[78-L] Subject: Re: Scott Robinson's contrabass sax

[Doug Pomeroy]

Hi,

I have also recorded Scott playing his contrabass sax.
What is remarkable is that it does not have the huge low
sound you'd expect.  It's more of a squawk.

Doug


>>> Cary Ginell wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEgCASLiGTU&fmt=18
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The story of how Scott landed this rarest of all items is worth  
>>>> telling.
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> *************
>>>> I saw Scott play a variety of saxophones in Ascona, Switzerland  
>>>> in 2003, but he didn't bring the big baby.
>>>>
>>>> You can hear him play his sax collection on "Thinking  
>>>> Big" (Arbors 19179), including a version of the old Clarence  
>>>> Williams classic "Mandy, Make Up Your Mind," in which Sidney  
>>>> Bechet upstaged Louis Armstrong by playing a sarrusaphone he  
>>>> borrowed from a local hock shop.
>>>>
>>>> Cary Ginell