tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265753174903128732.post3714154941742390084..comments2023-08-08T04:09:32.353-04:00Comments on D'Addario Woodwinds Blog: Tim Price Bloggin' For Rico- Todays student needs substance !D'Addario and Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357832642000963005noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265753174903128732.post-28695884832578115392011-08-23T12:01:07.919-04:002011-08-23T12:01:07.919-04:00On point as usual man!On point as usual man!Nathan Bellotthttp://www.nathanbellottmusic.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265753174903128732.post-22451243116073542882011-08-22T21:13:02.790-04:002011-08-22T21:13:02.790-04:00Tim:
As usual right on the mark. My 1st teacher d...Tim:<br /><br />As usual right on the mark. My 1st teacher didn't know how to teach jazz improv even though he could do it himself. He just didn't know how to communicate it. But he did have me memorize tunes and scales. He would go to club date gigs without any music, no fake books or the Club Date Book. (No Real Book then). He just knew a ton of tunes and he knew how to play them.<br /><br />He come up during the 40's and served in a Navy Band. After WWII he played for the strippers on the Block in Baltimore. Then he started doing the Broadway Shows that came through town, even subbing in the Baltimore Symphony. I was lucky to have a playing, gigging musician as a teacher.<br /><br />When I went back to Baltimore in '81 after serving in the Army Band I transferred my union card to Baltimore. He was then President of the Union and he hooked me up. Of course he passed away in the early 90's. By the way his name was Al Sigismondi.Larry Weintraubnoreply@blogger.com