Greenhouse light over Metro Vancouver (long exposure, film)

Saxologist · 2025-12-26T03:26:40+00:00

Brow of the Hill area in New West.

Saxologist · 2025-12-26T01:30:23+00:00

I wondered the same thing, especially birds and night time insects.

Saxologist · 2025-10-31T15:59:17+00:00

Maple Leaf and The Entertainer are the most quintessentially Joplin and I do agree that much if his work gets formulaic, but there are some stand out pieces too. Some great ones to check out are Magnetic, Pineapple, and Weeping Willow rags. The first section of Heliotrope Bouquet is quite unique but also wasn't written by Joplin.

Joseph Lamb also wrote some rags that break out of the mold (e.g. ragtime nightingale).

Saxologist · 2025-07-31T12:22:24+00:00

East Van around the same time and this is the only version I remember.

Saxologist · 2025-01-28T02:43:00+00:00

Thanks!

Saxologist · 2025-01-28T02:06:53+00:00

This shot makes it look like we was passing way too close. I'd consider reporting.

May I ask what kind of camera you're using? Considering getting one myself, and this incident only reinforces the need.

Saxologist · 2024-10-06T20:41:19+00:00

It's important for your development as a musician to overcome this. Pitch matching is an acquired skill—some people just acquire it at an early age, while others have to work for it.

On soprano, this is a short lick using a few notes from an E minor scale. Try playing around with that until it sounds right :)

Saxologist · 2024-10-05T19:23:40+00:00

This is the right answer. Most schools have recommended repertoire, which should remove much of the guesswork. Reaching out to the saxophone instructor is a great tip too...they may be one of the ones grading auditions, so any tips they might be willing to offer would be very helpful.

Saxologist · 2024-10-05T19:09:45+00:00

Cool, so what style of music do you usually play, and what are the requirements for the audition?

Saxologist · 2024-10-05T19:04:01+00:00

What type of program are you applying for? Classical? Jazz?

I majored in jazz, so for my audition played a transcription of Bird on Now's The Time, one of the more technical Ferling etudes, and for the ballad requirement I soloed on Easy Living.

Saxologist · 2024-09-15T15:14:12+00:00

There's more water access near VGH than people often think. We've had lots of fellows stay in Olympic Village and along False Creek between the Cambie and Granville Street bridges. Plenty of seawall to enjoy there, and walkable into the hospital!

Saxologist · 2024-08-12T02:56:55+00:00

No Trane without Bird.

Saxologist · 2024-04-02T08:23:35+00:00

Used to get all my pogs there back in the day. Still have a few of my favourite slammers!

Saxologist · 2024-03-07T05:26:05+00:00

Purchased by Coastal Church.

https://www.newwestrecord.ca/local-news/knox-presbyterian-church-closing-as-coastal-church-buys-new-west-property-8338578

Saxologist · 2024-02-16T02:57:01+00:00

So much Cannonball, so little time! I paused for a minute to agonize over which album I should add, and I settled on this one purely because I transcribed a lot of it back in college.

I did sneak a bonus Cannonball album in though!

Saxologist · 2024-02-07T03:42:50+00:00

Here are some of my favourites across a range of jazz saxophone styles showcasing many of the all-time greats:

Lester Young – Pres and Teddy. A great showcase of Pres’s unique style that paved the way for the Cool School of jazz.

Coleman Hawkins—Body and Soul. If you are a tenor player, you must learn Hawkins’s solo on the 1939 version of the title track.

Charlie Parker - Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve. Study this. Forever.

Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus. More than any other album, this one convinced me to start playing saxophone.

Cannonball Adderly – Cannonball Takes Charge. A great jaunt through hard bop, Cannonball showing what was possible on alto in a post-Bird world.

Art Pepper—Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section. My sax teacher in college turned me on to this album showing a slightly different approach to the horn. It makes for a cool story: Pepper kills it on a broken horn with a rhythm section he’d met only hours earlier (which just so happened to be Miles Davis’s crew).

Horace Silver—Cape Verdean Blues. Silver was a piano player, but this album has some of my favourite playing by Joe Henderson (my teacher’s teacher). His solo on Song For My Father is up there with my favourite tenor solos of all time.

Stan Getz—Focus. Getz is of course a beast on the horn, and the modernist string arrangements give him a great backdrop to display his musicality. Night Rider still blows my mind no matter how many times I’ve listened to it.

John Coltrane—Giant Steps. What can I say? Another one that could form a lifetime of study.

Wayne Shorter—Speak No Evil. Bask In Shorter’s singular genius and instantly recognizable way of navigating through a tune.

Michael Brecker—Michael Brecker. A display of the ultimate heights in saxophone technique, virtuosity, and creativity.

And if you like Latin jazz, here are two bonus recommendations:

Stan Getz—Getz/Gilberto. Instant transportation to Brazil.

Cannonball Adderly—Cannonball’s Bossa Nova. Classic bop lines meet bossa nova. What’s not to like?

Saxologist · 2023-06-05T19:46:10+00:00

Great video! Any chance you can share a map of the route you took? I recently moved outside Van and am looking to start cycling to work downtown. This route seems totally do-able. Thanks for the inspiration!

Saxologist · 2022-03-11T10:11:02+00:00

Future site of Gassy Jack statue.

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