Great job, Tony!

As a sax player I might have liked to hear some pitch bends going on if you can manage it. Sax players love to bend up to the note they're heading for. A minor issue that doesn't detract from your wonderful performance, however.


Thanks for the music,
Dan

Dan ... thank you for that wonderful compliment ... I had thought about the 'bends' but I haven't quite got that where I want it yet ... I do a little better with guitar ...

thanks again

First class material (Franks is a particular favorite of mine) by a "class act"!


r.

... thanks Russ ...

Nice job you did on that song, Tony. One question: After I listened to your demo, I listened to the Michael Franks rendition. I never heard this song before. Is it a popular tune? In pop music or "jazz?"

Come to think of it, I never heard Don's song before either (Mary Did You Know). I really have to listen more often to music stations on the radio instead of the talk shows!

One more thing....Dan is right. You could have used more "pitch bend" in the sax solo. Then again YOU'RE right too. No one in an audience would have noticed that....it's only very noticeable to another musician.

I, myself, didn't even think about the "bend" thing as I was too busy enjoying the "flow" of the song.

Mark

Mark ... thank you for the kind words ...
I think I first heard the song on a local (now defunct ) jazz station and I bought the CD ... I guess you would categorize him as 'cool' or 'smooth' jazz ... he writes some very interesting 'offbeat' stuff ...

You might not find "Mary Did You Know" on too many radio stations ... ... Don turned Gary on to it and then I picked it up from Gary ... here is a link to my version which is different from Don's and Gary's ...

https://app.box.com/s/h1206y139pknkxm80t96

Cool Latin Jazz eh? I'll have to try that on my 600. Nice movement in it. Sometimes I use a quick "flip" of a two note chord to emulate the bend of a sax instead of the bend lever- say just grazing or barely flicking the "E" note on my way to a full "G" note. It's not always easy to hit the bend lever when changing a chord with your left hand. Good job- again, let me know when you're heading south..

That was a good one Tony. I haven't heard that tune in a long time. Both your voice and you're playing on the PA 600 sound great. Keep 'em coming!

That was a good one Tony. I haven't heard that tune in a long time. Both your voice and you're playing on the PA 600 sound great. Keep 'em coming!

Thank you very much Paul ... it is a song I enjoy performing ...