On Fri, April 17, 2015 10:09 am, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Thursday 16 April 2015 15:51:12 Patrick Shirkey wrote: >> Gene Hesket wrote: >> >> Some of you may be interested in a fresh slice of "The Saints Go >> >> Marching in" from the "Pixel Land Jazz Ensemble" as arranged by Dr >> >> Richard Marschall >> >> >> >> https://soundcloud.com/kotau/final-saints-48khz >> > >> > I thought this one was worth listening too, and on balance it was. >> > Nicely creative but a bit slower paced than the Saints would >> > normally be. Rather than the rousing march it usually is, it gives >> > the impression of just slowly ambling down the street. Solo work >> > from around the 4 minute mark on was nicely highlighted. Thank you. >> >> Thanks Gene, I agree that the main section has a tighter feel to it >> and the "Pixel Land Jazz Ensemble" comes together well at that point >> but I hope you'll have another listen to the lead in again. It's >> Actually more Impressive than the main section from several aspects >> ;-) > > The bb- work is good, better than I could do when they handed me one of > them when I was about 14, playing in the school band in the late '40's. I place the skill level at around that age too but it is also possible that they were all inebriated after a long night of playing. Considering the actual age of the individual musicians is significantly less it is still quite an achievement and IMO almost virtuoso on the improv. > I got the double B flat because no one else wanted it. Sort like the > drill sargent, point at guys & saying I need 3 volunteers, you, you, and > you. > > But I never really got past the usual stuff they were teaching in the > 40's. So I'm a bit like Howard Cosell, who claimed he had never played > the game. But even then I knew that even if I got to be the worlds > best, I'd still be sitting in the back row. :) > >> > You can hear this track and others on the LCRM jazz stream: >> > >> > http://lowcostrestaurantmusic.com >> >> -- >> Patrick Shirkey >> Boost Hardware Ltd >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
