[Harp-L] sax riffs

[Richard Hunter]

Yes, Scott orchestrated Mitchell's music wonderfully.  "Court and Spark"
was their collaboration.  Richard Hunter

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 8:12 PM Ross Macdonald <pdxharpdog at xxxxx>
wrote:

> One of the best nights of my young life was going to the Joni Mitchell
> "Miles of Aisles" concert with Tom Scott and the LA Express  - Seattle -
> 1974.  Tom Scott behind Joni was unbelievable.  Huge fan of Tom Scott's sax
> playing.
>
>
> > On 12/08/2020 9:41 AM Richard Hunter <rhunter377 at xxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > My book "Jazz Harp" includes transcriptions in both arrow and standard
> > notation of Tom Scott's tenor sax solo on Joni Mitchell's"Raised on
> > Robbery" and King Curtis's first and second tenor sax solos on "Ridin'
> > Thumb".   I learned a lot from studying those.  For example: Curtis
> > typically uses a pentatonic scale for ascending lines, and a blues scale
> > for descending lines.  Either way, he sounds great.
> >
> > Thanks, Richard Hunter
> > --
> > Check out Richard Hunter's new 21st Century blues release "Blue Future"
> > and the 21st Century rock harmonica masterpiece "The Lucky One" at Amazon
> > Music and iTunes!
> >
> > Author, "Jazz Harp" (Oak Publications, NYC)
> > Latest mp3s and harmonica blog at http://hunterharp.com
> > Vids at http://www.youtube.com/user/lightninrick
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Check out Richard Hunter's new 21st Century blues release "Blue Future"
and the 21st Century rock harmonica masterpiece "The Lucky One" at Amazon
Music and iTunes!

Author, "Jazz Harp" (Oak Publications, NYC)
Latest mp3s and harmonica blog at http://hunterharp.com
Vids at http://www.youtube.com/user/lightninrick
Twitter: @lightninrick­­­‪­‪­­­‪‪­­‪­‪­‪­­­­‪­­‪‪‪­‪‪­­­‪­‪­­­­‪‪­­‪­‪­­­­