by David Lovrien | Apr 6, 2018 | Blog
In 2004, Paul Lindemeyer posted an MP3 to the Sax On The Web Forum of a radio program by the Boston Saxophone Sextet from 1939. It was taken from a radio transcription disc. The broadcast was sponsored by the Federal Music Project of the depression-era Works Progress...
by David Lovrien | Apr 6, 2018 | Blog
Getting good transfers of these tracks has been tricky, and I don’t know if I’ll ever be satisfied. Some of the records are not in great shape. My turntable (I recently replaced my Dual 1229 with an Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB) and my cartridge (Grado 78C) are OK but...
by David Lovrien | Apr 5, 2018 | Blog
A list of recordings cataloged on the web that I have not found yet. Puritan 11099 (Saxophone Sextette): Wanna (v. Arthur Hall) / Bow Wow Blues (v. Bee Kerwin) Columbia 507D (Clyde Doerr’s Saxophone Orchestra: Miami / Someone’s Stole My Sweet Sweet Baby...
by David Lovrien | May 16, 2011 | Blog
On a rainy Saturday in 1975 I visited a local flea market. I was in sixth grade and had just started playing the saxophone that year. The only saxophone record I owned at that point was Boots Randolph’s Yakety Sax. Among the stacks of old records was a blue label...
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