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The Jazz Profiles Blog has an excellent, and very in depth article on Ronnie Cuber. It includes a very in depth description from 1976 of Cuber career and influences up to that point. Well worth a read to all fans of Ronnie Cuber. So head on over and give it a read.  

Paul Nedzela is the baritone saxophonist with Wynton Marsalis’ Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. On Wednesday April 29th at 4pm (Eastern) he will be giving an online masterclass. I’d highly recommend watching it!

Here’s the description from the Facebook event:
“Paul Nedzela guides you through the family tree of baritone saxophonists, highlighting some of the instrument’s most influential players, and playing examples of their work!

Join us through our Zoom link or on Jazz Academy’s Facebook page on April 29 at 4 pm EST.”

UPDATE: Paul did a great job! I’m hoping that Lincoln Center archives the presentation. If so, I’ll be sure to link to it on the site. – Andrew

With some extra time on my hands lately, I’ve had time to trove through Google’s repository of scanned and cataloged patents. A few hours yielded over 70 patents that I saved because they are interesting, bizarre, or patents of mechanisms that would become universal. I wanted to share *some* of the things I found, please see the gallery below and checkout the captions for details. All of these patents are from before 1943 and are publicly available if you want to find out more about them. Enjoy!
-Andrew Hadro | Curator, JazzBariSax.com

If you enjoyed these images, maybe you’d like a free Desktop wallpaper collage of these? Well here it is.
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We have another Pepper Adams transcription in the repository thanks to Bastian Contreras! This solo is on the song “Tensions” from Charles Mingus’ album ‘Blues and Roots’, very much a classic album. Head over the transcription page to check it out!

Thanks to Orlando Cialli there is another Gerry Mulligan solo in the Transcription repository. This one on the standard “Just In Time” from one of the albums Mulligan did with Art Farmer, “What Is There To Say?” In my opinion one of the best Mulligan albums. So head on over and check it out!

We’ve had a number of transcription submissions in the last couple weeks!

Matthew Karnstedt has sent us a new Gerry Mulligan Transcription from a solo on ‘Take The A Train’ and another Pepper Adams solo on ‘Alone Together’. Fans of Pepper should note that we now have two different solos transcribed from him on Alone Together, comparing the two could be very interesting! Thank you Matthew!

The next set of transcriptions come to us from Evan Smith. In addition to a new Serge Chaloff transcription on ‘All The Things You Are’, I’m very glad to say that we now have not one, but three Pat Patrick solo transcriptions!

Pat Patrick was a great baritonist, best known for his amazing work with Sun Ra, but also an accomplished straight ahead player. Interestingly Pat Patrick is the father of Deval Patrick the former Govorner of Massachusets and presidential candidate. Deval donated Harry Carney’s last horn to the Berklee School of Music, presumably through his father – read more about that story here.

Other wise, head on over to the transcription repository and check these new solos out!

Musicians everywhere are out of work for a month or more because of the ongoing health crisis and COVID-19 outbreak. All tours, all festivals and all performances have been cancelled for weeks or possibly longer. Many of the day-jobs that musicians rely on for more reliable income have also been put on hold. 

This situation is hard on everyone but ‘working from home’ is not really as viable of an option for musicians. In a matter of days everyone with already difficult financial situations essentially became completely unemployed. So please, if you can send extra support to your favorite musicians. Here are some ways you can help:

• Purchase their album. Don’t stream – as only cents are delivered to the artist from streaming. If possible purchase directly from the artist or through artist friendly sites like bandcamp.com
• Purchase their Merch. Musicians often have things for sale other than albums, books, etudes, sheet music, shirts etc. Again purchasing direct is best
• Take an online lesson! Pretty much every working musician has opened up their online teaching studio. If there was any musician you wanted to have a lesson with, now is the time! If there’s anyone on this site you’d like to connect with contact us and we’ll be happy to put you in touch.
  • There is a list of musicians offering online instruction being compiled currently.
• Many musicians and bands are doing live stream performances or masterclasses. Consider watching, they are either free (donation suggested) or low cost.
• Consider commissioning a musician to write a song, arrangement, cover, or create a recording for you. Many musicians have home studios setup and can multi-track recordings.
• If you are a NYC based musician, fill out this survey from the city.
• Hire a musician! If you have work available, see if performing artists affected by everything can be hired to fill temporary positions or jobs.
• Donate to a musician relief fund. MusicCares has set up a relief fund and others are sure to follow.
• Donate directly to musicians if you like what they do and want to support them.
• If you are so inclined, contact local, state, and federal political representatives and encourage them to include free-lance and performing artists in relief packages.

For all of you saxophonists at home with unexpected extra alone time, check out our videos page and transcription repository.

Stay healthy everyone.

Andrew Hadro
Curator, JazzBariSax.com