Jerry, Gary and Donnie....I disagree and since I live in a democracy I have the right to disagree.

Now I don't listen to a lot of Peter Bartmann, but his sax solo at 12:03 put me off. No sax player worth his weight would present that as part of In The Mood.....unless you're showing off.

There was a post just a few days ago about playing an instrument just the way the instrumentalist would be playing it. I listen to a lot of big band from the 20's and 30's. Those horn players back then actually played their solo's melodically. They "breathed" between riffs. Peter is just throwing out notes...like an empty 3-piece suit. He's becoming a caricature of himself.

I won't deny he's a fantastic player, but to put over a song you have to be more than "fantastic." You have to look at the song as a whole, and dream up an arrangement and not just throw out notes that fly faster than the space shuttle.

Here's something I used to do but I never see anyone else do when they're demo-ing. Take the song Alexander's Ragtime Band (or any song with a chord that runs for long measures). Set up the keyboard zones to play a trumpet patch and a trombone patch. Then play trumpet melody on the right hand and trombone at the same time with the left hand. But always hang on to the last note of the trumpet phrase before you start the trombone riff at the same time. This way it doesn't sound like you're just changing patches but two actual instruments playing on top of and in-between each other.

Other things I would do would play a fill for maybe 8-16 measures with only a few notes here and there to supplement it. Another idea.......in the middle of a song, stop the rhythm completely and just play. Then cleverly bring the rhythm back in.

To me, real musicians are those who know how to "package" a song. People who just throw out notes to show how fast they can play don't do anything for me. I'm into melody. Anything short of that doesn't interest me.

This is the way horns should be played. I've haven't heard a one man band yet who can play like this. Most of them are just vagabond players who play at the speed of light and nothing else.

We've really been conditioned to accept a different breed of players nowadays......both bland and boring!