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I never knew either, it was a pleasant surprise. I ran into a big band arrangement of the song from the Woody Herman series. I think it is this one: Musicians do recognize a good song and want to give their rendition to it. A compliment to the work of Gilbert O'Sullivan. This last arrangement is by Alan Broadbent btw. in case you are wondering

Yes, well 4 octaves are remarkable for a female singer. I love her low range especially.

I can't recall a song right now, but I've had many of these. When I was a girl my oldest brother gave me his cassette deck and some recorded tapes. So that's how I learned about Simon and Garfunkel, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Leonard Cohen and Neil Diamond, to name a few which were artists not really of my time but more of my brothers. I was really curious about the lyrics and what the songs were about and wrote everything down by ear. Since my English wasn't that good yet being that young and not a native speaker, I must have misheard quite a few lyric phrases. I really enjoyed trying to understand the songs, was quite excited doing so and that's why i still can sing along with most of those and still appreciate the music. They will stick with me 'til my end of time....

Wow, thanks Tom. You know, Gilbert O'Sullivan was one of the first singer songwriters getting my interest to lyrics. I wrote his lyrics down by ear from cassette, lol. How lovely Sarah recorded one of his beautiful songs. She had such a great tone of voice.

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Wow, I didn't know Sarah had recorded a Gilbert O'Sullivan song?! I'd love to hear her sing it!

Aw, what a sad news. R.I.P. Clark Terry, and thank you for the gift of your beautiful music you have left us. sincerely, page

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Van Harte!

Yes indeed. That must have been so.

Ah ok, you mean it like that. I now understand. Yes, that is probably since it wasn't accepted. Although I do think Cole Porter did make an effort there with his songs. What I meant is, that times have changed and nowadays it is accepted to write a love song whatever preference you have sexually. That guy winning a grammy last week wrote that song for his ex-boyfriend. I'm happy times have changed and people can express their feelings that way publicly although I know there is still work to be done to get everything equal

Hmmmm....not sure about that, unless love itself is determinedly hetero? In which case, "true" love is rooted in the need to reproduce, not the need to "become whole" in a spiritual/mental sense instead of a reproductive merging of genetic materials? Still figuring this out as I go along, definitely was not born into a world that entertained the notion of a gay "true" love, everything was based in making them babies, or at least in engaging in the act that would theoretically allow for that. And now, not so much. Still that, but also other possibilities? I mean, I hear what you're saying, what I would hesitate on is this an Ultimate Truth or is it perhaps a Temporal Assumption that is going to have to be amended to make room for other possibilities as we evolve? I guess I don't agree with that statement, Allen. Or maybe I don't really understand what you mean to say with "the life blood"; and even in the case of reproductive merging as JSngry mentions, that isn't really true anymore these days, is it? There are other possibilities for gay couples, at least in my country there are.

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Ok, thanks guys. Maybe it was vodka, but I thought he said rum at the time. I wouldn't know about the different kinds used the way like you say Jim, I'm just a singer myself. I know he went back home once when we were at a gig, since we had to perform and he didn't bring a spare one. It made me kind of nervous, since he barely made it back in time.

Another thing: a friend of mine always kept his reeds in some strong alcohol. I think it was white rum. Do you guys do that too? Is that a common thing, to preserve reeds in alcohol? Watching your video, what would be the advantage?

Ah yes, are they called pads in English? Why didn't I think of that. You can see here: http://www.saxshop.nl/contents/en-uk/d91_saxofoon_onderhoud.html (Sorry website seems to stay in Dutch, although I pointed out the link for the English version) You can see different kinds that are used.

When a sax is leaking the "polster" doesn't get closed enough while playing. A polster is made of felt with a bit of leather covering it. On top of that, there is the metal button. I don't know whether I got all terms correct in English, but that is what it means when it is leaking. You can't intonate correctly when a polster is leaking, you simply can not get the right tone. A bit like when you play recorder and you don't set your fingers exactly on the openings. Then there is a leak too. Ah, now I see, you are talking about a mouth piece. I'm not sure then. The term leaking is usually used for the polsters.

Oo, so many Supertramp - Paris (album) Simon and Garfunkel - multiple songs, f.e. Still crazy after all these years Leonard Cohen - Suzanne Nick Cave and the bad seeds - Into my arms Lou Reed - A perfect day Tom Waits - Closing time (album) John Hiatt - Have a little faith in me U2 - One (not the edition with Mary J Blige), I still haven't found what I'm looking for, Stay. Van Dik Hout - Laat het los, Meer dan een ander, (Dutch rock band) I was a groupie to this band, lol. De Dijk - multiple songs, f.e. Was dat maar waar (Dutch band which plays a lot of blues and soul, recorded an album with Solomon Burke) Herman van Veen - Liefde van later, Een vriend zien huilen kan ik niet (Dutch comedian, singer, my favourite national singer, his best are his renditions of Brel songs) Arthur Rubinstein playing Chopin Sting - Fragile The Police - multiple songs Phil Collins - In the air tonight Eric Clapton - Tears in heaven Liesbeth List - De Verzoening - Dutch singer (song is originally by Frank Boeijen, she sings a lot of chanson usually) Stef Bos - Flemish singer songwriter, multiple songs f.e. Papa Beth Hart - Leave the light on Joe Bonamassa - can't recall a song right now Jacques Brel - multiple songs

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No, unfortunately I didn't, or at least not the whole trio itself. I have seen family members play apart from each other at the uitmarkt in Amsterdam, as a guest elsewhere. I would have loved to have seen them with their tour with Herman van Veen. He's my favourite singer here. He wrote a song with multiple time measure varying from 5/8, 6/8 to 9/8 and back which he did with them. I still have that song on my wishlist to sing since it has such striking lyrics. The Rosenberg trio is amazing here as you can hear. Enjoy! edit: Since most of you won't understand the lyrics, I''l explain. It is about people being different but you can love them with their differences each in a different way. This doesn't mean you love the one any less or more than the other, just different. So a bit like there is room for all in your heart Yeah, corny right, busted. I'm a sucker for a beautiful phrase.

Hi seeline, he says not, but he's looking into the other options. That one doc in Belgium has a few methods which helped people. Looking at your link I think there is a whole generation growing up right now who will get tinnitus for sure because of those head phones. Also this dance music hype can't do any good to young people regarding their ears. Thanks for the link.