David Ellington (piano), Kevin Smith (bass) and I played a trio for the Robotics convention last night. It was a very easy hit.After a string of gigs with really poor saxophone playing (both at my own things and Yacht Rock gigs), I think I was better on this one. My articulation had gotten very heavy, and it made everything I played sound laborious and slightly out of sync. Maybe I got lucky, but I tried to be lighter with my tonguing, and that seemed to make it all flow better. I hope it will translate to my alto playing, which has been the main offender.
We had an Elton John impersonator play two songs in our set. He was outstanding. Unfortunately, none of the robo-dorks was around to see him. He played for us and his handlers!
This recording is definitely better than the past. I found a group of presets in Waveburner that really works well. Further evidence that I don't know what I'm doing. There's some weird distortion that doesn't turn up in the program. Somewhere in converting it to mp3s it's making a mess. Ahh, technology. Dig it:
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