Here’s what we talked about
Your taste is why your own work disappoints you.
Hal Galper–minimizing emotion (feeling larger chunks of time)
Hal Galper–the illusion of an instrument
Johnny Vidacovich–Harmonic rhythm, then the Mother Beat
Jerry Bergonzi–embouchure
Jerry Bergonzi–more embouchure “look in the mirror”
Jerry Bergonzi–air through the horn
Jerry Bergonzi–breathing
Jerry Bergonzi analyzes All The Things You Are (starting at 1:57)
10,000 hours of deliberate practice
Johnny Vidacovich on big chunks of time “harmonic rhythm”
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans
Chris Potter, Giant Steps. He’s closing bell keys for tone on some mid and high notes–see 1:45
Hank Jones–practicing, developing a style, and developing taste.
Tuning: “There is no perfection, only varying tastes in corruption.”
Nancy King. At 2:09 you can see the power under the air.
Benjamin Zander …you understand/perceive more than you think you do. Also, feeling big chunks of time.
Charles Limb: Your Brain on Improv.
More Charles Limb. And, from Johns Hopkins.
The inhibiting self-awareness that upsets our ‘flow.’
Charlie Parker and Paul Desmond conversation
Where saxophones come from, via Sesame Street.
Charlie Hunter in Portland
David Evans, Sax and Clarinet 