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saxmaniac · Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 184

What is the longest improvised solo you've ever heard? I know that Giant Steps was like 10 minutes long!

JPSaxMan · Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:50 pm Post subject:

Wowsers.

Longest improv solo I ever did was 24 bars on "Green Onions"...it was kind of dull IMO because I had only two years experience in jazz band at the time and wasn't the best at improv at that level! Boy ya should hear me now! :D
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saxmaniac · Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 184

Do you have any audio clips of you improving?

JPSaxMan · Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject:

Yea, here's a small clip of me doing it for my review on the Selmer LaVoix...

This is the site of my review; click on the sound clip file and voila!

If you want more, I most likely can make more...came up with a pretty good lick today :D
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saxmaniac · Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 184

4 words: that was pretty good. :D

JPSaxMan · Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:27 pm Post subject:

Pretty good? That's all I get? Laughing

Thanks...I guess it wasn't that bad. After listening to it a couple times I found that I was sharp in the low Bb because I was going right from the upper range all the way back down and wasn't dropping the jaw any Idea

. The one thing I loved about that recording was around 35 seconds...that was just off the top of my head that little skip from G right to D, but it sounded pretty cool. Cool

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saxmaniac · Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 184

Well....none of us are perfect at improv,....except maybe me! Wink

Seriously, that wasn't that bad. But it did have its qwirks, but like I said, nobody's perfect at playing sax. Keep it up kid, maybe one day you'll be the next Plas Johnson, or Charlie Parker.

JPSaxMan · Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:40 pm Post subject:

I was hoping John Coltrane... Laughing

I wish that man were still alive! :P
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CMelodyMan · Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject:

Don't we all. :D
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sista · Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 26

I've been playin for about 2years and no offense but I think my improv is way better :D But yours was Ok
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JPSaxMan · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:11 pm Post subject:

Well that clip on there now isn't the one I had...if ya want the one I had on there when saxmaniac was commenting let me know.

And no offense taken, I don't take offense to anything, I just don't believe anybody's points until I hear you play. Then I make my opinion Twisted Evil

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sista · Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 26

I would like to hear the clip saxmaniac was commenting you on. :D
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JPSaxMan · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject:

And honestly, if you've been improv-ing your heart out for two years, it could be better than mine. Different people have different improvisational abilities. CMel can improv circles around me (and maybe you?), and I also think his tone and sound are nice. But I have yet to hear anything of yours, so I can't say anything about you just yet Twisted Evil

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