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Randolph Boots: Mr SAX (1927-2007)
Boots Randolph, Nashville’s most celebrated saxophonist and a member of the city’s vaunted “A-Team” of session musicians, died this afternoon.
Tenor saxophonist Mr. Randolph played a major role in the development of the Nashville Sound, where his always soulful playing galvanized popular recordings by the likes of Elvis Presley and Eddy Arnold.
He was born in Paducah, KY, but grew up in small-town Cadiz, in Trigg County. Born Homer Louis Randolph III, he acquired the nickname "Boots" in childhood from his brother Bob. Randolph began playing the trombone in school and learned several other instruments, but by the time he was 16 he had begun to focus seriously on the sax. He honed his chops as a member of the U.S. Army Band during World War II.
After the war, Randolph returned home and performed semi-professionally for some years around Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. In the late '50s, Jethro Burns heard him play and suggested he move to Nashville. Burns introduced Randolph to Chet Atkins, who signed him to the RCA label. Randolph also quickly made the acquaintance of Atkins rival Owen Bradley and performed on many recordings Bradley helmed as producer. Nashville's new corps of session musicians spent its leisure time in the Printer's Alley section of the city's downtown, an actual alley (between First and Second avenues) that offered entrance to various basement barrooms, and Randolph became one of the group. Like other Nashville players, he took enthusiastically to jazz and rock & roll in addition to country music.
One single, the 1963 instrumental "Yakety Sax," showed Randolph putting all these influences together and delivering an extremely catchy tune; it became his only real hit. But Randolph was a consistent seller of LP albums (with 13 charted releases) in the 1960s and 1970s; offering pleasant saxophone covers of material from various genres of music, he became a counterpart to Atkins on guitar and Floyd Cramer on piano. He moved from RCA to the Monument label in 1966. For well over a decade, in addition, he averaged 200-300 studio sessions a year on recordings made by others. The saxophone heard on Elvis Presley's later records is likely to be Randolph's.
In 1977, Randolph opened a successful club of his own in Printer's Alley; it endured into the 1990s and spawned another club in the Opryland U.S.A. area. Randolph remained active as an entertainer into the 2000s, and in 1994 the original Yakety Sax album was admitted into the unofficial country canon; it was reissued by Germany's Bear Family label. ~ James Manheim, All Music.
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Historical Excerpts from
ADOLPHE SAX AND HIS SAXOPHONE
by Léon Kochnitzky
Belgian Government Information Center ( New York, NY 1964)
It all began in Dinant, a tiny Belgian city, nestled on the right bank of
the Meuse, against a high cliff surmounted by a ruined fortress. Invasions
and wars have more than once swept through the town. And successive
generations are never given time to quite forget the horrors witnessed by
their forefathers........
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General Information on Saxophones
Different Types of Saxophone. The most common saxophones are the Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone.
TEACH A BOY HOW TO BLOW A SAXOPHONE AND HE WILL NEVER BLOW UP A SAFE.
The small Soprano has a lovely tone and is considered fairly specialised.
It is usually straight looking like a metal clarinet, but sometimes curved in traditional saxophone style. It is unusual to start on Soprano as the small mouthpiece and difficult tuning can make life hard when you first start playing.
The Alto is the most popular saxophone for beginners. It is slightly smaller than the tenor and looks and sounds as you expect a saxophone to. Compared with the tenor it is lighter, slightly quieter, takes less puff, less finger stretching and cheaper to buy or rent. Many people start on alto expecting it to be a stepping stone on to tenor at a later date. This is sensible as the fingering for all saxophones is basically the same. However most of these people never sell their alto once they realise the tremendous versatility of the instrument.
The Tenor has a great sound. It's widely used in rock, pop and jazz music.
If it’s a tenor sax that you really want, then go for it! Enthusiasm is so important. It's fine to start on tenor from the beginning as it's really just a bigger alto and it's generally as easy for an adult to start on tenor as it is for a child to start on alto.
Someone once described playing the Baritone as like blowing through your central heating system! It is a very large instrument with a wonderful deep tone but definitely not a beginners instrument. Also described by Jools Holland as being the sexiest sound in the world! The cheapest baritones cost in excess of £1,500 so start saving.
Different Makes of Saxophone (new & used)
Over the years there have been countless different makes of saxophone. Selmer instruments are still regarded as one of the best and can cost thousands of pounds. Leading makes costing in excess of one thousand pounds such as Yamaha and Yanagisawa come from Japan, Keilwerth from Germany and Selmer from France with Eastern Europe and the Far East producing the cheaper saxophones. Unfortunately some of the cheaper instruments are very poor and make the beginners life very difficult. However there are some excellent value for money instruments produced in Taiwan these days and most independent teachers will recommend these to start on. Prices for these instruments generally range from £500-£1000. Many, such as Trevor James, Artemis, Harlem, Earlham, Creston, Elkhart, Buffet, Jupiter are made to a high standard specially for European companies.
Can a sax be too cheap? YES!!! If you're about to buy your first sax then please read this article. Then come back here to continue on the sax trail.
Good second hand saxes hold their prices exceptionally well and there is always a healthy demand. Typical depreciation is around 20% from new and there is rarely anything worth buying under £350 unless it is battered and bruised. If you are a novice we do not recommend buying second hand unless you have expert advice or buy from a recognised dealer.
Mouthpieces
It is so important to have a good mouthpiece and these can cost hundreds of pounds. It is the interface between you and your instrument and they vary enormously. A poor mouthpiece can render an adequate instrument unplayable and a high grade mouthpiece can make a huge difference to tone and ease of playing. Consequently we supply recognised good quality mouthpieces with all of our outfits.
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This is a good quality instrument with a good tone.
Braced detachable bell, high F# key, Tasteful and extensive engraving.
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- Garantía de 12 meses
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El CL-ECL1 viene con un estuche duro con un nuevo diseño de mochila.
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TENOR SAXOPHONE, Brass laquer,with Silver Keys, hard case.
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TENOR SAXOPHONE - BRAND NEW !!!
Complete with accessories, cleaning gloves, reed, In a Quality hard case.
Retail price 1,200.00 EUROS !!
This is a good quality instrument with good tone.
Braced detachable bell, high F# key finished in laquered brass.
With extensive and tasteful engraving.
A quality instrument !!!
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Marca : SELMER
Precio : 652.00 €, completo de todos los accesorios:
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Porte Spain (no Canarias) : incluido
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