Last week, Danilo Morandi in Switzerland sent along YouTube clips of two senior tenor saxophonists who played their tails off locally. I added a third.
"
data-original-title="" title="">Larry McKenna, a Philadelphian who spent six months in Woody Herman's road band starting in 1959 before devoting much of his career to playing locally. I last included Larry in a post in 2018 here.
The other saxophonist Danilo sent is Aubra Graves. An astonishing player. Graves doesn't turn up in Tom Lord's Jazz Discography. Instead, he settled in Waco, Texas, in 1947 and made his livelihood playing at local jazz clubs and working at music stores as a bookkeeper, in sales and instrument repair. And yet he was a monster player.
We sent a confirmation message to . Look for it, then click the link to activate your account. If you don’t see the email in your inbox, check your spam, bulk or promotions folder.
Source:
Buy Now
