There are a couple of videos of him, me, Joe Lee and Al at the jam a couple of years ago, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_8ZDan-B...lf=mfu_in_order

Here are photos made during the visit.
http://www.donmasonmusic.com/09%20Shreveport%20Jam/
DonM

The videos aren't too bad Don...the playing is a bit rough, but that's because it's essentially a "jam" session.

The singing is good, however.

Ian

What a fun time that was in LA at the jam I miss Joe Lee on guitar, & Joe Ayala...Don Mason I love you man Thanx for a great time..!

Who played the sax solo? Nice orange cap there, dude.

That was me on the S910 the had at the jam..

Donny...a tiny bit of pitch bending and that sax solo would have been a 10/10.

I love that Growl Sax...works great for that tune.

Ian

Ian, I am really not interested in what Donny has done in the past; there were times when members in a band would wear gorilla masks for effect, not important it’s just stuff. But the moment I hear an instrument being played for a few bars I know the man’s ability.

I have heard people who have studied for years-- and those who have not; when someone has that God given gift and it is centered right in the center of their heart you can hear it, and even more important you can feel it.

I came to keyboard from a guitar/vocal career of many years and I am no match for a man with years of piano; he leaves me in the dust as far as his technic. But ---- there are many ex-piano players that I run past because of the inner talent I have -- it is all about feel. If you have a lot of heart and little technic you get by. If you have a lot of heart and good technic then you are GOOD! Technic without heart is like sex without love. Hmmmmmmmm

Hope I did not say too much, John C.

True John...very true indeed.

I love watching someone play who is, what we sometimes refer to as "into it".

That sax solo cried out for some pitch bending...it would have added a tad more of the "feel" you have described so well.

It wasn't meant as any kind of put down, but simply as a suggestion from one player to another.

I really enjoy listening to what others have done in the past, especially when/if I can hear what they do now with the same tunes.

Maybe Donny adds pitch bend to his sax solos nowadays...I really couldn't say.

And, a really good keyboardist (or any player, for that matter) should never let his technique get in the way of his playing.

Donny has lots of passion/heart for his music...it shows.

Ian

PS...this makes me think of the saying (don't know the author)..."You spend the first ten years learning what notes to play, and the next ten years learning what ones NOT to play."

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