I just can't.

There's a BIG difference in Lady Gags's interpretation and many others. Her's, while modern, was respectful, at the same time modern with a use of contemporary harmonies and rhythms. It was emotional as a means of singing tribute to those fallen, yet avoided the hot-dogging, melismas of many of her predecessors.

I had a friend who was a hard-core yogi. Only ate a handful of nuts a day. Lived in a tee-pee. Had only one material passion. His Indian motorcycle.

Wanna quibble? The sign does not say "Trumpet" Parking, it says "Trumpet Player' parking and a trumpet player can play a cornet.

I've got a Flintstones story,
I was going from one main venue to anther to see Joe Henderson at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, when I passed a little kiosk with a young band playing their a**es off. Small group of listeners. The band was playing the tune Flintstones.

I told the girl I was with, "Hear those folks? The music business is so tough, you may never hear from them again. But the are world class."

After the gig, I talked to them for a while. Real nice guys. Turned out to be Wynton ane Branford Marsalis!

I used to play in a really good band with an excellent singer that did some of the Estevan's songs, but add that authentic Latin feel and additional instruments, and there was a rhythmic depth to her band that just wasn't duplicated by my band, no matter how technically clean

Ref getting up and dancing, I used to play in a big band who's leader loved Latin music. Actually a passion of his. When we would get a good Latin groove, he danced around uncontrollably. "The rhythm is gonna get you".

@Dr-GO said in WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME AN EXPERT?:

. . Joey has wiring that was created truly by God's perfection.

Or Nature's.

Peabody Institute is the name of the conservatory that is a part of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

I played a gig a few years ago with a featured guest - friend of mine and a great player - and he had a Vintage One and found it after a horn search and loved it. It was like he had finally found what he had been looking for.

Jokes and Gear. What more would one want?

Not the greatest solo in the world, but is this a Committee Chet's playing? I've hear him on a myriad of horns but not specifically a Committee, that I'd know about.

BTW, that is Mussolini's son on bass and the funny story is that, when he first met Mussolini, he patted him on the shoulder and said. "That's a drag what they did to your old man".