The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.
You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.
Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same.
The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.
I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.
I don't know why, but I like the saxophone.
Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra.
So I'm looking to the saxophone as a resource which has its own unique set of possibilities. I'm looking to exploit them and develop them and have the fullest range of possibilities of the saxophone be known.
Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.
Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones.
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