Dave Plummer Saxophonist

If you didn’t make this workshop, you missed out on what was probably the best one yet. 22 players coming from far and wide had great fun with James Brown’s I Feel Good, in the large ensemble session. We had 3 sopranos and 2 Baritones plus balance made up of Altos and Tenors, so all the parts were evident and we managed to complete it and try it with plenty of different soloists in the improvisation section. Its an arrangement I would certainly recommended to any group.

The small ensembles played the Baby Elephant Walk, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Night Train and Bare Necessities, with good performances from one and all.

After lunch Nick Hislam led the Jazz session, getting the group to look and play the chords for Sweet Georgia Bright, then back to the small groups again to work on the improvisation, whilst the other group members invented a backing for the soloist. For the last 30 minutes we had a Jam with everyone who wanted too, taking a go at improvising a solo.

Yet again the feedback has been really good, with 6 people already booking their places for the 11th April event.

We had 5 new players this time, which is always good to see, and another new one booked on the April gig.

I took some videos of the Jam session and once I have worked out how to upload these then I will let you know.

If you would like to join us for our next session, then please get in touch either through here or at staxofsax@gmail.com

Well yesterday guys you made it a really fun day

Thanks

Dave