Jerry Bergonzi On Joy Of Sax

Jerry Bergonzi On Joy Of Sax

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[JazzOnTheMoon]

@magicmaninaction

Stan Getz puffed his cheeks out as well. Just personal playing style.

[Bebopopotamus]

@magicmaninaction Yeah, he's probably just not very good. I think he would be interested to get a lesson from you.

[boxing1000]

@magicmaninaction Why don't you tell him...?

[magicmaninaction]

it really bothers me that he puffs his cheeks. it just looks weird but whatever

[pyannaguy]

@sopwithcamels266  Thanks! I've had better luck with it all, although as luck would have it, I have to skip a couple of days of practice because I didn't want to fly my horn and had to travel. But, you're right - it was about weakness, generally. I worked my way through it, though - Thanks, again!

[sopwithcamels266]

@grandtheftjay1 follow up to my last : The open lip advantages are power impact,(Works for out and Coltraine style) but of course there are pay offs. The loose omb moving bottom jaw approach has one great advantage on the breath accents playing at speed.Hey depends what your into right.Come down a touch on the reed for a short while may help. If your on wide lays then you do need to keep up on it.Done it my self shown up at gig driven hard without pre workout only to suffer

[sopwithcamels266]

@pyannaguy :yeah man I can help you out on that one.The pain your talking about connect jaw to ear,very common particularly if not blowing regularly.It usually manifests itself with blowers that play loose ombouc in otherwords bottom lip otver teeth and move bottom jaw for dynamicas adjustments etc.The other way to blow is mainly off one dynamic power with bottom lip open relying on cycle movement etc for dynamical impact.

[pyannaguy]

@grandtheftjay1 Thanks, Jay. I'm glad to say that it hasn't recurred for quite awhile, now. I think it's partially an awareness issue; I have a bit of a teeth-grinding issue and wear a little plastic gadget from the dentist, so I had some vulnerability, there. I just watch for any discomfort while practicing and make a subtle adjustment or two when it rarely creeps in ...and I've been fine for weeks and weeks, now. Thanks, again!

[grandtheftjay1]

@pyannaguy usually it happens when beginners play with big cheeks instead of a correct embouchure. im thinking ur not a beginner so it might be that your jaws were already in bad shape and playing sax made it worse? if u have a teacher, i would ask him/her. otherwise go to the doc to check everything out. just to be sure. playing sax is all about having fun, thats the main thing. when u cant do that and have to think about different things, it takes the vibe away. good luck!

[pyannaguy]

@daraze99 Funny thing: It hasn't happened since I posted the question. At the time, it felt pretty serious and happened a couple of times, but luckily it seems to be staying away.

Thanks for getting back to me, though.