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In Reply to: Sax players "afflicted by an obsession with playing the horn" posted by andy evans on September 10, 2020 at 02:47:46:
I didn't mean for my post to be an indictment of saxophone players writ large. It's just when I think back on musicians that seem to be "lost in the horn" as it were, most of them seem to be sax players, tenor in particular. I'm not sure I can think of a single trumpeter who has given me this sense. Maybe others will name some, and I'll think "oh, yeah....". I've heard a couple drummers--Cody Moffett was notorious for this stuff back in Chicago.
When I try to think of reasons why, I come up with a couple things. Jazz horn players generally are not in supporting roles the way rhythm players are, and this seems like one probable reason for the tendency. Section playing is one thing, but it's not the same role, not to me anyway. Sax is probably the most "playable" of the common jazz horns. It's not used much in orchestral music, and it has probably had it's technique expanded by jazz more than most wind instruments. I would think it's the combination of all those things that make sax players most at risk of falling into this trap. Or maybe I'm full of shit....who knows?
dh
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