Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi Darcy,
I haven't asked Gary, but I think what probably happened was that he
simply ran into a saxophone player/collector who had all this stuff and
who convinced Gary to take the time to record them all. All of what
you write below makes sense to me, but I have another concern about
this collection, and that is who played the instruments. There are so
many variations in saxophone sound that I hope he got someone who is at
least actually a real jazz player. I don't know who he got, or what he
sounds like, but I'd forgo some instruments in favor of a tenor sound I
could relate to (and there are many of them). Imagine - Wayne Shorter,
or Lew Tabackin - big difference, and both beautiful, but who knows who
Gary got. I do not get the idea that he is very jazz savvy. So we
will simply have to wait and see, and whatever it is, it will be far
better than what I am now saddled with - dumb GM or GPO bassoons that
run out of range and sound rather wrong anyway.
Hmmm... can you imagine a sax section of all Stan Getz'? (What's the
plural of Getz?) Or maybe all Steve Kupka? Phil Woods?
We'll know the technology is mature when you can build a section from
specific player samples.
cd
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