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Old 04-16-2006, 01:33 PM   #7 (permalink)
Robert Rowe
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Originally Posted by Martin Williams
Ive never heard of a wooden trumpet mouthpiece; though I have tried one for sax.

Martin
Hello, Martin.

Being as you're into saxaphone(s), (aside from the wooden mouthpiece issue) ... do you have any idea how Stan Getz achieved that amazing nasal, "organic" tone on Tenor Sax?

A band-mate (sax-player) has never succeeded, or come close (of course, he's no Stan Getz, either).

I play guitar, also; and I was able to approximate a decent Charlie Byrd sound/styling for some of those Getz/Byrd collaborations on the Jobim sessions ("Desifinado", "Girl From Ipanema", "One Note Samba", etc.). Too bad we couldn't get some chick to look and sound like Astrud Gilberto.

Robt Rowe
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