Crazy Bent Brass Tube

Dexter Gordon: "You know, in the life of every tenor player there always comes a moment of fear. And that is when the tenor player must play Body and Soul." Crazy Bent Brass Tube is a blog about saxophones, jazz, and creative improvised music containing rants and occasional wisdom, original performances, reviews, interviews, gig notices, and links to helpful and interesting resources.

Monday, 22 April 2013

Easter Sunday Blues Jam in Penang

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I travelled back to Penang for the Easter break, arriving just in time for an Easter Sunday afternoon jam at the Little Penang Street Ma...
Sunday, 7 April 2013

Interview with Tenor Saxophonist Ellery Eskelin

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Ellery Eskelin creates with a vintage Conn New York tenor saxophonist and composer Ellery Eskelin was gracious enough to consent ...
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Ellery Eskelin - New CD Release Announcement Trio New York II

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Just received this in my email from Ellery Eskelin and thought I would take the opportunity to promote a really fine saxophonist. ...
Sunday, 24 March 2013

Two Original Tracks from Saxophonist Dotun Bankole

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Tenor Saxophonist Dotun “Dotsax” Bankole dropped by my house the other night for a jam. He plays a 156k silver plate Mark VI which is abou...
Friday, 15 March 2013

Lee Konitz, Conversations on the Improviser’s Art

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Just finished reading Andy Hamilton’s excellent book of interviews with and about 85-year-old alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, one of the few ...
Sunday, 3 March 2013

The Genius of Fela’s Horn Lines

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Now that I have about a dozen of Fela Kuti’s tunes under my belt courtesy of weekly lessons with his former baritone sax player Showboy, c...
Sunday, 24 February 2013

Seun Kuti Premieres A New Song at the Shrine

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Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 performed last night at the New Africa Shrine in Lagos, their first Shrine appearance in 2013. The performance was ...
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