tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197152665905718639.post6783548094413080759..comments2024-03-17T22:14:37.403-07:00Comments on Everything Saxophone: Inflection and ImprovisationBen Brittonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168800131826822235noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197152665905718639.post-35279414173384063802013-01-15T09:56:53.129-08:002013-01-15T09:56:53.129-08:00Mostly talking about pitch bending and changes in ...Mostly talking about pitch bending and changes in timbre.Ben Brittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168800131826822235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197152665905718639.post-89675346087686978822013-01-06T09:05:32.585-08:002013-01-06T09:05:32.585-08:00What exactly is 'inflection' inthis contex...What exactly is 'inflection' inthis context?JustSomeGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06753422461353209735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197152665905718639.post-74950981903820847422012-12-03T07:35:05.220-08:002012-12-03T07:35:05.220-08:00No problem. Glad to clarify!No problem. Glad to clarify!Ben Brittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168800131826822235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197152665905718639.post-26870245070830742472012-12-02T15:44:57.874-08:002012-12-02T15:44:57.874-08:00Now THAT I get. Thanks for the great response.
-B...Now THAT I get. Thanks for the great response.<br />-BarryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513746433638764195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197152665905718639.post-79651237067661414142012-12-02T05:53:15.147-08:002012-12-02T05:53:15.147-08:00Barry, this is the response I gave to someone on c...Barry, this is the response I gave to someone on cafesaxophone.com. I think it pretty much answers the question:<br /><br />I am addressing both sides of the table, the Sonny Rollinses and the Coltranes. No matter if you love inflection or not you have to avoid its pitfalls. The best players who inflect a lot like Cannonball, Rollins, Potter or Brecker have overcome all or most of the challenges mentioned in my post. The point of my post wasn't to tell people to not inflect or that inflection is bad. It's to help players avoid weaknesses in their approach to inflection. Without proper technique or approach to inflection you'll end up sounding like a sad caricature of your favorite players!Ben Brittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168800131826822235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197152665905718639.post-76833915102547838252012-12-01T13:38:40.214-08:002012-12-01T13:38:40.214-08:00Okay I tried to emphasize the words "musical ...Okay I tried to emphasize the words "musical content" but my emphasis stripped the words out...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513746433638764195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197152665905718639.post-32999943986865374562012-12-01T13:37:42.846-08:002012-12-01T13:37:42.846-08:00I LOVE Walt's playing and you both know way mo...I LOVE Walt's playing and you both know way more about saxophone and especially jazz than I do but this statement confuses me a little bit: <br /><br />"some player rely more on inflection to carry their solo, instead of ." (my emphasis)<br /><br />I guess I'm confused because I think of all of it as musical content rather than differentiating note choice from what is essentially the presentation of those choices. From a logical (and probably contrarian) position I think you could make the case that an absence of inflection is also a choice that therefore becomes a type of inflection. ;-) Anyway, I totally get where the approach is coming from but I think if someone told Cannonball his inflection was slowing him down he probably wouldn't have cared. I guess other players that had a lot of inflection would be Dex and Johnny Griffin or a personal favorite, Warne Marsh. <br /><br />That said, I love that your are posting stuff like this that really makes me think.<br /><br />Thanks for that,<br />-BarryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513746433638764195noreply@blogger.com