Femi used the circular breathing technique to hold the note for over 51 minutes. Femi Kuti has broken the World record for the longest single note held on a saxophone at the New Africa Shrine. He ...
After surpassing Kenny G's record, Femi will be taking up the challenge to beat the current world record holder Vann Burchfield's 47 minutes 5.5 seconds mark. Femi Kuti, son of late Afrobeat legend ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jazz legend John Coltrane routinely pushed his tenor saxophone into the altissimo range, notes far above the instrument's normal range, and now Australian scientists know how he ...
Clarinet and trumpet were king in early jazz backed by big piano, trombone and rhythm. Saxophone was a buzz in, out and at times sounded like a zombie lurking in a boiler room or a troll trapped in ...
He said using certain techniques on the saxophone allows the piece to mimic the intensity of a volcanic eruption. “Instead of blowing notes, you could emulate the sound of a spark being lit by blowing ...