Prof. Justin Pierce at Oklahoma Baptist University offers tips for the octave jump in measure 9 of the 2018-2019 TMEA All-State Jazz Etude 2 by Russell Haight. The Boston Sax Shop Balam strap | Vandoren USA V16 T7 tenor mouthpiece with Optimum ligature and V16 2.5 reed | Selmer Paris Reference 54 Alto Saxophone For Skype lessons, please email justin@justinpiercemusic.com or (409) 658-5281 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSq0MPATU2Y

"I Remember You" , performed by Ed Dix, tenor saxophone and Bob Brookmeyer, piano. Album Description from Amazon: "Full Circle" is a celebration of the long friendship between trombonist-composer Bob Brookmeyer and tenor saxophonist Ed Dix that started as teenagers growing up in Kansas City, a magic place and time for aspiring young musicians. Although their destinies took them along distinctly different personal, business and musical paths, their close friendship endured. It could be said that this recording has been a work in progress for over 55 years. Review "The rhythm and flow Brookmeyer sites as major Kansas City influences, punctuated by glowing passages when Dix plays Brookmeyer material." -- Jam Magazine, October/November 2002 From the Artist This CD is a testament to my longest, strongest and most enduring friendship - that's the one with Ed Dix. He and I have been best friends since 1946 and we were inseparable, musically and personally. He was the bandleader; I was the arranger. Now that he is retired from a successful insurance and financal career and playing again full-time, he is living proof that "once you got it-you don't lose it". He still has it; the swing, the energy and the musicality. This is my gift to Ed - I could have written easier tunes but I gotta do what I gotta do and, as usual, the ink was still wet when we began recording. Next, life, I will finish the music early. (Bob Brookmeyer) Since the time when I first saw Bob at age 15 transcribing the score from an old Basie record all transposed, copied and ready for play that night, I have been in a state of awe. His musical achievements need no commentary from me; his place and importance in jazz history is well recognized and secure. I was excited (and a bit nervous) when we finally decided to make a CD. I didn't want to embarrass myself or him, but he assured me that this was just for our enjoyment, he'd keep the charts simple (impossible---he's never compromised his music in his entire life"!). I hung on for dear life and escaped with a few scratches. I think the results do reveal the fun and sense of joy we experienced in these sessions. Our thanks to Paul Smith on piano, Bob Bowman on bass and Todd Strait on drums. They were perfect soul mates. (Ed Dix) From the UMKC Library Page: Tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and financial planner, Ed Dix was born in Kansas City in 1930. He began playing clarinet at age five, but switched to tenor sax at fourteen. While in high school, he toured the U.S. in bands styled after Glenn Miller’s. He was, himself, influenced by the playing of Lester Young, the tenor saxophonist in Count Basie's band. For the first years of his adult life, Dix continued to tour in bands. It was Mary Ann (Dix's wife, married 1950) who got him an a ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowcrlJL73w

Dallas-Fort Worth Saxophonist Justin Pierce performs TMEA All-State Jazz Saxophone Etude One (Swing) by Russell Haight, based on the tune "Groovin' High" by Dizzy Gillespie. Justin is available for saxophone lessons in the DFW area or by Skype and can be contacted through justinpiercemusic.com. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_1yup6sTDM

My Uber driver to the airport was a jazz fan and retired English teacher. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcvdtjGqdSI