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Today I’d like to spotlight Claude Lakey, one of our our wonderful Teen Jazz Sponsors! We have a number of sponsors without whom, we would be unable to do what we do here at Teen Jazz. As a big thanks to each of these fantastic companies and artists, I’d like to begin introducing a few …
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Part I My name is Leo Potts and I’d like to share with you some concepts of the Lindeman-Sobel Approach to Artistic Wind Performance. The first concept we’ll deal with is “how do you play the first note of a musical phrase?” Now prior to playing the first note of a musical phrase, most musicians …
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On September 13, 2013, saxophonist Andrew Neu released Everything Happens for a Reason, an energetic and excellently performed collection of 12 songs. Everything Happens for a Reason is Neu’s fourth album as an artist, featuring an interesting blend of jazz, R&B, classical and Latin music. The album showcases the talents of Steve Oliver and Brian …
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Need help controlling bouncing keys in the right hand of your saxophone? No need to worry. Right hand bounce is actually a very common problem. One of the ways to help stop the bounce is to have a cork on the back of the key itself and a felt glued to the body of the …
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Today, September 2, 2014 marks the release of saxophonist Kim Waters’ latest release, Silver Soul. The album celebrates his 25th year as a recording artist and has already seen great success on the Smooth Jazz Radio Charts. Silver Soul is a collection of both originals penned by Waters and covers such as John Legend’s “All …
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[twocol_one] Setup/Gear/Manufacturer of Instruments: Selmer Super Action Series 80 Alto Saxophone Jody Jazz DV 6 Mouthpiece Legere 2.75 or Rico Jazz Select 3M reeds Why did you begin studying music? When I was in the third grade, I was taught in my class how to play the recorder. From there I tried taking it a …
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Saxophonist Julian Edwin Adderley, better known as Cannonball Adderley was born September 15, 1928 in Tampa, Florida. He began to establish himself during the hard bop era, but is best remembered as a cross-over artist in the pop charts for his recording of “Mercy Mercy Mercy” and his collaboration with Miles Davis on “Kind of …
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[twocol_one] Setup/Gear/Manufacturer of Instruments: I use a Selmer Reference 54 Alto Sax with a Vandoren Optimum AL3 and a Vandoren MO Ligature. My Tenor Saxophone is a Selmer MarkVII with a Vandoren Optimum TL4 and Optimum Ligature. I have a Selmer Conservatory Oboe and use Stuart Dunkel reeds. Why did you begin studying music? I …
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It was just a short time ago that we reviewed saxophonist Reggie Padilla’s debut album “Almost Home” and it is with great pleasure that we introduce his second release, “They Come and They Go” released May 27, 2014 on Pass Out Records. On “They Come and They Go,” Reggie Padilla is joined by The North, …
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Saxophonist Ryan Saranich is our third Teen Jazz Artist to graduate to Teen Jazz Influence alongside Adam Larson and Andrew Boostrom. Since we first featured Ryan on Teen Jazz back in 2007, he has gone on to lead a successful career as a recording artist, touring musician and arranger. In our latest Teen Jazz Radio …
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