- I will post a paragraph about the saxman, drawn from my own recollections of liner notes, books, conversations
- I will link to one audio track that I will post to YouTube from my own library; the saxman will be the leader on the session
- I will only feature a saxman if he was born before the the first AFM recording ban (1942)
- I will post a track where the saxman is a sideman if I feel the track is really great (i.e. the greatest tunes you've never heard)
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Introduction
The purpose of this blog is to celebrate the lights of jazz saxophone that - for any number of reasons - never burned as brightly as Charlie Parker, John Coltrane or Sonny Rollins. I will be drawing from recordings in my own library and I will be working from memory, in terms of written content. You see, there was a time when the know-it-all had currency, prior to the 1990s. I straddle epochs where all knowledge was found in a library (or an old-timer) and where all knowledge is at my fingertips. I choose to work without a net on this blog and use my accumulated, old school jazz history. Here are my guidlines for posting:
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