3-15 Practice

The Ides of March are upon us!

Tonights practice work included some more rhythms and charts from RCJ, as well as pentatonic scales and blues scales. 

Mitch sent out recordings from this past friday, for our evaluation and reference.  As I listened, I noticed my tone is harsher than I would like it to be.  I also noticed that how I attack a note is weak.  This is somewhat disturbing to me, as I always thought I blow through the horn fairly solid.   Part of my problem may be the reed, but I think that part of it is also just me, so I spent some time blowing through patterns and recording myself.  I did put a different cut of reed on the tenor, and will try it on the All American Jazz Orchestra tomorrow night.  I am going to focus on how I get air through the horn, with more attention to an even tone.
Funny, with all of those who have worked with me over the years, this concept has never been mentioned.  Hopefully I can get it fixed.

LL