Eleonoras Holiday
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4/27/2007 6:26:20 AM
---- Updated 4/28/2007 7:22:53 AM
Aries Story: Me and my alto
My alto is like a boomerang. I call him Chucky. For year’s I have tried to get rid of it, but nothing seems to work.
Like a few years ago: I was on my way to a gig and was just about to put Chucky in the boot of my car, when a friend of my stopped by. So we talked for a while, bla-di-bla, until I realised I had to hurry to my gig. So I got into my car, put it in reverse and drove away really fast…. Straight over my alto! Guess what: the case was wrecked, but Chucky wasn’t hurt a bit. Not even a bended key. Kinda creepy, hey?
Or the time when I had been drinking too much after a gig in a pub. Next morning I found that I’d left Chucky at the pub. Now normally a € 3000 plus instrument left alone in a pub is as irresistible as a take-away hamburger. But Chucky was still there…
Numerous times, coming home dead tired from a late-night gig, I forgot to take Chucky in, leaving him leaning against the wall. Next morning it would still be there… Or my neighbour, a photographer who used to work at night, would have been ‘kind’ enough to have taken care of Chucky.
But I think I’ve succeeded now: I’ve exchanged Chucky for a brand-new Selmer Reference, A TRULY MARVELLOUS SAXOPHONE!
Arie Kuit has studied alto-saxophone at the Rotterdam Conservatory. His tutors were Ferdinand Povel and Leo van Oostrom. For five years he performed on lead-alto in the Glenn Miller Orchestra, touring all over Europe. He’s playing in various pop- and jazz ensembles and has worked with many outstanding artists like Clark Terry, Al Jarreau, Rita Coolidge and Laura Fygi. His heroes are Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Charlie Parker and David Sanborn.
Arie has also developed a special course on improvisation for brass and woodwind instruments, called ‘The Missing Link’. He has written several cd included books on the subject.
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